The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-07-28

me to walk up Broadway. i walked
up two blocks, then turned the cor
ner and waited. Crawford was right
behind and said:
"'All right, Johnniel You're ini
Take the bag up to the house.
~ often wondered since why / did
not open il and again why he trusted
me; but IL was his only chance, and
he took il. At seven o'clock he came
10 the house and asked for the grip.
II kicked at this, then he handed
me three $50 bills and said he would
give me more the next day. Where he
went / don't know, nor did see him
the next day, and when / heard that
the amount taken was $4,000 you can.
bet j was sore.
II went TO him, but he told me 10
keep away, as he could not touch the
money for few days. Well, all told,
got $500 from him. II was the
first wrong thing i had ever done,
and / was scared TO death thinking /
would be found out.
"It's dead, now, though, and they
could never prove anything against
me. This is the first time / have
ever spoken of it to anyone, and IL
will be the last. No, / 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 close watch on
him.
At the end Of ten months he told
his friends that he was going 10 Cen
trail America TO manage a plantation
belonging TO his benefactor.
Thus he left New York in high
feather. He did not know that a
Pinkepton detective sailed on the
same boat, but IL he did he could not
have conducted himself with greater
circumspection.
In the tropic luxuriance of British
Honduras the former car conductor
and bank thief lived the life of
rajah. But Robert Pinkerton was
ferreting patiently in New York, and
the last act was still 10 be played.
Pinkerton's labor was rewarded. His
first important step was to discover
that Crawford had lied in stating,
when questioned after the robbery,
that his only relative in New York was
a brother. IL was learned that he
had three aunts and many cousins.
This led TO the discovery that two
days otter 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 n cor
ner Of the package.
Her curiosity was rewarded by @
glimpse not of gloves, but of bank
notes. She communicated this dis.
covery to her husband, who APP
preached Crawford on the subject.
Greatly excited, the bank messenger
declared that the money belonged to
his rich friend. His uncle-by-mar-
riage remarked that just the same
his conscience impelled him TO men
ton the matter TO the Adams Ex-
press company. Crawford gave him
$1,000.
Finally IL 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 10
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
Ola, 90 miles by steamboat from Be-
line, where Pinkerton landed.
There is Senior Crawford" ex-
claimed the captain of the steam
boat. as they drew near the end of
the trip
Pinkerton saw beautiful steam
launch skimming by. Near the stern,
under brilliant awning sat a
bronzed young man In white linen.
When the planter landed that aft
ernoon he was met by stout, keen
eyed gentleman, who held out his
hand and exclaimed: How are your"
Pinkerton was quite frank about
his mission, which was, primarily to
recover the money for it's rightful
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 10 in
duce Crawford TO surrender any of the
stolen money, he skillfully directed the
conversation in such a way as 20 make
his host believe that an extrndition
treaty did exist with British Hondu-
ras, but not with Spanish Honduras.
The bait was swallowed. That night
Crawford gathered all his wealth and
crossed the bay 10 Porto Cuertos, in
Spanish Honduras, with which this