The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-07-30

further crime ON their release. his
own criminal Instincts. already devel- |
oped, had grown stronger. and he had |
spent his time planning a new system |
OF crime OF which he was to be the |
head, using as his confederates Ger |
tain evildOers with whom he had be- |
come acquainted IN prison. When he
had been released he had slipped |
quietly away to the West and lived In
close retirement until he had been for
gotten. The white whiskers he had
grown Sc changed his appearance.
too that he had little fear of being
recognized. Recovering such part Of
the stolen money as was left TO him.
he had come to New York in the guise
Of prosperous Western investor and,
purchasing plot of land. had erected
the Granddeck apartments. designed
for the occupancy OF the wealthiest
class of tenants.
In this building, sitting like little
white spider in his web, he planned to
prey secretly on all who came to live
there. Every attendant In the build
ing was either a criminal or an associ-
ate Of criminals, reporting to him
daily all that went on. and obeying his
orders implicitly. A special switch>
board in his apartment enabled him to
listen In at will on all telephone con-
versations that went on. Every letter
delivered at the Granddeck went
through his hands before reaching the
tenants. For every wall safe In the
| building he held a master combination
| and his pass-key would unlock every
door there was And in addition to
| oil this
HE HAD BUILT A SECRET PAS
SAGEWAY.
We found 1t that night and ex-
| plored 1t, familiarizing ourselves with
all It's exits, greatly to the amazement
and confounding of German. Con-
Meeting with the service elevator by a
masked opening,~it ran along the hall
OF each apartment, with entrances
concealed In wall panels. 1t enabled
Granders to wander at will through
the apartments at night, leaving mys-
terious notes to terrify his tenants
prying into the secrets hidden In theiI
wall Safes listening when he chose tC
their most private conversations, ex
aiming the contents of their pockets
AS he had planned from the begin
ming, he gained In this way much In
formation that he was able to utilize
to his financial profit without arous
ing suspicion. He had discovered
Mrs Moore said, secret stock marke
movements one Of his tenants wa
planning and had made a small for
tune out of the advance information
Several injudicious women he ha'
to agents who never came near tn
Granddeck the secrets he learned fror
letters he opened and telephone cor
versations he had listened to.
In the case of Rufus CASTOR, he ha
plotted to steal the CASTOR pearl
Mrs Moore explained, first terrifyin
the old couple into leaving the apar
! ment, the whispers that had bee
heard coming of course from the 8
cret passageway.
But / can't understand" SAT-
"why, after he had once got hold {
y the pearls in Mr.. Gaston's absence, /
: should have restored them to the
hiding place"
"He had duplicate made of rhor
|. pearls" explained Mrs. Moore. It
was part of his plan not to have ar
u of the tenants discover the thefts II
long time after they occurred"
Il IF he was so cautious" said II
district attorney, II am puzzled as
+ why he killed Miss Lutan and NJ
CASTOR He must have realized tn
. both murders would be thoroughly |
= vestigated."
Both were accidents, so to speak
:, the girl explained. Each of the
u surprised him in their apartment, al