The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1876-12-16
Another Feather in Allan Pink
ert0n'. Hat The Game Frus-
tTated by I.is Son.
sssistaE, superintendent ~ L." on
the Var Paih-Priiate Watchman
Toil sueiden and Policeman
Buff Ia jail.
Nothing Lost, Nobody Hurt The Tale Of
the Two Innocenis ia Iail-A
Little Truth With the
Bark on II.
Prom Tuesdays ally Heraid.l
Town FaIL.

Prom Tuesday s ally HerNd.l
Tous FaIa.
The suburban mechanic, merchant
and professional man were yesterday
morning, on their way To their several
iivoeati0Bs, places Of business and Of
ices, surprised asd regAied 10y ths resi-
dents IN the business centre with the
recital Of the attempted robbery Of TIM
banking house of AcSsrs. Adams &
Leonard. While 10 two account
agrecd in details, all s,ere in substance
that policeman Duff and night watch
nlan, I. c. Speideu, bad some time
sga matnred plan to rob Que of the
six banks in the city; had ordered
he Nee ssary burglar tools from Chi
'.ago; the letter ordering the tools had
been turned over to
PiBEeston's Detective
Bureau the wanted saf,.-openers ship
ped as directed, at the suggestion of
Pinkerton Ia detective assigned To fol-
low up the tools aud ascertain y no re
ceived them al Dallas, and the babks
meanwhile apprised Of the projected
robbery; the detective spoiiing the
would4be burglars was employed by
the several banks to shadow the rob-
hers, and when the attempt was made,
TO catch them in the act at one
O'Clock yesterday morning an entrance
Was effected in the bank building by
Duff, Speiden aud his two sons, the
=afe opened after some considerable
aud while in the very act OF
taking some sixty Thousand dollars
from the vault, were arrested by the
detective, assisted by Sheriff Moon
and that trusty deputy, Mr.. Hereford.
such was town talk. Now FOR the
facts.
To Begin with.
A large mercantile hoise in Chicago
received about three weeks. ago letter
from Dallas. Nor having any use for
the man, Tip Farrell, a notorious thief
aud ''old timer" 10 whom it was ad-
dressed, the letter was finally handed
to Mr.. w. A Piukertou, son of Allan
Fullerton, head of the great detective
agency of the United States, who
opened a correspondence with Tom
-peiden, a private pightwatch EN- piOy-
ed specially TO guard tao or more
banks, which resulted in sending AL
expert bank turgisr to assist Speiden
and Duff "a man on the police force
of the city) IN robhidg one OF tue heavy
moHied institutions here. Everything
worked ike a charm Woods, the de
coy poll, was met ON ais arrival at the
depot and taken TO Que of the leading
hotels, the field lelsureiy aBd carefully
surveyed, the bank selected ana III.
plans matured, the artistic and dan
gerous part of the plan being assumed
by the Chicago expert
Adams d s< onara.
This firm do a very heavy banking
business, and their bank was selected
with view probably Of making big
haul. The banks had all known OF
the coming efisrt and cooperated with
the detective force in ferre;ing out and
frustrating the attempt. IL is due
Messrs. Adams & Leonard 20 say ia st
they have conducted themselves under
the exciting ordeal with great GOODNESS
AID good sense. They received many
offers OF assistance before il was knoVn
that they had lost nothing, which they
gratefully deeiins.i. not being in need
of any assistance.
How IA uas Worked.
On Sunday afternoon aDout tive
o'clock, Deputy Sheriff J 5. Hereford
Deputy United States Marshal Nixon
anj detective from, Pinkerton's Chi
rago agency, I'D. r." entered Adam,
& Leonard's bank. Hereford con
cesled himself under the COULTER
Nixon IN little cabinet in front o
the vauit door, and the detective OF
top of the vault, which was purposel,
Jeff open. They waited there until
O'Clock Monday morning, at whicl
time the rear door was opened. two 0
the detectives entered, forcing it opel
with jimmy, aud after remaining II
the bank about half an hour, one @
them went out of the bank. Mixoi
and Hereford stationed themselve
near the back door, one behind tn
door, one tHerefordl in the privat
Office.
or course the vanit was left open a
blind, the burglar-proof safe os Tia
most improved kind inside being loei
ed would have deiied any bargl=i
The detective, il seems. simply ht
mored Speiden into the belief ths. h
had opened the vault and needed a,
sistance to get into the safe.
4 New Capsurcs-
Z, When the detective returned, ToI
i Speiden followed him about n minu
| after. As soon as they entered Il
i bank and proceeded towards the vaul
: they were confronted hy Nixon al
D Hereford pirtol 10 hand, and o.dere
Il ed to surrender. speiden snrrendert
and was taken into custody, wht
Hereford left the bank to slest DuI
i who wss known IN be GA the oussis
! wstching. A soon as Hereford resc
: ed the street, he ss~ Dutt standtI
{ over on Nichnis corner. opposite Il
: front of the hank, where the detecti
told hiu be wouid mud Dun d.
! seeing him. ran towards him, but
Z soon ~ hs discovered Who
{ wss. turned and ran. HsI
ol eosd ordsfesl him 30 NJ
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