Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-09-08

us, and the papers had taken care that
we should have rub on the old sore
every two or three days.
"Well," said Bill, .'me and my pals
fixed up that thing, and If the. other
fcllers had worked square, l wouldn't
be here now. I'd be virtuous farm
er in Australia or n respectable citizen
out West, living on my money and
taking good care Of myself. That's
what l laid out to do, but didn't get
the rocks to do it on, thanks to them
villain pals Of mine, and thought I'd
have another try to make raise, and
that's what settled me to what ! am
now"
"Well, you see," he continued. we
had our eye on that bank long time,
and I'll tell you how il came about
''One night me and some fcllers
were out in boat on the river look.
ing around for something that might
be handy. and coming around pier
what should We run into but the police
boat. Well, we pulled for shore and
struck the butment hard and stove in
the boat
The other fellers grabbed the
wharf and ran up it like cats and off
they went, but l was kinder stunned
and couldn't follow. looked around
for moment Or SO, and right near me
was the mouth of big sewer. Iput
into that like a streak and went up the
pipe on run. Sometimes Id trip up
and go down on all fours in the slush
that flowed about six inches deep in
the bottom Of the sewer. After lit
tie l stopped To listen and found there
was no one after me. | had passed
two or three glimmers Of light rs ran,
ami right ahead of me WAS another
Going up to it, found the light to
come down an opening from the street.
Getting foothold against the wall
of the sewer, ! clambered up and stuck
my head through the opening. 1t was
one of those long and narrow surface
openings which enter the sewers under
the sidewalk at the street corners.-
The hole was large enough for me TO
get my head and shoulders through.
but no more. The gas above WAS burn
iIg brightly, and, as looked around,
the first thing that l saw was the Surf
Bank right close TO me. the width of
the sidewalk alone separating. Just
then heard the slow. steady walk of
policeman, and tucked in my head.
lie passed within three feet, and the
first thing that struck me was, now if
Ia q grudge against that feller, how
easily l could out with my revolver
and shoot him, and then I thought
who'd ever look down in the sewer for
the man who shot him! and how easily
! could go down to the river and get
of.
1T flashed then over my mind-if
a feller was to rob a place and had a
friend down the sewer. how nicely he
could hand him the swag and then
walk home with his hands in his pock-
ct, and if caught nothing could be prov
ed.
"These things sat Inc thinking, and
l concluded Id dropped on first rate
thing. You know yourself there amt
any difficulty worth mentioning in the
way Of US fellows getting into any
bank in the city, but the police catch
US as we 60 home with the stuff. 1t
amt the getting Of it that bothers US,
but its the way TO fetch it home
through the streets. Well to make a
long story short, laid out to breal
into that very bank which was SC
handy to the sewers. l had choice
Of pals, and ] picked out those that
thought could trust. l was mistak
en- in that, but I'll fool 'em yet. 90,
feller to hire the basement under the
bank and then for a month or SO lie,
the matter lay still, only was matur
ing my plans all the while. AT las,
all was ready, and six of us had sworI
to stand by each other through thick
and thin and TO share equally thu
danger and the stuff, only was to hav,
ten per cent. on the share of the fiv,
others for finding out and planning
the lay.
Scotch Bob and me and Gentleman
Tim, and Jerry Nudge was to be in
side the basement. Gentleman Tin
was the man that hired it for a brok
er's office, and Charlie Ferris was to b,
in the sewer, and Cute Jack was to b,
in the street.
"We were all four in the basement
one Saturday, and as time for locking
up came three of US got into . big pres,
supposed to be full of papers. Gen
tIeman Tim then walked out or tn,
office and gave the Janitor the kew o,
it. He then came back and onenec
the door which he had not locked. AM
came into the office.
''He then locked the door from In.
inside with false KEY and ioined =.
in the press. We locked the door q
that inside, and there We four feller,
stood packed together like sariines
Soon We heard the janitor open III.
0mce door and come in to clean out
he swept around the office and ar
ranged things little, as we could tel
Dy the noise he made. and then ht
cleared out and left us. / wanted n
sneeze real bad when he was in tn,
Office. but managed to stop it.
AFTER he had gone we stepped out
We had abundance Of time before ma
only We had to keep still for time, a.
.hs .Ss in% !anl'or o.r> va: most likely sweeping
tne bank up stairs. So we had eooe
snooze, and got to work about mid
night The first thing was to Qe,
Gown tne plaster overhead without
nolse, winch we did BY holding blank
Ct under it and picking it Of eentl,
ana IN small pieces. We then got K
the iaths, and Jerry Nudge, the car