The Meeker herald., 1922-07-29
True
Detective Stories
MATTER oFMINUTES

ter of an hour. The express car had
been hitched on Immediately behind
the engine. and one Of the firemen
recalled having seen Kellogg. the mes
senger checking up his accounts about
fifteen minutes before the train pulled
into Morris III. The next time he
glanced up shade Ind been pulled
across the window of the express car.
and the first he knew of the robbery
was after the train stopped at Morris.
and Pitney, the brakeman, shouted
out that Kellogg had been killed and
TINT thousands OF dollars was missing
from the safe.
Jameson. who was In charge of the
baggage ear. directly behind the ex-
press cur. provided what appeared to
be the only clue to the crime, by stat
Ing that shortly after the train LEFT
Joliet, n man In red mask had en-
tered his car. held him up at the
point rof revolver. and had then
passed through to the car beyond. leav-
ing Jameson In charge OF another
mnsked man who hpd disappeared as
the train slowed u6wn Mt Morris.
~ was scared stir.r admitted the
baggasemnn. "and didn't dare bulge.
The express authorities ut Morris
promptly sldetracked the express car,
and wired the details of the case to
William A. Pinkerton. who arrived
only few hours later. Meanwhile
however, the contents Of the safe had
been checked up. and 1t was dis
covered that more than 10000 was
missing. Kellogg. the messenger, WIS
dead. hut before dying, he had evil
IDENTIFY given good account of himself
Before he did anything else. Pinker
ton walked back over the track ON
which tile train had come Into Morris
Less than half mile out he dis
covered red mask, lying close to the
track, and he also noted most sig
niflcRnt fact-although there was more
than foot of snow upon the ground
there were no footprints within o
qunrtcr-mile OF the mask,
Returning to Morris, the detective
commenced his examination of the ex
press ear, but failed to find anything
OF value.
Close inspection of the body of the
dead messenger. however, brought tt
light another point which. PinkertOr
felt certain ought to prove valuable
Under Kellogg's finger mills was Q
considerable quantity of what Mt first
appeared TO be wet paper or pulp OF
some kind. hut which the detective
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