Wednesday, May 18, 1910
Spokane Millionaire's
Wife Sues For a
Divorce
SPOKANE, May 18 —Mts. Em
ma V. Huntley, wife of William
Huntley, vice president of the
{Exchange National bank of this
city, filed suit yesterday for di
vorce. In her complaint she as
serts that her bus-band is worth
$1,000,000 and 'that for the last
LOWER COURT SUSTAINED
IN LAND GRAB DECISION
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SAN FRAOJiarSOO, May 18.—
decision confirming the decision
of the lower court in the Oregon
forest reserve hind grab cases was
recorded today. Judge Morrow,
sitting in the circuit court of ap
peals, wrote the opinion, which
was 'based on the appeal of Wil
lard N. Jones, charged by the gov
ernment with conspiracy to de
fraud;
SUBMIT R. R. FRANCHISE
QUESTION 10 PEOPLE
SPOKANE, May 18.— it la
problematical as to what action
will be taken on a resolution
which was introduced in the city
council last might for submission
to the vote of the people of the
proposition of whether a fran
chise shall be granted the Mil
PIONEERS TO
HAVE BIG
MEETING
"WALLA WALLA, Wash., May
18. — Preparation* are being
made for a meeting of the In
land Empire Pioneer's association
at Walla Walla on May 25. TttS
pioneers' meeting will follow an
open river conference to bo h^'rt
in Walla Walla on May 24, the
day the Tacoma business men
will be here.
TATOOSH VESSEL RiETORT
Passed In
Str. Col. E. L. Drake, 6 a. m.;
str. Alameda, 8 a. m.
Neah Bay—Anchored, Barge
Washington.
Port Crescentln a fisherman,
5:30 a. m. S
Passed Oat
St.r Roma, 8 p. m., last night.
GIRL ROUGH RIDER ON BROADWAY
•{;' ■'] MRS. HAT THOMPSON AND HER HORSE "MINNIE." / „'
, The huddled mass clinging to this plunging steed is as pretty
"»oulsbr*ve> littl* horsewoman its ever entered -a circus ring. She
is one of to* stars of the Buffalo Bill show. Th* horse plunges ter
rifically to shake the fair rider from the saddl*. "It's all. In*, play,
though," says sMrs. Thompson, \ "Minnie knows she can't throw me
'of her baek'."..<".'j.?'^:;. "" "„; r'" J:.... ■■' .'..';.-,.':"-'';'•
-;- Mrs. "Thompson Is said to b* the only woman in the world who
ild*a » plunging horwr without a bridle. - ..—
two years he has never given her
more than $150 a month to live
on. ' In addition she alleges that
her husband no longer' loves her
and that he has humiliated her Iby
speaking disrespectfully of her to
their servants. The ■ Huntleys
have eight children. ,
Besides the appellant, the de- (
fendants are Blnger Hermann,
John H. Mitchell, J. N. William
son, Franklin P. Mays and George
Soreneon. The government alleg
ed these men, in 1900. purchased
school lands from the state of
Oregon through dummies. Judge
Morrow decided the evidence
tended to prove the formation of
a conspiracy to defraud the gov
ment.
waukee and the North Coast rail
roads to enter Spokane with or
without a terminal rate proviso.
The resolution also provides
that the railroads deposit $5,000
for expenses of the election, any
portion unexpended to be re
turned to the railroads.
CRUSHED TO HEATH
BIELEUI
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
'SAN FRANCISCO, May 18.—
Joseph B. Griffin, 55, of Vancou
ver, B. C, was crushed to death
in an elevator In the Palace lioiel
today, when he attempted to leave
the car while It was in motion.
The car had started up from the
second floor and Griffin was
caught between the top of the
shaft door and the floor of the ele
vator. " T*
WHITE SLAVER
HELD AT
YAKIMA
[NORTH YAKIMA, May 18.
Lujjius Ketz, under indictment at
Seattle, Is held here tor engag
ing in the white slave traffic. An
order will be secured and he will
Ibe tried In Seattle.
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"Is the test arranged, Rosa?" I
the little man queried eagerly in
Italian.
"The date Is not fixed yet," she
replied in the tame language. "It
will be, 1 hope, within the next
two weeks. And then"
"Fame and fortune for both of
us," he Interrupted with quick
enthusiasm. "Ah, Rosa, I have
worked and waited so long for
this, and now it will come, and
with it the dominion of the world
again by our country. How will
I know when the date is fixed?
It would not be well to write me
here."
My lady of mystery stroked the
slender, nervous hand caressingly,
and a great affection shone in the
blue-Bray eyes.
"At eight o'clock on the night
of the test," she explained, still
speaking Italian, "a single light
will appear at the apex of the
capitol dome in Washington. That
is the signal agreed upon; it can
be seen by all in the city, and is
visible here from the window of
your bedroom."
"Yes, yes," he exclaimed. The
feverish glitter in his eyes deep
ened.
"If there is a fog, of course you
will not attempt the test," she
went on.
"No, not in a fog," he put in
quietly. "It must be clear."
"And If it is clear you can see
the light in the dome without dif
ficulty."
"And all your plans are worked
out well?"
"Yes. And yours?"
"I don't think there is any
question but that both England
and the United States will buy.
Do you know what it means? Do
you know what it means?" He
was silent a moment, his hands
working nervously. Then, with an
effort: "And his Highness?"
"His Highness is safe." The
subtle eyes grew misty, thoughtful
for a moment, then cleared again.
"He is safe," she repeated.
"Mexico and Venezuela
were—?" he began.
"We don't know, yet, what they
will do. The Venezuelan answer
is locked in the safe at the lega
tion; I will know what it Is with
in forty-eight hours." She was si
lent a little. "Our difficulty now,
our greatest difficulty. Is the hos
tility of the French ambassador to
the compacts His government has
not yet notified him of the pres
ence of Prince d'Abruzzl; he does
not believe in the feasibility of the
plan, and we have to—to proceed
to extremes to prevent him work
ing- against us."
"But they must see the incalcu
lable advantage to follow upon
such a compact, with the vast
power that will be given to them
over the whole earth by this." He
indicated the long, littered work
table. "They must see It."
"They will see" it, Luigl," said
Miss Thome gently. "And now,
how are you? Are you well? "Art
you comfortable? It's such a
dreary old place here."
- "I suppose so," he replied, and
he met the solicitous blue-gray
eyes for an Instant. "Yes, I am
quite comfortable," he added. "1
have no time to be otherwise
with all the work I must do. It
will mean so much!"
They were both silent for a
time. Finally Miss Thorne walk
ed over to the long table . and
curiously lifted one of the spher
oids. It was a sinister looking
thing, nickeled, glittering. At one
end of it was a delicate, vibratory
apparatus, not unlike the trans
mitter of a telephone, and the
other end was threaded, as If the
spheroid was made as an attach
ment to some other device.
"With that we control the
world!" exclaimed the man tri
umphantly. "And it's mine, Rosa,
mine!"
"It's wonderful!" she mused
softly. "Wonderful! And now I
must go. I may not see you again
until after the test, because I shall
be watched and followed wherever
1 go. If I get an opportunity 1
shall reach yon by telephone, but
not even. that unless It is neces
sary. There is always danger,
always danger!" she repeated
thoughtfully. She was thinking
of Mr. Grimm.
"I understand," said the man
simply.
"And look out for the signal
the light in the apex of the capitol
dome,'! she went on. "I under
stand the night must be perfectly
clear; and yon understand that the
test is to be made promptly at 3
o'clock by your chronometer?" *
% "At 13 o'clock," ha repeated. :
For a moment they stood with
their arms around each other,
then tenderly his visitor • kissed
him, and went out. He remained
looking ♦ after - her J vacantly ! until
the | chug-chug |of | her automobile,
as it moved off down th* road, was
lost in I th* distance, then i turned
again to the long work-table. '._■••
-i/^\r-:;;.-::"S;-TlH.''-vC-/-V;?' ;.
Miss Thorne and not Miss Thorne.
From " a"' pleasant, ~ wide-open
bay-window of her apartments ;on
the second ; floor. " Miss Thorne I
looked • out • npon the avenue ; with
Inscrutable j eyes. ,;•«; Behind "J the
Closely, drawn shatters of another
bay-window, farther down the term
ns*, on the ■ corner, she knew ■ a
man named j Hastings was hiding;
she knew that for an hour or more
hi had been"watching her as she
wrote. In t the ether: direction. In
a house near I the corner, another
nan named Blair waa'similarly en
——•~y
sconced, and he, too, had beeni
watching as she wrote. There I
should be a third man, Johnson, I
Miss Thorne curiously studied the I
face of each passer-by, seeking i
therein something to remember. 1
She sat at the little mahogany
desk and a note with the ink yet
wet upon it lay face up before her. <
It was addressed to Signor Pletro <
Petroilnnl in the district prison, I
and read: * '
"My Dear Friend: I
"I have been waiting to write >
you with the hope that I could I
report Senor Alvares out of dan
ger, but his condition, I regret to
say, remains unchanged. Shall I
send an attorney to you? Would
you like a book of any kind? Or
some delicacy sent in from a res- '
taurant? Can Ibe of any service I
to you In any way? If I can
please drop me a line. >
"Sincerely,
"ISABEL THORNE."
At last she rose and .standing '
in the window read the note over,:
folded it, placed it in an envelope
and sealed it. A maid came in an
swer to her ring, and there at the
window, under the watchful eyes
of Blair and Hastings —and, per
haps, Johnson —she handed the
note to the maid with instructions
to mail it Immediately. Two min
utes later she saw the maid go out
along the avenue to a post-box on
the corner. .
"So that's Johnson, is it?"
mused Miss Thorne, and she
smiled a little. "Mr. Grimm cer
tainly pays me the compliment of
having me carefully watched." j
A few minutes later she dropped
into the seat at the desk again.
The dark wrap had been thrown
aside and Hastings and Blair from
their hiding-places could see her
distinctly. After a while they saw
her rise quickly, as an automobile
turned into the avenue, and lean
toward the window eagerly look
ing out. The car came to a stand
still in front of the legation, and
Mr. Cadwallader, an under-seere
tary of the British embassy, who
was alone in the car, raised his
cap. She nodded and smiled, then
disappeared In the shadows of the
room again.
Mr. Cadwallader went to the'
door, spoke to the servant there,,
then returned and busied himself
about the car. Hastings and Blair,
watched intently both the door
and the window for a long time;
finally a closely veiled and muf
fled figure appeared at the bay
window, and waved a gloved hand
at Mr. Cadwallader, who again
lifted his cap. A minute later the
veiled woman came out of the
front door, shook hands with Mr.
Cadwallader, and ' got in the car.
He also climbed in, and the car
moved slowly away.
Simultaneously the front door
of the house on the corner, where
Hastings had been hiding, and
the front door of the house near
the corner, where Blair had been
biding, opened and two ' heads
peered out. As the car approach
ed Hastings' hiding-place ha with
drew into the hallway; but Blair
came out and hurried past the le
gation in the direction of the rap
idly disappearing motor, Hastings
Joined him; they spoke together,
. then turned the corner.
It was about ten o'clock that
night when Hastings reported to
- Mr. Campbell at his home.
"We followed the car in a rent
ed automobile from the time it
turned the corner, out through
Alexandria, and along - the old
Baltimore. Road into the city of
Baltimore," he explained. "It was
dark by the time we reached Alex
andria, but we stuck to the car
ahead, running without lights un
til we came in sight of Druid Hill
Park, and then we had to show
lights or be held up. We cov
ered those forty miles going in
less than two hours. >
"After the car passed Druid Hill
it slowed up a little, and ran off
the turnpike into North Avenue,
then into North Charles Street, and
slowly along that as if they were
looking for a number. At last it
stopped and Miss Thorne got out
and entered "a house. >' She was
gone for more than half an hour,
leaving Mr. Cadwallader with the
car. While she was gone I made
some inquiries and learned | that
the house was occupied by a Mr.
Thomas Q. Griswold. I don't know
anything else about him; Blair
may have learned something. \\
"Now .comes the curious part of
it," and Hastings looked a». little
sheepish. . "When j Miss Thorne
came out of the house she was not
Miss Thorne at all—she was Sen
orita Inez Rodriguez, daughter of
the Venezuelan minister. She wore
the same clothing Miss Thome had
worn going, but her veil was lift
ed. Veiled and all muffled up one
would have taken oath It we* j the
same woman. ' She and • Cadwalla
der are back in Washington now,
or] are coming. t; That's all, ! except
Blair is still in Baltimore, await
ing orders. I caught the train from
the Charles ' Street •'- station - and
came --, - back. ';' Johnson. you
know" '-'. /"',/■; -S;"; .'."-; '.'"'';':'-!'•'
' - "Yes, I've seen Johnson," inter
rupted Campbell. "Are yon abso
lutely positive that the woman
you saw get 1 Into -, the automobile
with' Mr.- Cadawallader was Miss
Thorne? "Js/mJ/&Bs£t '•''' ■'<'_•■■' '"./•'
„- "Absolutely." l replied "„ Hastings
without' hesitation. * "I saw her. in
her .own", room with her wraps on,
then ' saw' her come down and get
Into \ the! car.'Afe?<m:>i||pSj^^i«gj
I Into the car."
"That'a aU,' ' said the chief.
"Good night"
, .For an hour or more he sat in
great, comfortable chair in the
moklng-room of his own home,
tie guileless blue eyes vacant,
tuning, and spidery lines in the
enevolent forehead.
* • • •
On the morning of the second
ay following, Senor Rodriguez,
lie minister from Venezuela, re
orted to the Secret Service Bu
eau the disappearance of fifty
Qousand dollars in gold from a
afe in his private office at the le
atlon.
IX.
Fifty Thousand Dollars.
. Mr. Campbell was talking.
'■ "For several months past," he
aid, "the International Invest
iient Company, through Its rep
esentatlve, Mr. Cressy, has been
ecretly negotiating with Senor
todrlquea for certain asphalt
iropertles in Venezuela. Three
lays ago these negotiations r;ere
uccessfully concluded, and yes
erday afternoon Mr. Cressy, In
ecret, paid to Senor Rodriguez
ifty thousand dollars in Anierl
an gold, the first of four pay
units of similar sums. This gold
vas to have been shipped to Phil
adelphia by express today to catch
i steamer for Venezuela."
Mr. Grimm nodded.
"The fact that this gold was it
tenor Rodriguez's possession could
lot have been known to more than
lalf a dozen persons, as the nego
rations throughout have been ir
itrict secrecy," and Mr. Campbell
imlled benignly. "So much!
'low, Senor Rodriguez has Just tel
iphoned asking that I send a mar
.0 the legation at once. The gold
was kept there over night; or per
laps I should say that the senoi
ntended to keep it there ovei
light." Mr. Campbell stared a
Mr. Grimm for a moment, then;
rMiss Thorne, you know, is i
ttiesf at the legation, that Is whj
I am referring the matter to you.'
"I understand," said Mr. Grimm
'-' And ten minutes later Mr
Grim in presented himself to Seno:
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Rodriguez. The minister from
Venezuela, bubbling with excite
ment, was pacing forth and back
across his office, ruffling bis gray
black hair with nervous, twining
fingers. Mr. Grimm sat down. -
"Senor," he inquired placidly
"fifty thousand dollars In gold
would weigh nearly two hundred
pounds, wouldn't it?"
Senor Rodriguez stared at him
blankly.
"Si, Senor," he agreed absent
ly. And then, in English: "Yes
1 should imagine so."
"Well, was all of it stolen, 01
only a part of it?" Mr. Grlninc
went on.
The minister - gazed into the
listless eyes for a time, then, ap
parently bewildered, walked fortl
and back across the room again
Finally he sat down.
"All of it." he admitted. 'I
can't understand it. No one, not
a soul in this house, except my
self, knew it was here."
"In addition to this weight of
say two hundred pounds, flft)
thousand dollars would make con
siderable bulk," mused Mr
Grimm. "Very well! Therefore
It would appear that the person
or persons, who got it must have
gone away from here heavllj
laden?"
Senor Rodriguez nodded.
"And now, Senor," Mr. Grlmrr
continued, "if you will klndlj
state the circumstances lmmedi
ately preceding and following tin
theft?"
A slight frown which had beer
growing upon the smooth brow o
the diplomatist was instantly (lis
slpated.
"The money—fifty thousand
dollars in gold coin—was paid t<
me yesterday afternoon about foui
o'clock," he began slowly, in ex
planatlon.
"By Mr. Cressy of the Interna
tlonal Investment Company," sup
plemented Mr. Grimm. "Yes. G(
on."
The diplomatist favored th<
young man with one sharp, lnquir
ing glance, and continued:
"The gentleman who paid tin
money remained here from fou)
until nine o'clock while I, per
sunnily, counted it. 'A* I countei
it 1 placed it in canvas bags ant
when he had gone I took thesi
bags from the room into that,'
he indicated a closed door to hi
right, "and personally stowee
them away in the safe. I closet
and locked the door of the safi
myself: I know that It was locked
And that's all, except this morn
Ing the money was gone—
dollar of It." ".*,;';'-.-£-
Safe blown?" inquired Mr
Grimm. '
"No, . senor!" exclaimed the
diplomatist with sudden violence
"No, the safe was not blown! Ii
was closed and locked, exactly ai
I had left it!" ?SZ
Mr. Grimm was Idly twisting the
seal ring on his little finger.
! "Just as I left it!" Senor Rod
riguez repeated excitedly. "Las
night after I locked the safe dooi
I tried it to make certain that It
was locked. I happen to notice
then that the pointer on the dial
had stopped precisely at number
forty-five. This morning, when I
unlocked the safe—and, of course,
I didn't know then that the money
had been taken—the pointer was
still at number forty-five."
He paused with one hand In the
air; Mr. Grimm continued to twist
the seal ring.
"It was all like—like some trick
on the stago," the minister went
on, "like the magician's disap
pearing lady, or— — I It was as
though I had not put the money
Into the safe at all!"
"Did you?" inquired Mr. Grimm
amiably.
"Did I?" blazed Senor Rodri
guez. "Why, Senor —!" I did!"
he concluded' meekly.
Mr. Grimm believed him. ■ «,
"Who else knows the combina
tion of the safe?" he queried.
"No one, Senor — not a living
soul."
"Your secretary, for Instance?"
"Not even my secretary."
"Some servant —some member
of your family?"
"I tell you, Senor, not one per
son In all the world knew '.bat
combination except myself," Senor
Rodriguez Insisted.
"Your secretarya servant—
some member of your family might,
have Been you unlock the safe
some time, and thus learned the
combination?"
Senor Rodriguez did not quite
know whether to be annoyed at
Mr. Grimm's persistence, or to ad
mire the tenacity with which he
held to this one point.
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