shortly after the robbery, also that she was
intending to leave Prince George.

Several days of intensive investigation
seemed to leave a blank wall before the
yes of the police; the only chink in which
a case could be successfully prosecuted
against LaRue was by entrapping him with
some of the money and obtaining a con-
fession—all evidence thus far being purely
circumstantial. After some discussion with
Inspector Parsons, Wheatley decided to
leave for McBride accompanied by Staff-
Sergt. McNeil and Investigator Gibb, there
to obtain a warrant and search the rooms
occupied by LaRue.

In the absence of Capt. Wheatley on his
visit to Prince George, the employees at
McBride station had thought up a plan to

test LaRue’s inquisitiveness. Due to the
suspicion that LaRue had obtained the com-
bination of the safe by reading the reversed
copy of the carbon used by Herb Ludgate
in the typing of the changed safe tumblers,
they typed a copy of a fictitious letter from
Capt. Wheatley to his superiors using a
new sheet of carbon. The spurious copy
purported to show that Wheatley suspected
Ludgate of stealing the money and hiding
it, using the excuse that the money had
been stolen in his absence from the office.
The carbon was left on a desk in the office
in such a manner that LaRue would notice
it, and upon touching or moving it would
leave evidence that it had been examined.
They then left for lunch leaving LaRue
alone in the office.

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The chance experiment had startling re- |
sults. On their return the carbon sheet was
gone. Questioning the janitor, who had no
knowledge of the trap, about the disappear-
ance of the carbon, he made a gratifying
statement.

“No, sir, I didn’t move anything here.
But I saw LaRue come in here, while you
were out to lunch. He picked up a piece
of carbon paper and was holding it up to
the light as if to read it.”

“Did he say anything about it.”

“Yes, he did. He said “That’s good.
That's fine.” I asked him what was “fine,”
and he crushed the carbon paper up and put
it in his pocket and said, “It’s none of your
damn business.” I don’t know what he was
so huffy about.”

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