, 1873-11-18
A. ROBBERY Prevented,
How Spotted Dog Assisted In tho
Capture Of q Rascal.
a Deep-Laid Plan to "do THROUGH ~
tho Veu1t Of Gambling
House.

acquisition that ovory ono owning aburglar-prooi
safe should DoaBosB himself Of at tho enrliest
possible convonienco. Some three or four lays
ago looksEnith on Third nyonuo called unon
Dotootiye Dixon and informed linn that = pouer-
iully-bult, Misunderstanding young man bad
boon to his shop aud loft IN order
to have bank-yault koy mado. Tho Young
man, who stated thnt ho was In
tic commtsaion buaiuoas, had brought along
very noatly-executod dIngram, with ncasuro-
menta to correspond, and had boon two or tl,rcc
tlmea at tho shop to examine tho key, which hal
fnilod to please him On each occagfon. The
locksmith Baid his Suspicious woro aroused by
tho fact TINT on ono occasion ho bud offered tn
accompany his customer and try tho lock.
propoostton that met with anything 1ilko approval
On tho part Of tho Inter. Dixon at once scented
n " job, and inquired for description of tho
mana personnel. This was given, bnt tho
detective failed to form from 1t even d con-
1ecturo aa to who tho party WAS. On being
aeked II thoro was anything by which
MS customer could DO itlontllol, any,
thing peculiar in his surroundings, tho lock-
afn1ths face Frightened, and lo said, " Whv,
yes Ao Was always accompanied by very hand
aomo spotted coacli-dog." Dixon called to mind,
on tho inHtant. all tho apottcd doga no lad bc-
como acquainted with Binco his childhood. and
"alKeu among the bankers who sport carriages.
ano matte inquiries aH to which ono owned tho
spotted appondago to Ills turnout. Ho waH dis.
appointed. Finally, ho bothought him of an
othef lind of banker, who he know owned q
shophord's"plaid dog, Al Smith by namo nho
oanRof, not the dog, OF courao). To tho banking
olhoo OF this worthy, which ia at No,
" olarh etroet, upstairs, lo repaired, and
had an interview with It's President. Mr.
smith, III response to tho dntoctiyo's query said
1has no had vault In his gamblng-room, In
which Toro deposited his gambling implements
"hon not In uee, and where they woro hastily
slowed away whom Capt. Buckley got up an I'M
pfomptu afternoon or evening call. Dixon Wis
lted the locksnaith yesterday afternoon, who in
,oineu linn TINT tlnt worry morning hiB customer
4au called Tor the koy. paid for 1t. mud departed
fs, 1axon q thon wont to Smiths ganblingroom, and
William Damn, Smiths doorkecpe: and right
hand man III general. who had boon in tho TO-
1aponniblo position Of right-bower OF tho room
Tor alx months past. Tho gamo was rim down,
pst not yot bagset, aud Dixon, from his knowl.
md is no desperate as ho IN powerful, bethoushE
nm OF stratcgy to accllro Ills guiot trauBfer to
tho Armory. Obtaining tho assistance OF Horace
Elliott, he returned to the gambling-room, and
to4' 4<"ttAA tilas o3A91b HUI D0Ca lGH1eu Tor tile
arrost Of all door)ocpern of gambling houses,
aud that DO had better como along quietly, aud
got baiEed out aB usual. Tho unsllspoctipe Dunn
bethought Of tho gamblors' friend, Hanyon,
ana an anticipating but temporary suspension
When Dixon andd Elliott and Dunn tpcItyi repcl,cd
tho corner Of Washington nnd Clark streets, tho
fornor began to hay&misgviugs as to whether
tue man would como quietly OF not, 80 ho called
u third officer, who was standing BY to assist
AH{f {r nknft4
the Arnory liko 1itt,e man, and was made to
undergo search, which revealed tho little Bafo-
key, which had created all tho trouble. Dixon
wont with 1t to Smiths, whore it was found
10 opon tlo safe-locls M easily and efficiently Us
the original. 1t was hard to tell whether sTitI
was moro plonsed than astonislled at tic ro-
suit: Ho said that ho had alwayB placod tho ut.
most confidence In Duun had alvays found him
square, m and when VII. ho (snith) was sick, had in
te h ssFgS sgh oana of @ monoy 1t to
$50 600 at timo In hH eafc, and it tho lob lad
not been Uncovered in tino, tho whole could
have been cleaned out. Az Smith puts it, "tlo
banks roll came near boing won out at one
Lighted at the rcarlt Of tho ruso which got Dunn,
hgurcd in 9 row with the detectives
'ono ,t.l :, a, tlnlc alnco; snugly slowed away to
wait + TIC result Of g joI. 1t 10 doubtful, how
moro having tho key made is not IN indsictablo |
'rimo. Taho it gil round, tho thing was very
'lcycr]y done. Dunn did his part worry c!oyerly;
70 ,; dld tue !oeksmith 20 did Dixon;, but tho
'l'eaa- board dog was tho covcrest Of all, and Al
'pest him 40 long rs tho quadruped lives" II
ho way Of oil dogs, raise a marble monument to
lih memory, s'.rmounted with scosch-granito
eproanotion M Of Tho original, 10 is worry
tC1 crcrY lime ilc wct9 HDu1lcd.r