Opening: Day 5

Word Count: 30,006

Summary of Events:
Chapter 9:
Keiller decided to look back over Sheriff Evans' last cases to see if he can find any links, and finds a potential one and goes to telegraph Sacramento to see if it is and meets Egbert, who's acting oddly. Sophia decides to look at the file Keiller left behind and finds an interesting note.
Chapter 10:
Sophia got up to make breakfast and tried to convince herself to talk to Keiller, who showed her he actually had a cellar — although it was just as lean as his cupboard had been. Keiller had to prove to Egbert he hadn't been paid $2,500 in fines by Cyril, and then decided to do some searching at the bank.

Excerpt of the Day:
"Once Egbert was past the smith Keiller stepped back into the bank.
"Actually, Mr. Roberts, I was wondering," Keiller said. "Do you have one of those account books for Sheriff Evans?"
"I do," Mr. Roberts replied.
"May I have it?" Keiller asked.
"Yes, just a moment," Mr. Roberts said.
Keiller waited as Mr. Roberts disappeared into the back room and returned with a smaller, thinner version of the book he'd brought out with all of the transactions in it. A piece of paper was pasted on the front, labelling it: Sheriff Mr. A. Farley J. Evans, 15 August 1856 – 19 April 1879.
"Are there any other account books belonging to Sheriff Evans?" Keiller asked.
"Yes, there's one other one," Mr. Roberts replied, getting to his feet and heading toward the back room.
"Oh, and Mr. Roberts," Keiller said, causing the banker to stop. "Do you have any books belonging to anyone named Wylie?"
"Wylie?" Mr. Roberts asked, looking puzzled. "I'm not sure, I'll look."
Keiller opened his mouth to say more, but paused and closed his mouth, Mr. Roberts had gone off into the back room anyways. Should he ask for Egbert and Geoffrey's account books too?
Mr. Roberts returned with Sheriff Evans' other book. "I'll go back and look for that other one, Wylie you said?"
"Yes," Keiller replied. "W y l i e."
Mr. Roberts nodded and headed back into the room. Keiller looked at the first book; it said the same as the first one he'd gotten, except with earlier dates, and in a different script.
Keiller opened it up and looked; Sheriff Evans had deposited five hundred dollars when he opened the account. For the first while Sheriff Evans deposited a lot of money into the account — of course that was during the peak of the gold rush when Coyoteville had been booming — and only withdrew sums of twenty dollars or less.
By the time the book was full Sheriff Evans had nearly accumulated some twenty thousand dollars. Keiller was amazed. What had Sheriff Evans made all of this money off of doing? Being a sheriff didn't pay that much — unless his wages were higher while the town was booming.
Keiller opened up the next book, but then heard footsteps and looked up. Mr. Roberts was returning with a book in his hand. Keiller was surprised, but happy. Hopefully he'd found a name.
"Only one," Mr. Roberts said, sliding the book through the opening.
Mrs. Esmeralda T. Wylie, 31 October 1875 – 1 May 1879.
"If there was a Mrs. Wylie why wasn't there a Mr. Wylie?" Keiller asked.
"I haven't the faintest idea," Mr. Roberts replied. "But that was the only Wylie I could find."
Keiller nodded, this had definitely taken an interesting turn now."