The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-01-31
CHAPTER VI-Continued


"She had leased the house Gatlln
gave her In the divorce settlement, and
about rwo years ago, when the lease
expired and the old tenants departed.
she come down here to have the plnce
renovated and secure new tenant II
was only then that she heard OF Cat
Inns death. She came To this bank.
with her husband. making Inquiries
about Gatin's estate. and tried hard 90
get control of IT. hut she was out or
luck. That's how we located the heir.
.Whet were the conditions OF the
trust?'
THE income was to be permitted to
| accumulate and be retnvested ana the
child was to have two hundred and
fifty dollars a month until her eight
zenith birthday. when the total Income
from the trust was TO be turned over
to her. She can never touch the prln-
-cIpal. however. although Gatlin did
| provide that she might have up 10 ten
| thousand dollnrs OF 1t at any one time
| II, In the Judgment Of the trustee. the
| emergency requiring such withdrawn
was deemed good and sufficient Cat
| lin had faith that the real estate. II
| held long enough. would appreciate
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 1t has. The trust
Is now worth three-anarters OF MIL
lion and the income is close to twenty
| thousand year"
you say Penelope GatlIn has
| checking account alsof"
ayes. We deposit the income from
the trust semi-aHnually. In her ae-
count
HAS she ever@Asked for An emer-
gency withdrawal of ten thousand dol
lars2.
mo-"
us her checking account active?'
"Not very. The cashier was speak
Ing to me about 1t less than two weeks
ago. She draws checks sporadicaly.
| Her checking account has interested
ns considerably for the past Two years,
because her monthly statement md
| dead checks have all been returned by
the post office With the exception OF
about dozen checks made out 10 local
merchants and probably In payment
Of her bills. Miss tiatlin's checks have
i 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 Gatlln's address
that Miss Gatlin visited her occasional.
liz, wrote out checks and asked her Il
cash them for her III the local grocery
store or drug store. These people
stated that Ella Gates never received
the money at once, but TINT they col
lected the checks for her and fheI
gave her the money. | don't like tht
looks OF this. Chief"
an soon find out all about it.
Mcnamara promised. Ami | know
where Penelope tiatln Is-ony I'm no
going to tell you now. Would yul
mind letting ME look over her old banI
statements and the dead checks."
The banker readily granted him TIL
| ITlNlltEt. ntfi Htbt tIttAr
the checks carefully. noting thos
drawn In favor OF ELLA Gates TIL
Inst one drawn was In favor Of a ma
named Hugh r. Tayinr, In sum of tiv
thousand dollars, and deposited By hIr
10 the credit OF his account In the Fesf
eral Trust company Of San Fran
cisco
II have all The Information | wanl
with this exception" He drew fort
one of the rogues gallery photograph
made mt the central station by the nc
lice photographer. rs that Penelop
Gatlin?"
That's the girl. Chief. Is she 4
trouble with the pollce9'
Dan Mcnamara laughed. mot at al
She's the sweetest little thing on eartf
The only trouble she's been In is tina
she's been lost AmnesIa. Can't RI
member who she Is or anything ahnr
uses at WILL"
'How inieresting-and how sad.'
Neither interesting nor sad-to m
We handle lots of cases like TIL
They're durable You'll be good enonI
10 regard this Interview as strictly COZ
iidential. Of course. 1t would be vel
embarrassing for the girl II news I
her unfortunate nrdcament shnn
leak ont, for, OF course after HI
mind has been restored to Its norm
functions. she will have no memory
the period In which she has been los
| know doctor that will fix her
In Jig time"
-And after he's done that" Il
| M, eli