The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1922-09-20

kept by Carruthers and Roberta.
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Il was wonderful Rushton said to
his companion, as soon as they were
in the open, eff you was figurin' on
tellin' me anything more about that
guy. | could see that you wasn't
ready to give it all up to Bing Har-
ward and Tom Clancy-but me!
That's different, amt it,"
eyes, Rushton, that's why | came
outside with you. This Cranshaw
Belding Il have personally known
that Belknap is Bedding for a long
time; and an acquaintance of mine
has also known it, although neither of
US was in a position to prove it, has
a long criminal record, and a bad one.
1t began when he was a mere boy, and
he is now, according to my best in
formation, thirty-four years old. He
was born with brains; he is superla-
lively intelligent and he has courage.
/ don't think that he knows what
physical fear is; nor mental fear,
either, for that matter. He has good
blood in him, too-the best that Ken
tucky boasts, on both sides OF his an
eestry; but he is immoral; a man who
apparently was born without morals.
The combination creates a dangerous
character to be at large. He is utter
ly INSCRIPTIONS, save in particu-
lar, and that one to which I refer is
remarkable because it is the one scru-
pie that one would expect in a
man of his characteristics"
"Say-what is it-that thing that
you're talkin' about? ?" Rushton asked.
"He respects, and is known to be
fastidious in his regard for women.
1t is an anamoly in his general char
acter, inherited, probably, from his
mothers family. At all events, he
has it, as has been proved by his acts
many times, to my personal informa-
lion and belief"
Rushton grunted. 1t was plain
that he received that statement with
a large grain of salt; but the only
response he made was to put another
question.
"Do you mind tellin' me what he's
wanted for? Why your department
is after him ?" he asked.
Not at all. | have told you that
mis- criminal record began when he
was a boy. 1t is, in fact, nearly as
old as he is. He was brought up anC
trained almost from babyhood in th'
family of a man VINO was probably
the greatest, shrewdest, keenest AMI
ablest criminal who ever defied tn,
government authorities-the most ex
pert bond-forger, bill-forger and all
around counterfeiter of bond-plate
bill-plates and of all sorts of negotia
hi 1~a,v~sA1n- ALa4 4Ao x-r(.1I Lo~ oxv0
known"
"Say, Brainard, you didn't happei
TO mean old Brock"
Eyes, he is the man | refer to. II
has been dead some years now
but"
Eight or ten,' Rushton interpolat
ed. well, what do you know abou
that!'
"The old man." Carruthers contir
ned, found in the young one an ar
pupil, a -venturesome one, and a con
petent successor. After the death {
the old man the government believe
that all of the counterfeit plates wit
which he had carried on his bushes
had been rounded up and ~accounte
for; but ever since then, at interva
and in widely separated localities
a counterfeited bond, or stock cert
ficate, or a bill, or something of tn;
character, has made it's appearance
So, we have known, without heir
able to prove it, that young Beldinl
las been carrying on the work of m
teacher.
81 am giving you only a bare out
line of things, Rushton, and there ar
two more matters connected witt
them which / want you to take int
consideration. The first one is Il an
speaking officially now, not personal
ly, please understand that) that th'
name of Cranshaw Bedding has al
ways been regarded by the depart
rent as a sort of myth. 1t was known
that there was said to be such a per
son., or actually was one, but no def
mite description of him could be oh
tanned. There were a dozen descrlp
lions of him, but each one was total!
different from any one of the oth.rs
ard not one of them could be relies
upon 10 be authentic. The other mat
ter to which ! referred just nous til
scecrd cne. is this: Nearly two year
ago an operative Of the department.
sent in a report TO the chez 4 whic'
he stated with emphasis that he has
succeeded in trailing Beldings tina
he knew him. and was prepared &
prove identity; that he was COINS
after his man as soon rs he finlshef
ere report ne was writing; that h: