Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-07-12

WalteG IN a doorway Tor Crawford.
Meanwhile tried to open the satchel,
but it was locked. Is
.."In a. few moments Ed came out
of the express office and motionedl to
me to walk up Broadway. I walked
up two blocks, then turned the corr
ner and waited. Crawford was right
behind and said:
''All right, Johnnie! You're in!
Take the bag up to the house,
Z Il often wondered since why did
not open it and again why he trusted
me; but. it was his only chance, and
he took it. At seven o'clock he came
to the house and asked for the grip.
Il kicked at this, them he handed
me three $50 bills and said he would
give me more the next day. Where he
went I don't know, nor did see him
the next day, and when I heardi that
the amount taken was $4,000 you can
bet I was sore.
81 went to him, but he told me to
keep away, as he could not touch the
money for few days. Well, all told,
L l.
first wrong thing I had ever done,
and I was scared to death thinking 1
would be found out.
tits dead, now, though, and they
could never prove anything against
me. This is the, first time I have
ever spoken of it to anyone, and it
will be the last. No, I never heard
from him, but often felt like writ
ing and asking for little more
money"
Crawford had wit enough to remain
at the bank; doing nothing to attract
notice. But, although his employers
did not suspect the messenger, Rob-
ert Pinlerton kept a close watch on
him.
At the end of ten months he told
his friends that he was going to Cen
trail America to manage a plantation
belonging to his benefactor
Thus he left New York liz high
feather. He did not know that a
Pinkerton detective sailed OIL the
same boat, but if he did he could not
circumspection.
In the tropic luxuriance of British
Honduras the former car conductor
and bank thief lived the life of a
rajah. But Robert Pinkerton was
ferreting patiently in New York, and
the last act was still to be. Played.
Pinlerton,s, labor was rewarded. His
first important step was to discover
that Crawford had led in stating,
When. Questioned after the robbery,
that his only relative in sNew%Y ork-w
a brother IT was learned that he
had three aunts and many cousins: -
This led to- the discovery that two
days. after the robbery he had given
to one of his .aunts for safe keeping a
package ostensibly containing gloves.
When she read of the robbery this
aunt was moved to tear open a COR
ner Of the package.
Her curiosity was rewarded by a
glimpse not of gloves, but of bank
notes. She communicated this dis
covery to her husband, who ap-
IT,.
Greatly excited, the bank messenger
declared that the money belonged to
his rich friend. His uncle-by-mar-
rage remarked that just the same
his conscience impelle6l him to men
ton the matter to the Adams En-
press company. Crawford gave him
$3.50.
Finally it appeared that Crawford.
under the name of Eugene Holt, had
hired a deposit box.
There seemed to be a strong enough
case to- Justify arrest. The trouble
was that there was no extradition
treaty at that time between the United
States and British Honduras. Rob.
ert Pinkerton decided to attend to
this delicate matter personally. So
he sailed, incognito.
Yellow fever was raging through
out the country, and the detective was
beset with many difficulties. Craw-
ford's plantation was at Punta Cor
dh, 90 miles by steamboat from Be-
lime, where finlzerton landed.
'There is Senior Crawford!" ex-
claimed the captain of the steam
boat, as they drew near the end Of
the trip.
Pinkerton saw a beautiful steam
launch skimming by. Near the stern,
under a brilliant awning sat a
bronzed young man in white linen.
When the planter landed that aft
ernoon he was met by a stout, keen
eyed gentleman, who held out his
hand and exclaimed: How are you?"
Pinkerton was quite frank about
his mission, which was, primarily, to
recover the money for it's right<ul
owners. Crawford entertained him
Hospitality at his house for the night,
but the detective, suspecting treach-
cry, did not permit himself to doze
for an instant.
In the morning, having failed to in
duce Crawford to surrender any of the
stolen money, he skillfully directed the
conversation i, such way as to make
his host believe that an extradition
treaty did exist with British Hondu-
ras, but not with Spanish Honduras.
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