The Lambertville record., 1899-02-15

II REQUIRES PATIENCE.

The ,a.e nj Doctor Darlington, Who Was
Robbed at Satch-l Containing 500
900 Ia Cssh->oin" Other lnstanees
where Large sums Have Been Secured
by 1hi. frocess
The arr Of substituting j. perhaps
one of he cleVerest tricks OF The pro
fessten said veteran thicf-taket,
when approached concerning The loss
of Snmuel Greenwood, president OF the
Coatsyillc tf'ab National Bank, who
WAS robbed Of Satchel containing
bonds 10 the value of $1,000, While
another grip WAS substituted in It's
place
Speaking Of similar eases that have
come 10 my notice, the detective con
tinued, a. he leaned bnck i'll his chair
aud took on u r"iniui scent air, -, Is re
tuarlSable what clever devices the pro.
fesslona SWlnGlrr will resort 10 in
order to fasten ON his intended prey.
And vet, while the ohstracting Of ones
grip and The substituting or another
may scent y difficult matter At hrst
glauCp. nevertheless when you reUPn
Der thai the thirf may have watched
Mr.. Greenwood tor mouths. he thing
becomes quite clear, he may have
followed him from place to place, week
out ana week In. lie became aCquainl
I'd With The habits or his intended
victiu8, an when the Opportuuc mo.
ment arrived IN the restaurant all he
had IN dc MAS 10 place his empty grip
where The >Archrl Coutsining he valua
hles had been before.
So much for llni ,aSr Let me tell
you about another much clryercr with
the exception that the NWiudlers were
zpprchendcd aftervard About thirty
years ago 4 great sensation was creat
ed when Doctor Darlington. president
If tho Nest Chester lPsD hsnk. was
robbed Of u Satchel containing SO, coo
in cash. He WAS nn his way home
FROM Philadelphia Seated in the rail-
read coach, with his feet on an old
grip on the hoor, the old gentleman
thought himself and his treasure abSo-
lutely safe. Rut he did moi know what
was in store for him In the seat in
front of him sal n woman in black.
py the way. II is nearly always u wom-
an in black who is concerned in these
swlndling affairs. But to continue.
The lady. for she had all the mp.
pearances of a gentlewoman, was evi.
IDENTITY distressed from cough aud
yalniy attempted 10 raise the window
next To her. She kept lifting away,
and still the window would moi bulge
rhls WAS too much FOR Doctor Darling
ron. Gallantly he got up from his seat.
or rather released his foothold on his
grip. while placing his knees on his
seat The scheme was not mature rs
YET however The woman bore down
on the window while apparently
assisting i'll its raising, and thus
matters stood for minute or
Two. The moment Tor the work OF
The confederates had now arriv.
ed. Seated across the aisle one of
the thieves swiftly pushed his own
satchel under Doctor Darlngtons seat,
abstrscted the full one, aud the trick
was done, The man was att!red in
long cloak which facilitated the oper
alton. and when the old man sat down
he felt secure in the fact thar his feet
once more touched a satchel At the
next station the thief got on, and the
woman was not suspected until long
sfterward, for Doctor Darlington never
discovered his loss until he reached
home. The men implicated We're TO
baeco Jack aud 'Slappy Williams, since
convicted to long terms in the peniten-
tisry. The woman, whose name have
forgotten was also sent up
You can easily see how the trick
was done. aud here the superintend.
ent showed, by the aid of some chairs
and other psraphermialia, how Doctor
Darlington WAS made the loser Of a
satchel with $4,000
One of the foremost detectives In
the service, who for obvious reasons
desires his name Withheld, told of an
other satchei robbery that differed ia
seme respects from the one above.