During the time the operative was at work in Kentucky, Superintendent J. D. Hawkins of the Standard Mill met Assistant Superintendent Cary of the Denver Agency twice, and asked the latter on each occasion whether Mr. MacNeill's letter had been delivered to the operative. Mr. Cary informed Mr. Hawkins that the letter in question had been sent to Chicago, and undoubtedly that office had forwarded it to him.
Some time thereafter Operative Crane returned to Denver, and met Supt. Hawkins on the street. Mr. Hawkins asked him if he had received a letter from Manager MacNeill. The operative said, no. Mr. Hawkins told Crane that Manager MacNeill had sent him a fifty-dollar bill in a sealed envelope. To this the operative replied, "Well, I got a sealed letter with a fifty-dollar bill in it, but I supposed it was expense money, as there was no explanation."
When Operative Crane reported this conversation at the Agency, the superintendent at once wrote the Chicago office, with the result that