The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-09-13
PfnkeGs EOiHIkersora.
THE DETECTIVE BADLY FOOLED BY
SPIKE" HENNEssEY AND
KID M'coY.
KID MCoY.

comes to the Bijou next Sunday
night for weeks engagement, was
being presented at the Boston the.
ter, William A. Piukerton, the
detective, called at the theater
during the performance to see two
burglars who accompany The troupe.
Il used to know Spike Hennessey
10 New York" said he, 'but |
believe this man you have with you
lis a fake"
Come around and see,a said
Manager Thos. H. iayis. Hen
nessey and Mccoy will go on in the
next act and yon can see the safe
blowing from the wings if you want
to-
When Mr.. PiUkerton was shown
into the burglars dressing room, he
nc sooner saw spike" and the
" Kid" than he exclaimed: "Well,
well; this is the last place Id have
looked for you fellows"
How are you, Billy?' said Hen.
nessey. Let met introduce you to
HiIdebrapd Montrose, who accom-.
panies me on the jimmy, while |
fash the dark lantern in our charac
ter sketch in the second act. He
was known to fame several years
ago as Kid Mccoy"
The Kid and / are old friends, =
replied Mr. Pinkerton, ''and am
surprised to see you both here on
the stage"
"Wot's that?" demanded the kid,
"wot's fake?"
why, this safe blowing" said
the detective pleasantly. Come
now, own up; it's fake and | know
it. No use Of you trying to con-
vince me that !ou men can GLOW a
safe in four minutes"
There's the safe standing outside
the door," said Hennessey, "Take
look at it and if you find any thing
wrong with it Ell eat my hat"
Accordingly the detective stepped
outside and looked the safe over.
He examined the lock, felt Of the
hinges and studied the fanges on
ponderous doors.
"And yon blow it four minutes?7
he remarked, thoughtfully.
That's their average time," re-
marked Mr. Davis.
"Ill tell you what III do, Spike"
said Mr.. Pinkerton, with the air
Of a man who is conceding an inside
tip on a 30 to ] shot, ."T'll put 800
in thar safe, you do the same. and
let me lock il in my own combina.
ton, and If you get the money cut
in Eve minutes it belongs to you, if
you don't it belongs to me"
If my colleague" responded
Spike" waving his hand deferen.
tally toward The smooth,facea Kid
t'sees no objection to making 500.
| don't either"
By this time the curtain was down
On the first act and the money was
at once placed in the safe, and the
detective changed the combination,
locking the safe so that it could not
be unlocked BY anyone bnt himself
The safe was then rolled on the
stage and the curtain rnrg up. Mr..
Pinkerton stationed himself ia The
wings where he could command
good view Of the safe and waited,
watch in hand, for the burglary
scene. When the cue was given for
the burglars Hennessey and Mccoy
jumped through a window and In an
instant were at work on the sale.
There was a rattIe of tools, the fash
Of a dark lantern, and in trice the.
ratchet drilling machine was at
tached to the safe door and the
diamond pointed drill could be heard
softly cutting through the steel door.
Two minutes passed and the drill
was ierked Of.
The hole had been bored through
the door, and now Hennessey ia-
serted powder blower, while the
kid" worked the bellows. The
skillful hands or tie crooks swiftly
puttied tie crevices around the
door and a crank drill silently cnt
the hinges. The fuse was inserted,
a wet blanket hung over the door
and the flicker of q match told that
the charge was about to be expIod.