Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-09-24
CHAPTER vlII-contlnued.
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Where was that?" 1 asked.

"Where was that?" asked.
The little man pulled at his coat
cuffs and smiled again.
my client being Spanish and Mr..
Sidney having lived many years in
Montevideo, it might be assumed that
lit was there" he said. 'It was there,
and my client came into possession of
a document-by dishonest MEANS
suspect-of which he now retains only
one page. l wish TO leave copy Of
this page with you, and later to find
out to what extent it interests Mr..
Sidney"
"You mean-to find out If he will
submit TO blackmail," said.
81 anticipated your remark, he said.
-''I look at the matter differently. If
Mr.. Sidney has something to conceal.
we shall be glad to help him to con-
ceaI it. 1 will leave copy of the
page from the document with you. and
with your permission will see you
later"
He handed me a long envelope and
with a bow asked to be shown to the
door. Jed, not suspecting that the
gittle man had any connection with the
sailor, showed him out
1 went to my room to examine the
paper which had been left with me.
1T was accompanied by an explanatory
statement by Attorney Philetus M.
Brown" / will give the explanatory
statement first.
Memoranda for DR.. Nicholson !:
The accompanying typewriter sheet
lis q part of document stolen from
Mr.. Sidney in Montevideo ten years
ago by Alexandra Dravada, then a
servant In the capacity of porter. Dra-
yada preserves the original, of which
I have had several typewriter copies
made. Dravada had the complete doc
ument in his hands, but only for a
short while. He had discovered in
THE course of several years service
under Mr.. Sidney in Monteyideo, that
a strong box In Mr. Sidney's room
was particularly guarded. He sup
posed it contained jewels. He is,
should judge, a person of small moral
character and great cupidity. He de-
termined to steal the box, hoping that
its contents would enable him to get
married and set himself up in small
business.
"He succeeded in getting the box,
by entering Mr.. Sidney's room, but be-
fore he could make his escape he was
unfortunate enough to be discovered
by another servant, known to you as
Jed. Jed leveled revolver at my
client and made him surrender the
box.
"I can only conjecture here-fre-
quently this case has caused me to
conjecture; but / think that the man
Jed, although he knew something val
liable was contained in the box,
thought, as did my Spanish client, that
1T was personal property; and, unlike
my client, he was not careless of prop
erty rights. This conjecture may not
interest you, but l imagine you ask
ing: why did not Jed steal the box
he afterward took from my clientY
1T was, / think. because the man Jed
was by nature honest, and it was only
when his inhibitions had been broken
down by the sight of another man COM
hitting a crime which had been easier
for him to commit, that he lost control
of his morals.
1.-THE man Jed took the box. MY eli
Eent desperate at finding himself
robbed of his loot, armed himself i'm
mediately and broke into Jed's room
shortly thereafter. He found Jed dis
'consolately looking at a mass of pa
ipers, which was all the supposed jewel
!casket contained.
"In this disappointing occupation
Jed was aroused by the stealthy en-
trance of my client through a win
dow, but there was no conflict. JED
pointed to re papers and laughed.
My client was shrewd enough to read
fJed's emotions. He knew that the
treasure trove had proved a soap bub-
Ible. He is a man Of violent temper.