The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-23

Tn. robbers cot their money. S-3tsn in
gold. The robbers demanded II in gold. and
when Tr,. bank cashier explained that II
would weigh just ln5 pounas thought l
would substitute bills for II. hut 1'ar'd
truubi. lit the IA gotta ti"ns. Finally w Srs
large meat sack. one of those tU"-n,IShyi
fellows and the gold vas placed in it. II
was as heavy as | could Iit comtnrtahIs.
hat ! was afraid tn hav" the services 81
amy one but my lawyer. and did not pro-
po." To- he followed Of cou''e. ! vas armed.
I carried three heavy pistols. bus dp not
know what | wout have done win th'a,
except To- .ight Il I was attacked. ! Wuuli
have been afraid 10 shoot tn" robbers nd
! Known them, for fear my boy w"u.d
never have com" back
This was ,he absorbing lear, ana "ht u I
picked up the sack of gold at = "'ct"cS -
the cveu-ni,. went into ihv rear Sthhi' ann
climbed into SIH@lc-solttn. i!Ehl h'SS'
was utterly hopeless. except l" in!'"t 'Ht
advice of III, thieves implicitly. ! dad no;
like the idc, Of trusting Il" the ktiHar, -
the cash before | saw Inc boy. nut Hli
no croiCr | had either to trust them m
pii,tlv or not At all | diov" rapidly west
ic the locality named I'm III" letter.
I noted at the line the deS"itte SuIr"uHu.
iIEs, but what attracted my att'ntIpl mos
was that tho locality selected was n"ai the
crossing Of two "f the tFdhsc"htlh"i''i
lines. where all trains miiSi c'H' tn Il 7t'i'
10 and flcm the city. IL im!n,sii.it ~ O.
CURED la me that the robbers WOULD IN X
their escape ty boa ding 'iHIn ~ NhI
point aft"r taking the m9ney; hut ! go go
ruthinC Tor that. except that WIS hl q e,
IMPRESSED with the cIan!n;; al ia men anu
thc thoruuEhness of the whoie plot.
secured barn lan,eth anu ti"I Il pee
of red flannel around tho globe ihiS WIS
as near as could come 10 "bcSihS IN ~
StruCt.opS of the m'r. since h'l u" it'
lantern ia the barn. The lantern liei u
tho staff of the whip taa, IL nlEht it ~, -
waited som" dS.anC. ard IN. thitN'S NJ So
and see il. Wien I approached the ct"ssliir
uf the Little Pdpio. thu stream t'i' n1it'
west of III" city. near whose ps'ihS > uh1''
stood the MONEY vas to ne ieI'' 81" Il
lich; Glimmering in tne bushes l ,iiiS. let III
horse walk and placed Il reNn!''r h.hdliS
on the scat, but I'D not think of using II.
Tho gold lay in the bottom oi the p1SSS
ard my feot rested on the PIE.
When ] reached the point Wn'i" tl'
money was To be left. cot out "l 'h'- hua,
- and tied the hnrsc. 1here was n"t u Sutl
in slcnt | suag the sack of money over my
shoulder :rd with difficulty made my way
to the light. founi that ne light was from
I, small lautern tied 10 Il bush.
As | threw the sack "f gold by the siie
of the light the string broke from III
strain and the money scattered OYER 'u'
dirt. did not stop to examine IL I"Ftu'i.
hut looked around closely. IL WIS We
dark and I could So" hothihG- N'iNed
sIowl. back to the buggy and cldmhercd in
| looked back and the 2ht was sun burh-
ing As | turned around. however. and a.
my horses huofs made \ noise. / nnSeTN Il
the light suddenly eStinGuished. l heard "
sound In indicate that "a person had N.
preached through the bushes and l loon q
back carefully To make certaii 'he Hs ~
was ont. The men evidently lay close 10
where the money was left and lost M
time IN getting il.
let ny horse walk most uf the way back !
to town vas IN no hurry and was hoping
:tcainSt hone that the boy would he released
and run up In" road and or"rtak" me l
dropped one .f my nistols at the point
where | got out "f the buggy. hut did not
discover that until I got hOmc-
Several persons PASSED me guinG ana
coming. as | WAS route. but no one I
recognized. once or twice imagined was