Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-11-09
CHATTER VII.

Il tlllll wv 10 cONucnSe INTO single
chapter the narrative of events in Lon
don from the time of my departure I'M
til the day some months later when our
scheme was exploded and all took to
flight when Noycs was arrested.
i left for Paris ON Monday. On
Wednesday Noyes went to the bank and
drew out all Tire money to- my credit ex-
ccpt $500. The same day ho went to
Birmingham and mailed lot No. of
home manufactured bills, representing
$4,000.
The mex. 81 hours were an anxious
time for my friends. The bills would be
delivered by the carly mail on Thursday.
and If all went right the proceeds would
DO placed to my credit by - o'clock. and
the bills themselves would be slowed
away in the vaults until they were due
some months ahead. George and Mac
waited with the greatest anxiety until
. O'Clock. They had everything packed
for instant flight when ut that hour they
sailed out of Macs lodging and started
FOR the bank To make the test. They had
filed out two Warren checks.
Noyes went ON ahead, the others fol-
lowing.
Nodding good day to the cashier, he
asked for e2,000 in gold and the re-
mainder in notes. which were handed
him mt once. and three very happy men
sat down that evening to dinner because
the days operations had conclusively
proved that the Bank of England meth
ods were falliblc.
The next morning Moves went to Jay
Cooke Il Co. and ordered $4,000 in
United States bonds, giving check for
them. The same afternoon he went to
Birmingham and mailed another letter,
this one containing el5,00O in bills,
and later drew ~, 900 in gold from the
bank. On Monday he went after the
bonds. and the $40, 900 was handed over
to him without question. The whole
operation was q repetition Of these tao
tics, but with a" ever increasing volume
in the amounts of the bills.
On some days the mail brought to the
bank letters with bills for 800, 900,
sometimes for more, sometimes for less
SO November and December passed
away. and the bank continued day by
day and week by week laying away in
ITS vaults the worthless collateral of Mr..
L. a. Warren in exchange for its gold.
In London the boys talked Of SPEND
ing Christmas ut home, but the agree
ment tn stay-and it prevailed-was
that. since the money came in go
easily ana IN such amounts, it was q
pity To run away from it. Then, again,
by obtaining IN enormous sum and put
ting II IN place Of absolute security,
the banh would be glad to COMPROMISE
the matter in consideration Of receiving
million or two back again.
SO they spent u pretty merry and an
exceedingly expensive Christmas in
London. but late in February they de.
termined to pack up and leave.
Everything smiled upon them. The
gold and bonds they had meant for.
tunes for all. ! was away in tropic is.
lands leading an idle life with nv bride
amid the cocoanut and palm trees. Mac
and George had never appeared in I'll,
transaction. and. as fer Noyes, not ;
soul in all America knew he was in En-
rope. and in all Europe only three O,
four people had seen him and knew hin
rs representing Warren.
The business was finished. All three
laden with money, were going to leave
England, leaving tho bank 20 slumbel
ON for weeks until the first bills beam,
due before there could be discovery