The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-25

| drew back in hesitation into the
shadow of a shop doorway and as L stood
there the welcome sound of a heavy meas
ured tread fell upon my ear. Then as L
peered forth, / saw a genuine constable
approaching, trying the doors of each
shop.
In order to avoid attracting attention If
either of the men were at the windows of
the bank or upon the roof, l waited Jltil
he came to examine the door wherat L
stood.
He started at finding me secreted there,
but in a few quick words l explained that
there were thieves in the bank opposite
and urged him to go and obtain assistance.
What / told him placed him on his mettle
in an instant, and bidding me remain there
he strolled off slowly In order to arouse no
suspicion of those who might be watching.
The minutes seemed hours. OF a sudden,
however, / heard the rattle of wheels, and,
to my surprise. saw the milk cart draw up
again, this time before the door of the
corner house. Lawrence, after looking
round to see that he was unobserved, as
cended the steps and slipped In by aid of
his latch-key. Why had he entered, L Won
dered? So cleverly had the robbery been
planned thai he had driven his cart away
in order to allow the genuine policeman on
the beat to pass before again approaching.
From where / stood 1 could see both the
corner house and the door of the bank, but
although 1 watched intently not a soul
stirred. At length, however, my friend, the
constable, and three of his companions
turned a corner suddenly, and almost be-
fore I was aware of it halted before the
big door of the bank.
dashed across and led the officer j had
first spoken with and one of his compan-
ions to the corner house, where the milk
cart was still standing. The man Lawrence
had left the door ajar, and We all three
crept INTO the hall, while at the same mo-
ment the other two policemen rams vio-
lently at the door bell of the bank in an en-
deavor to arouse Wilson, the porter.
Leaving one constable to guard the door
we rushed upstairs, searching all the
rooms until we gained the attic wherein l
had found myself. The corpse of the red
headed man was still there, packed in the
milk can, addressed to a farm in Glou-
cestershire, and ready to be taken down
stairs and loaded on to the cart. Beside IT
law the DIX empty Cdn " "iiN Il Aao -"
tricated myself. The c~onstables were
aghast when they made the gruesome dis
covery, but I led them to the open trap
door. and it then became plain that Law
renee. finding / had escaped, had also de-
camped and got away over the roofs.
He had, in all probability, alarmed the
others, and while i had been below waiting
the arrival of the police the whole four had
slipped away over the roofs. We both ran
along the leads until we reached the roof
of the bank, when / saw, to my satisfac-
ton. that the iron bar still remained In
the position i had placed it. Below, the
two officers were laundering at the heavy
door with its shining brass plates, but
could obtain no response.
eff they're inside they'll certainly try
and get away through here" 1 said.
With this the constable agreed and draw
ing away the bar opened the door and was
about to lower himself through 1t when
suddenly Cayley's grey head appeared
through the opening.
There was a wild oath. and the sudden
fash of a revolver fired right into the con-
stables face, but the officer, quick as
thought drew his own weapon and sent
a bullet through the thief's shoulder. At
the same instant 1 sprang upon my fell
low ledger and succeeded after a desperate
struggle in wrestling the revolver from him.
while the policeman whipped out a pair
of handouts and together We made him
prisoner. These moments were full of ex-
element, for down in Holborn police
whistles we're sounding, and almost before
we had succeeded in Handwriting the scoun-
drel three other constables and a sergeant
had come I'D TO our assistance.
yickers was eventually caught In the
bank. hiding in a cupboard beneath the
stairs and captured after a desperate strus-
gle, while on going below to the vaults
we found that the safe had been opened
| with the managers keys and great guam
| titles of gold had been packed ready for
removal. Three large bagfuls Of coin
were indeed found on the top floor close
| TO the trap door. and one was discovered
in the attic of the corner house. showing
that the transfer of the proceeds OF the
robbery was actually in progress when
had so providentially regained conscious
ness.
Cayley. vino seemed possessed of demon
strength, made a desperate effort ts
commit suicide by throwing himself dowr
IN the pavement below. but we managed t.
prevent him. At the Old Bailey. when thu
pair were tried for murder and robbery
many were the extraordinary facts he
vealed- The body found In the milk cal
was identified as tina Of the missing HI
x.eeev. vho. II appeared. had been impEio