Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-27


first Sunday night on which the gsne
was 10 enter tho building arrived One
hy one. each coming from diherent
part Of the city Brady. McDeyitt.
Moor, Hoorey and Goodey were lot into
Tho rear room If the freight entrance Of
No 5O broadway. Tho vault was down
stairs. built into solid masonry. under
the sidewalk. BrOdcrick. the night watch
man, was to stand guard at the door.
HoOrcy was to take his plaec, 60 through
the building and touch the alarms at
intervals Of fifteen minutes which in
dicated at burelnr-aInrm Office in New
street tliat the wntrhmnn WAS at his
post and all was wcl The first two or
three Sunday nights We're spent
by Brady, McDeyitt. Moore and
Cooley in making thorough
| examination Of the vanlt and
fnmilndzing themselves with every de-
| tail Of its construction. Then the han
dies were taken on, the combination
/ lock tried hundreds aud thousands Of
| times. weak spots were detected and a
| general plan adopted for The great work
| Of the Sunday night before Christmas,
and they were figuring on great prize,
Int they had built too much on one man.
One Of the party had failed unbcknown
| to them BrOdrricl, had aguealcd. He
| had nt first siipulptcd with the thieves
that he should be found bound aud guged
TINT he should be- found bound and
/ ENEEfu when Illt lUuUifA WIS nlA=
| covered Monday morning. When he
| suggested that another Waterman. not
| In The plot might be- substituted for him
| before the plot fipcnrd. he was told that
| IN that cnse The other man would be
| killed This murder
KEPT RINGING IN HIS EARS.
Robbery he could stand. hut not that
Realizing al last the desperate character
Of tie men he was dealing with. lie went
10 .iOhn liOey and made n clean brenst
OF a. tbs WIS before the first entrance
was made To 30 broadway. Hurrisdly
writing note Mr.. Hocy then called In
detectives, Their plnns wcrc immediate
~ formed. From that moment every
movement NJ the burglnrH was watched
Night aud day the eye of the law was
upon them. Brodrrick. now thoroughly
pcnitcnt and frightened 10 death, was
easily compelled To keep UP the pretencc
OF being member of the gang. All he
Ind to do was TO let tho burglars in every
Sunday night Of course. they had no
Suspicion that he had played them false.
Just alongside the vault, but on a
somewhat lower level, was the boiler
room Of No. - broadway, little. dirk.
dirty don of 70 plnce, lighted only by
small, Iron grating which looked out
into the chamber whore the vault was
built For Xix Sunday nights the detec-
tivoS lay on their bellies In this hole racL
armed with Winchester rifles and rpyol-
yurs Through their little pepp.hola they
could watch every movement Of the bur
glars at work IN the next room. Every
sunday evening q big. covered Albums
express wagon was driven uu to the
Grand Central station with freight INIT
ter Returning down town. Il stopped mt
Iweniy-lhird street at o o'clock and tool,
on the six
DETECTIVES WHO LAY DOWN
70 the bottom Of tho wagon, aud were
iultcl directly down to the rear of
broadway, driven iutO the yard aud con
crnled IN the boiler room.
Mr john llpcy came M from Long
liranch every Sunday afternoon. much to
the surprise Of his family. and tool. up his
position IN No. III Broadway, ON the
ground il1ur, and he too, Ind pccp-holc
through which lac could watch tho opera
tons of the gang when ON the ground floor
Ut Ne. %. The detectives. then being
slowed AWAY, Ind nothing 10 do but witt.
On the first night everything was ms still
as death IN the building until footsteps
were heard. and HuOrcy came uncon-
Ccrncdly into the vault room ttnd touched
the nlarm clock, They knew then that
the gang was coming. Laughing and
testing Ia low tone, although they We're
practically ont Of the world aud under
the street, the four desperate thieves
came into the room and looked curiously
nc their enemies locks and bars
Looks tough 'un. cl, JIM remark
ed McDuvett to Hoouv.
i've tackled worse nor That was the
encouraging reply,
well. hoys, here's success To MS and
his nihs. John llucv.' exclaimed Moore,
pulling ont u whiskuy flask aud passing
IL around Moore, by the way was dress
ed In Il high silk hat. and looking quite
the dude.
Within ten feet Of these men lay the
detectives, Wholesalers ready hut not to
be used vet for mnny u week. The least
noise or motion would have revealed
their presence. They were caught like
rnts in trap and could not have moved
to defend themselves, Upstairs John
lioev had no less
a THRILLING EXPERIENCE
This night he saw the gang rooly
knock the top OIL hoX Of shoes and
cuch one III down aud III himself with u
new pair, and On subsequent Sunday
nights he had the pleasure Of seeing the
gnng take away aundry other articles
committed to the compnny's carr. but
there WIS little petty thipyng. The gang
was after great game, They know
there would be upward Of Sl.OOO0OO in
gold aud currency In tlnt vault on
the Sunday before Christmas, aud thry
would not hazard the main chance fer
the sake Of few triilcs.
So was the company playing for big
game nothing less thmt the lives Of the
i've ;non who were working the safe
under the mugzlcs Of the compuuy's
Wmchcstcrsl Legal advice had been
taken and tn conclusion was reached
that sudden death must he melted out
10 the criminals, \ crack OF Vim
chester through n hole Ia the wall and
that was all, The argument was this: