Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-03-26
CHAPTER ViII-Continued.
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Where was that2" / asked.

where was thatT l 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, il might be assumed that
Il was there" he said. ut was there,
and my client came into possession of
a dOcument-by dishonest means.
suspect-Of which he now retains only
one page. / 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 Que If he will
sssissI. Il sSp hht & said
81 anticipated your remark" he said.
~ look at the matter differently. If
Mr.. Sidney has something to conceal,
we shall be glad to help him to con-
ceal it. | will leave a copy of the
page from the document with you, and
with your permission will see you
later"
He handed me long envelope and
with a bow asked to be shown to the
door Jed. not suSpecting that the
little man had any connection with the
sailor showed him out.
went to my room to examine the
paper which had been left with me
1t was accompanied by an explanatory
statement by Attorney Philetus NJ
Brown" | will give the explanatory
statement frSt.
Memoranda for DR.. Nicholson
The accompanying typewriter sheet
is n part of document stolen from
Mr.. Sidney in MOntevideo ten years
ago by Alexandra Dravada. then 6
servant in the capacity of porter. Ora
vada preserves the original, of which
have had several typewriter copies
made. Dravada had the complete doc
ument in his hands. hut only for q
short while. He had discovered in
the course of several years servic,
under Mr.. Sidney in Montevideo thai
strong box in Mr.. Sidney's room
was particularly guarded. He sup
posed il contained jewels. He is.
should Judge person of small mora
character and great cupidity. He de
termined to steal the box hoping that
it's 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 rs
Jed. jed leveled revolver at my
client and made him surrender the
box.
IL can only conjecture here-fre
Quently this case has caused me tC
conjecture; but | think that the maj
Jed. although he knew something val
liable was contained in the box
thought as did my Spanish client. that
it was personal property: and, unlike
my client, he was not careless of prop
erty rights. This conjecture may not
interest you, but | imagine you ask
ing: Why did not Jed steal the box
he afterward took frOn. NY client?
1t was, | think, because the man JED
was by nature honest, and il 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
ent, 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
pers, which was all the supposed jewe
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. JeC
pointed to the papers and laughed
My client was shrewd enough TO read
Jed'S emotions. He knew that the
treasure trove had proved soap hub
BILE. He is a man of violent temper