The sun., 1893-12-17

naGstones appeared to iift up under hls feet h
thought II an explosion OF sewer gas;
| sion. I simp remember being lifted up and
va; !Slttins up with hard ever either ear
isit 60 stupid and dazed that It wss. many
minutes before could place myself The gas
which had been % bound to the chair We're
hanging loosely on my arms and legs, When
dIseoSered discover that SSsu was close 10 tbs wire sst.
by which all employees entered the bank In
The I'D. door 81 the sS ysTt s,y ...
Between the gate and the vault we're the
compartments Of Pookkeeper, paying tellsr,
You can Judge OF the strength Of that blast
feet was ievelied the small safe blown over,
and the counters twisted like n. rail fence. As
soon as realized the situation 9Sou grcped for
time before / could see a loot from my nose
3 O'Clock signal. meant to send in the sirnsl
for help. but lust as / touched the button !
80 5t' that c. could get about. lighted % more % gas
and then looked for the burglars. One Of them
lay sgainst the front door, second undsT the
aud the third could not find, though knew
he must be under the vault door which had
been blown on and lay on the floor.
The man at the front door was stone dead.
The doctors said that his body must have
he hV Was thur hurled forward. The I man under the
counter began to show signs OF life as 1 over
hauled him. and thinking he might prove
troublesome tied him hand and foot You
will wonder that was not severely hurt but
that was the chance Of accident The chair
three or four painful bruises. The man under
the counter bad his nose broken. two ribs
but he sad nap NO sooner reeoSeTsd red conscious
than he began to struggle and curse. When
told him that both his Iart1ers were dead, he
This, has been a bad nights work, and
wish to heaven had not been In the iobl Have
you, cent in police alarm YETI"
You are a brave. level headed fellow. You
eI enc to TS Snd Roes ysT sU' WIZ
let mST2 & promise mi. ,o TOu that will lead an
are honest er dis honest" ! replied,
But ! will make i nm object to you; Let me
90 and will put $500 in your hands within
Whatt Only $500 for a bank \, bSd burglar on
wh2B insTH sSdG Pisn P%y T O. You
are poor man. and $1,000 will be a little for
"C CoUldnt you raise 1t to s2.ooor" asked.
Two thousand Two thousand" he repeat
want for bread rS sut nO Sei1s @ yoS such
and sensible fellow III Dc 1t. Yes, III say
$1,000, and you shall baye the money inside q
be near daylight"
stepped over to the police wire and sent In
the signal, Help wanted at oncep' 1t had
never been sent in before. nor have the words
gone over that wire since. In FIVE minutes
there were four bluecoats knocking at the
door, and when let them In my prisoner
greeted them with curses. and svore he would
get even with mo " 1t took q hundred years.
Williams. aa | have told you. was kneellng
at the door when tho explosion occurred. We
found him under II, crushed and burned and
hearing little semhlan"e to 4 human being.
Tho one who ESCAPED with his life was sent up
for twelve years. and thus the trio were wiped
out. ! have an old scrapbook In which are
pasted various newspaper articles speaking in
my praise. but it's not much consolation to
read them. The bank OF cials knew that
patting me on the back and raising my wages
they waited about a month and then gave me
taken the burglars $4,000 ano let him 90.
What do you think