The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-03
SAW THE TREASURE BURIED.
The Detective Yielded to TemptatiO
and Kent the Stolen Nancy

The Detective Yielded to Temptation
and Kept the Stolen Money.
DO you know that this recent 'hold-up
over in Virginia recalls to my mind SINH
lar occurrence that took place when l was
young man in the business up near Pitts
burg al station named Graensburg," said
detective to writer for the Washington
Star. The details are very similar. The
train was successfully held up the express
car robbed of a good round sum, and the
robbers made a break for Pittsburg after
crossing the Conemaugh river near where
the robbery occurred 1 received the de-
tails of the robbery in Pittsburg from my
superior officer a short time after it occur
red, and something told me they would use
the Conemaugh to cover up their tracks.
l had an assistant at the time who lived
on the outskirts of Allegheny City at
of those little summer places. There was
telegraph office at the place, and I at
once telegraphed him to be on the lookout
for the men and that would see him in the
morning At the same time 1 took another
route, so as to cover as much ground as
possible. The details of my assistants
movements that night l gathered from him
two years later in the Cook county Jail,
Chicago.
1T seems that he was in the telegraph
office when my message was received and
In few minutes was on his way toward
the river. 1t was pitch dark, but he kept
on until he reached point in the road
that led through a considerable stretch of
woodland. He had stopped to take his
bearings when he heard a wagon coming
up the road at a furious rate of speed. He
left the road and sought refuge behind
good sized tree. The wagon came up and
passed on, but only about a dozen yards.
He made out the forms of five men as the
wagon went by, and he was in the act of
following them when the wagon stopped.
Again he darted back into the woods and
saw the robbers, for so they proved to be,
lug out good sized box and drag it into
the woods. Hastily digging a hole they
buried the box, and after marking several
surrounding trees hurried back to the
wagon and continued their rapid driving
toward the city.
My assistant, after assuring himself that
the men were we'll out of the way. hastily
dug that box up and loaded himself with
currency. On reaching home he found he
had something like $1,000, and the tempta-
ton too strong for him. He decided to
keep it, He lived in his old home for nearly
a year, and shreWd enough not to use
any of the money. Then he left for Chicago
and shortly afterwards bought quite a farm
in southern Illinois. About the same time
l arrested man for breaking into a freight
car. This fellow had gone far with consump
ton and l took him to the hospital. There
he confessed to that he was member
of the gang that had held up the express
messenger year and half ago, and the
result of the burying of the treasure in the
woods. l went out on the road and found
the telegraph operator, who told me Of the
quick delivery of the message 1 had sent 1
follow up my assistant After considerable
trouble loca ted him and decOyed him in.
to Chicago There 1 put him under arrest,
and bluffed him into a confession. 1 recoy-
cred $4,000, and the president of the COM
pany, John Hoey, gave me a percentage
that amOunted n 50O