Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-17
By PARRISH

der. Moreover, theJfellow had a
large. and desperate following, to
whom he was a h~ish-priest. He was
reported to be a Russian by birth, but
spoke English without an accent, and
felt MP doubt but what a sufficient
amount of money would engage his
interest in any desperate cause. The
desire to+"get him" added zest to my
interest in the affair. II he was ac-
these plottcrs against the neutrality
of the United States, the catch would
be worth while.
As o as possible next morning /
sought out Burke, the manager of
the hotel. with whom 1 had a speak
ing acquaintance, and, without con
fiding the extent Of my discovery,
questioned him relative to the mys-
FERROUS box, and the. guests who left
1t behind. Two men, he said. both
we'll dressed. but with nothing par
ticularly TO distinguish them, had reg
istered together late in the afternoon
OF Friday, September 27,,and on re-
quest a been assigned to one room
with We beds and a bath. The larg-
err man, who had inscribed himself
as "P. $. Horner, Detroit" alone had
q. bag; his companion. known to the
hotel Is "Gustave Alva, Toledo,
Ohio" being without baggage. The
bill vas paid the next morning by
Horner, and the two departed to.
gether. 1t was an hour later when
the chambermaid on that floor re-
ported finding the box in the room
vacated. After holding it for a day
or two IN expectation that it might
be called tor, no such inquiries being
made. the hotel endeavored to trace
the men, but to no avail. The fellows
had either falsely registered. or were
entirely unknown where they claimed
residence. The first was the most
probable condition.x After thirty days.
n having exhausted all reasonable
efforts to find the rightful owner, the
hotel felt legally justified in selling
the trinket. That was all Burke knew
OF the matter, and his interest in it
was not keen.
4 am inclined to think now that l
went at the problem without much
system, and that success achieved
was through pure accident. During
the forenoon I dropped in upon Clenu-
ent Breckenridge, cashier of the lDo-
ver's. National bank. We had been
classmates at college, and 1 generally
called on him when in the city. This
time I led the conversation to Kulb.
krantz g. Co.. OF the pretense that /
had received mail from them relative
70 some recommended investment.
Clement knew krantz well and favor
ably, and my probing ELECTED the In.
formation that the man "a Austrian
by birkh. but a n~aturaliaed citizen
rather deeply interested in political
matters. II his sympathies were al ali
revolutionary he had carefully re.
Trained from any such open expres-
sion. The firm had made aespecialtv
Of handling South American business.
and had intimate financial connections
in both Rio and Buenos Aires. Mine
company ranked high in financial cir
cles. "
1.-THE present war must have cost
them a rather heavy loss" / hazarded.
However, this Is nothing to me. By
the way, Clement. do you chance to
know OF Cans street in this town r.
Cans? That is a new one m No..
Try the city directory-therc on the
edge of the deck"
The name was not to be found. nor
any other approaching It in sound or
spelling, and. ! finally drifted out Onto
the street, really no wiser than when
first entered ! made one more If.
fort, however, telephonins tota detec-,
tive sergeant whom I knew well. a.
e. re present WHEREABOUTS Of Ivan
Ths lAst heard 81 waldron,
itrikin1t miners; that vas isss'fhyns
week 40; be had not been seen il
The whole affair had looked hone.
less. About all I could do would III
to send the torn note to the nropar
authorities in WaAhington, With =
statement Of how 1t came into nv
possessian, and let them dispose 81