Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-27
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and, unlocking and opening small
IRON door in the wall, disclosed one of
those wall-safes which are still to be
found in many old buildings. and
brought thence u wooden box contain
ing great variety of machinists' tools,
picks. skeleton keys, and jimmies-in
fact. complete burglars kit.
There, Jockey" said the man with
the knife, Il guess you'll find what you
want among them"
And miud," added the one who had
brought the steel chest, ''don t hurt the
lock in the least If you don't want to be
hurt yourself"
AS have said, I had once fitted key
to the box and therefore fully under
stood it. felt certain that robbery was
the business in hand and hesitated
about lending my aid, but rejecting
that / could not prevent it and refusln g
might cost me my life, while liberty
might enable me to assist in discover
ing the thieves, | decided to do as they
wished. So, selecting the necessary i'm
plemenJs, whicn | readily found in the
kit, in very short time tho villains
had the satisfaction of seeing the lid
fly open, for 1T was spring lock. which
secured the lid by closing but had to be
opened by key.
Good. that's your sort, said the man
who had brought it, aid as he reached
forward to examine the contents the
light of the lamp, held by one of the
others to assist my work, fell upon the
back of his head, and | was startled mi
seeing the mole on the ear that had so
since my job at the brokers'. 1t flashed
! upon me in moment. The man s
height. figure. hair, all tallied-he was
the brokers' clerk
A brief glance as the lid flew open
showed me that the chest contained
several packages OF bank bills and many
| rolls of coin-probably gold. However,
my survey was short, for the clerk said
"But come, get the boy out of the
way. He's wisely given US no trouble
and. guess, can no us no harm; so let
him go. Here, young fellow, take
something for your trouble, and if you
say nothing about the matter outside
| it'll be all the better for you,' and he
handed me a 80 note which he took
| from the boX.o
| unhesitatihgly took the money, for
by this time, tilding that they evident
| ly had no intention of harlning me,
| had resolved that, knowing so much
already, would acquiesce Ia everything
| that would nat, duplicate me as a parti-
| cipant, in orderto learn more, with n
view to aid INFRINGING them to justice.
And now, ioekey,n said the one with
the knife, ''ysH have TO have yer
| blinkers dowsEd agin."
/ submitted while he again put the
| cloth about nay ayes, when [ was con
| Quoted out ash Eame, but by this time
| / was calmer and paid more attention to
my course. ftohnted my PAGES to the
stairway FROM tbe room, noted every
turn in desGebaing, and when we
emerged from the outer door / noted
that the stepstethe ground were three
and that the middle one appeared to be
| split lengthwise, as my heel sank as !
stepped upon IL, and at the bottom on
the ground lay piece of loose board.
| AS we passed out of the alley l noticed
| that we turned to the right, so that
knew / was not being led back as
came, and we afterwards made several
| turns which confused me, but at last my
| conduetor-for | was aware that only
one had latterly accompanied me
halted, saying as he let me go:
| 'Wait a bit, till L see If we are
watched, "and apparently moving off.
| After few minutes felt convinced
that 1 was alone, and slipping the band
| age from my eyes found myself stand
| ing in an old carriage shed looking on
| the water front. Starting out disooy-
| cred that was on Commercial street
and not far from Hanover.
My resolution was instantly taken.