The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1922-11-08

For some reason or Other Joe BOStDCk
raised II loan OF o large sum On ilvo
hundred Missatibl shares probably
To cover some other investment and
knowing that he could meet il when
the time came There's nothing ah
normal or unusual about that
"The money disappeared. Checks az
gregatlng four hundred thousand dol.
lars signed by Joe BostOck and
made out In your favor are found in
your safe. II is claimed that you pre-
sented them that they passed through
the bank in the normal way, and thai
they went back to you at the time you
signed the monthly statement as hi.
executor.
"You are presumed to have cashed
those checks. Two days later you
went into the bush with Mr.. Bostock
He died at your side. Do you see the
implication. as . Juryman would see
1T"
And you believe | forged those
checker
Il do not" snid Payne emphatically.
"But-I1l be frank-I couldn't see"
Then It was Phayre."
"Phayre or Clark. CLARK has q first
rate record. He wac twelve years with
the Regina branch Of the Western Ma
uonal. We haven't been able to trace
anything TO his discredit. still, there's
not the least doubt Phsyre and Bow
yer hxed up this scheme TO get con
troll of the Missatibl and ruin you, at
the best. Joe Bostock's death fitted In
only too well with their purposes. But
how those checks got into your safe.
Carruthers-"
chambers placed them there of
course. l went over the papers i'm
medlately / discovered that the safe
was open. but the checks were the last
thing ! should have thought Of look
Ing ut ] thought they were after the
blue-prints Of the townships"
Then Chambers must also have alb
stracted the checks showing how Joe
Bostock expended that five hundred
thousand, and left those In their place
It's u diabolIcal continuance, and I'm
afraid We can't hope TO make much
impression with such story Oh
jury. Carruthers. Are you positive
you closed the safe :"
Il am absolutely sure. because | al
ways trled II after closing. and made
sure that the combination was not
set
ut couldn't be opened without the
combinatIonr
Impossible. OF course. I'm not say
ing what mightn't be,done by master
craftsman"
But Chambers wasn't burglar. He
was an engineer, and always had been.
He was a skilled one, too. He could
do better by his profession than by
burglary. That's the heaviest item In
the prosecutions bill. Carruthers. II
Establishes strong motive That's
what ! mean when | say that we're on
the defensive. The thing We have to
do Is to clear up this forgery situa-
ton"
lie hesitated. "Carruthers, III he
frank with you" he said. There's an
other motive almost as strong. It's
Mrs. Bostock. She went To live al Big
Muskeg In an isolated cottage near
your own-right after her husbands
death. A damning thing in the eyes
of men of the world. as all jurymen
pride themselves on being"
she WIS like sister To me for
Joe's sake" said Wilton.
(which is the last--the very last
suggestion that would put before
jury" answered Payne.
Wilton had another visitor that day.
IL was Jim Belts, who had somehow
obtained a permit to see him, and APP
peared outside the bars. accompanied
by the warden.
"Win," he said huskily. were 60
ing to get you out Of here. told You
them two snakes would be found at
the bottom of the brushwood. i
believe in ye, boy! That amt much,
maybe, but | want ye to know it,
Wilton was deeply moved Thank
you, Jim," he said warmly.
"And listen, hoy Ye remember how
We came to me about meeting that note
when 1t falls due? told We couldn't
help ye. Well, boy. | was lying. | was
trying ye, VIII, and we've made good
and | want to say"-tlie old mans
voice almost failed him-'I want to
say the moneys yours to meet that
note when 1t falls due, and II want
We to know this when ye're In trouble,
and not when ye're out OF 1t and all
The worlds slsppius ye on the back