THH OMAHA DAILY BEFs SATURDAY. MARCH 10. V.m.
SMOOTHEST CROOK IN BCNCR
Ixtraorditurj f areer of an Eitraordiiarr
Deiparada in 'he Eoitbwtit.
CROOKEO TRAIL THROUGH MANY LANDS
.ea.arkaM for Scholarship. nralal.
ty of Maaners, Mlppery a aa
Eel. Srrr aa m
Chase for Spoil.
An sutoblographlcal sketch by he lata !
J ml (r- Murray F. Tuley of Chicago, t.-vio-riured
by the Voter of that city, gives
an arrount of th career of the m wt te
innrkable character In the border annals
of the southwest.
Judge Tuley wu a youngster of 2o, ;ust
out of law school and in delicate health
when a band playing; martial airs r.nd
drumming recrulta for service in the war
with Mexico marched past him In the
streets of "Chicago In 1847. The Idea of
army life in the southwest struck h'.m
as a good means of strengthening lils
constitution and he and a younger brother
enlisted. Toung Tuley's service In the
army was a heroics one. Ills company,
of which lie became captain, .1!. not get
Into any battle. News of the treat of
peace reached them In camp In what is
now the territory of New Mexico. Cu plain
Tuley had very little money, not enough
to go home on. So, resigning his commis
sion In the army, he hung out a tiilngle
as a lawyer In Santa Fe. And It was here
he met, studied and traced the character
he sketches, as follows:
At the time I opened an office there
were right next door to me a couple of
lawyers, and the sign was 'Lemon & Fey
nolds." Reynolds had dropped out of a
party going to C'Hllfnrnli, and had formed
a partnership with a man by the name of
Iemon. Bo long ss they had only printed
blanks to fill out, they got along pretty
well. Reynolds had been a justice of the
peace, but Lemon never was a lawyer, so
when they had anything to draw up be
yond filling in an ordinary blank, they
came to ma and they would give trie fj or
13 or f. Upon the drippings of that office
I lived for the first six or elrcht months.
Lemon was one of the most extraordinary
men It has been my fortune to meet In
life cjuite the most extraordinary. He was
an Englishman, about fifty years of age
at that time, an accomplished Greek and
Latin scholar, and a man of magnificent
education, great suavity of manner, aid
talked the Spanish language as fluently ss
he did his own English. His address t.as
so suave, his manners were so cordial and
pleasing that he had no trouble In K'. t tints
clients; the trouble was in taking i.ur of
them after he got tliem.
t Real ;lbe Trotter.
This imtv iipp-ared In Santa Fe one
niarnhig. came apparentl- out of the
mountains, was s-rested and put Into the
lockup hy Col. Hnl, who was rommand-
,lnu riffle":- at thut time. Before proceeding
f-irther. t wish to tell you what I learned
of the history of tills man Lemon, subse
quently. He was an ' Englishman by birth
snd hsd been with Sir Ross In his expedi
tion to the north pole In 1829 to 1832. A
you will rememher, this expedition led to
some very Important discoveries, the dis
covery of Sir William's Land, and, I be
lieve, for the first time the legation of the
north 1 was determined; I. e., where
It win supposed to be. Next, as I traced
thin man, from his own conversation and
that of others, he appeared In Montreal and
wns carrying en n large theatrical estab
lishment. One night the theatrical estab
lishment was burned down. The cry was
.rained of incendiurism, and' Mr. Lemon
disappeared between two days. He cer
tainly, from his conversation, had Jived
some time ,ln India and Egypt, showed
acquaintance with those countries that
could only be acoulred by actual residence.
I strongly believed that at one time he
had been a pirate off the coast of South
America. We found out that he was at one
time, a Baptist preacher In the eastern
part of Kentucky; he was certainly capa
ble of the most fervid eloquence I have
ever heard in my life; though T have heard
Hay, Webster, Ingersoll and all the noted
orators of this country, I never heard a
man who could command the English
language or Influence by his eloquence aa
this man Lemon could. As a Baptist
preacher he was a success; he got up a
great revival, and did a great deal of
good, undoubtedly. In converting the
wicked. But one day he disappeared from
there; he got Into some woman scrape,
snd left between two days.
The next trace I got of him he was
living In Southwestern Mexico. An Eng
lish vessel had put Into port off the west
coast, the Pacific coast, where Lemon was
Ivlng, engaged In merchandising. It
was a large trading vessel. After a 'few
days Lemon invited the officers up to his
house to a dinner, and. very singularly,
after that dinner they all died within the
space of eight days. Lemon claimed to be
censignee of that vessel; he had papers,
apparently, to show it; hu took charge of
the vessel, sold all the cargo and the vessel
also.
When our troops had captured and were
n occupation of Chihuahua, he came to our
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sfiRBVKFAST
Cocoa Deans 2 row in
pods on the trunk
. and limbs of a dell-
cate , tropical trc.
I They contain Mix
' times mora food val-
IA than Keef
We use the highest
cost beans tnat are
grown and there is
nothing la our cocoa
but COCOM.
That Is why It Is
the roost dellcleua of
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military headquarters one day. right up to
the commanding officer. Colonel Beal, com
manding the American troops then In pos
session, and said to him: "My name Is
John I. lmon. I have a perfect acquaint
ance with the Spanish language. I have
met with reverses, and 1 wsnt the position
of Interpreter in the purchasing depart
ment, where, t think, I can be useful."
He pnkc the language so beautifully and
well that he was at once employed as In
terpreter In the comnilsssry department.
liis business was to go with or act as
agent of the quartermaster, to different
towns around Chihuahua and buy supplies,
lie had been there about sixty "days or less,
when one morning Mr. Lemon disappeared
and with him about twenty-five or thirty
teamsters that had been In the employ of
the United States government hauling sup
piles for the troops. Some hours after he
disappeared, at the end of the day, some
Indiana came In from some of the Indian
villages, ten or fifteen miles away, with
the flrst cas of Lemon. It appeared that
Lemon had seduced these teamsters to go
with him, ahd upon this kind of a story:
He told them that, at the breaking out of
the Mexican war, he was a merchant In a
large town In the Interior of Bonora, the
name of which I do not Just now recall,
and that he had about JlOO.oOO worth of
property, merchandise, In a store that he
owned; that a Mexican priest there had
Inflamed the people against him, saying
that he was an American. This priest, he
claimed, organized a mob, took posietslon
of his store, confiscated his property, and
he barely escaped with his life. He told
the teamsters that he was on confidential
terms with that priest; that he knew thst
the priest had $300,000 In silver and gold
burled In the sleeping room of his house.
He said to them: "I wsnt you to gi with
me. You can have every dollar of the
money. All I want to do Is to hang that
priest on his own veranda. When we get
the money and hang the priest, it will be
easy to escape to California." They be
lieved him and wont with him. He took
them to the Indian villages, made requisi
tions upon the head men or chiefs for pro
visions and horses,- mounted his men and
started for this town In Sonora where the
prlet lived. In payment of his outfit, he
gave drafts on Colonel Besl, who was
then the commanding officer, something
like this:' "Colonel Beal, commanding, etc.:
Please pay Juan Slmmones" or whatever
the name was of the Indian chief "$4,000
for supplies" and added: "Charge to the
account of John Snooks, captain United
States army."
Iadlaas om His Trail.
Of course, the poor Indians had to go
back without their money, but when they
went back they organized a party of In
dians and followed Iemon and his men.
The Indians, after some days, returned,
but all that they ever told us was that
they had found Lemon and his party one
nisht In a thicket of dry chaparral,, they
had surrounded the thicket; there was a
strong wind blowing, and shey set fire to
the dry chaparral, and they "didn't know
what had become of Lemon's party." They
did know that they got their horses, or
nearly all of them.
Some months after that a man came
walking down the mountain, at the foot
of which Santa Fe lies, a ragged, dirty
Individual, with an old straw hat and shoes
all to pieces as disreputable looking white
man aa waa ever seen In the city. He
walked right Into the public square and
right over Into the military headquarters,
where the same Colonel Beal waa in com
mand, and Introduced himself as Mr. John
I. Lemon. The old major responded:
"Guard, come here, some here; take this
man to the guardhouse!" and Into the
guardhouse he wont, without any "where
ases" or "wherefores," or writ of any
kind. A court-martial was convened.
Lemon defended himself so well and skill
fully that he secured an acquittal. He
had not ' committed any crime known to
the military code, nor had he defrauded
the Vnlted States government, aa his
"John Snooks. captain United States
army," drafts had not been paid. He, upon
hie acquittal, concluded to practice law,
and opened an office next to mine, with
this man Reynolds. tie was a man of the
most extensive and varied knowledge that
I ever met and was as well versed In the
Bible as any preacher, and was a pro
found theologian. He had perfect knowl
edge of medicine and surgery, was an
astronomer, geologist and chemist; In
fact, there was nothing you could name,
except the law, that he didn't know, and
yet he undertook to practice law. We made
short work of him after we got him Into
court, got him into the intricacies of special
pleading.
His Uealns ana Daring..
As Illustrating the genius and daring of
the man, I will relate an incident. There
was in New Mexico a man by the name
of Maxwell, a pioneer out In New Mexico,
and the same one to whom was given that
large tract of land known aa Maxwell's
land grant, on the Peoos river. New
Mexico. Maxwell had been out trading
with the Indians and got Into a fight with
them, with the result of which he got a
bullet In the back of his neck. He came
In to Santa Fe for surgical aid. He was
a vory popular man. The best physicians
th army surgeons were called Into con
sultatlon; they declared that that bullet
lay so near the artery leading to the brain
that they were afraid to undertake to cut
it out. Well, Maxwell knew that he would
die If It were left In there. Lemon heard
j of It, and he exclaimed: "All nonsense;
I will get that bullet out If he will let me.
I and they will lend me their Instruments."
I Mix well waa told what Lemon had said.
i He sent for Iemon. and told him ha would
take his chancea of the operation, as he
must have that bullet out, or he would
die. I happened to be present when the
operation waa performed. Without chloro
forming the man at all, he laid Maxwell
down on his faee, took the surgical Instru
ment and cut down Into his neck. When
he got down tc the bullet he called to the
surgeon standing by, and said: "Put your
finger on the knife blade and feel the
artery throb." go he took the bullet out
and Maxwell recovered.
lake him all In all. he was the snost
extraordinary man J ever met In the course
of my life. He was a man of medium
height, regular features, of pleasing per
soiutl appearance, with an eye as express
Ive s a woman's, but which "at rest" waa
cold and hard. A fluent talker. Interest
ing- in conversation, which sparkled with
kr-en wit and satire, and with anecdotes
apparently drawn from personal contact
with all klndr and conditions of men; a
wonderful memory, which enabled hlra tr
draw at will upon his vast stores of In
formation derived from extensive studies,
reading and his travels. He possessed a
kind of magnetic power, the result mora
of Intellect than of personality. The
ordinary man was but us plastic clay for
nnr to mold aa be wished. He was loose
In morals and apparently without any
- v. kiiiu, aim wnue ne was
selfish, unscrupulous, cruel and vindictive.
ne waa not incapable of apparently mag
nar.tmous aaj chivalrous acta, as you will
presently hear when I tail his iDlwrn.i
niaiory so tar aa Known.
As the fact became known that neither
Lauioo nor tUynokla were lawyers by edu
caWon, the business begaa to fail off. and
it became evldeat that their prosperity
snuat soao eoaie aa aud. One night
Lemon aad Rsywwlaa berth aapr4 froan
Buata Fe; bet wean twe daw they waM
gone, aa gftean er eight aft paTK-emea
had disappeared with them. Tfcat His a
: Union had been araund among these
j pohremeu and had laid Ikes th same
story shout that priest having $,ono In
gold and silver burled In the floor of l-s
bedroom, and how easy It would be to
obinln It and escape Into California. He
hsd Induced the policemen to Join him
and Reynolds In an expedition to rob and
hang that priest. Umon i party went from
Santa Fe to two large rueblo Indian vil
lages, about ninety miles west of Albu
querque, and there he made a demand on
the chiefs of the Indians for horses and
mules to mount his command, and also for
provisions. They complied with 'his de
mand, and a few days Inter they appeared
In Santa Fe with orders or. Coionel Bea1,
who was still there In command: "Please
pay So-and-So $I.K) for supplies and
charge to account of John Snooks, captain
United States army." The orders In all
amounted to about $7,500.
The next we heard of him a Mexican
came In who had met his party In the
mountains. This Mexican and his partner
had been out trading with the Navajo
Indians when they came across Lemon's
party. His partner was mounted upon a
very fine riding mule, which Lemon wanted
to buy. Although urged to name his own
price, he refusod to sell, declaring that he
wouldn't sell It "there wasn't money
enough anywhere to buy that mule."
Lemon deliberately pulled out his pistol
and blew out the Mexican's brains, and
took the mule, silver mounted bridle and
saddle.
Resrsje Murderer and Robbery.
The next information we had of him was
that a day or two further on, up In the
mountains, a Mexican Indian trader came
to Lemon's camp and told them that there
was a party of fifteen or twenty Indlnns
Iccarllla Apaches Just over the mountains
ridge who had a very beautiful Sonora
girl that they had captured, and were
taking her back Into the mountains where
the Indians Jived. "Well," said Lemon,
"boys, that ought not to be permitted;
that Is bad. Suppose some of you go with
me to get that girl." Eight or ten of them
volunteered: they went over tho rldgc,
piloted by the Mexican, surprised and at
tacked that party of Indians, recovered the
girl, and brought her back to their own
camp. When daylight came they started
her, In charge of the Mexican, to the near
est Mexican settlement, where she arrived
In safety.
Lemon's party went down to Sonora,
traveling through the mountains until they
reached the town or city where the priest
lived, surprised this priest's house, which
was somewhat In the outskirts of the city,
at night, went In, took this priest and hung
him under his own porch: digging up the
floor of his bedroom, instead of getting
$300,000. they got about $.10,000. They ef
fected their escape and Went oh Into Cali
fornia. The next we heard of Mr. Lemon
was some months after, when a man by
the name of Huntley, who lived In Santa
Fe, had occasion to visit California on a
business trip When he was In the moun
tains he heard of Lemon and Reynolds;
they weie both there In one of those
mining towns. Reynolds, somehow or other.
had gotten the position of Justice of the
peace, and Lemon was a lawyer again;
they had the thing pretty well between
them.
The Ist Ditch.
Huntley nvT Lemon on the street one
day while he was there and cordially sa
luted him. "How are you, Dr. Lemon?"
I don't know you, sir; you are mistaken,
sir!" answered Lemon. "Oh, hell. Lemon,
you know I know you Just as well as I
know myself. What are you putting on
such airs for?" "My name Is Hunter; I
never saw you, sir!" and slapped Huntley
In the face. All Huntley could do under
the laws in that part of the country was
to challenge him; he wrote and sent him
a challenge to fight. Letnon accepted the
challenge pistols, ten yards. The duel was
fought the next morning. After the first
shot neither was injured. Lemon said:. "I
am satisfied." His second asked Huntley
whether he was satisfied, and Huntley re
plied: "Yes, T am; I will never call him
Dr. Lemon again. If he wants to be called
Hunter, It makes no difference to me."
They bowed and separated.
We heard afterwards that shortly after
that occurrence it was Known In the
mining town that a Mexican had been
making a pretty good digging, and had
taken out quite . lot of gold. Lemon
trumped up a charge against him of "dis
orderly conduct." and Reynolds iasued a
warrant, brought the Mexican In, fined
him $2i600, which the Mexican paid rather
than go to Jail. Thereupon the miners
got together, and notified Mr. Reynolds and
Mr. Lemon they had to leave there in
twelve hours, or they would swing them up.
Thev left. One of our citizens met Lemon
shortly afterward In San Francisco. We
heard afterwards that he was not success
ful in San Francisco, that he took a vessel
and started to go back to the east by the
way of the Irthmus of Panama, and In
crossing the Isthmus by muleback the party
got Into a quarrel up In the mountains
with some Indians they came across, ana
the Indians killed the whole party. In
cluding Lemon. I would not vouch for the
death of Lemon. I would not be surprised
to see him walk In at the door this minute.
POOR LABORER GETS A PILE
Jersermaa Inherits a
Handle
Rich
of
Money from a
Tacla.
The happleft silk weaver that ever wove
silk Is Robert Hughes of Garrleld, N. J.,
who received word yesterday that he has
fallen heir to 11,000.000.
Hughes Is 48 years old and has never
known anything but tha hardest kind of
toll. He cam to America from Ireland
when lie was a boy, and as he grew uo
he learned the ellk weaver's trade. Day
after day he tolled, with few pleasures and
no prospect, so far as he could see, of ever
bettering his condition. Like all men of
his trade, he waa peculiarly the slave of
his business, for when work fell slack he
dared not take employment at rough-and-
ready Jobs; for hard work never falls o
make one's flngrs stiff and rough, and it
is absolutely necessary for silk weavers to
keep their hands soft.
Bv virtue of Intelligence and Industry
Hughes was promoted to be a foreman.
His pay was S a week. He managed to
keep his head above water and bought a
little house. Day after day he went to
the mill and there toiled all day long
spinning fineries for tha adornment of the
rich. Beemingly thta waa to be his fate
until the end of the last chapter,
But yesterday morning he received a for
midable looking letter written In a clerkly
hand on legal paper. The writers, a firm
of saticltors of Belfast, Ireland, begged to
Inform "Robert Hughes, Esq., of the
town of Garfield, state of New Jersey,
that he was one of the three heirs of John
Hughes, Esq., merchant, of Belfast, re
cently deceased, leaving a fortune of PX,
COD, equivalent to 3,0r,000.
Mr. Hughes directed In his will that his
estate be divided equally among the chll
dren of his deceased brothers, two of whom
are living In Ireland, the third being Rob
ert Hughes of Garfield.
Ttie silk weaver was daaed. His wife, a
aiodest lltti woman, waa dased. too. Tbey
had both hoard of bunko letter writers,
and they feared there Blight be some trick.
8o Robert took the letter to City Attoraey
A. D. Sullivan of Paasale, who said that
tha letter seemed gemahta, and ha wouM
take rase af Robert 'a interests
Robert finished hia dally stint of weav
ing, went some and ata a Joysoma supper
wkh bis wife, and then weat out to make
a festal evening for many wwrthy friends.
that they might rejetea with his. Kew
Yerk World
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SATURDAY IS
Mothers are giving thought to their boys' apparel right now, and Saturday will bring a great. clothing event
reach of all. Every little fellow's suit here la a special bargain. The kind that Brandeis alone can offer.
Boys' Knee Pants
Suits
These are very nobby suits,
in agea 3 to 16, made to re
sist a boys' hard wear
the patterns and styles are
new this spring, the dressy
Russians, Nor- Tl50
folks and double ,
breasted styles, at .
New Spring Hats for Mea
The famous Brandeis Special Hats for men, in the very,
latest and most up-to-the-minute styles of stiff and
soft hats all the style that you could find
in a $5 hat Brandeis' price. . . . t
All the men's hats that remain in the great hat purchase of four
M(j rotnll hat stores will go in two lots AQ i A C
Saturday to clear them away, worth flC"S-Tl
up to $3.eo, at vv m
Boys' and Children's School Caps Just what
they want for out-door spring rough and
tumble wear, at.....
TRICK OF TAINTED BANKER
Crooked Cashier Works Clever Game on
Professional Cracksman.
PROFITLESS JOB OF SAFE-CRACKING
Cashier Pockets the Loot Before
Job is Done and Kscapes- Wna
plclon Becomes m I'alsled
Vagrant.
'A few weeks ago, on a visit to Now
Tork, I happened to visit Jefferson market
court, when a seedy, emaciated, palsied
old man was 'viigged' by the magistrate
for begging on the streets," said Patrick
Galltgan, the house detective at a Wash
ington hotel, who used to live in the big
town. "I hadn't seen this man lor nearly
thirty years, but I thought I recognized
him as I taw him leaning on the rail In
front of tr.w magistrates desk, and when
he stepped back, after getting his thirty-
duy dose, I spoke to him and found that
I wasn't mistaken as to his Identity. The
sight of him took me back to the days
when Boss Tweed was running things in
New Tork, and here's the story that the
sight of that old man recalled to me.
'One' day In the fU of l7t one of the
most finished and successful bank burglars
that ever used a drill In this country I
won't mention his name, for he's still alive
and reformed was walking across Sixth
avenue, New York, enjoying his parole and
the mellow sunshine. There were a whole
lot af Indictments hanging over him, of
course, but they didn't worry him any, for
he happened to be on pretty fair terms
with some of the men attached to the
municipal admtnlstr atten at that time. As
he swung along he was accosted by a
prosperous looking man whom he did not
know, although the prosperous looking clti
sen addressed the burglar by his right
name. The crook, finding after some stall
ing that the man who knew his name
wasn't a detective, took him into a cafo
and asked him some things.
" "In the first place, how did you know
me?' he inquired of the stranger.
"Well. It appeared that the burglar had
been pointed out te the stranger by a de
tective who was v shady that he after
ward did time for snrreptltiusly extending
aid and comfort te the enemy one of the
old time bands of New York crooks.
" 'All right,' said the cracksman then.
'Now, I don't suppose you are seeking my
acquaintanceship for the sake of being In
troduced Into society or for the enjoyment
af my winning ways. What's your lay?"
"Then the stranger up and told the bur
glar what 'his graft was.
Lay ef tha Loot.
" 'I'm the cashier of a bank a ii up the
state.' said he to the burgUr. '..ie direc
tors don't know anything about It, but I'm
shert In any accounts. There's only one
way out of H. The bank will have to 6e
reeibed by professional cracksmen. That
will lei me out. and, in addition, I'll expect
to get my rake-oft from tho robbery. I
want yeu la re the baak. You'll find 33,
M In cash in it us tha night you arrange
tha Job I II aetesrf that. Of murk I
waat my bet art Msab-MtfO at UuL
I re always beara that yea re square In
thes dsvlstuaa af sJaasier, and, thereore.
r n trvst yaa te ha ad saa Bar stare after
rva'esi ooae tha tor rattkaej you a to
It.'
This sounds ge4 enough to eat,' ra
prl4 rh araeksBsaa, whs wwa snilts soase
more tha a T yvara af age, ne whe ceuH
sea a mao-rrap aa far aa a UUieea-tnch
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A SALE EXTRAORDINARY!
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splendid suits are from
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J his house is one of A exo
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the plain sol id colors. Every size and scores of pa tterns to ap
peal to good dressers who are used to paying up to $20 for
high class clothes. Saturday ONLY we offer these suits at
THESE STYLISH SUITS WERE MADE TO SELL at $20, 519. $17,50
Drsrvdeis Sells
ROGERS PEET
declare the Flogers-Peet clothes
styles arethe kind that make
Brarvdeis' Special Clothes
beet tailors in New York stylos
BOYS' CLOTHING
Our $3.45 Combination Offer
Boys Knee Pants Suit 45
With Extra Pair of Knickerbocker J
Trousers, a SS.00 Value Complete. .
Boys' Suits, ags 8 to 16, single and double rrtel
Norfolks. of new Scotch mixtures and plnln, extra strong;
reinforced seams. Two pair of pants, one regular aid one
Knickerbocker pair In this combination suit offsr.
Little Boys Top Coats and Reefers covwts, fancy
mixtures and
plain white flannels, ages 3 to 10 2558.500,, A50
year the prices " " "
$2
25c49c
gun will shoot. 'Fact Is, It's so sweet that !
It's almoxt cloying. Now, I've heard your
proposition. You givo me a couple of days
to Investigate you and then we'll talk busi
ness.' "They arranged another meeting at tha
same place a couple of days later, and In
the meantime the cracksman, whose facili
ties were the best, looked Into the Job. He
found that his man really was the cashier
of an up-state ban);, in a town not more
than an hour's run from New York. Bo
when the cashier called at the appointed
time the burglar was ready to talk busi
ness. " 'You'll have a hard night's work.' said
the cashier, 'for, In order to avert aus
picion, I'll have to leave the vaulta and
safes locked tlghter'n a drum, as usual.
You'll need several assistants.
" 'That's my end of It,' replied the cracks
man. 'You just let me handle those little
details. Every man to his trade. They
don't niako 'em so strong that I can't get
into 'em.'
A Profitless Job.
"Then all of the details were arranged,
and the robbery was fixed for a certain
night in the following week. The cashier
was t specially solicitous that he should
get his share of the proceeds of tha crib
cracking. The cracksman assured him that
If there was U5.0 In the Job $25,000 would
be enough for himself and his associates
and the cashier would get the rest. On the
night fixed the cracksman and three of his
best men went up to the town and suited
off the job. It was a matter of four hours
before the gang, after overpowering and
gagging the watchman, got Into the main
safe. They found It eniptj'. Then they
tackled the smaller safes. These, too, were
en'pty. The top-notch cracksman waa
pretty mad, natnrally.
'He hsd been played for a geod thing
and lie knew it. The cashier had simply
loo red the bank himself, and the robsery
which he had arranrea was ta cover up his
own trail. There have been Napoleoaa of
finance without number e eloped from
among bank eusMers, bmt I never heard of
a neater Job than that.
"Of courae the cracksman and his pals
had nothing for It but to pwk their kits
and drill back to New York. They weren't,
of course, in a position to say anything
ibout how they'd been done. The top-
notch crnckienan ha4 to reaa1 In the after
noon papers the lurid accounts of how the
bank had been rebbea af cash and securi
ties 'approximating listjoo aa amount,' and
grind his teeth and runs. The bank's fail
tre was aanounced a few days later.
"This professional cracksman got nabbed
with the goods a couple of months later
and was sentenced to a three-specker. I
happened to be with the detective who was
taking the cracksman op to Bing Slug. At
one of the stations, a bit ef a tide nut of
New York. I noticed the cracksman's ftace
suddenly darken with wrath, and I asked
him whst was up. He pointed out a sleek
looking man who was sitting in a dogcart
alongside the station, and he cursed that
man In a blood-curdling way for tmo min
utes before be was able to tell the story as
I've told it. The man In the dogcart was
the caahiiar who'd been crafty enough to
put It over one of the most accomplished
all-around crooks tn She western hemi
sphere. Tha failure of the bank hadn't
hurt the cashier at all In the estimation of
lits towaaiaeo. Tue bank waa 'robbed by
cracksmen,' yu saje, so how could the
oaatiler he la Mh baak'S fail art?
"But these afamgs all work eut in time.
TV esnMlated, paJkl4 aid vag I saw fa
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weeks age m that baak sassier, now
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Doeaar CariTlcted of Marder.
GREENSBORO. K. C March 8 rr. J.
B. Mathews was today found guilty of
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