Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1898-02-04

I "gf yen mate n clean t,caa a. 81. ten
mo al nad help me torru down hsran.
600 Il yours, and yon shall DO Leld
harmless"
Io rauscd a moment ard then wont
en-: 'Rcpau has acted to mo Ike q
@esoundrel. III tell ALL"
Thousands Of pouuds axe conveyed
daily fson tho chief London banks TO
I their branch establishments in the sub
urbs or the city. a tsGsch bank want
ing cash ferds a couple Of clerks to the
head ogico, tho money required is placed
In black leather bags, q cab (iour
wheeied) is hailed, the clerks cutter
WITH TIE treasure, aud with the win
doveur e1edfiyon away 20 their branch
Office.
This practice hes for mary years past
attracted the attention Of gangs Of olev-
or thieves, and thcGsaEds Ct pounds are
often lost Ia transit.
Shortly BEFORE my interview with
Dcspnrd a sum Of G5, GOO in gold aud
81 o in silver had been taken.
About 10 o'clock in the morning two
clerks from q branch Lad arrived as ono
Of tho bigceat central banks, aud pro
dacing their authority to receive the
money tho cash had been pui into bass,
u passing cub hailed, and the clerks and
the cash Gocu safely into it.
They did not arrive Mt the branch
Office. Iuqqiry aud search wero made
for them, and at length tho two men
were fcued unccusci0ps, seaged in a cab,
Of which the 6tlyer had disappeared 10
g byrcad cG Hampstead IN the north
Of london. Tho bags Of money he'd
gone, and what had occurred TO them
tho two clerks could not soy. They bad
ridden ca with the windows Of the cab
up, on thoir way to the branch Office.
Then they had suddenly Lost their senses.
On examination it was found that
the cab was "A intake uD'' one. 1t be-
logged 10 no owner Of cabs in London.
1t WAS u mGntrap, devised for the per-
petration of cue Of tao cieverect rob
beIiea Of modem times, a rCh0cry in
which it sctaued We stould never dis
cover the ac,crs, for weeks passed and
no olew to them Was found, though
$500 was offered privately by the BANK
for their arrest.
1t was b. that mark on Tire handle q
the black b.g IN Repairs room TINT /
was convinced no was one OF the thieves.
The bng was one OF Che hanks, and tire
mark had been placed upon it for iden-
LITIGATION.
II viii toll you all, " said D5sp1rd.
e De 81 a., an.gtYfr~ra NJ ,..4.st
1 WIS a mechaniq. lie SAINT to me ono
day aud said, 'DaspGrd, have you heRri
Of that new machine IN which they Kill
cats and dcsr?' l ha5u't They put
them into an Amos, alright box be
went on, and pump in poisoned eir.
They are dead in 10 time. Dospard,
you ara poor. 1 havo a scheme by which
VIC may make a fortune"
ia a few vcrda he laid his plct b.
fo1e hin-to buy a cab, alter il 20 that
when the windows were clogod il won.a
be almost alright, wlyilc through 9
Tube passing into the cab air powerfully
dragged might be pnmped iuto IN,
vehicle by an arrangement worked ty
the drivers foot.
DcEpord set TO work. In less than ten
days the trap cab WAS upon Ito Londcr
streets. Fer throe days It hoyerct
around the bank doors, On the fourth
it was engaged.
1.-THE driver was, Of coprge, an ao
complioe, " went on Despard. Tho AZ.
paratus worked wonderfully, Bolol,
they dreamed Of danger tLo cle-ka we've
rendered intongible by tie dragged as
ard were being driven TO Hampstead,
Repau and 1 following. In a quiet spot
the cab storped, Rapau rushed to TIE
door, threw it open, Grospcd the bags,
spTaHg with them into our trap, AUD
, with TIE driver Of The cab we all SGT Oh
at full cpeod."
"Aud what became Of the money!
asked.
81 had CT, 0C0," he answered, "the
sham cab driver e40O. Repau, like q
scounGrel, laid hands on the rest"
"And whore Is hep" asked eagerly.
Despard mournfully shcok his head.
Il do not knew" be replied.
He certainly did not. That reward
Of $500 slipped through my fingers
after all, for Repau, that clever rascal,
had shown us so clean Il pair Of heel
that we Y camo up with him again.
l would have given much TO have once
more met my very dear friend, almos
, brother, " NJ. Balpard, alias Jules Re