Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1874-12-04

be safer II lett IN the ofhce than II carried
tony residence. And he talked so many
of the others into his way of thinking
that resolution was passed declaring it
against their wishes to have the COM
pany's funds kept anywhere exceptin the
Office safe
"Of course, the effect of this was that
if / carried the money home and lost it,
the loss would fall on me individually,
and not upon the company.
81 was angry enough to have resigned
my place, but my interest in the concern
was too large to be trihed with though (
determined there would be change in
that board of directors another year.
"About week after this our secretary
returned from Boston on the evening
train and brought with him fifty thousand
dollars, and all in greenbacks, the pro-
cceds of our monthly bills because the
day following was our payday.
4 was in most perplexing state of
mind when he handed me that money. |
knew the Office safe was no protection
whatever, and yet if carried the money
home with me | was assuming great
responsibility. Without saoing a word
to any one | determined to keep the mon
ey with me- | found an old dinner-
basket in the office and / carried it home
in that.
you may be assured that did not
feel very comfortable that evening. |
thought of every nook and corner in the
house, and wondered where it would be
the safest At last | determined upon
dividing it, leaving half here and the
rest in my room. | had not mentioned
the matter at home, not even to my wife,
but plead headache when reminded of my
preoccupied air.
II came in here and placed twenty
e five thousand dollars in that ottoman at
your feet. See! the top is on hinges,
and is fastened by the hook on the side.
= This ottoman is pushed near Nap. -
The balance carried to my own room
: and put it in the stove, thinking that
would be the last place where any one
would look for it. | went to bed, but it
was nearly midnight before / fell asleep.
Il was awakened to find mans hand
G on my mouth and to be informed that he
did not intend to harm me if | kept quiet.
i My hands were then tied behind me, n
, towel fastened in my mouth, and the
! muzzle ola pistol placed againstmy head
Another man was treating my wife in a
| similar manner. They had a dark-lan-
+, tern and wore masks.
t after securing us they began to search
the room. First my clothes, then the
c bureau drawers, under the bed-every-
+, where but where the money was. ! be-
r gan to think ] had outwitted them, when
one said to the other, Flows that stove Y
| Another minute and they were pulling
d out the money.
); "Imagine my feelings if you can. -
Even if they left with this amountit was
. no small sum to lose. | could almost
!, have cried right then and there. One
d ran over the amount, and said to the
a other, Only half here My heart grew
IS colder than before. They went to the
6 easy chair and cut open the stuffed seat
! they picked up the ottoman, examined
k it, and went out of the room.
n II was trying to get up when one came
= back--the other had the money; he
pushed me back into the bed, saying
: had better be quiet / heard the Other
man walk down the stairs and knew my
money was gone They evidently knew
= how much money | had, and from The
way they had ripped open chairs anc
. cushions in my room, they would not b.
long searching for that which was down
stairs.
"Thc fellow must have came straight
to this door heard him turn the latch
!, and then--a most unearthly scream
: knew that Nap was doing his duty. II
a fash ! jumped to the floor, and in do
: ing SO gave a wrench to the band about
my wrists that broke it, and then before
; the man on guard could fire caught his
revolver. He made a stroke at me,
lodged it, caught him by the legs and
threw him. As he fell he gave up his
:. hold on the revolver.
II cared nothing for him, I wanted
r the man who had the money; so | dashed
down the stairs, only to see him going
j out the hall door / fired, but missed
him; | fired again and heard a cry Of
), pain / fired once more and broke his
a ankle and down he dropped. The other
] man jumped out Of the window and es-
! capped.
"Of course secured my man, recov-
S cred my money, and old Evans had to
: admit that he had been wrong, for the
robbers had first gone to the office, and
c came to my house only when they found
G the safe empty Another revelation that
4 the morning brought was confession
/ from my prisoner that our book-keeper
j was one of their gang and posted them
e about our affairs. The book-keeper did
not come to work that morning, nor have
we ever seen him since"
& "And the dog z" | asked.
Eyes, the dog had all credit You
= see, the thief supposed by the silence
that there was no dog about the prem
8 ises, and he thought be was done for
' when he opened the door and Nap
5 sprang at him"
B "But," said I. che was frightened
rather easily; these fellows usually dc
4 not care much for dog"
: 81 guess he never saw quite such a
: dog as Nap was that night, " said Alick,
: laughing. II bad rubbed bis eyes and
: mouth with phosphorus, and put on the
strong spring don't blame the fellow