Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-04-09

into cash, and something over s3e, 900
had been realized from the sale.
AS Black Beard presented his checks
to the Bank of Charleston, he re.
marked:
II will reduce your ready cash some
what"
much, captain"
Black Beard thought: "Good, then,
will tonight"
That evening the schooner passed up
opposite the planning mill, and that
night the entire crew, with the excep-
tion of five men, were sitting on benches
and framework in the OLD mill. Doud,
Batson and Bill Watts were there.
"Just 20 men," said Black Beard.
snow, mate, you take nine men; give
each man half dozen of the dirty
oranges in that bag, let each man take
a different street, and when you meet a
likely niger, hire him to go aboard
and wipe oranges. You are bound to
meet some; remember each one is from
$500 to $1,000; take neither boys nor
women; promise them so cents thou.
sand, or so cents a hundred, for that
matter, and get all you can. Put them
but don't carry too many aboard at
once. Now, go, but singly, one at a
time; two best remain with the boats.
| I've work for the other ten"
AS the town clock gave the single
stroke of one, six men entered the gate
| OF residence on Laurel street; one
knocked loudly on tie door, while the
other five Rugged the wall Of the house.
| A window from the floor above was
raised.
"What is it?" asked voice.
"Are you Mr.. White, cashier of the
| Charleston bank?" said the man below.
Eyes; what is it?"
1.-THE bank has been robbed"
"What's that? what's that? Bank
robbed? Great heavens, wait and I'll
join YOU"
Raymond White speedily dressed and
descended to the door; opened it, to
find himself clutched by the throat by
one man, while the revolvers of several
more, were leveled at his head.
absolute quiet, Mr.. White" said
Black Beard, "is the price of your life
have you the bank and vault keys on
your person."
"What means all this, has the bank
been robbed?"
"Nct yet, Mr.. White, not yet, but be
easy, it soon will be. Here, let me re
lieve you of your keys-what, you carry
pistol too? Well I'll take that also"
II know you," said the cashier, "you
are the man for whom 1 cashed the
checks to-day"
"You had better forget me when we
part tonight. Those who remember
me, with rare exceptions, do not fare
well-now for King street and the banl
of Charleston. Here White, lock arm:
with me, but remember, one word o
alarm, and you are a dead man, YOU
wife widow and your children or
phans. March,
A half hour later, Black Beard fittec
key to the bank door; it,swung oper
and five men entered, the other fiv,
, guarding the avenue of approach on tn,
outside.
! White was firmly bound to chair
the vaults opened, and the cash speedil,
transferred to bags; then gagging TIN
cashier sufficiently to render it impos
sible for him to make himself heard, tn,
, plunderers left the bank.
; They were joined on the outside b.
, three of the men who had held watch.
where's Toombs and Lankey?
!. asked Black Beard.
, "Fightin' round yon corner" said tn
man addressed, "to attract the atten
ton of the hossifers."
= "Well go that way and get them
they might be run in"
AS they rounded the corner, ther
were the two sailors, pummeling enc
other Justify, while two policemen wer
a trying to separate them.
"Hey!" yelled Black Beard, sis tina
: what letyou ashore for? Avast there
a you fighting blackguards, botherin
i, the officers of this peaceful town."
= The two sailors were subdued in a
!, instant.
= Aboard, We lubbers! Aboard!"
Here, officers, here's q couple {
, pounds for keeping my frislSy sailo,
from eating each other up. I'll Sc
y that they bother you no more"
) Thanks, captain, We'll drink you
health. Lucky you came along, c
"a you'd have found them jagged in tn
morning"
i "I'll Jug. the buggers when I get thel
: aboard"
= But Black Beard and his men didn
go directly aboard; they first visite
= the county Jail, and Black Beard arouse
the jailer, and informed him that l.
= had two drunken sailors that he d.
y sired locked up till morning.
y Five pounds was sufficient to col
y vince the jailer that they should /
= locked up, and he produced his Ike,
:, and unlocked the jail door. AS /
y turned, he found the revolvers that
= short time before had been leveled
the cashiers head, leveled at his.
- What could he do but weaken? tt
:, door of the cell of Plunkett and Cox
: was unlocked; the letters taken fro
their limbs; the jailer was locked
~ their cell, and Black Beard and h
comrades FASTENED to the planning mi
- where they found the two boats in wal
ing, and they We're rowed aboard.
what luck, captain?" asked I'll