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Show THE DAILY STATE JOURNAL. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER PAGE TWELVE 7, 190SL WHICH WAS THE GUILTY MAN? Names Noted In the News Original. I am retired from the banking bosl after thirty yeais servlet. Ob one occasion during this long term a singular thing occurred. The bank 1 was connected with was a small affair and we rarely had In the vault ovet fifty or sixty thousand dollars In cur rency, but at one time, owing to a pe, culiar financial condition of the we had over two hundred thow eand. This money had accumulated during the week and reached the above figure on Saturday at the close of banking hours. That Saturday night 1 Ml to thinking about thla great sum on band. Our aafe waa an old pattern and could be readily opened by any bank robber with an ordinary capacity for his bust ness. The combination was known to two officers of the hank (the president and cashier) and myself. 1 waa paying teller. I was not thinking of any danger from within, only from without The matter having once got into my head I couldn't get It out. 1 aat at home thinking about It till after midnight and then, without any definite purpose, put on my hat and walked te the bank, which was but a few blocks away. I strolled past ths building, turned back and, yielding to an lm- went straight for the vault, saw no evidence of change and about to turn away when a desire me to see that the cash waa there. I wm turning the combination knob when the door opened and ths cashier entered. "What are you doing here?" he asked. evidently Mtonlshed and at ths same time suspicious. "I cams to see that tha cash la aU right What did you coma for?" "I cams for that too. I confess 1 didn't expect to find tbe teller of the bank opening tha vault at this time of Marry Dees . When i tie Wagner play of "Parsifal" In the little la produced city of Baireuth In Bavaria, the Invariable custom pertaining at the Festival Theatre is to begin the production at S:I0 p. m. At the conclusion of the first half of the play the auditors are dianiseed. They reassemble at 1:10 P- - m. when they remain until th performance is finished. At the commencement scarcely pertain to advantage In the sinal er cities throughout the country. of supper has to b taken jThe Question on the part of the Intendinto account patrons, and the established ached ing of train service in reference to the jule 'movement and arrival of the company 'presenting the spectacle. A happy com promise has been made by the management of the production of Parsifal -- same theatre In Chicago, live months la New York and five months In Boston, the musical play alii come to the Grand soon where lovers of musical comedy will have an opportunity to '.Judge for themselves of the merit of "A Knight for a Day." Bobby Barry I is regarded as a clever comic opera comedian and in this newest concoc- - Payie Whitney and Hb Fa- The Guggenheim Brothers The Spwsor vorite Sports For the Battleship North Dakota. j L to Japan. p. Keene the sportsman, tad handled it which accounted for Its failure. conspicuous figure at the recent Vanderbilt cup race on Long Island, la on of the young multimillionaires who get much sport out of automo-blllng- . Ha had entered a car In the cup race, but Its steering gear broke on ths way to the track, and thus the mait chine waa the American fleet ln Japanese stay water wm the marriage of L. Calvin Brto-lette-, Harry who waa a coon-'try- pathT- a - William C. Whitney, who was secre e, where he was the guest of tbe viceroy, Whitney returned to New York IM miM nseodated with his father,In the development of his large finanBightoperations. Ha la a keen sports-pu- t "And I didn't expect the CMhler to OD ot clevereet polo playere In an appearance. Your tone Indi- tikM an active ontr7 rates a suspicion that I am hare to ta th . terest in racing stables and stock M weU M MtomoMtag. He la I cant think of anything more ana- - ftr 1 weU known yachtoman end taa plclous than tha teller of the tank craft ofraverel daaaea ownedraclng 1 In tha the oclock at vault opening hi graduation from college. Mrs. I morning." ne Whituey wm Mias Ger-enAt that moment a door at the other Vanderbilt. of tbs room opened, and who. . should walk In bat the president On Mto Mtr7 L Burton, the sponsor at seeing ns he looked surprised. "Whats happened P be asked quick- - b T- Munching of the North Dakota on ln the younger ly. "Any funds missing?" n I think not" Mid tha cashier. "But J f1101 wornot the 7P enterprising, aspiring there la no telling bow much would been have been taken bud I not arrived at ? e or the nick of time." rtbwest tb lndnitr7. ductlon "I was worried," I faltered, "at hav-- , ing so large an amount of currency in the safe and could not resist an impulse to roue and sea that all wm 1 ! I P-y- of the play, as wel also as at the beginning of tne second part, three trumpet. rs aipear In the lobby of the theatre and sound a characteristic blast upon their instruments that notifies all interested that It Is time to be seated. This unique custom was also carried out In like manner In New York Cliy at the Mttropolltan theater. Thla rather odd procedure would cus-turn- ed "Parsifal, at the Grand tonight. which la to be presented here. The entire performance la to be given at one alttlng, but, au as to obviate the necessity of the play lasting till too late an hour, the .first act wl: begin promptly at 7:45 p. m. "Parsifal" comes to the tlon his admirers will sec him at his best Associated with Mr. Barry In the Is a cast of comic opera . fun-maki- names well known, "A Knight for a Day" Is thoroughly unique in conception and production. Everything apGrand opera House tomorrow night pertaining to the entertainment is 1 new. Twenty copy-rigmusical "KNIGHT FOR A DAY. numbers compos-- by Mr. Hubbell After a years engagement at the the popular Jingle. ly ht ! exhumed tor the purjwse it was discovered that It was tbe remains of the brother of tbe man Insured. The InA sured himself had disappeared. Iay-inewaa refused, and tlia woman waa arrested on a charge of fraud, to which was added a charge of murder. Oriel nil. The body of tbe deceased was given Ilavlng been summoned ua an expert In chemistry In the Nolan case, 1 con- over to physicians with n view to discluded my testimony with the remark, covering If the man had died a natural One reported apoplexy as tha A person desiring to kill another death. another heart trouble and ancause, Would be more likely to nee a poison disease. Three different other that would leavs no trace," where- expertskidney three different poisons reported upon the prosecuting attorney naked found In the body. There was opium, me U there was such a poison. 1 hav- arsenic and one other, tbe name of ing replied that there was, he asked which I have forgotten. I waa sumIne to name It The Judge forbade me moned as a witness for the proeecntlon to do so. The prosecutor Insisted, bat and produced a sensation by refusing the Judge waa Immovable. He wonkl to testify on tha ground of self incrimHot permit me to name publicly a poi- ination. son that would leave no trace. Afterward 1 consented to give my Immediately after my testimony waa evidence. I informed the court of the I waa deluged with letters woman's visit to me, of her request for Gbllshed the name of the poison that a poison that would leave no trace and left no trace. Most of them doubtless tha use she proposed to make'of It came from Idle curiosity, but I was as- Then I told them that I had given her tonished at the number of those which the pill. At this point a technical obhowed plainly, from ths pains the jection wm Interposed by the defendwriters took to conceal their Identity, ants counsel, and tbe judge sustained that they were written for an evil pur- him. I waa forbidden to tell what waa pose. in the pill, the reason being that It had One day I received a call from a wo- not been proved that tha pill had been man who asked for the secret Bhc need. Thla left me In a very unfortuMid she had mads a bet with her nate position. brother, who waa a scientist of 11.000 After a long trial tha woman was acthat there was such a poison, and the quitted of the charge of murder, and desired to prove It to him by trying It the charge of fraud wm never pressed. on a dog: If I would give her the name The proeecntlon had failed to prove or the poison and she won aha would be knew that tha man who waa buried give me half tha amonnt waa her husband's brother or that the I questioned her, then, going Into an- had poisoned him. Iler counsel conother room, returned with a tiny pill, trived to throw all tha blama on her which I gave her, saying that If It husband, who had disappeared. killed the dog and left no trace she After her acquittal tbe woman came might refer her brother to mo for evi- to sea me. 8 he was curious to know If dence that she had won the bet. When I had been deceived by her story about she left I sent a housemaid to follow the bet and If I had really given her a her, who brought mo her address. traceless pin. Before replying 1 asked Bending for a detective, I directed him her to explain tha case to me, and, aftto establish some sort of a watch on er a solemn promise on my pert to the house where ehe lived, to shadow keep her secret she did so. her when she went out and report to Her husband's life was largely In-- i me any case of Illness that might occur anted, and since they were an HI mated to any one with whom she might be couple ehe resolved to poison him. connected. Inst ae she waa about to give him the In a few days my man reported that, (till I had furnished her her husband's tha lady's husband had died suddenly. brother came to the house for visit It had been given out that he had suf- Ills health had been broken down by fered en apoplectic stroke and had not excesses, especially drugs that he had lived an hour after. taken in large quantities. While at I waa thunderstruck. I alone knew their hones he suddenly died, probably the nature of the pill I had given the tf heart failure. The woman proposed woman, and of course she would keep to her husband that be disappear and the secret Nevertheless 1 was very his brother, who resembled him closemuch troubled at tbe result 1 directed ly, be burled In his stead. This was tha detective to keep her under strict done. surveillance. Later he reported to me I told her ahe would find an explanathat aha had visited the office of a tion of my part in the matter In the Ufa Insurance company. Upon Inquiry paper the next morning. ha had learned that her husband had My explanation recited my experibeen Insured for 150,000. I hurried to ences ae to a traceless poison and my the Insurance office, called on the pres- desire to make a test case. The whole ident and advised him before paying filled two columns, at the end of which tha claim to make sure that there waa I gave the contents of the pill I had ho trickery connected with It Bat I given the woman. would answer no questions. It was made of bread. The next I heard of the case waa HAROLD OTISl that upon examination of tha body Traceless Poison ut 1 d poe-(se- ss TOO MUCH FOR THE MEMORY. dfaehington Womans Complaint About New York Telephone Numbers. the time of year,". said a Washington society woman O some friends after a trip to New York preparatory to going to Bar Harbor (or the season, when you meet your New York friends on the street and they give you their awful telephone numbers on the fly, expecting ,ou to remember them. Everybody has left town, cries one. 1 shall be here only a few days longer. Come to see me. Do. I am lonely as can be. You wont forget, will you? Yon remember my telephone number? 1257893 Chelsea? Dont yon forget It now, will you? And come to see me! And come to see me! Another stops her automobile at sight of you coming along. Bo glad to see you, aha exclaims. Awfully glad. Havent seen you In ages. We are going for an auto trip Going next week. Come to see us before we go, won't you? Please do. Then the auto starts off: " Don't forget my telephone number, will you? I told It to you, you remem ber, 82617892758 Stuyvesant! Don't for get! Now do come! "Then as you walk slowly along you hear footsteps behind yon and stop and look around. Mrs. Doucet, the pretty woman, running after you. She catches you by the arm: You dear thing! she cries. 'When have I seen you before? It has been years and years and years. Oh, yes, at the last meeting of the Pleiades club! I had forgotten. But It seemed years. Look here! I am going out of town for the summer. Going In a week or two. Can't tell which, whether one or two; anyway, I am going. Then 1 wont tee you again till fslL Won't you come to see me? You must Have you my automobile num I mean my telephone number? Of course yon have, 1000897654321321 River. You won't forget it. will you? Please don't now, like a dear, and be sure and come to see me before I go sway. Remember, It Is for the summer." Thla la cell-know- n -- Senators Who Had Been Governors. Of the 89 senators sworn in and have serving, 22, or nearly officiated as governors of their states. Ten of the 22 are Republican nnd 12 Democrats. The senatorial delegations from Arkansas, Louisiana, Teix nessee and Vermont have been tha chief executives of their respective itates. Twelve are from the southern states and comprise nearly f of the south's representation in the senate Four are from the east, four fnhn the middle west and two from the western states. one-fourt- one-hal- Subscribers sf The Uten Stcu journal are requested to read site ollow Instructions printed at head s editorial column. ln the United States consulate ln Yokohama by Consulate Chap, lain Evans, was the reeult of a romance that began ln San Francisco when the tary of the nary under President CJre-pulafond and one of the beat known men 1 the letters cabinet Young Whit-wa- s In-ro- II of ceremony, whh-was performed starting. cl ne from Act m. vented from Be7 was graduated from Yale nnirer-eeixe- d lr7 with high honors for scholarship la the class of 1894. Ha was considered one of the most brilliant men In his class and received the popular vote for the "brightest man In 94." Upon graduation from Yale ha entered the Columbia Law school, but did not finish the course. After a tour of India, whither he went to shoot tigers and d ,leer 1 3 hoT right" "And count tha funds!" sneered tha cashier. "What brought goaf" asked the pres-- '' I Ideut of the cashier. The cashier tried to stammer out a better excuse than I tad given and. ' i failing, finally blurted: mat"And what brought you, for the ter of that?" I ? I often coma to the tank before going to Ited to see that all la safe. Sometimes 1 get up at 2 or 8 o'clock in the morning, come here, look around and go home. Tonight, having so much currency In the raft, I was especially anxious." "Haring coma first," 1 Mid. on ths same errand, I presume I am caught In tha act "What were yon opening the vault for?" asked the cashier. "Couldn't14!yon i HIM XA1T Zm BUlTQRi tee that ft haJo been tampered with?" The I could see that It hadnt been ,nd Evinced bless generally. k blown open, but I couldnt see that the battleship North Dakota la of the hadn't been picked or that some ,w,re caM- - being of 20,000 tons and ta lenfth- - She has ten one knowing the combination hadn't 610 luch ermament which iud It and taken the fund." ber one of the most formidable Gentlemen," Mid the president, "we 7 tcted. Miss Burton will have a look at the money and go I was designated as sponsor for the home. f th ,ut b7 Governor I waa directed to open tha safe. bills were found ln piles as they had , Bork ; i I Del-loc- . twelve-opene- d "be T1 of lieutenant commander of the battleship Vermont, to Miss Luclh Meigs of Ban Francisco: The gru-who Is scheduled ft early promotion to the rank of commander, cabled his father at Wllmlnaton. Del., Informing him that he had taken a wife. The weddlog Ur. Whitney la a son of the lata e So One of the romances of the pre-iii- whit- - WHbv H'rytfs Honors A Romance of the fleet's lstt fleet stopped a there months few ago. Lieutenant Commander Berto-lett- e then formed the acquaintance of Miss Meigs, and the engagement was announced, tbe wedding being ar- ranged to take place upon the return of the fleet from the trip around the world. It afterward wm arranged that Miss Meigs should go to Yokohama ln time to meet the fleet there: so that tha ceremony could ta performed nt that time,- - She railed from San Francisco in September ln the steamship Korea. Lnimoum Tha action of the Aero Club of Paris in getting up a dinner ln honor of Wilbur Wright and ln deciding on the presentation to him of the dab's 1908 medal mark the acknowledgment by foreign navigators of the air that Mr. Wright stands foremost among them. Ills achievements have won honors which he la bashful at receiving, for the nodal attentions which go with prominence In the field of aeronautics abroad are not exactly to his liking, lie has been accustomed to live in very simple fashion and put np without many things which people often consider the necessities of existence. While making their experiments the Wright brothers have tad to manage as they could In order to live and go cm with their study of air navigation. Their success and tbe orders they have received for aeroplanes place them beyond the necessity of undergoing tbe hardships they hare cheerfully met ln the past Bnt success haa not turned their heads or animated them with a desire to shine In the social world. While Wllbnr Wright upholds the lncrests of the family abroad, Orville Wright takee care of the home affairs. He Is now slowly recovering from the Injuries he received In the accident to bis aeroplane daring the army tests at Fort Myer, Vs, but It Is found that In consequence of that accident and tbe breaking of a thigh one of his legs will always ta shorter than the other. Orville Wright la looking forward to the return of bis brother from abroad this winter. It had been thought that Wilbur Wright would go to Italy when his contract in Franca was completed, but ln view of the accident to his - -t Tta,k " !f flli" WTto Sot'd1l',rSu4 before Im.c ""1 -. nmMa frocal"- wb- tb. WtIia.trUlotCb.rle. bu W.or.,U which has acquired of his private office I saw the cashier family number of widely separated fields. The 1 a for similar m Inferred, pur- founder of the go ln, house, Meyer Guggenpose. Notwithstanding that 1 showed heim, came to this country from a clean record, tbe president and Switzerland over years ago and sixty CMhler after consultation decided to settled In where seven Philadelphia, me. dismiss sons were born to him Isaac, Daniel, I appealed to the board of directors, Murrey, Solomon, Benjamin, Simon giving them a statement of the facts. and William. Tha brothers do busiAfter a meeting for consultation tha ness now under tbe firm name of U. board gava out a decision that the GuggenMmVsonA Simon la United meeting of tbe three ln the tank was a gUtM Knator coincidence, that there was no guilt at-- Colorado. The d to any one of ns, but. rather. control very ex we were all to be commended for oar tensive Industrial inwatchfulness. terests, among them Tbd only good thla did me waa that tbe American SmeltI retained my position. I was still un- ing and Refining der suspicion. This wm fostered by company, commonly the cashier, who, I supposed, won over known as the smeltthe president to bis views. Neverthe- er trust Isaac Gugless the president acquiesced ln tbe de- genheim is treasurcision of tbe board and exonerated me. er of thla corporaI It waa but a few weeks after all thla tion. lie la also ISAAC happened that we were startled at an president of the t announcement tbit had Mexican Union railroad, managing and tbe cashierhad been pro-- ! rector of the Guggenheim Exploration noted to tbe vacant position. I was company, director of the American smarting order what I considered a j Smelters Steamship company and ln Mow. for. since the cashier considered the directorate of a number ot tanking ine guilty of sn Intent to rob the tank, corporations. he would likely put me out ln time: At the Morse trial Ur. Guggenheim's when the new president Informed me name came np In connection with the that I had been promoted to succeed oola formed by Mr. Morse for mak-n- g him as cashier. profits out of transactions in ice I waa thunderstruck, ne did not re- trust stock. Mr. Guggenheim wm ln fer to tbe past and I went about my some of these pools, ne referred new duties In Ignorance of what had facetiously. In his testimony to some of the deals. Hying that Morse had happened to change the situation. In ten days It came out that the pres- told him ln answer to a demand for In- ident tad lost 12002)00 ln the stock formation as to why the second pool NELSON MAXWELL. market J had not been successful that James B. . J 1 broth-tacbe- m then-residen- wnmra wxioht. brother he probably will return to this country. It may b that Wilbur will complete the aeroplane contract for this government In place of Orville. If this is done It will he In the Interest of time. It will depend, however, on whether tbe brothers carry out n plan they have had ln mind of getting P'ace tbe south where experiments can be tarried on tbe year round. It is possible they may select Texas or Florida. |