Gunnison news-champion., 1923-05-11

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/ Detective Stories
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the iiTss of the fingers Of his left hand
Z precisely uEHinst the tips of the m
Z gers - his right. a habit that was sec
Z ond nature tO him during the cuusid-
Z eratiun of a diaicIit pr'blrm.
why "a earth. Edwards. didn't you
come 60 me with this story beforei
Its too late e. help you now. Your
stocks Eune. your credit ruined. and
they've MIXED you dry. a word to
the association In time would have
saved you money and US time"
i didn't dare TO come out In the
open" grpau.i the man un the 9th
er side Of the d-sk. They had III"
goods On me. tco. remember did
hire a private detective agency,
hut
Private detectives - snorted West
'neteriives of any kind arr practical.
iy useless IN eases connected with CON
rnsrcinl crimes. There's nothing that
can be done In this case. but there l.
q way In which you can assist the law.
land the men who iieecsd you. and pos.
sibly make a crubSinke for yourself
Listen
less than six months later. Abe Elm
stein. who called himself "crcdli
manager wandered into the office of
Henry W. Easton. lawyer. and after
seeing that all tine doors were care
fully closed. inquired II Easton re,
memhereI Edwards. the shoe dealer,
whom they had nicked some time be-
fore.
The names familiar" replied the
lawyer. but | don't recall the de
tails"
"Oh, II was the same old game"
gruutcd Einstcin. II got him to come
up and talk to you-you suggested
that he ship the bulk Of his stock out
~ town To me-rd sell IL. and we'd
split with him after the usual fees
had been deducted
4 remember now. Then. whea he
came back here and timidly asked for
his part Of the rnke-ofT. told him he
was lucky not to be in jail for vio
latlns six or eight different statutes.
our fees, as | carefully explained to
him, more than ate up the proceeds
Of his stock mt n forced sale and he
really owed W. money, You should
have seen his face then. But what's
the trouble; Has he made peep TO
The polIcer
.No. nothing like that" Einstein re-
piled. "But happened 10 be pass
ing through Wllkesbarre the other day,
and who should ! run Into but Ed.
wards. Prosperous, too. knew him
In minute, and wondered where he'd
gotten his money. Followed him down
the street aways. and found that he'd
opened another store Flashy, but
good-lookine. Somebody's evidently
staked him. and he's trying his luck.
but-anh here's the part that concerns
us-he's nearly On the rocks again !"
ruptcyf"
Exactly: only This time he evident
ly intends 10 work the game all his
own. You can't blame him for that,
after he's been burned once
But protested Easton, .he cant
handle II by himself,
That's what l figured said Elm
stein. But, naturally. / didn't put the
matter up to him. Things have been
pretty duh around here for while.
Why don't you run up and see Ed
wards; Admit that we didn't do as
well for him the first time as we might
have, and make him guarantee of
$500 on 40-G0 split.
"Right.' snapped the lawyer. "I1l
take run up there tomorrow"
The following afternoon. In the pri-
vate Office OF his store, Edwards and
Easton thrashed out the details Of
their former arrangement the lawyer
stating that he had come to pay over
5000. (which had been Unexpectedly
saved from the wreck"
Incidentally" he added, II under
stand that you won't be here much
longer. Going to try the same game
yourself?"
Possibly replied the shoe dealer.
-Why notl'
"iou can't do Il without an organi.
zation." insisted the lawyer. "You
need us. and we need you.
Then. while Edwards nervously
played with some papers on his desk,
Easton outlined his plan-how the
goods were TO be shipped, how Elm
stein would handle them. and the 81
500 guarantee which would be paid
the shoe dealer for his part in the
fraudulent bankruptcy proceedings.
Terms were finally agreed up. and
the whole court proceedings went for
ward without a hitch.
The day after he had been declared
bankrupt. Edwards accompanied East
on to the bank, and there received the
$500 which had been promised him.
As the lawyer handed him over the
money. he heard voice behind him
say:
NAB him. boysi"
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