The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1895-03-02
rur DETECTIVE : PART

Detective NcNauus passes in this tale a>
the ferret He thus tells how he di~coy
erred rhc robbers and effected their capture
When | went 20 work To- clear up the
r,hber, Of the Baltimore Bank found a
very unusual condition Of Affairs The
r,hhery VA, not discovered until about 10
- clock IN the morning when Robert Bron-
san the cashier opened the bank vault
and staggered from il into the othce with
pal, face and the announcement ot the
missing money aud securities upon hi tal-
tcrng lip> wa. on the scene in few
minutes ready to begin am investigation
The only conclusion tu he drawn from
the condition of the safe wa, that the
rhieye, knew the combination or. to put
It more correctly some one uf the thieves
wa combination clicker who possessed
the remarkable ability Of discovering the
combination by the sound of the tuahler-
a. the handle /, turned while the ear VI
the operator l. pressed against the d"or~
over the lock
These facts stood ont clear but the
next step was not ;" easy What chance
had d combination clicker tu d. the work ?
was very familiar with that kind of work
and knew that it would take on a combi
anton inck such a. was on the safe from
three to SlN hour, To set the tumbIere So
that the bolts could he withdrawu II the
two wuchmcn in the bank had performed
their duty faithfully and were IN the bank
al night ! was satisfied thar the trick could
not have been done The safe had been
locked by Cashier Bronson al j. ) % clock
Ia the preceding afternoon. and he had
reached his home ) minute, later The
two watchmeu reached the bank promptly
al 90 clock and dozen persons. store
keepers and Others noticed the lights in
the bank a, usual after Cashier Bronson
left and had not seen any strangers OF
other persons in the bank after the cashier
went home looked over the signal rec
ur,ls which the watchmcn had sem to a
nearby police station at regular halt hourly
interval, between F. VI and : y VI
aud the testimony of two policemen whose
beats ran together in front of the bank
was 20 the effect that they had seen the
watchmeu alone in the bank at least once
an hour during the might The testimony
was conclusive that the robbery could not
have been committed between 4 T. W.
and A. VI aud il was not possible to-
my way of thinking tha, the safe cuuld
have been opened in the three-quarter> of
an hour that had elapsed from the time
the cashier left To the arrival Of the watch
men could not see any loophole that
expert thieves could have entered and |
wa~ irresistibly forced to the conclusion
that the bank was robbed hy some one on
the inside aud uol crooks from the outside
he GETS \ CLUE.
Who knew the combination Two
persons, Cashier Bronson and the Presi-
dent Cashier Bronson told me this, and
when asked him about it noticed that
a slight flush came to his cheeks and he
glanced from my eyes out of the window
was surprised at the effort he made To
conceal his emotion. but said nothing.
Two days after the robbery, when a ser
want went to Cashier Bronson ; room. he
was found unconscious. with a bullet wound
in his head. There was Il revolver on the
floor and the bullet had entered the side
Of the head and come out the top. Every
body said he had tried to take his own life
aud the motive was the fear that the hank
robbery might be traced to him 1t look
ed that way, tn admit, hut it seemed to
me that flight with the money bags would
have heeu the course any one would have
taken
II dove into this branch of the case like
a streak | found out all that was known
Of Marie Endicott in Baltimore in few
hours. She had been in the town several
months No one knew where she esme
from. The only one To visit her was Bron-
sou 1t was known IN the house where
She boarded that she was engaged to him
lie had announced the engagement to some
pf his intimate friends She met him IN
he bank every afternoon. and in that way
could have become familiar with the ar
there She left without warn
ng, and her trunk was checked to New
\ ork. Marie Endicott was ugdonbtedly
he missing link ! could not find pic
ure IF her, hut got an accurate descrip