The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-12-29
THE BANK ROBBERY.
Extract frGm II VoIuninOus letter to
the COURIER JOurnhI tram DnLIts,

the tOuFier journal irIin DnIlhs,
Tho CowiceJ0uraal publishes well
written and exhaustive letter descrip.
tive Of the attempted robbery Of Adams
t. Leonard's bank. We give an ex-
cerpt therefrom, which comprehends
the very interesting letters written be.
tween the parties;
At this portion Of the narrative. as the
noyelsts say, "we will shift the scene to
the ,air city by tho inland sea, and in.
troduco two important characters in
this "ower true tale. They are both
men, and one is u wholesale liquor mer
chant, He is also mad liquor mer.
chant. Tn fact, he is very mad Some
id scoundrel" y ~ he impressively and
most truly puts ii, has sent aletter from
Dallas, Texas, to
THE NOTORIOUS 'Tir' FARRELL,
in his care, with the cheeky indorse.
ment TO please forward Tho mad
liquor merchant has half mind to
pitch it into the CHEEKY coal fire that
CLEANS and craclkles in the grate before
him, but finally turns to his companion
whose keen eyes have already been
teasting upon the address, and whose
hand is already raised to check any ut
tempt at the destruction of the letter
with #
Here, Billy, you better take this it
may DO IN your llne
Billy takes the Latter which. his
palms have been itching for, carelessly,
and in due time also takes nwalk which
brings him to an immense stone build.
ing on Fifth avenue, where, from the
top story to the ground, the passels
thief or honest man. can see the great
signs that tell of tho headquarters of the
greatest detective system in the world,
--p ssing in until coy pri ate office is,
reached, 2 Bill" is here transformed
into William A, Piukerton, the shrewd
est detective living--save the father
who gave him his existence and profess
sion, Tier, in n very audacious way
detectives sometimes have, the letter to
Tip Farrell is opened and read as fol
lows: l... .....t ..H ...
....,T DALLAS, Texas, November |, 1870. .
Tip Farrell:
DEAR Slp---G wish you would send me
your address, so rs Il letter could reach
you without any person seeing it, |
have some important business with you.
Address, Business" F. O. box. 1868,
Dallas Texas
While BILLY" is quietly cogitsting
ovos this niissive that evidently meant
business, the Courier-Jourual reader,
who is presumed to move in a circle
that would prevent an intimate person.
al knowledge Of professional villains
must be introduced to Mr. Peter Far
rell, aGas Tip" Farrell, who ia merely a
very wicked little feathsr.weight Irish,
man that has put in fifteen years of his
thirty years Of sdperauous existence
when out of the penitcntiary-in every
imaginable species of criminal expert
cnce with particular, nnda most OBJ,
nox'ous because usually successful, pea-
chant for getting inside bank vaults
without any knowledge whatever of
their combinations and he has Ind
such a winning way with him in this
regard, and is such merry, devil.may-.
care broth of boy withal, that he has
for years been T u... EH. hfr
tbs PRIDE OF THE GOPHER GAyus" Ii !
(bank burglar9, the pest of moueyed
Institutions and an eye'sore to police
officials and honest detectives. '''
For this reason, then, Mr.. William
Pinkerton put on his thinking.cap and
began planning tho construction of a
most beautifully decorated parlor for
our Dallas fly to walk right into, and
during Mr. Tip Farrelps absence from
Chicago was courteous enough to nd.
dress his Dallas friend after this fash
ion; .e...sts l.a gag.basl Wv
n, ,n.. cnleaso, November ., 1915.
Your letter is received, care of ------.
My address in Chicago il P, o. box -.
dead right win always be re. |
ceived there safely, and got prompt at. |
tention by yours, truly, TI' ~ = "9
% y 'ai,a4 - I. PETER rARsfLt,a
In reply 10 this kind and attentive
note, the following, was received by
Tip Farrelrs Chicago double :"
DALLAS, Novemb Der 10, ls7o,
FRryp T1r-Pay attention to what / |
lay. l have chance to make fifty or a
hundred thousand, IL you know one or
two. good cracksmen thns understand
their business. | will give them good
show, II can DO done without any
but thew nnat undars,, IA ,l,nH.