Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-06-28

crack of the door, showing that there
was somebody at work in the old shoot.
L ran noiselessly across the room and
! hid behind some old barrels which were
| piled up in the farther corner of the
room. A moment later the old door
| swung in and two men came into the
| room.
"Now, amt this just the place to
| hide 'em, Jack?' asked the first man
| to enter the room.
Couldn't find a better, Jim said his
companion, looking around.
"Then let's bring the things in. They
will be safe here. for / don't believe
anyone has been in here for years ex-
cept me. The place has the name of
being haunted, but l guess I'm the
ONLY haunt that ever was here" and
the man laughed at his own joke, but
his companion quickly held up the Ian
tern which he carried, and as it
flashed on his own face l could see
that he was rather white. He did not
say anything, however, and the two
men went out, leaving the door open.
In a few minutes they came back,
bringing each a bag, which they put
down in the farther corner of the room
and covered with rubbish, with which
the floor was covered Then they start
ed for the door again and the one who
answered to the name of Jack said:
"Now we will go back to the boat.
float down the river and stay on Grow
island all night, ara keep in the woods
all day. Then tomorrow night at IL
we will come in the big boat and take
the swag and by daylight we will be
well on towards New York"
That's the plan, / guess" said Jim,
''but l wish we had the big boat up
the river now so we could get away to-
night. They will be looking for us to-
morrow, and we may have some trouble
to get away without being seen"
That's all right" said Jack; I'm
glad we didn't, for they would have
seen the boat come in and then if it
had gone off the same night they
would have mistrusted that she had
some connection with the robbery"
Guess you are right, as usual, Jack,
and your plan is the best When the
boat comes up tomorrow they will not
of course suspect anything"
mo, that's just it. l have the plans
all laid. as told you before we cracked
the crib. Johnson will sail up some
time tomorrow afternoon, go ashore
in the city and buy some provisions,
give out that he is fisherman just put
in for supplies, and say he will get
away early next morning. They will
suspect nothing there. and will be
watching the depots and roads leading
out of the city and this town. No one
will think of our coming in boat, and
our. leaving this side will throw off
every suspicion. pride myself that
this is a well worked up job"
Fright you are. jack said Jim, and
they went out shutting the door tight
after them.
l ran up the stairs and to a window
looking out on the water, and watched
the boat as it went slowly down the
river. 1 watched about half an hour,
then l went downstairs, lighted my
lantern, and pulled off the stuff from
the bags and took them into the boiler
room. On opening them I found them |
filed with watches, jewelry and silver |
ware. They had evidently been rob- |
bling a jewelry store in the city, and |
after examining some of the boxes I |
found one with the mark of Paterson |
& Co., and 1 knew then that they had |
robbed the largest jewelry store in |
the city.
What to do i did not know, but 1 |
to hide the stuff where they |
could not find it and then go. home I
and think it over. I opened the old |
ash pit under the boiler and put both |
the bags carefully in the hole, then /
put out my lantern and went home. I |
got into the house just as the sun was /
rising, and 1 tumbled into bed, but |