As I say, it killed my father."
"But weren't the men punished at all?"
"There was a Board appointed to try the case, and they awarded the
Government about six hundred thousand dollars' damages. There's a
man here in this hotel now who could tell you that story straight
from the inside." And the Lieutenant paused and looked about him.
Suddenly he stood up, and went to the railing and called to a man
who was passing on the other side of the street.
"Hello, Bates," he said, "come here."
"Oh! Bates of the Express!" said Montague.
"You know him, do you?" asked the Lieutenant. "Hello, Bates! Have
they put you on the Society notes?"
"I'm hunting interviews," replied the other. "How do you do, Mr.
Montague? Glad to see you again."
"Come up," said the Lieutenant, "and have a seat."
"I was talking to Mr. Montague about the armour-plate frauds," he
added, when the other had drawn up a chair. "I told him you knew the
story of the Government's investigation. Bates comes from Pittsburg,
you know."
"Yes, I know it," Montague replied.
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