The Washington herald., 1921-03-06

SSDoulIAN1 vi NJoAo'hoANs
The problem was that Of. the
Ownership OF a shipment OF s5oo.0e0
in gold. shipped from Genoa by
DR.. Jan Iskewski, and consigned to
himself.
The gold arrived safely enough,
but two DR.. Jan Iskewskis arose
TO claim IL. Each man fitted the
rather general description the In
ternational Express Company had
from its Genoa ONCE. Neither had
the bill OF lading. Both told the
same story: that the gold was a
trust fund held by the doctor for
certain Russian nobility. which he
had smuggled out Of Russia
1T was lucky" the general man
ager of the express company told
Harvey Hunt, that we did not turn
the consignment over TO the first
man who showed up. He did not
have a bill OF lading, but he showed
credentials Of identity from the
Bolshevik government and eX-
plained the absence OF the bill OF
lading by saying that he had mailed
IL to himself at a hotel here. be-
cause he feared to carry il on his
person, but that IL must have gone
astray in the mail. We suggested
that he wait few days and seS,
il the letter did not turn up, and'
stuck TO our position in spite Of
his protests that il would interfere
with an immediate trip to the West.
as he had contemplated.
Two days later the second man
rushed in here in great excitement,
explaining that he was the doctor.
and that he had lost his wallet
containing the bill of Iading. His
story regarding the gold shipments
point of origin and purpose was
exactly the same as that of the
other man.
To-day both men showed up at
about the same time. Each was in
dignant and denounced the other as
an imposter. Y had them wait in
different rooms, and sent for you.
OF course, under the circumstances.
we will not turn the shipment over
to either until we receive more pos
itive Identification from the other
side, and / have set the machinery
in motion TO that end already, but
that will take several days, and
maybe weeks. In the meantime.
however, we have decided that IL
would be good strategy to settle
/
ance which Of the two men is really
the doctor"
We'll" said Harvey Hunt
thoughtfully, you might get =
physician to talk to each one. II
the imposter should happen to b.
no physician himself the interview
would certainly reveal it."
L thought Of that and tried ~
on, replied the manager. but Il
happens that both men really are
physicians. We also ascsrtsined
! that both came over on the same
ship. each under an assumed name.
Each claims not to have seen the
other or suspected the presence OF
a double on the ship. Both appar-
emily kept pretty well TO their own
staterooms, according TO the cap
tain.
Il confess. Hunt. that the thing
has me guessing. Either story about
the lost bill Of lading might be true.
Yet under the circumstances, each
sounds 'ishy.'"
For several moments the criminal
investigator gazed out the window,
mentally checking up the points.
Then he said;
II it's only moral certainty you
want, and not legal proof. ! believe
can tell you which is the i'm
tpostor. No. IL won't even be neces-
sary Tor me to talk to the gentle-
men.
The false DR.. Jan Iskewski is
But do you know which wa. the
tmpestor. and how Harvey Hupt.
hgured. ft outf.
The answer will appe.r tou,rrov.