Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-06-04

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had convinced Col. Seth Pennington Of
the futillty Of wrncking his brains In
vain speculation over mysteries.
When, therefore, the Northern Calif0r-
MIA Oregon railroad commenced TO
encroach on the Colonel's time-appro-
priatlon for sleep, he realized that
there was hut one way In which to
conserve his rest and that was by
engaging to fathom the mystery for
him a specialist In the unraveling Of
mysteries. In times gone by, the Colo
mel had found n certain national de-
tective agency an extremely efficient
aid to well-known commercial agen-
cies, and to these tried and true sub
Ordlnates he turned now for explicit
and satisfying Information anent the
Northern California Outrage
The information Forthcoming from
Dun's and Bmdstreets was vague and
unsatisfying Neither of these two
commercial agencies could ascertain
anything Of interest regarding the
finances of the N. G. o. For the pres
ent the corporation had no Office. its
destlnles IN San Francisco being
guarded by well-known attorney who
had declined to make any statement
regarding the company but promised
one at an early date, The board Of
directors consisted Of this attorney,
his two assistants, his stenographer
and Mr. Buchanan Ogllvy. The com
pany had been Incorporated for five
million dollars, divided into five mil
lion shares Of par value of one dollar
each, and five shares had been sub
scrlbed ...
1T looks fishy to me-" the Colonel
commented to his manager, "and I'm
more than ever convinced it's scheme
Of that Trinidad Redwood Timber
company to start timber boom and
unload. And that Is something the
Laguna Grande Lumber company does
not view with favor. for the reason
that one of these bright days those
Trinidad people will come to their
senses and sell cheap to us. However,
to be sure is to be satisfied. Tele-
phone the San Francisco Office to have
the detective agency that handled the
longshoremen's strike job for us send
n couple of their best operatives up
on the next steamer, with Instructions
to report to me on arrival"
When the operatives reported, the
Colonels orders were brief and ex-
plicit. 81 want to know all about n
man named Buchanan Ogilvy, who is
up North somewhere procuring rights
Of way for the Northern California
Oregon railroad. Find him. Get up
with him in the morning and put him
to bed at night. Report to me daily"
Reports yielded the Colonel nothing
until the first day of Bucks return
to Sequoia, when the following writ
ten report caused the Colonel to sit
IN and take notice. 1t was headed !:
Report of Operative No. A. and it
read
"Ogilvy in his room until II o'clock
noon. At 2:05 entered dining room,
leaving at ! p. m. and proceeding di-
rect to office of Cardigan Redwood
Lumber company. Ogilvy remained in
Cardigan's private Office half an hour
spent another half hour conversing
with young lady In general office.
Young lady a brunette. o. then re-
turned to Hotel Scqu0ia where he
wrote severa! letters In writing room.
At 8 p. IN. called to telephone. At
1902 p. m. left hurriedly for Cardigan
Redwood Lumber company's Office.
Entered private Office without waiting
to he announced. Emerged at 3:12,
walking slowly and in deep thought.
At 1924 entered the telephone build
ing and placed n long-distance call.
He asked for the Cardigan Redwood
Lumber company in San Francisco.
Concluded his conversation at 3 80
and proceeded TO the city hall, enter
ing the mayors Office at 3:43 and
emerging at 4:10. He then returned
to the Hotel Sequoia and sat in the
lobby until handed a telegram at 40;
whereupon he entered the telephone
booth and talked to someone, emerg-
ing at q 43 to 90 to his room. He
returned at 4 :46 and hurried to the
law office Of Henry Poundstone, Jr.,
In the Cardigan block. He was with
Poundstone until 80, when he re-
turned leisurely to the Hotel Sequoia,
carrying a small leather grip. He
also had this grip when he entered
Poundstone's office.
arrived at the hotel at :03 and
went to his room At 6:45 he entered
a public automobile in front of the
hotel and was driven to No. SAG Elm
street. The brunette young lady who
works In the Cardigan Redwood Lum-
her company's office emerged present
ly and entered the car, which then
proceeded 10 No. So Redwood boule-
ward. where the brunette young lady
alighted and entered the house. She
returned at seven sharp, accompanied
by a young lady whom she introduced
to o. All three were then driven to
the Canton restaurant at 432 Third
street. At 7;15 Bryce Cardigan en-
tered the restaurant and was escorted
by the waiter to the table occupied
by 0. and party.
"At 0 80 entire party left restaurant
and entered Napier car driven by a
half-breed Indian whom the second
young lady hailed as George. o. and
the brunette young lady were dropped
at SAG Elm street while Cardigan and