The stayer., December 12, 1901, Image 1

About The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903

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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPERPEVOTED TO STOCK-FARMING.
Vol. 5.
Canyon City, Texas, Thursday, December 18, 1901.
No. 37
SMITH, WALKER S GO'S.
mYfimDSATCaST.
WE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THESE
CES. OTHERS MAY TRY TO MEET THEM.
Positively we, will sell ANY ARTICLE in our entire DRY
GOODS DEPARTMENT at ACTUAL COST. Smith, Walker
& Company have a Plains wide reputation for handling only
first class, obds and we are now offering in every particular
as desirable tock as is shown by any firm in the Panhandle.
or dates onsaie and a lew specimen Drices see our ad on
BBS
THE STURCIS WAGER.
went to the accountant's assistance.
He passed into this office, which he
probably reached in time to see Chat
ham ruBh in from the secretary's
room, closely followed by Arbogast.
'X' seized that chair over there in the
corner and sprang between the hunt
ed man and his pursuer as the latter
raised his arm to fire. Our anony
mous friend is probably a man of
great strength; for with one blow of
the chair he broke the bookkeeper's
wrist. The hammer fell, but the
weapon was deflected and the bullet,
instead of reaching its intended vic
tim, passed through the upper lobe
of Arbogast's left lung and out at
the back at an angle of about 60 de
grees. The bookkeeper wob standing
not far from Ihe mantelpiece yonder.
Do you see that broad black line on
the hearth? That was made by the
bullet. Its direction and the angle
enabled me at once to see that it must
have ricochetted into the fireplace;
and there, sure enough, 1 found it in
the soot in the bend of the chimney.
Here it is."
Dunlap had listened to this narnv
tive with evident interest. But now:
recovering from the upell of Sturgis'
persuasive conviction,, his skepticism
regained the ascendancy for a mo
ment. "Mr. Sturgis, you have missed your
vocation," he said, laughing good
naturedly; "you ought to have been
a playwright. You have a most con
vincing way of presenting both your
facts and your theories. While you
are speaking, one is ready to admit
the plausibility of every statement
you make. But now that you have fin
ished, I have become a hard-headed
banker once more, and I beg to sub
mit one or two facta since we arc
seeking facts which it seems to mo
are enough to demolish all your elabo
rate structure."
"Go on," said Sturgis; "it goes with
out caying that any theory is worth
less unless it takes into account and
explains every existing fact. If there
are any in this case which, hnve es
caped me a contingency which is
quite possible, for I have no preten
sion to infallibilty I shall be glad to
hear about them; and, naturally, if
my conclusions do not tally with the
facts, the conclusions must bo altered,
eince facts are absolute."
"Well, then," said Dunlap, "assum
ing, for th. sake of the argument,
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g&? i 0 iaaESP Unaaa l hzsst zsssm Uss o
WE ARE NOT running a so called clearing sale AT COST
BUT WILL MEET ANY PRICES
we "ffo
Nor is b
zsssa
made by any so called sale and
better on many goods.
'em a 'leetle'
urhouse the
I vs. tw v
accumulated by other houses to run off at 20 to 25 per cent, below
cost. If you want Good, Clean, Seasonable gooes at prices that
will satisfy you give us a chance to show you our goods and prices,
and if they are not right don't buy. 1
FOR
CASH
We will soil you:
All Dress Prints per 'ard
A Good yard wide Brown Domestic
Chainbry
Feather Tick :
Fancy Outings
Knight's Cambric
Lonsdale yard wide Bleached domestic
Men's Suits Former price 12.00 to 12.50
Men's Suits '.. " 10.00
Now
.0-1 Men's Shoes Foimer price 1.50 Now 1.13
' .U4.J- Men's Shoes j " 3.50 " L'.!)0
.08k Hamilton Brown's Shop Boots. .. " 0.00 " 4A)
.11 Men's Hats " 1.50 " .()
.08 Men's Hats . ...j " L.50 " 1.70
.08 Men's Hats " 3.00 " 2.20
.08 Stetson Hats 5.00 " 4.25
8.50 Stetson Hats " 4.50 " 3.33
7.50 Stetson Hats ! 4.00 " 3.10
The above prices are only indicators of the prices
that apply all the way through our stock of
DRY GOOD
S,' NOTIONS. CLOTHING
Our j
3El v " ' -i
HE BROKE THE BOOKKEEPER'S
WRIST WITH ONE BLOW.
that these various marks which you
have called trails were made by the
feet, of three different people; admit
ting even that nnn nt t line a
viduals was Arbogast, who often
stays here after banking hours, I do
not see that you have established by
any satisfactory 'evidence your as
sumption . that the other so-called
trails are those of Chatham and a
6tranger. " For aught I know to tho
contrary, they may have been made
by some of the bank employes in tho
discharge of their regular duties.
Chatham's 'coat may have caught on
a nail In the telephone . closet last
week, while he was here in his legiti
mate capacity of expert accountant.
The change of the combination of the
safe may be the result of an error;
Is full and Complete at right prices.
No Goods will be Charged at cut prices. ; No trading Stamps allowed
This Sale holds Good until Dec. 25th,
' - I Yours, for Trade
CANYON MERCANfTI LE COM PAN Y
s
Canyon City. Texas,, NoviSth, 1901.
for wo have no direct proof whatever1
that Arbogast is a defaulter. And,
then, when it conies to jour interest
, ing description of the alleged shoot
ing of Arbogast, it striken me that
you are entirely carried nwtiy by your
enthusiasm; for, in your minute de
scription of the pnth of the bullet, at.
a certain, angle, of which you seem
to know the measure nlntost to the
fraction of n second, you overlook sev
eral important things. Two shots
were fired yesterday in or near the
Knickerbocker bank. In, .say you,:
because hern is a revolver with two
empty cartridge shells; here is a
black mark, which m:iy have been
produced by tha ricochet of a bullet,
and here Is n shapeless piece of lend,
which may be that bullet. As, how
ever, line ltiillnl. pntinnt nopmitif. fi,
two shots, you are forced at once to
Assume Hint Chatham' has carried
away tho second one in the palm of
his hand. Thin Is ingenious, very in
gcnioiiH, but "
"Ilia blood is on the telephone re
ceivcr," observed Sturgis, quietly.
"Wood!" exelnimcd Dunlap; "why,
with tho carnage that you have im
agined here, there should be oceans of
blood. Here is a man, running around
with a wounded hand, who leaves a
few drops of blood on the telephone
receiver, and nowhere elnu. And here
is another man, shot through the
lungs excuse me, through the Tipper
- long or tnr, icil lung1 WHO OOCS nOT,
bleed at all. And whero is he now?
Such u wound as you hiive given him
must, I take it, be fatal, or, at any
rate, serious. Yet here is a dead or,
at least, a dying man, calmly walking
off as if as if the curtain had fallen
at the end of j'oiir drama, and the
corpse had hurried off to hits dressing-room."
"You have forgotten something
else," suggested the reporter, smiling.
Dunlap looked nt him cjucstionlngly.
"Yes; you have forgotten the pi.st.ol
replaced in the drawer after Arbogast
was shot, and the doors of the bank
carefully locked."
"True. No, my dear sir; yourtlab-'
orate theory will not bear an instant's
calm examination."
"And yet," rejoined Sturgis, "my con
clusions, as far as they go, are abso
lutely correct. Every objection which
rAti fttiim fa .l.i i iofl.1 .. ...1. ...I
considered by itself; but we have not
to deal with a lot of isolated facts,
but with a series of connected events,
each of which depends upon and sup
ports all the others. Let me finish my '
story, and I think you will then be
prepared to admit that what seems
to you now a flight, of fancy on my
part, is nothing but a sober exposition
of plain, unvarnished facts."
Dunlnp, with a deprecating gest ure,
tet tied back into his chair once more.
"We left Arbogast shot through thn
left lung fatully wounded, as you
have just remarked. He probably fell
like a log; while Chatham, weak from
shock, leaned against the door jamb
yonder, lie had probably stanched his
wound with, his free hand as he ran;
I have been unable to find any trace
of blood between the telephone and
this spot. On the door jamb, however,
the blood left a stain which has not.
. been completely wiped out and which
'enabled me to judge of Chatham's
4, height. 'X' was the ouly ODe of the
5 trio who knew what h was about at
this time. 1 have a genuine admira
tion for 'X;' he must be a man of mar-
" velous nerve. Instead ot flying panic-
stricken Irom the scene, as any or
dinary criminal would have done, he
calmly proceeded to protect his retreat
and to systematically cover his trail.
His first step was to lock the Wall
street gnte and the inside door. Quin
tan had doubtless pulled the outer
door to as he ran away, so that 'X'
probably thought this also locked. He
then, with Chatham's assistance,
helped Arbogast, who was not yet
(tend, and who perhaps by this time, ,
nacl rcgalnea consciousness, into tne
cab whith ft as waiting near by in Ex
change place, where 1 fTiund the blood
stains on the curb, as you will remem-
ber. After starting off his two ac
complices in the cub, he returned to
the bank, put away the pistol in its
proper place, which, by the way, he
serins to have known, and washed up
all or nearly all the blood stains. There
it a H'Oir;e and bucket under the siuk
Continued on lrst pa,re.