Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-06

count In the name OF rene
lope Gatlin?" Chief Nc
- Namara asked the banker.
Both trust account and
a checking account, chief. We had her
fathers account for years before he was
unfortunately killed in an automobile
accident some eight years ago. We had
the account of his divorced wife for
quite while, too, but she has closed
that"
"Do you know where she lives at
PRESENT."
"I do not" He was interested. 'But
remember her quite well-a very beau
q splendid chap-retail shoe dealer in
this city, and very prosperous. He and
his wife had q row and she divorced
him and got the child. Gatlin was per-
mitted by the court to have the child
on two Sunday afternoons a month, and
one day he took her to q ball game and
they sat in the bleachers. A long, hard
ball few into the bleachers and fiat
tened the little girls nose; Gatltn
rushed the unconscious child to hos
pital and his ex-wife came and took her
home before anything but emergency
treatment could be given. Mrs. Gatlin
was a religious fanatic and Gatlin sus-
pected she was going to try to cure that
ruined nose by prayer-So he kidnapped
the child, was caught, arrested and did
so days in the county jail.
while he was in jail Mrs. Gatlin
fed to Europe with the little girl, and
Gatlin was desolated. Subsequently
Gatlin sold out his business made most
of his estate liquid and established a
trust with us in favor Of himself and
his daughter. He had made a settle
INIT with Mrs. Gatlin. When his wife
fed to Europe with the child. Gatlir
ceased to deposit the monthly check tc
her credit, in the belief that she'd write
to know why. She didn't, but in some
other manner he located her and
started for Europe with the intention
Of stealing the little girl from her. Or
the way to the station an automobile
hit the taxi he was in and Gatlin was
killed"
did he leave a will?"
He did. His daughter was his sole
beneficiary. We were the executors and
probated it. There was the ten-thous-
and-dollar letter of credit he had pur-
chased just before starting on his fata
trip and a half dozen pieces of city
realty, which has since increased enor-
mously in value. We advertised for the
heir, but received no answer. so tbs
estate was closed, and we handle Il
now. as trustee"
How do you know Mrs. Gatlin ha,
married the man Merton?"
she had leased the house Gatlir
gave her In the divorce settlement, anc
about two years ago, when the leaSt
expired and the old tenants departed
she came down here to have the place
renovated and secure new tenant. Il
was only then that she heard of Cat
Inns death. She came to this bank with
her husband, making inquiries about
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control Of it, but she was cut of luck
That's how we located the heir"
What were the conditions of thu
trust?"
THE income was to be permitted K
accumulate and be reinveSted, and the
child was to have $3.50 a month unit
her eighteenth birthday when the to-
tai income from the trust was to bC
turned over to her. She can never
touch the principal, however, although
Gatlin did provide that she might have
up to $4,000 Of it at any one time If
in the judgment of the trustee, TIT
was deemed good and sufficient. GatliI
had faith that the real estate, If hell
long enough, would appreciate tremen
dously-and 1t has. The trust is nov
worth three-quarters of a million, ant
the income is close to twenty Thousand
a year"
'You say Penelope Gatlin has I
checking account also?"
Eyes. We deposit the income from
the trust semi-annually in her account
Has she ever asked for an emer
gency withdrawal of $10,000?"
mo"
els her checking account active?"
mot very. The cashier was speaking
| to me about it less than two weeks ago
! She draws checks Sporadically. He
checking account has interested u
considerably for the past two years, be.
cause her monthly statement and deaC
checks have all been returned by thu
post office. With the exception of abou
a dozen checks made out to local mer.
chants and probably in payment of hel
bills. Miss Gatlin's checks have al
been in favor of one Ella Gates of Sar
Francisco. We traced the Gates woman
down through the Endorsements on thu
checks, but she stated she didn't know
Miss Gatlin's address: that Miss Cat
lin visited her occasionally, wrote out
checks end asked her to cash them fol
her at the local grocery store or druf
store. These people stated that Ella
Gates never received the money at once
but that they collected the checks fol
her and then gave her the money.
"Ill soon find out all about it." Nc
Namara promised And I know where
Penelope Gatlin is-only I'm not going
to tell you now. Would you mind let
ting me look over her old bank state
ments and the dead checks?"
The banker readily granted him the
privilege, and Mcnamara went through
the checks carefully, noting those
drawn in favor of Ella Gates. The last
one drawn was in favor of a man
named. Hugh P. Taylor, in sum OF
SIS 900, and deposited by him to the
credit of his account in the Federal
Trust Co. of San Francisco
ct have all the information I want,
with this exception" He drew forth
one of the rouge's gallery photographs
made at the Central Station by the
police photographer. us that Penelope
Gatlin?"
That's the girl. chief Is she in
trouble with the police?"
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