| Show JOKE TOI on rl rs 3 9 0 c Gatrell little lUlo Joke jok COUnty lerk James a as he c calls It ll H to te be turing on o the l joker k Mr Ir the was as On the carpet thi this noon ln In ti tun LIerk 1 office before betor an 1 ii e consisting oh ot ef the mr r the and it the t c Uny uny and clerk derk le Il the clerks derks that he hal simply entered t tO a Joke on that i to onca 0 but he dId not seem to be able nn an lUCId explanation of oC what the the joke ril wha Th facts tach In the case seem eem to bo be b these theu cae c On Saturday y evening at ten pas pae SiX x the county clerk who haj ha ben en late ate In his on onu W Was Wal about aboul to enter the vault 5 u leaVIng for the night lilt and andi chil 1 night JI ie were sitting In ln the maIn of he i w out o of Which the vault ault Pen open opens I While hilo Mr r V Jam JI fumbling wih with h the vault vaul lock the th 1 stays he ho heard Wd the noise of oC nh bi window to his private office tip up with three distinct k In eni then the 2 curtain flapping In the Ind I Leaving the door of ot tho the J he walked bark back Into his private hI ant nl toun found Und Mr steeping I troUg the window win He lie le says that Mr Ir s1 1 url to see le him exclaimed hello silo you OU here k d What he Wanted and Wh ho Ito J hJ had 21 a a ome In i that way and especially N late te nn an hour Mr Ir Jam James SaYS Vat tat Mr BaS fr Mr r seemed confused contused sad lad that he hati 1 only meant td tt play piny ft a 1 ike He k tl v lr Jam l U and then nen hastily ma vi 1 II elMs e M hs exit by the hut same Mme way that he ho entered tell n eroT the committee to today aV Mr Oat Gat Gath not reconcIle rc the statement thit h V Wt he Intended intend bli h breaking Into the clerks as ns n a Joke joko on the clerk cerk with the tho fact tact that he ho came cale at nt a an hour when shen under ordinary circumstances tho the clerk cerk would have hae left his hi some sont considerable tune time before Mr 11 said sal that he had found his way ay up Ut the tho th stairway from the public I library to the council counci chamber chamLer Asked A ked wh ho lie wanted there he ho said that he ho was searching for tr Or some Bome papers pa er Hut But the Investigators were Inclined to tu doubt this statement It I then appears that Mr Gatrell Gatrel went vent to the south Bouth commit committee tee room rom off ar the chamber Here there thero Is IH Isa IHa isa a south couth window that reaches down downto to 10 the floor door He Ito 10 opened this and anti went out on to the stone balcony balen crossed that and opened the corresponding north window of oC the county clerks private rl rate ate office making the entry as ns above stated This latter Inter window by Ly the way Is in II closely guarded The rhe county clerk the Ito janitor and the night nIgh watchman nil all ni have Instructions to Pee fee ce that It I li is kept locked as papers paper have hac been stolen from ns the clerks office under former adminis administrations It I Is II stated that Mr 11 Gatrell Gatrel was wa In the clerks cerks private alone for tor n a short time on Thursday evening under the fhe he supposition that he unlocked the window fit at lt that time some one has been derelict In not seeing Feeing 1 that It was sync M closed on Thursday ay and Friday even enn evenings evenIngs ings Ins The mystery Is not unraveled and the city and county authorities have hae not decided whit what what they will 1 do In the theIn matter In ter U It Is li said that thal the mayor will wi demand Mr T r resignation as a clerk cerk to the city attorney Mr Stephens believes that the whole I II Is much edo odo Art over nothing He lie le lea has bait known Gatrell n a long bong time and a Gatrel Is pays 11 that though eccentric there then nothing underhanded about him |
