Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-02-18
True
Detective Stories
SHADOW OF EVIL

The Bank u Liverpool, To one Of
his associates. n just going across
the street 10 get z bite u lunch
Az 1ozr Iater the officials Of the
bank began - wonder where Goudle
VAS bur the fact that his hat SIN
remained upon it, accustomed peg il
dIcated tEat the cashier aasn't far
away. ard that be would soon return.
But az the closing hour that after
noon GouGIe was sill missiug-and
when an auditor went over MS books
IL vas dlse0Fered that hundred and
serenry-fve thousand pounds (s0ue
$50 goD) had also disappeared
Inquiry az the house where Goudie
had lodged failed tn bring to light any
trace of the missing cashier. VINO had
left home that morning a. usual, ap-
pareHfly without any intention Of being
away over night His clothes we're in
thelr accustomed position, and even
bis toilet articles Tere untouched
II fact. Z It hadn't been for the dis
appearance of the money from the
bank, the police would have searched
the hospitals. On the theory that
Goudie had met With an accident.
But. as Frank Freost. superiHtend-
ent II Scotland Yard. pointed OUT, il
was hardly likely that bank official
ard 5000 would vanish at one and
the same tine without some connec-
ton between he two events.
"As luck would have it, continued
F'roest oue If the ablest detectives in
England, "GoudIe has chosen the sim
pIesr manner In which 70 make his e.
cape-the easiest from his point d
view aBd the most difficult from the
standpoint of the police. II is com
paratIvely simple TO find a man who
lays his plans in advance. You can
usually trace his baggage Or his rail
way tickets But GoudIe just walked
out 10 lunch and lost himself some
+ where He left only one clue behind
him--hls hat.
Therefore, working on the assump-
ton that hatIess man would be
quite conspicuous, and that Goudle,
EAiVH4a+E LtA4st FfffAttA if4tL4tftAAcLt AS Pun
chase another hat. Freost made the
rounds Of the shops near the Liver
pool bank. From the clerk in one Of
them be obtained the information that
a man answering - the description Of
the missing cashier had purchased
cloth cap or distinctive pattern only
a few moments after noon Oh the day
that Goudie vanished
By means Of this clue and a detailed
i report on Goudie's appearance, Freost
soon had every man connected with
Scotland Yard searching for the alb
econding cashier. But Il was several
weeks before he was located and cap
tured in a lodging house in the north
Of England
However, the arrest Of the man
who looted the Bank Of Liverpool did
not BIZ any means close the case.
Even before he was discovered,
Freoet had found out that Goudle had
+ been In the habit OF playing the races
parroHzlng clique Of handbook
men" who had played upon his GU
pldity IN such manner that they, and
not he. had secured the benefits Of his
dishonesty In order 10 recover the
money. Frp0st therefore had 10 round
up the members Of This gambling ring
md force them TO disgorGe.
It developed that the leader Of the
organization, sensing a way in which
TO make a lot Of money, without run
ming any risk, had approached Gondie
with an account Of q fixed race"
which was 10 be run at EPSON Downs
aud that the cashier, believing that
he could clean up a fortune In sin
gle day. had taken twenty five thousand
pounds from the bank, falsifyng the
accounts TO conceal the shortage. The
mans credulity Is evident from the
fact that he placed the money "a odds
Of 20 to J. which meant that he stood
10 win half million pounds or 81
10000 II his horse came IN first. OF
course. no bo0kmaker could afford 10
pav bet ~ this size but Goudie
overlooked this Tsct and cheerfully
wagered his borrowed" capital The
horse naturally failed 10 win. and In
en- effort to recoup his losses. the cash
+ Ter commenced Systematically 10 loot
the banks funds
One ~ the odd features Of the case
which Treost discovered, by blind luck.
Gou3ie one day placed q biz bet o. a
horse That won When he went 20
collect BIS bct with the frm intention
&c sluartns his accounts with the
bank he wos casually Informed hat
the vagor Ind not been p In
time. and he was advised 10 put Il on
another sure tIp" which lost When
his #eCaleoBons reached point when
Il Was hopeless t. attempt further caa-
coameut from the bank authorities
Geuf1.e "wcat out to luHch"
II didn't take Treost long 90 dis
cover bat 81 planning { ronntHp =
the gambling gang he was taea..ns
oua 81 tbe most difficult Jobs of his
career
One hy one Freo@t picked up DE
various threa = Of the tangled ease