Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1895-03-28

my way of thinking, that the safe
could have been opened in thsthree-
quarters of an hour that had elapsed
from the time the cashier left 10
the arrival of the watchmen. /
could not see any loophole that ex-
pert thieves coSld have entered, and
III was irrssistibay foroed to the con-
lelnsion that the bank was robbed
w some ono oh the. inside and not
crooks from slls oats.ae.
HE GTsTs A CLUE.
"Who knew the com bination !?
Two persons, Cashier Bronson and
the President. 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 rob-
berry, when a servant went to Cash
ier Bronson's room, he was found
unconscious, with q bullet wound
in his head. There was revolver
on the floor and the bullet had en-
tered the side of the head and come
out the top. Everybody said he
had tried TO take his own life. and
the motive was the fear that the
bank robbery might be traced to
him. 1t looked that way, I'll adj
nit, but it seemed to me that flight
with the money bags would have
been the course any one would have
taken.
81 dove into this branch of the
case like streak. | found out all
that was known of Marie Endicott
in Baltimore in q few hours. She
had been in town several months.
No one knew where she came from.
The only one to visit her was
Bronson. 1t was known in the
house where she boarded that she
was engaged to him. He had an
nouncsd the engagement to some Of
his intimate friends. She met him
in the bank every afternoon, and
in that way could have become ia
mlliar with the arrangements there.
She left without warning, and her
trunk ives checked to New York.
Marie Endicott was undoubtedly
the missing link. | could not find
picture of her, but | got an ac-
curate description of her appear
ance. 1t Tailed in a general way
with many women, but servant
who used to dress her hair occasion
ally told me that the lobe of her
left ear had been cut off and her
hair was arranged in waves over the
ear to conceal it.
"Half of the ear off. knew OF
a notorious woman crook with that
deformity. She was Marie Palmer.
The front name was the same as the
Baltimore woman. She was the
wife of June Palmer, bank burglar,
who was doing time in the Wealth
ersfeld prison. Ifshe was the same
woman she would certainly commu-
nicate with June in Jail, either in
person or by letter. | flew to
Weathersfield. No letter had been
received, and | learned that Mrs.
Palmer was frequent visitor, but
had not been to the prison for sew
eral months. The next day was
visiting day, and l had it arranged
with the warden that / could see all
persons who entered the jail With
out being seen. Late in the after
noon, and shortly before the hour
of exclusion, Mrs. Palmer arrived
in buggy. She had an interview
with Palmer, and the keeper who
stood near them heard her say that
the job went through all right. lie
could not catch any more of the
conversation, but it was enough for
me. For the sake of effect / ar
rested her in the presence Of Pal
mer and took her to the warden's
room. i led her to believe that ]
had a cinch on her and that full
confession would save her. She
was obstinate. | had a talk with
Palmer and he swung the white
feather. His time would soon be
up, and i promised to have him
pardoned if he could persuade her
to confess. He told her to confess.
He told her to tell all she knew aud
she did. Through her | was able
to land Bob Riley, Bellew and Lar
ry Fenner. Curley Hennessy and
Cad Simonson, the other crooks in
the job. got away, and Mrs. Palmer
was set free after she had turned
States evidence"