Beverly banner., 1925-12-11

! seph H. Miles, and succeeded after the
lapse of about twelve hours. l found
that he lived at Falls City, as l have
said, and that he was president of the
First National bank in that place. He
had a bank in another Nebraska city
and large interest in bank at
York, Pa. He was very well known
and much esteemed. After locating
him l wrote him letter, which ran
as nearly as can recall, as follows:
"Mr. Joseph H. Miles,
"Falls City, Neb.
Dear Sir: If you are the son of the
late Stephen B. Miles, and have a
| brother by the name of Samuel Miles,
and number of nephews and nieces
who reside in Kansas and Nebraska,
have important information for you,
and will impart it personally if you
| will come to st. Louis.
II would suggest that you bring your
| lawyer, as l believe my information
important enough to justify you in
so doing.
"On receipt of this wish that you
would telegraph me, stating when you
will leave Falls City, and at what time
you will arrive in St. Louis. On arriv-
ing at st. Louis, go to the Planters
hotel, look at the register, where you
will find my name, and you can then
come direct to my room, where | will
be waiting for you and your attorney.
II am using a fictitious name, for
reasons that will explain to you when
l see you. Yours very truly"
On receipt of this letter from me,
Mr.. Miles at once telegraphed that he
would leave Falls City the same eve
ming, arriving at ST. Louis the follow
ing morning, ria the Burlington route.
and that he would carry out the in
structions which had given him.
I went to the Planters hotel that
evening, registered under the assum-
ed name which had given in my let
ter, and was assigned to room on the
fourth floor.
The next morning about eight o'clock
Mr.. Joseph H. Miles, accompanied by
his lawyers, Ex-Judge Gillespie of
Falls City, and Ex-Judge Martin of the
same place, and the latter's son, who
was a stenographer, arrived at the
hotel After we had all been mu-
tually introduced l began by saying:
Gentlemen, my name is Thomas
Furlong, and used fictitious name
in writing to Mr.. Miles because my
name and business are known to a
great many people in Nebraska. A
certain person who is connected with
what l know to be a conspiracy
against Mr.. Miles resides in Falls City,
of which he is an old inhabitant, and
he would probably know my name if
he heard it. AS | did not know but
that he might be connected with or
know people in the telegraph Office
and would thus learn that | had COM
municated with Lir. Miles, deemed it
advisable not to use my own name.
Now, l wish that you would call on
any of the general managers of any
of the railroads that enter st. Louis,
or the president of any bank in the
city whom you may know, and ask
him as to my character and standing"
Does Mr.. William Nicholson know
you?" asked Mr. Joseph H. Miles.
"He knows me very well" answer
ed.
"Mr. Nicholson is my correspondent
here" said Mr.. Miles, "and has charge
of more than a million dollars of our
estate"
We walked over to Mr.. Nickolson's
bank and Mr.. Miles entered the pri-
vate office, leaving me standing in the
passage outside. AS he entered the
office he left the door open. Mr..
Nicholson arose and greeted him, at
the same time speaking to me, After
the greeting, Mr.. Miles said to Mr..
Nicholson:
81 see that you know Mr.. Furlong."
YES" replied Mr.. Nicholson, Il have
known Tom for years, and he Is well
come to anything I have"
"Mr Furlong told me that you
knew him." said Mr.. Miles, "and he
insisted on my coming down here and
asking you about his standing in St.
Louis
After little further conversation,
Mr.. Miles shook hands with Mr.. Nick