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

bank began 70 wonder where Gogdle
vas. but the fact that his hat still
remained upon It's accustomed peg il
dicated that the cashier wasn't far
away. ard that be would soon return.
But al the closing hour that after
noon GouGle vas sill mlssing-and
when az auditor went over his books
Il vas disc0gered that hundred and
seFenry-hye thousand pounds {soule
S8J0.OJ0) had also disappeared!
Inquiry at the house where Goudie
had lodged failed to bring to light any
trace u the missing cashier. who had
left home that morning a. usual, ap-
parent.y without any intention of being
away over night His clothes were in
their accustomed position, and even
his toilet articles gere Untouched
n fact. II it hadn't been for the dis
appearance ri the money from the
hank, the police would have searched
the hospitals. On the theory that
Goadie had met With an accident.
But az Frank Freos:. superiHtend-
ent u Scotland Yard pointed out, II
was hardly likely that bank official
and 5000 would vanish at one and
the same time without some coHnec-
ton between the two events
AS luck would have it, continued
F'roest. ore II the ablest detectives in
England. "GoudIe has chosen the sim
pie4t manner In which 70 make his es-
cape-the easiest from his point 81
view and the most difficult from the
standpoint ~ the police Il is com
paratlyely simple 10 find q man who
lays his plans In advance. You can
usually trace his baggage or his rail-
way tickets But Goudie just walked
out to lunch and lost himself some
where He left only one clue behind
him-hls hat.
Therefore, working on the assump-
ton that hatless man would be
quite conspicuous and that Goudle,
knowing this, would Immediately pur-
chase another hat. Freost made the
rounds Of the shops near the Liver
pool bank. From the clerk in one Of
them he obtained the information that
a man answering 70 the description Of
the missing cashier had purchased a
cloth cap ~ a distinctive pattern only
a few moments after noon OH the day
that Goudie vanished.
By means Of this clue and detailed
report on Goudle's appearance. Freost
soon had every man connected with
Scotland Yard searching for the alb
sconding 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 by any means close the case.
Even before he was discovered
Freost had found out that Goudle had
been IN the habit Of playing the races
-pa,rouzlng a clique Of Handbook
men" who had played upon his Gu
pidity In such a manner that they, and
not he had secured the benefits Of his
dishonesty In order TO recover the
money Freost therefore had 10 round
up the members If this gambling ring
md force them 10 disgorge
II developed that the leader Of the
TO make a lot Of money. without run
ming any risk, had approached Goudie
with an account Of a fixed race
which was to 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. falsifying the
accounts 70 conceal the shortage. The
mans credulity Is evident from the
fact that he placed the money at odds
OF 20 10 !. which meant that he stood
10 win half a million pounds. or So
10000 II his horse came In first OK
course. no boOkmaker could afford 10
pay bet 81 this slze-bu Goudie
overlooked this ract and Cheerfully
wngered his borrowed" capital The
horse naturally failed 70 win. and. IN
en- effort to recoEp his losses, the cash
81 commenced systematically to loot
the hank's funds.
one of the odd features Of the case
which Freost discovered. by blind luck.
Goudio one day placed big bet ON a
horse that won When ne went 30
collect his bet. with the firm intention
Of squulng his accounts with the
bank. hc was casually Informed that
the wager had not been placed In
time. and be vas advised 20 put n ON
nnethe~ sure tip" which lost When
his 3eCaleationS reached poinr when
it was hopeless 10 attempt further con-
c,alment from the bank authorities.
Gon'1Ie event out to luuch"
II didn't take Freost long {, dis
cover that i'm planning roundup "
the gambling gang he was tackIus
one - Che most difficult Jobs of his
career
One hy ono Freost picked up the
various threa = q the tangled case
one by one ne followed the various
c.ues Mt least one OF which led u
the suicide of a member OF the hook
makers clique. But in addition 70
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