, 1876-09-04

be sent there. He started heforo i left, md
Was Snder tae impression that o "as going to
aYou left to aroid arrest, didn't you ~
Probably" said Callaglar. :" didn't seem
to have any dread Of the policemen, but
wanted to keep out Of their way. didn't want
torun into their hands II could hcIp It."
tion will bc accorded Calaghan, and perhaps he
will not appear III the rollce Court at ALL Willis
thy wound Of Mrs. 1lcwson or Miss Clifford
(WhateveE may bo her name now) Is hot OF Itself
necessarily 5atal; still. having received ito
medical treatment, Inflammation Ia liable to cn-
sue, II It has not already done 80, aud her re-
| coyery Ia W no means Il certainty.
ATTEMPTED BANK ROBBERY
| A sK1LLTut JOB FnusTRATEp.
Hank robbcrics nro really the most delicate
morsc's in the pabulum furnished to the reading
public by the criminal classes. They contain nll
| tlic Observation-Disclosures cunning. clever
| planning, artistic workmanship, ard daring
! necessary to make them equal to good racy
novel slashcd with little more TINA the usual
allowance Of blood and thunder. Knowing full
well thcgrced Of tho public for such adventures,
Capt Turtle, proprietor Of private de-
tcctive agency In the city, was yesterday
easily '2srsuadcd by Il TRIBUNE reporter to
unbosom> hiunsclt regarding an attempted
UoAh1OuDI4} HA&Cl4 klAlSpAEA III 1uLEE lNau
last Friday night and which was rcplcto with
Incident rs showing the matncr Of working Of
| TINT shrewdcst Of crIminns--the bank-robber.
SIT was about three months ago. said the
chunky little Captain, sitting down to tctc-a-
tcte With the reporter ind Capt. Dull, tho head
man in his employ, "tllnt llrst learned Of tllls
contemplated robbery. How I learned Of II
will Of rourse be Of no interest, and besides Is
part OF my own business which ought not to
disclose. And now to my story: The bank Is
thnt Of Alfred Mccoy and Alfred
Thompson, two wealthy gentlemen Of
Rensselaer,, Jasper County, Ind, but a
short distance, as you will ace by the map, from
| tlis city. The thieves aru James FIlkins aAl
Martin Davis, Of whom shall speak more fully
hereafter, Immediately upon hearing tl,at.
such robbery was contemplated, sllAdowel
these two men all tho tins they were IN town,
and also bad aman placed to command the bunk.
! eorresponded with THO propr!stors, and cyel,
Thompson at tho Fidelity Savings Bank In this
city. Immediately afterwards wrote to tue
firm that they need not be at all alarmed, be-
cause l was On tue right track, and tho thieves
tit. Now. when tell you that ail this lime
knew OF secret passagc-way tl,at waa bciug
dclved utuler tho building Into tho vault, yosi
may Imagine my nervousness. Day BY dny the
about the middle OF Inst week, ! heard that tho
/ passagc-wny had reached tue stone slab IN tho
sidc OF tho vault, and all That remained to gain
access 10 the safcs rus TO throw this slab for
ward by jimmy. knew that the persons who
were making this passago-way were not tho o,lcs
who wcre to do the job, and so btlitI my time.
Laat Wednesday morning these two cracks
mcu,
PILK1ss AND DAVIS,
left town BY tie plttshurg j. Fort Wayne Ilatl-
road. They went u Valparaiso, md tllence by
lopt through hel'a Of corn to .sanphear, a stu
t!on On thS Louisville 4 Now Albany l;aLlroad.
Ihe City Marshal of valparalso spotted them
burglars tools they carried III II saek, but suon
lost trall Of them, us they doubled up 0n their
tracks, and led him wihl.gonsc rhasc, From
ssra sy 1T yaSasat s9 o @ aF s
saiMc ,Horntng that they left, my men, Capt.
Bull and three others, Lett by the mornIug train
on tho Michigan Southern Railroad for oiia, and
ls1s there r n., IN The Leussllle M s. New Albany
hours In their arriyal.n
Capt. Bull hero took up the thread Of the
tale and proceeded with It fl, concise mnrncr,
but, nevertheless, 1t will bear little simmerlnl:
| down.
1 The thieves did not Immediately enter the
town, but relnntncd Tor some tilne III the woode
iust ontslue, Presently one Of them wendell
his way To- the saloon Of N. V. Il. Warner, u
notorious character IN tho town, who l,as Ire.
laently been under suspicion. Something Pre-,
tl!at night, m, and they 1etllrne!l Into The
seantE' ,onr Thursday ~9sn!ng Warner , was
pIseo wfsh fSD provisions. 20 Tho ,ASs sumo lE nigii
they returned and eutered tic town, and slrltel
bce-line for Warner's saloon. Finding til,
place locked up, they went to bis residence
ing thc hours Ut aud d III. to tuke y look u,
| The bank, and aseertain sonfc knowledge Of til,
lay Of tho land, They left without making On,
move upon tue bank, and returned to ttciF hid
moi tmerge until the next {Frday) hight. N'
During all this tLnue Capt, Dull mud Ills tpet
were loclted in the bank building Frilay night
they heard tbs two fc1lows IN eunaultai iio1i ol
bright moonlight could readily distinguish ti,si
were shullowed to WaEncr's saloon, 6ut lindini
him absent, they again p1orseied To Ills house
capt. Bull, aud even as they wsre ra,li~s Var
iier out ot bis houss tu consultation under til,
ahada Of oycrlang!ng trees. the bully CaptA.l
Vas ensconced IN the s!satle Vt q ne'ghhorinl
sald- Thls was abnut midnight Friday
ONE or THE cBAcKsAEA ASKED,
nightN to Witch by Warner replied that il ha'
done, referring 70 thu undermining of ill., pas
sage-way to tilt walls Of the vault. "Fnrthe
than th{s," saitl he, "tsse ban; Is being usttt
slosely watched, and 1t VII! not 10 at .ats TIM
~ AAFat 'HG s&4Ea. NtsNlt3t' SAuueu tic
"there Is only about $50 U0l hi the eunccrn, III,
including some cthluly moneys; aAu lu no
think ! sliall have unylhlns dons until tL
fatr time, wheM there will bo in II
probability at least 100000 Id til,
vault, and when q great many peopi
will be coming and goinS, making III, et,atee
; Of detection much less less. Tl!en you eau u
tho Motk, get the swag, End not 10 noticed, an,
will get yuu team that will carry you out
town il tbs 1atv 0f 10 miles IN Hour" An,
J then, by way of mandatory ending, ha said
~You must 80 back to Chicago"
aMo hayn no money to - back WITH" re
piled ono OF them.
; ."Wbat have you doue with the toolal" querie
Warner.
"They arc in the old place under tho Baptis
Church, - was tho an4Wer.
Well, you get tho tootb," said Warner
: aud meet me u my saloon 1t o'clock tp u
morning, and viii give you uluney u return t