Show flAIS TAri MM how a ban was detected STEALING THE MONEY missed from the collectors office wallace halliday dal liday the guilty person for some time collector brown haa been missing money from the eafe in his office the day before the fire mens excursion to castilla fifteen dol lars were missing which led the collector to make known the fact to marshal brown that some petit thievery was being indulged in by some one well acquainted about the court houam suspicion rested on wallace halliday the son of V L halliday who haa asea employed in the county clerks office and marshal brown watched the young man closely couple of days without obtaining any clue finally it was determined to mark eoma coins and leave them in the till with the door of the eafe opened eight and an apparently careless watch kept of the place to the surprise of the officials monday morning found some ol 01 the marked silver dollars missing though matches and other minor marks placed at the door indicated thai no one had entered there investigation proved that the culprit had entered the office eti the west window A measurement of the track was taken and a sharp look out for the marked coine waa kept up monday at the hanks and principal business places tha day passed and egtill none of the bucata which were to betray innocence were found to be in circola tion in tha city me aegan 10 diB pair and at night collector blown want to the lake desort while the marshal with a number of bills to be broken found it possible to collect nearly all the silver change the saloons of the city afforded and still the marked coins were among the missing collector brown met with better results at the lake the first V that he laid on the counter for small change brought out one of the long looked for dollars more small change was required ana more marked coins were discovered finally mr william brown inquired of the proprietor who had been spending the money and it was found that wallace halliday had been down on sunday playing beada and tails and had lost eight dollars the mystery was now solved collector brown returned to the city and complaint was sworn out charging wallace halliday with stealing 2750 marshal brown arrested him late lasi and this morning he wab arraigned before V 6 hills plead guilty to the charge and was bound over to await the action of the grand jury in the bum of two thousand dollars the feelings of the young mans parents on account of hia rah deeds can better bo imagined than described the father ia said to have been unable go to work thi morning they haye the sympathy of mhd general public |