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CHAPTER VII
The Silk Robbery
Show Mr fegan in said the bank
president Regan was admitted He
looked surprised to see Lang
What can I do for you asked the
banker
I had lost track of Mr Smith re
plied the detective composedly
You are looking for Mr Smith
then
I am keeping the young man in
view
Why so asked the chief and the
answer to tho question gave Louis the
key to the situation
I am aware that Mr Smith was
to receive a largo sum of money from
this bank and it is my business to
keep him under my protection was
the bold reply
Then you are aware of the draft
jtbeing drawn
Certainly was the decided an
swer An order from Jim Denver on
this bank for 10000
While not exactly afraid that the
note was a forgery said the banker
we thought it best to send for Mr
Denver
That was not necessary replied
Hegan turning a little pale as the
possibility of having got himself into
an unnecessary scrape stared him in
the face I can vouch for Mrl Smith
At one time Regan had been detailed
to service at the bank so was well
known by its officers Besides this
Denver and Regan had often been
seen in the bank together when the
former had transacted business with
the bank
Very well officer said the presi
dent relieved and seeing a loophole
to let himself out I did feel as if
we should not pay it but in view of
And still another account This was
the daring robbery of Johnsons silk
store
Jim Denver knew who robbed John
sons silk store but it was not his
pleasure to meet the robbers He
knew the passing of the forged check
and tho robbery were but links in the
chain binding three desperate men to
gether However no ordinary reader
would surmise that the following had
anything to do with the preceding
Tho Chicago Rocky Mountain
Wahoo railway sent out another spe
cial car of emigrants early this morn
ing among them fourteen women and
four men bound for the extreme
northwest
But the four incidents narrated con
cerned the same people On this emi
grant train were tho perpetrators of
these crimes as were also Jim Den
ver and several people of whom we
have very little knowledge but who
will enter our story at a later period
The particular car we have inter
est in is occupied as all emigrant
trains are by a motley assortment of
people twenty nationalities represent
ed sometimes some of the men smok
ing others drinking others eating
yet a few walking up and down the
aisles stretching their weary limbs
while some were grouped conversing
The group to which we call particular
attention to occupies one half of one
side of a car the fourteen women
and four men mentioned above
The women of the Golden party
formed a motley group There were
six large strapping German women
new arrivals in this country who had
hired themselves out as farm domes
tics to as they thought as many dif
ferent farmers Unknown to them
selves they were placing themselves
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Refuse hissed the man
the changed circumstances
case now we will pay it
Both Regan and Lang breathed
easier Regan was a designing if not
a bold rascal His assistance to Lang
was not given of his own accord In
describing Lang to Golden it was nec
essary to tell about Louis scheme for
raising tlie 10000 and Golden had
placed Regan on watch to guard
against failure and possible treach
ery on Louis part Knowing that
Louis failure would mean his own
with Golden Regan had been forced
to extend a helping hand
Without more ado the bills were
counted out and handed to Lang
I will give you a second to get a
little ahead of me Mr Smith said
Regan motioning to Louis to take his
leave And I will follow behind you
In ten minutes when the bank presi
dent thought of placing a shadow
on the track of the two it was too
late they were swallowed up among
the masses
We will skip over the events of the
next twenty four hours and inform the
reader of a few things reported in the
evening papers the following day First
there was a column and a half about
A Detective Robbed A most sensa
tional description because the perpe
trators of the crime were known The
life history of Lang and Regan was
given filled with abuse against Regan
especially The account ended up
with the usual stereotyped expression
The police hope to capture the pair
and are already on the trail among
them Denver himself Although the
villains have fully twenty four hours
start there can be no reasonable ex
cuse for the police to let them slip
through their fingers etc But they
escaped
It was never Denvers intention to
have this robbery get into the papers
His idea was to honor the disputed
draft when returned to him in the
regular routine of business But be
ing discovered and having the check
prematurely thrust on him he was
forced to refute it for fear of -spoiling
his game so it was given to the pub
lic and sometime afterward Denver
quietly reimbursed the institution
The same paper had another notice
to this effect It is only known to a
few that Simeon Golden convicted of
murder succeeded in making his es
cape from Joliet the second escape
only in the history of this Institution
It is almost a certainty that he is in
Chicago or has been within the past
ifew hours It is to be deplored that
this scoundrel is at liberty etc
Refuse and I brand you to the world for what
you are
of the in the power of the secret snnietv
represented by Golden
Besides these innocent victims
there are eight women of unsavory
reputation who have deliberately sold
themselves in marrnage to as many
unknown male outcasts of society A
hardened and depraved lot yet inno
cent of their true destination This
made up the gang who were on tbir
way to the convicts stronghold
We will leave them speeding on
their way and introduce the readers
to a few important incidents being
enacted many hundreds of miles
away things that we will be pleased
to understand more fully in order to
become thoroughly familiar with all
things pertaining to the Convict Coun
try
CHAPTER VIII
Introducing a Few Prominent Charac
ters
You have made my life a hell I
will make you suffer the tortures of
the damned when I am free
These words were spoken by Dr
Herman Schiller to Dr James Hunt
ington Dr Huntington had been the
instrument of proving to twelve up
right and conscientious gentlemen sit
ting as a jury that Dr Schiller had
been guilty of a criminal practice
which resulted in the death of a wom
an patient For this crime Dr Schil
ler had been sentenced to ten years
of prison life It was after this sen
tence had been pronounced against
him that Schiller had made the above
quoted threat
Dr Huntington was the youngest of
three sons of Sir Karhu Huntington
and consequently without reasonable
hope of ever succeeding to his fathers
estate and title Two brothers stnnrl
in his light by birthright and would
inherit at their majority or death of
their father large shares of property
But James looked upon as an incum
brance the unnecessary addition to
an already large family was given a
pittance and sent adrift Two things
stared him In the face the army or a
profession He chose the latter and
after graduating from one of the most
prominent medical colleges in old
England crossed the ocean and set
tled down to practice in a little coun
try town in Ohio He was of too
sound timber to be kept down The
fair goddess of Fortune smiled on
him he became great as a man the
highest title mankind can bestow on
man He was twenty five years of
at thlrty fivo he was the possessor of
a practice which gave him an inde
pendent Income had married and
was the father of a girl at the time
of the threat eight years of age
Dr Schiller was an entirely differ
ent kind of a man He was skilled
beyond question but there was some
thing about him which precluded con
fidence He had been at swords point
with Huntington from the first and
the two had fought each other per
sistently professionally on every oc
casion The climax was reached when
Huntington succeeded in winning the
affections of the very woman whom
Schiller had set his heart upon ob
taining for his wife
For the crime spoken of Schiller
had been sentenced to ten years of
prison life but had been discharged
through good behavior combined
with some influence before his time
was finished Revenge was upper
most in the disgraced doctors mind
all the time he only lived for ven
geance
One evening while standing before
the only drug store in the village
smoking a cigar our doctor was rec
ognized by an ex convict An organ
ized band of robbers had committed
depredations to such an alarming ex
tent in the neighborhood that a vigil
ance committee had been organized to
preserve the peace and protect the vil
lage from devastation The robbers
had been fired upon by the regulators
and one of the bandits had been
wounded It was to obtain medical
aid that Pearson came to town
I have called Sam said to re
quest your attendance upon a sick
comrade
The doctor invited his unwelcome
visitor into his office Your com
rade who is he he asked in an agi
tated voice
Well you see he is one of the
boys who got plugged by the vigs
last night
And you ask me to attend him
Who else my dear doctor was
the satisfied reply
I refuse exclaimed the doctor
hoping that he could bluff the man
that he had not been recognized
Refuse hissed the man refuse
and I brand you to the world for what
you are a man who has done
time
Tho doctor bowed his head in
shame The bolt from a clear sky
took every grain of fight from him
What guarantee have I if I place
myself in your power that you will
not expose me
Oh you will be left free with your
spotless reputation unsullied with the
taint of crime if you do your part
which is to save the life of the wound
ed man Besides you will be re
warded with money
It was not a hard matter to per
suade Dr Schiller to agree to do the
work Deeming himself helpless he
put as gracious a face on the matter
as possible I accept he said
I thought you would my dear doc
tor when you came to your senses
said Pearson According to instruc
tions the doctor dressed for his jour
ney taKmg nis instrument case ne
was assisted to a seat in a farmers
wagon already occupied by a driver
and a man by the name of Kyme
The doctor was using his eyes as
he thought to good advantage But
Pearson and Kyme were too old birds
to be caught in such a trap Before
the team entered a forest through
which they had to drive Kyme said
to his companion Addent we bet
ter bind the hies of is nibs
It will be as well replied Pearson
taking his neckcloth trom his neck
We will have to bind you Doc
Why this precaution asked the
doctor You are not afraid that 1
will give away your haunts are you
To be continued
TEETH NOT BONES AT ALL
They Are in Fact a Part of the Skin
Says Professor Thompson
Prof E Symes Thompson Gresham
professor of medicine in the course
of an address at the Polytechnic Re
gent street London on The Evolu
tion and Degeneration of the Teeth
remarked that while the bones of man
and animals had decayed greatly dur
ing the last 6000 or 7000 years the
teeth had been preserved in a much
better condition
Teeth were not part of bones but
part of the skin they were in fact
dermal appendages Old people were
surprised to find that when the teeth
of the lower jaw departed there was
very little of the jaw left This pro
duced what was called the nut cracker
physiognomy Referring to the fact
that the crocodile had an animated
toothpick in the form a bird which
removed foreign matter the lecturer
enforced the lesson of the necessity
of attending carefully to the cleansing
of the teeth and recommended atten
tion to them at night as being more
important than in the morning
Trains for Irish Trip
Noting that in a speech at South
port Marshall Hall M P had begun
by saying If I had two houses
equally good and one was a little bet
ter than the other the London
Standard remarks Mr Hall leaves
for Ireland to day
Resigned
I understand the old man has giv
en Blithers a weeks notice and is go
ing to fire him Saturday He doesnt
seem to be worrying though
Oh no I overheard him telling
some of the other clerks that hes re
signed Detroit Tribune
Worth All It Cost
Bacon I see it cost that fellow
Grafton who ran for office over 3
000 and he was defeated
Egbert Well it was worth ever
age when he arrived in this country I cent cf it-
CAPRICES OF RICH WOMEN
Many of New Yorks Matrons Have
Strange Fads and Hobbles
Philosophers who have found it in
teresting to study out the etiology of
feminine fancies give up in despair
when they attempt to find a reason for
the strange caprice of the wealthy
English woman at the Waldorf who
insists on having her dogs hide dyed
to match the color of her gown or to
figure out why Mrs Mackay will in
sist on buying three cent postage
stamps because they are of the helio
trope shade which matches her sta
tionery or why Mrs Howard Gould
with her wealthy husband insists on
breeding squabs and broilers for mar
ket and is as close in bargaining as
Mr Gould is in his business transac
tions for everybody knows that he
will pursue a nickel until the milling
melts says the gossipy society writer
of the New York Press Mrs Goulds
chicken and pigeon establishment at
Port Washington is a model of its
kind She does not conduct it on
sentimental lines but purely as a busi
ness and many a man about town
who has eaten a broiled squab topped
off with a cold bottle at the Waldorf
Astoria has had no idea that the bird
came from Mrs Goulds farm and was
bought from her by Mr Oscar as
the hotel folks speak in reverent tones
of the chief of the food supply depart
ment Mrs Goulds masterful ways
however are not confined to chicks
and young pigeons She carries a
masters certificate as the commander
of a yacht and when she steps on
board every man jack knows who is
captain
POTALA THE SACRED PALACE
Beautiful Spot Photographed for the
First Time
Potala or the sacred palace of the
dalai lama the high priest of the Tib
etans was photographed for the first
time when the members of the Brit
ish Tibetan expedition reached Lhasa
the sacred forbidden city in the cen
ter of Tibet says the Metropolitan
Magazine Col Younghusband who
was in charge of the expedition
would permit no attempt by the cor
respondents to violate the sanctity of
the various sacred buildings but
splendid views of the exterior were
obtained and the world is richer by
authentic descriptions of this wonder
ful palace which is described in the
dispatch of the London Times corre
spondent Over a city set as a jewel
amid green gardens through which
crystal streams flowed towered the
giant Potala rising almost from the
ground in gigantic stretches of white
masonry pierced with interminable
rows of windows and scaled by great
red edged zig zag stairways twenty
feet wide Above these a white mass
ascended at either end in the shape
of a heavily terraced palace inclosing
a maroon mass the main building
Above this again were golden roofs
of a Chinese pattern the whole struc
ture 430 feet high and between 800
and 900 feet long completely dominat
ing the City of Lhasa which was sep
arated from the palace by wide
stretches of turf and a beautiful plan
tation full of forest trees
Erudition
A J Drexel Biddle of Philadelphia
was on the Riviera in the spring At
the Nice races he described America
to a group of Russians
Your Boston one of the Russians
said she is called Hub sometimes
da
Mr Drexel Biddle laughed good hu
moredly
Yes that is right he said The
Hub of the Universe That is what we
sometimes call Boston
Da said the Russian You call
her Hub for that intelligence great
learning there shall prevail Yes
Da
Yes da said Mr Drexel Biddle
Every inhabitant of Boston is most
liberally educated
Exemplify said the Russian eager
ly The proofs Show if you can
proofs
The American thought a moment
Well here is one proof he said
A young man in a Boston restaurant
ordered a sandwich The sandwich
was brought promptly to him but it
contained no meat He called the
waiter over
Looli here waiter he said There
is no meet in the sandwich
The waiter elevating his brows
said
Then why call it a sandwich sir
With a minimum of erudition one
should be able to avoid a rhetorical
solecism so cacophonously glaring
San Antonio Express
Popular American Diplomat
John Rigley Carter who succeeds
Henry White as first secretary of the
American embassy in London is pop
ular In the British metropolis T P
OConnor says that Mr Carters per
sonality is strong enough to have re
tained his delightful Virginian accent
He is a strikingly handsome man tall
with black hair dark eyes and bril
liant white teeth He is a good con
versationalist witty himself and
highly appreciative of the wit of other
people
Poor
Oer all these grand and spacious halls
From dome above to marble sill
The somberness of silence falls
And all is still
So baby fingers beat tattoo
Upon the polished window panes
To greet the wayfarer below
Here silerfce reigns
Xo madcap group comes rushing through
The doorway with a shout of joy
Xo loving maiden fond and true
No roguish boy
Alone they sit at close of day
A pair ah gold is theirs galore
They know no touch of poverty
But they are poor
Horace Seymour Keller
ASSASSINATION
The Popular Premier of Greece Mur
dered
ATHENS Theodore Delyannig tho
popular premier of Greece was
Btabbed and mortally wounded by a
professional gambler named Ghera
karis at tho main entranco of tho
chamber of deputies at 5 p m Tues
day The premier died within three
hours afterward The assassin who
was immediately arrested said he
committed the deed in revenge for the
stringent measures taken by Premier
Delyannis against tho gambling
houses all of which wero closed
Tho premier arrived at the entranco
of tho chamber in a carriage Ghera
karis approached saluted the premier
and opened tho carriage door Tho
premier was in the act of thanking
Gherakaris for his courtesy when the
gambler plunged a long dagger into
M Delyannis abdomen inflicting a
frightful wound The murderer was
immediately overpowered by the at
tendants Medical assistance was
quickly secured and the statesman
was taken to Red Cross station where
an operation was performed in an ef
fort to stop the internal hemorrhage
This was unsuccessful and Premier
Delyannis died at 700 oclock
NEBRASKA IS A
MODlSUCAR STATE
WASHINGTON The department of
agriculture in its recent report
credits Nebraska as being one of the
best if not the best state in the union
for growing sugar beets The report
says
There has ben considerable agita
tion during the past year tending to
increase the beet sugar industry in
the state of Nebraska Next to the one
at Alvarado Cal the factory at Grand
Island Neb was the second factory
successfully operated in the United
States Another followed at Norfolk
the next year Nine years later an
other one Avas built at Leavitt near
Ames on the Union Pacific railroad
about fifty miles west of Omaha This
gives Nebraska fourteen years exper
ience in beet sugar production Eeets
for these factories are grown in dis
tricts where crops are produced by
rainfall In the fourteen years the
state has developed most of the infor
mation covering beet growing in rain
fall districts
LONDON PAPERS ON
PEACE CONFERENCE
LONDON The acceptance of Wash
ington as the place for the conduct of
peace negotiations is regarded by the
London morning newspapers as a
great compliment to Presdent Roose
velts diplomacy and as a further
proof of the growing influence of the
United States in international politics
Moreover it is felt that Japan would
have not proceeded thus far unless
convinced there was a reasonable
prospect of the negotiations bearing
fruit It is therefore concluded that
Japan has resolved to propose mod
erate and reasonable terms
RESTRAINING ORDER ISSUED
Railroads of Missouri Fighting Maxi
mum Freight Rate Law
KANSAS CITY Judge Smith Mc
Pherson of Red Oak la in the United
States district court here issued a
temporary injunction restraining the
state railway and warehouse commis
sioners of Missouri and the attorney
general of the state from enforcing
the maximum freight rate law which
went into effect recently and against
three Kansas City shippers prevent
ing the latter from claiming penalties
under the law The injunction was
granted at the request of eighteen
railways doing business in Missouri
who brought suit against the slate
officials on the ground that the rates
provided in the new law are prohibi
tive and would amount to the confisca
tion of their property The suit against
the three Kansas City shippers is in
tended to cover the shippers of the
state as a class and the order of the
court against them will restrain them
from bringing action against the rail
ways under the law
MAY RETURN REVOLUTIONISTS
Russia Has Much to Fear From Parol
ed Prisoners
LONDON A Russian resident in
London who is closely allied with the
revolutionary movement said to the
Associated Press that Russia had
much to fear from the return of pris
oners now confined in Japan These
prisoners he says have been regular
ly supplied with revolutionary litera
ture from societies in New York Lon
don and Berlint and also with all news
detrimental to the government of Rus
sia as well as literature comparing
the free governments of other coun
tries with that of the motherland As
Russian soldiers are susceptible he
predicted that every prisoner on his
return to Russia would have revolu
tionary tendencies
RUSSIANS DO SOME FLANKING
Linevitch Says Japs Fled Hastily and
Burnt Supplies
ST PETERSBURG General Line
vitch in a dispatch to the emperor
dated June 15 reports that a Russian
turning movement forced the Japan
ese to retire from Iulantizi June 11
after burning their supplies
A Russian force June 12 advanced
from the valley of the Tzin river to
the village of Vanloungow pushing
back the Japanese advance posts
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Prolly Girl Suffered From Nervousness and
Pelvic Catarrh Found Quick Rolioi
in a Few Days
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