The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-12-12

Clothing House, opposite the bank
They were brought into the bank b!
the two detectives, when they brok,
the door open.
Other Points.
or course the vault was left open a
u blind, the burglar.proof safe OF III,
most improved kind being inside woulC
! have delled any burglar. The safe, o
course, was not left open. No money
OF course, was taken out. A gonC
many Wild rumors prevailed of the
robbers being caught In the act with
the money In hand to II large amount.
The detective, II seems, simply hu.
mored Speiden into the belief that he
had opened the vault aud needed as
sistanoe 10 get into tho safe, aud
Spoiden was on his way to tho vault
when arrested.
The Honors.
Special credit IL due 10 Detective
Wood, Deputy Sheriff j. s, Hereford
aud Deputy United States Marshal
Nixon, for the courage, discretion aud
cleverness displayed, in frustrating at
the last moment the burglarious do
signs OF the would.be bank robbers.
Az to ID Il one OF the assistant super
lntendents of pinkertons Detective
Agency, who has worked up the case
with marked nerve and sagacty, this
Is but one of his many brilliant sue
cesses in thwarting crime aud bring
lug the dangerous element to Justice.
Strange.
Mr.. Hereford, Mr.. Nixon aud one Of
the detectives took the prisoners to Jail.
Strange to say, although the bank was
III up and there was good deal OF
laughing and talking after the robbers
were arrested, not soul knew any
thing Of II until yesterday morning,
A Voice from ths Iron cage.
A HERALD reporter armed with a
permit from the sheriff called az the
Jail yesterday morning and found
Speiden confined in the iron cage with
lot Of prisoners In for various crimes.
Speiden was perfectly self possessed
aud spoke very calmly OF the affair
Ia .,luInna IA al thn ,gh,Ia thtn., ,,,a. Al,
put up job to get him into trouble, by
some one. Why, he don't know He
says he was approached to engage In
the robbery and seemingly consented,
and watched outside with the inten-
ton OF arrestlng or killing The robbers
when they came out, aud that he re-
luctantly consented to enter the back
door, and to his surprise, was arrested
as soon as he had crossed the TIRES
hold. He says It IL the first time "a key
WAS ever turned on any member
Of his family, that he was
six years on the police force
Of Chicago. He Ia native of WASH
ington city, about forty.iive years OF
aye, stout and till, rather handsome
face and afiable manner, blush gray
eyes, well cut features, heavy nous
tache, and evidently man Of nerve.
His two sons Zone Of whom 1t is
charged covered the sledge hammer
found with the burglars tools) are also
In jail. His wife was down yesterday
to see him. She had previously re-
fused to let the officers search her
ouse without warrant. Speiden
was very emphatic In declaring his In.
nocence Of any intention to rob. Ac.
c0rding TO his statement. he was trying
to gobble bank robbers himself.
speiden's Accomplish.
Duff, Ia about FIVE feet two inches In
height, heavy-set, with light hair and
eyes, rather dish.faced, = reddish nose,
thin lips, and large mouth. He Ia u
foreigner by birth; has been on the
police about eight months, and was
one Of the most active aud efficient
men on the force. The reporter found
him composed and satisfied that his In
generation was only "A matter Of form,
his arrest being at the instance OF
Speiden and Wood, who implicated
him because they thought he (Duft)
had been the cause of their capture.
He says about one o'clock, while
walking up on the south side Of Elm
street, he observed two men standing
near Adams Il Leopard's bank, but
suspecting nothing wrong passed on.
Arriving at the corner OF Lamar street
he stopped, looked at them some time
aud concluded IL best to watch them
aud the better to do 80, walked arount
the block and slowly made his way to
ward them. Crossing over to the
bank corner, he found the men to bs
Speiden and Wood. He asked them
what was up, and remarked that their
actions were suspicious. Speiden said,
In = low Voice, that no thought there
was some one In the bank. Duff put
his ear over the crack OF the main en-.
trance, listened long time, and hear
Ing nothing, passed on and examined
the hack door. Everything being still
within, he passed up by Speiden ant
Wood, told them they were mistaken
and O. dersd them to move OH, the only
suspicious thing being their actions
and presence there. Speiden and Woo
moved up Elm and he made his wa,
to Main. thence down TO the Lama
house, thence back to the Senate, and
= short while after, while walking
toward Elm, he was arrested by Deput.
Hartford hrn,lpht IN tho hank an.