Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-10-11

Then rushed at htTn like q pack of 1Dolqes
phant in success, became idiots and as.
sentedL Making out check for e5, 900,
Noyes started for the bank, check i'll
hand, on the run and instantly found
himself with hot and angry swarm of
hornets after him. There were 25 de-
tectives in and around the bank. Special
messengers had summoned the alright
cd directors. The great bank parlor was
packed with host Of stockholders and
directors, who were questioning the
manager and clerks And excitement
rose to fever heat when, with 30 hands
holding him, poor Noyes was hustled
in among them.
They rushed at him like pack of
wolves. Had that been bank parlor in
festive Arizona they would not have en-
dured the delay incidental to procuring
q rope, but would have ended it and
him by gunnery at short range. Noyes
could not be shaken. His nerve never
failed. He said a gentleman had hired
him as a clerk, and that was all he
knew. He had left him at the Stock Ex-
change. If they would let him 60, he
would try to find him and bring him
around to the bank J. Bull is gullible,
but not so much so as to swallow that
yarn.
So they held tightly to him, and IL
committee of indignant Britons escorted
him to Newgate.
Mac and George were without and
were stricken with CONSERVATION, for
minutes observation Of the gathering
crowd and the rushing into the bank Of
excited people convinced them some.
thing unusual was in the wind, and
they knew Noyes must be in deadly
peril Mac rushed into the bank in hope
to warn or to be of help. Everything
there was in confusion. Unobserved i'll
the excitement, he made his way into
the parlor and there saw what made
his heart stand still-Noyes surrounded
by an angry crowd Of officials. With
great presence Of mind he pushed
through toward Noyes, who saw him
and knew he was there to help if he
had chance to bolt from his captors,
but there was no chance. AS they were
about starting for Newgate Mac slipped
outside and told George what had be.
fallen Noyes and discussed the pos.
s;bility of rescue when on the way to
Newgate with him. While they were
waiting in the entrance Noyes came out
in custody. He saw and recognized
them. They Joined in the crowd and
were within arms reach of him every
rod Of the short distance to Newgate,
but the crowd was packed so tight that
one could hardly move, and rush for
escape was hopeless Arrived at New
gate, Mac, in his desperation, was ell
tering with the escort when George
pulled him away, and as they got out OF
the crowd they heard the newsboys cry,
ing, "Great forgery on the Bank of
England by an American-e10, ,000,0
obtainedr'
All this time the 500, 900 drawn that
morning was in stout bag behind the
counter at Garraway's
Little did the barmaids dream of the
treasure that was In the bag. When Mac
went for it, one Of the barmaids asked
him if he had heard Of the great bank
robbery. He drove to St. James place.
and soon George joined him there.
That night the cable flashed the news
of the forgery over the world, dwelling
particularly upon the fact that the per
petrator was an American. The next
morning the London press overfowel.
Every prominent paper gave leader liz
the editorial column, and when tn"
weeklies and monthlies came out they
followed suit These editorials make
now to us who were on the inside anus
ing reading They were full Of Philis.
tine talk and amazement, and generally
conceded that Noyes was an innocent
dupe, and all more or less doubted if his