The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-02-17
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Detective Stories
SHADOW OF EVIL


said Henry Goudie, cashier OF
the Bank Of Liverpool, to one OF
his associates. I'm just going across
the street to get bite Of lunch"
An holr later the officials OF thA
bank began to wonder where Gondis
was, but the fact that his hat still
remained upon Its accustomed peg In
dicated that the cashier wasn't Ear
away, and chat he would soon return
But at the closing hour that after
noon Goudie was still missing and
when an auditor went over his books
N was discovered that hundred and
seyenty-flye thousand pounds (some
$3.50, 000) had also disappearedl
Inquiry at the house where Goudie
had lodged failed to bring 20 light any
trace OF the missing cashier, who had
left home that morning as usual. ap-
parently without any Intention OF being
away over night His clothes were IL
their accustomed position, and sveA
mis- toilet articles were untouched.
In fact, II 1t hadn't been for the dis
appearance OF the money from the
bank, the pelice would have searched
the hospitals. on the theory that
sioudie had met with an accident
But. as Frank Ereost. superintsnd-
snt Of Scotland Yard. pointed out, II
was hardly likely that bank official
and $4,000 would vanish at one and
the same time without some connec-
ton between the two events.
.As luck would have It." continued
Froest. one OF tAe ablest detectives In
England, "GoudIe has chosen the sim
plest manner In which TO make his es-
cape--fhe easiest from his point OF
view and the most difiicult from the
standpoint of the police. II Is com
paratIvely simple 10 find man who
lays HIS plans 10 advances. 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-his hat.
Therefore, working on the assump-
tion that hatless man would be
quite conspicuous, and that Goudie.
knowing this. would Immediately pur-
chase another hat Freo@t made the
rounds Of the shops near the Liver
pool bank. From the clerk in one OF
them he obtained the information that
q man answering 70 the description Of
the missing cashier Ind purchased a
cloth cap OF distinctive pattern only
few moments after noon on the day
that Goudie vanished.
Ky means Of this clue and detailed
report on uoudie's appearance. Freost
soon had every man connected with
Scotland Yard searching for the alb
sconding cashier. But II was several
weeks before he was located and cap
tured In lodging house In the north
OF England.
However, the arrest Of the mar
who looted the Bank Of Liverpool did
not By any means close the case.
Eyeh before he was discovered
Freost Rad found out that Goudlh had
been in the habit Of playing the races
s-patronxing clique OF handbook
men,. who had played upon his Gu
pldity In such manner that they. and
not he, had secured the benefits OF hii
dishonesty. In order to recover this
money, Freost therefore had to round
up the members Of this gambling rinl
and force them 20 dlsgorge
II developed that the leader OF III,
organization, sensing a way In which
60 make a lot OF money. without run
ming any risk. had approached Gondi'
with an account OF fixed race
which was TO be run ut Epson Downs
and that the cashier. believing tina
he could clean up fortune in ain
gle day, had taken twenty-five thousan'
pounds from the bank. falslfying th
accounts to conceal the shortage. TIL
mans credulity Is evident from In
fact that he placed the money az odd
OF 20 TO /. which meant that he stoo
20 win half million pounds, or 81
100000 II his horse came In first, O
course, no bookmaker could afford I
nay bet OF this sixe-but Goudi
overlooked this fact and cheerful
wagered his Borrowed" capital. II
horse naturally failed TO win. and, I
an effort to recoup his losses. the casi
Ter commenced systematically TO Loo
the banks funds.
One OF the odd features OF the eNt
which Freost discovered, by blind tuei
Goudie one day placed big bet on
horse that woh. When he went
collect his bet, with the firm lutentiu
OF squaring his accounts with Il
hank. lie was casually Informed III,
the wager Ind not been placed
time. and he was advised to put II Q
another "sure tip,' which lost. whe
his defalcations reached a point whs
Il was hopeless to attempt further co
eealment from the bank authoritic
Gouldie went out to lunch"
II didn't take Freost long to d
cover that In planning a roundup
the gambling gang he was tacklil
one Of the most difficult Jobs of