The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1876-12-16
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AEehcEi Wbn hA- WORKED up the ca--
With marked nerve and sasaciiy, th j.
j. but one Of his mAuy brilliant sue
eesses in thwArting crime and bFiag-
Jug the dangerous elemen; TO jasiicr.
Mr.. Hereford, Mr.. Nixon and ,ns ~
the detectives took the prisoner, u iail.
Strange 10 say, although The b4- K y .,
ht u2 aud there WAS good deai uf
laughing aud talking after the r.o,s-r-
were arrested. not soul knew euy-
thing OF il until yesterday morning.
Suspicious.
Some time before the robbery Onlr.r
Daft told one OF the policeman, who
was GU duty On an adjoining best.
that a. it was very cold aud there y s-
very little stir, IL he wished to warm
himself lac could go 10 some of the h0-
tells aud do so. sno he would watch d.
beat while he was absent. While DE
~as sitting la the LeGraad hotel. he
heard OF the robbery, and vas greatly
surprised tO hear that DAFT had been
arrested for completely in it.
a wersay oncsr.
Policeman Edwards - again on 20
lice duty, instead OF being removed.
As reported some two weeks since.
lie was selected by the cfiiceTs of Que
of our banks as particularly deserving
Of confidence, and Mt their reIu.--;
was relieved from duty temporarily 70
watch the contemplated movements,
which were then known to be Oh foot
for the robbery undertaken last night.
a Voice from the Iron cage.
a HERALD reporter armed with a
permit from the sheriff called at 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
and spoke very calmly OF the affair
He claims that the whole thing Was n
put up job TO get him into trouble, b.
some one. Why, be don't know. he
says he was approached TO engage ia
the robbery and seemingly consented,
and watched outside with the inteu-
tion of arresting or killing the robbers
when they came oui, and thai be Re
luctantly consented TO enter the back
door, and to his surprise, was arrested
as soon as he had crossed the three
held. He says il is the first time hey
Was ever turned on any mem bei
OF his family that he wEs
six years ON the police force
of Chicago. He il native of Wash
ington city, about fony-fiye year, o.
age, stout and tall, rather hsndsoms
face and aiiabie manner, blulsh gray
eyes, well eat features, heavy mous
taehe, and evidently man Of nerve
His two sous tone of whom Il b
charged covered the sledge bRmEei
found with the burglars' toole) are ais
IN Jail. His wife was do~ u yesiefdsl
TO see him. She had previously re-
fused 10 let the officers search he
| ouse without n warrant. SpeiJeI
was very emphatic in declaring hIs IN
noeence Of any intention TO rob. Ac
cording TO his statement, he was t.y IN.
TO gobble bank robbers himself.
spesdeH'- Aeeompiie<,
Duff, is about five feet two inches Ia
height, heavy-sei, with light hair ab'
eyes, rather dish faced, a reddish nose
thin lips, aud large mouth. He l.
foreigner by birth !. has been ON tb
police about eight months, and Wa
one of the most active and .ef'icieu
men on the force. The reporter foam
him composed and satisfied that his Ia
generation was only q matter Of fuTn
his arrest being at the instance {
; Speiden aud Wood, who implicste
him tecsuse they thought be (Dun
had been the cause of their capture.
He says about one O'Clock, wbil
walking up on the south side Of Ella
, street, he observed two men stands
] near Adams d LeoDard's bank, b
-uspecting nothing wrong passed Oi
Arriving at the corner Of Lamar stree
he stopped, looked At them some fiu
D and concluded % best TO watch then
u aud the better TO do 40, walked srouu
D the block and slowly made bis way 4
ward them Crossing over To Il
y bank corner, be found the men 10
d Speiden and Wood. He asked the
$ what was up, and remarked that the
e actions were suspicious. Speiden ssi
e in low voice, that he thought the
was some one in the bank. Duff .
. his ear over the crack of the main e
e trance, listened long time, aud he,
Z ing nothing. passed ON and examin'
:. The back door. Everything being ST
J. within, he passed up by Speidep Al
e Wood, told them they we're mistake
> and ordered them 10 move on. the on
suspicious thing being their setio
and presence there. 6peiden and Wo
m moved up Elm and he made his "
o 10 Main. thence down to the Lam
,e house, thence back to the Senate, N
n u short while sftes, while wslki
ID toward Elm, he wss arrested by Deps
d Hereford, brought to the bank, .
ID from thence was removed with
N other prisoners to jail.
4. 4 Lsssle Tsssh wssh sse nsrk ON
ie This last sttempt ~ iaok robet
h. ought to BE- lesson to the Poii
aR Board and our hAnks. THK HERA