The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-09-26
WHOLE NO. 1868,
GETTING THE COMFY IN.


Abou. this time Hutchison slipped
into the hotel the back way-as it af.
forwards appeared in evidence :
without being seen by Perkins. car.
lrying with him an ordinary leather
travelling satehel. He went up
stairs and accidentally stumbled into
the room where 0'Mara was, apollo
gized for his mistake, and disappear
ed. That officer of course did not
klow Hutchison, but at once sus.
pected that this was him--a suspicion
which be did not lose. Perkins now
came up stairs and went to no s.
He was quite impressed with the be-
lief that Funk's partner had not vet
put in an appearance. Had they
been certain that both men were with
Abbott they had decided to so far
change the original programme Us to
raid the room. 1t was fortunate for
them that they made no such effort.
The door, which was little open
had a better protection than lock.
The muzzle Of cooked revolver Just
peeped out of the opening, and the
man who held the weapon covered
the passage They could hear the
money being counted out on the Ia
bic. but could not tell how many
were there.
Inside No , Immediately after the
arrival of "Bill there was scene for
a painter. The satchel, weighing
above a hundred pounds, was handed
over to Funk, aud be and Abbott
took seats at opposite sides of a small
centre-table, each with his revolver
under his right leg on the chair,
ready for any emergency while Bill
stood up with similar weapon
in his hand Jim" said Abbott,
you'd better go dowu and see that
everything's all right about the house
before we begin to count these peach
es." NO" said Hutchisou at once
with an oath. He nor nobody else
will 20 out Of this room till the stuif's
counted" Then stepping to the door
and extending his pistol till it cover
ed the hall way to the stairs, be said:
"I'll stand here while you count and
by Cd III shoot the heart out of
the first man that comes this way"
He held the position all the time that
Perkins and O'Mara were thinking
of slipping to the door in their stock
ings. The three men in that room
did their work, grim aud determined,
and two of them felt that the three
were legal eulprits, each OF whom
was prepared to resist any attempt
to detect or arrest them. The other
realized the imminent peril, not only
to himself but his colleagues, and bad
made up his mind that if he heard
them approach DC must shoot the
man at the door and try his chances
on the other one In the meantime
the money was being counted, and it
was coming near the time to close up
the transaction. The piles of money
were each wrapped up in a piece Of
old paper To this Abbott objected.
He asked for cloth, and throwing out
a half-dollar. in good money on the
table said, Jim, go aud get some
strong cotton cloth" Funk at onea
tried to turn him off, "Whv." said
he. that's all nonsense" "All
right" said Abbott, in a clustering
way, "either you put the money up
right for me or we don't deal I've
got my good money here for this,
and I've got to take the chances to
get the stuff off my hands. Besides
I've got to check my satchel down
the country, and that paper will come
loose and the money begin to>rattle
and start suspicion, and the Lord
knows how III come out.n
ONE MAN GOES OUT.
"Well, then, damn it," said
Hutcbison, "one of you watch the
door and I'll go aud get il; :" aud
with that he picked up the half dol
lar and left the room on q run. He
had scarcely got down stairs when
Abbott turned on the other and
attempting to draw his pistol de-
maDded his surrender. But funk
was too quick for him and managed
to prevent Abbott from getting hold
of his weapon while at the same time
be got his own up. The two clinch-
ed at once and q terrible sculile fol-
lowed. They rolled over and over
upsetting the table, washstand and
chairs, Funk finally pressing the
muzzle Of his revolver firmly against
the side of Abbott's head and with |
his hand on the BANNER trying to set
it. Abbott was grasping the others
hand and weapon together, and by
his powerful grip managed to keep |
him from cooking the dangerous
They were in this posi-
ton when O'Mara rushed in closely |
followed by Perkins 1t took the two I
but moment to pull the others to
their feet and clap pair of handouts
upon Funk Perkins went out at
once, aud the shooting that was
heard moment afterward took
0'Msra out too, Abbott having
meanwhile forced Funk into corner,
where be covered him with his pistol,
and all that Slippery jim" could do
was to glare upon him like tiger.
When Hutchison went out of the
room at the top of bis speed, as be
dashed psst the door of No. ), Per-
kins, who had believed all along that
be had not yet appeared, at once
'tumbled" to the fact that that was
the bird, and be followed him to the
landing of the stairs and saw him
cross the street to dry goods store,
still on the run; and it appeared from
the testimony afterward that be ran
into the store, would not wait to have
the cloth arapped up. and ran all the
way back. When Perkins stopped
at the stairs he heard the scuiile in
No. and rushed to the apartment,
O'Msra being ahead of him. His
brief visit there and hasty exit we
have noticed He had scarcely got
outside until he heard the other man
entering the hotel Dodging into his
o sn room be waited moment, and
then, walking out with his coat open,
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