f
locking them in his vault to put them in a bag, of course taking
precautions to do this when no one was observing him, and then leave the
bank in the usual manner.

"'He was to take a carriage and drive directly to a small, unoccupied
house which is situated on the corner of Blank and 117th streets.

"'It was my intention, as I had gone so far, to go still further. I knew
that Mr. Herrick would bring me the money and securities, and that I
should find him asleep in the house, but what I did not know positively,
and what I feared was, _that he might not forget what he had done when
he awoke_. As a rule, sensitives obey the command to forget, but in the
course of my various experiments I have found sensitives who had a vague
idea of what occurred, perhaps nothing tangible, but still sufficient,
in a case like this, when there would be a great row about the lost
securities, to suggest a possible clue.

"'It was a very cold day, six degrees below, I think, and I had
deliberately intended to leave Mr. Herrick asleep after I had taken the
money from him and let him take his chances, sleeping without any fire
or covering, in an hypnotic condition, with the temperature below zero,
and you can judge what his chances would have been. This scheme I
thought out deliberately, and what seems strange, I had not the least
repugnance against arranging for the death of my friend. After I had
once made up my mind to make him steal the securities his disappearance
seemed to be the only way to insure my safety. Of course no one could
know I was connected with this matter. I would not go near the bank, and
unless he was followed, which was most unlikely, as he had been with the
bank some years and was a thoroughly trusted official, there would be
absolutely no chance of my detection.'"

Watson relighted his cigar, which had gone out, and continued--

"While he had been speaking another train had arrived with a lot of
workmen who were busily engaged jacking the car back on the rails. The
train was about to return to Chicago, so I inquired the name of the bank
and its president, and the address of the house, writing them down so
there could be no possible mistake. I then hastened on board the train,
leaving my patient under the care of Dr. Morse, a local physician, who
agreed to notify me as to the condition of the man later in the day.

"Upon arriving in Chicago I immediately drove to the bank, but found it
closed. I was told, however