Owingsville outlook., 1921-06-23

Russian by birth, but spoke English
without an ncccnt. and | felt no doubt
hut what Il sufficient amount of money
would engage his Interest In any dcs-
pcrate cause. The desire To get him
added zcSt Ia my interest in the affair.
If he was actually nt the head of these
fellows, these plottcrS against the ueu-
trality of the United States, the catch
would be worth while
As soon RS possible next morning
sought out Burke. the manager of the
hotel with whom had speaking ac-
quaintnnce, and, without Cuntiding the
extent of my discovery, questioned him
relative to the mysterious box. and the
guests who left it behind Two men
he said, both well dressed, hut with
nothing particularly to distinguish
them, had registered together late in
the afternoon of Friday, September -.
and on request had been assigned to
one room with twin beds and a bath
The larger man, who had inscribed him
self as "P. =. IIOrner, Detroit" alone
had bag; his companion, known tC
the hotel as "GuStave Alva, Toledo
Ohio" being without baggage. The
bill was paid the next morning by
llorner, and the two departed together.
Ii was an hour later when the cham
hermaid on that floor reported finding
the box In the room vacated. After
holding IL for day or two I'm expcc-
nf IpN 4.
such inquiries being made, the hotel
endcavored to trace the men. but tO
no avail. The fellows had either false
ly registered or were entirely unknown
where they claimed residence. The
first was the most probable condition.
After thirty days. and having exhaust
ed all reasonable efforts to find the
rightful owner, the hotel felt legally
justified in selling the trinket That
was all Burke knew of the matter and
his interest in II was not keen.
l am inclined to think now that
went at the problem without much
system, and that any success achieved
was through pure accident During
the forenoon | dropped in upon Glen.
ent breckenridge, cashier of the DO
ver's National bank. We had beer
classmates at college, and | generally
called on him when I'm the city. This
time l led the conversation to Kulh,
Krantz & Co., on the pretenSe that |
had received mail from them relative
to some recommended investment.
Clement knew Krantz well and favor
ably, and my probing elected the in
formation that the man was Austrian
by birth, but a naturalized citizen
rather deeply interested in political
matters. II his sympathies were at all
revolutionary he had carefully re-
Trained from any such open express
sion. The firm had made n speciality
Of handling South American business
and had intimate financial connections
in both Rio and BueD0s Aires. The
company ranked high in financial
circles.
''The present war must have cost
them rather heavy loss" | hazarded
However, this is nothing to me. BY
INT way NieiItut' Np Nbu ClluICP 10
know OF Cans street in this tOwn?"
"Gans7 That is a new one on me.
Try the city directory-there on the
edge of the desk"
The name was not to be found. nor
any other approaching II in sound or
spelling, and l finally drifted out onto
the street, really no wiser than when
l first entered. l made one more effort,
however, telephOning TO a detective
sergeant whom knew well, as to the
present whereabouts of Ivan WaldrOn.
The last heard of WaldrOn, he was In
West Virginia, speaking to striking
miners; that was less than a week
ago; he had not been seen In the city
| since.