Passaic City record., 1893-08-05

eyes. Even DelOre Ne spoke L udu uS
ured it all out and realized how I had
been played for chump. 1t was just
$50 by the clock when my visitor said:
"Come to, have you?" Well, that's
what I was waiting for. I want you
to open this safe."
'I'll see you in Halifax first"
'sGoing to get mad about it, are you?
I've got your keys, you see, but, OF
course, I don't know the combination
You'll save me heap of trouble by
working the machinery. I'll loosen
your hands, but don't uttempt any
foolishness. I've come for the Doodle
in the safe, and I'm going to have it at
any cost.
'sBut you'll get it without any help
from me-"
He looked at me moment with an
evil eye and then took from his pocket
a gag made of pine stick with
string tied to each end. He rose up
as if he meant to apply it, but changed
his mind and sat down and said:
"Sister Nell said you were q soft
one, but I hope you are not q fool
What's the use of forcing me to ex-
tremes? Not dollar of this money
belongs to you. If you open the safe
we'n make an even divide of the
Doodle, and I can leave you bound
and arrange things SO as to make it
look straight to outsiders.
"And I won't"
"Then I'll compel you by torture /!
After have held lighted candle to
the soles of your feet for five minutes
I think you'll listen to reason. 1t is
now 8.45. I'll experiment on the COM
bination for fifteen minutes. If hit
it, all right; If not, I'll find way to
make you open the door!''
He knelt down in front of the safe
door, and, of course, it was my object
to keep him there until the hands of
the clock pointed to 9 and Tom shot
the bolt. Neither one of us uttered
word for five minutes. Then noticed
he was getting impatient and said:
''No doubt you'll hit the combine
tion in time, and that will be bad for
me!''
''How bad for you?" he queried.
"Why, even if you leave me bound
and gagged people will be suspicious
that it was a put-up job. If you had
been obliged to use powder and drills
it would have been different.
Soyou think I'll strike it, do you?"
81 hope not, but you go at it like a
man who has been there before.
Where is Miss Haines?"
f'Miss Haines? Ha! ha! ha! Miss
Haines left her kindest regards and
said she might call again! Cookbook
ing girl, eh?"
'sI'll admit that, even though she
worked this job on me-"
eyes, good looking girl and sharp
er than steel trap. She thinks a
heap of that missing brother, Miss
Haines does! There! think I've
He thought he'd hit it, and he was
not far out of the way, but it wasn't
the hit he was looking for. Brother
Tom was just minute ahead of time
in shooting the bolt. The robber ut
tered shout and clutched at the air
as he went down, and his heels had
scarcely disappeared when the door
swung back and was making tremen-
dous efforts to get my hands free.
They were tied at the wrists, and be-
fore I had loosened them I had rolled
over and over on the floor to reach the
staples and the peg and make the door
fast. Three minutes later had free
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kles. It wasn't much of fall through
the trap, but the robber struck on his
head and was stunned for q minute.
When he came to he began cursing in
way to make my hair stand up, but I
paid no attention.
He had brought two revolvers and
knife into the bank, but he had taken
them off and laid them on chair. I
picked up these and left the place to
give the alarm, and have still another
confession to make to you. I knew
that it was put up job all the way
through, and that "Miss Nellie Haines"
was ''pal' of the man under the
bank floor. She was consequently
wicked woman and deserved no mercy.