Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-03-21
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"She had leased the house Gatlin
gave her In the divorce settlement. and
about two years ago, when the lease
expired and the old tenants departed.
she come down here to have the place
renovated and secure a new tenant. II
was only then that she heard Of Cat
Inns death. She came TO this bank.
with her husband, making inquiries
about Gatlin's estate. and tried hard to
get control Of 1t, but she was out OF
luck. That's how we located the heir"
"What we're the conditions Of the
trust?"
The income was to be permitted to
accumulate and be reinvested and the
child was to have two hundred and
fifty dollars a month until her eight
eenth birthday, when the total income
from the trust was to be turned owe
TO her. She can never touch the prin-
cipal. however, although Gatlin did
provide that she might have up to ten
thousand dollars Of 1t at any one time
II. In the judgment Of the trustee, the
emergency requiring such withdrawal
was deemed good and sufficient. Cat
lin had faith that the real estate, II
held long enough. would appreciate
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT it has. The trust
is now worth three-quarters OF a mil
lion and the Income is close to twenty
thousand a year." .
you say Penelope Gatlln has a
checking account also?"
"Yes. We deposit the income from
the trust semi-annually, in her &C.
count"
HAS she ever asked for an emer-
gency withdrawal Of len thousand dol
lars7"
mo"
as her checking account activel"
"Not very. The cashier was speak
Ing TO me about II less than two weeks
ago.. She draws checks sporadically.
Her checking account has interested
us considerably for the past two years.
because her monthly statement and
dead checks have all been returned by
the post Office. With the exception of
about a dozen checks made out to local
merchants and probably In payment
of her bills, Miss Gatlln's checks have
all been In favor of one Ella Gates, Of
San Francisco. We traced the Gates
woman down through the Endorsements
on the checks. but she stated she
didn't know Miss Gatlin's address ;
that Miss Gatlin visited her occasional
ly, wrote out checks and asked her to
cash them for her at the local grocery
store or drug store. These people
stated that Ella Gates never received
the money at once, but that they col
lected the checks for her and then
gave her the money. ! don't like the
looks of this, Chief"
"Ill soon find out all about it,
Mcnamara promised. "And | know
where Penelope Garlin ls-only I'm not
going to tell you now. Would you
mind letting me look over her old bank
statements 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 five
thousand dollars, and deposited by him
to the credit Of his account in the Fed
eral Trust company of San Fran
cisco.
IL have all the information | want,
with this exception" He drew forth
one of the rogue's gallery photographs
made at the central station by the po-
lice photographer. rs that Penelope
Gatlin?"
That's the girl. Chief. Is she In
trouble with the police?"
Dan Mcnamara laughed. "Not at all.
She's the sweetest little thing on earth.
The only trouble she's been In is that
she's been lost Amnesia. Can't re-
member who she is or anything about
her past life. Has several aliases she
uses at will"
How interesting-and how sad"
Neither interesting nor sad-to me.
We handle lots Of cases like this.
They're durable. You1l be good enough
to regard this interview as strictly con-
fidential. Of course. II would be very
embarrassing for the girl II news OF
her unfortunate predicament should
leak out, for, of course. after her
mind has been restored t. Its normal
functions, she will have no memory OF
the period In which she has been lost.
know a doctor that will fix her up
In Jig time"
And after he's done that" the
banker suggested. have a plastic sur