The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-11-10

OF crime. ~Le D0o01er Me- 11S," "MOw-
sieur Leeeq," sLa Corde au Cou," Ella
LIES Esclaves De Paris," "IArgent des
Autres." are some Of the books which
have revealed the mysteries of crime,
the procedure Of the police courts, the
pursuit. ~ Ingenious sleuths, and all
such processes ~ give = thrill OF de.
light to that very great body Of hui
/ manlty ranging from gRave to gay who
take pleasufe In q good detective story.
Il A N exceptionally daring rob-
bery-prOminent bank en-
4 tered-huge sum taken"
were the headlines In Paris paper.
In following up this extraordinary
case the mystery deepened, unheard Of
crimes were unearthed and thrilling
situations occurred which baffied even
the celebrated detective, Lecoq. 1t ap-
peared that upon opening the safe one
morning, the cashier startled the
clerks by crying out: II have been
robbed! ~ They gathered about. but
strangely enough upon inspection, the
safe showed only a scratch. but no
sign of having been broken open, al
though the $4,000 francs were miss
ing that the cashier said he had placed
there the day before, in order to pay
| Count Louis de Clameran, friend
who had been left legacy by his
brother, CASTOR. M. Fauvel, the presi-
dent of the bank, and M. Prosper Ber-
tony, the cashier, were the only per
sons who possessed keys to the door
and were credited with the knowledge
of word which made up the combina-
ton. Although their relations had
been like those of father and son. each
now accused the other Of taking the
money.
The clerks were interviewed by the
police, and search was made OF the
apartment over the bank, occupied by
the president, his wife, and beautiful
niece, Madeleine. whose engagement
to the cashier had been mysteriously
broken Oft was suspected she pre-
ferred Nine. Valentine Fauvel's hand
some nephew, Raoul Layers. Tit
presidents record was good, but sus
piciou was directed toward the cashier
as l,s had been living extravagantly
His arrest followed, although he pro
tested his innocence. During the in
spectiOn of the bank and the appre
bending of the cashier, he was seei
to scrihble aa~line -Hiurrledly and throw
tK to the clerk. The latter was shad
owed to the cashiers apartment AM
the note procured. It was addresses
to Nine. Gypsy. informing her Of hi
arrest and advising her to hide. DuI
ing the examination at court, Pr0spe
remembered that he had been indit
Greet the previous night in saying t
Gypsy, when perhaps he might hav
been overheard by the count an
, Raoul, that he had reason for cor
stantly thinking Of her at his worl
! when she accused him of not thinkin
Of her any longer. The word Gyps
opened the safe. For lack Of sufiicier
, evidence Prosper was released and tn
case filed in No. 11S.
On Prosper's return to his apar
, ment, Gypsy had gone, but a note a
! dressed In small printed letters We
delivered to him containing none
The clever Lecoq. now living viii
, Prosper, under the disguise Of an Of
! friend of his fathers, revealed th'
u the printed letters had been cut fro
prayer book. Surely there was
< woman in the case! Later TOT
prayer book was discovered hidden
e Medicines room. Did she love Pro
per and think him innocent and
n need of money! Yet soon after tha
+ to the surprise Of everyone. n
engagement was announced to Il
n old Count de Clameran. The re
K son for this was that Madelein
e BY chance, overheard a convers
It ton between the count and h
aunt. The old count threatened to Il
% Of the family skeleton If she did n
/. consent to the marriage. Madelei
n appeared and said she would mar
= him to keep the secret and the hon
Of the family name. On learning
Mldeleine's engagement, Prosper, W
T. really had always loved her. becal
As very angry, and thinking there mi
III be sinister motive for Nine. Fauve
OF allowing it. wrote an anonymous LETT
I'D to M. Fauvel, telling him to watch
CT wife.
81 Lecoq noticed that the cookbook
Raoul still continued his frequent Y
'ls its to the house. Did it mean that
or was perhaps not the nephew. but
II lover of Nine. Fauvelf Disguised,
on great detective attended q masquert
I'll ball and made hsinuating remarks
a. Mime. Fauyel concerning Raoul VIII
caused hel 10 faint, and when he sp,