The St. Johns herald., 1901-03-16
Take the bag up to the house.

1 kicked at this, then 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 l see him the next day, and when 1 heard that the amount taken was s4o,O00 you can bet 1 was sore.
 ''l went to him. but he told me to keep away, as he could not touch the money for a few days. We'll, ali toid' I got $500 from him. It. was the first wrong thing I had ever done, and I was scared to death thinking l would be found out.
 Its dead, now, though. and they could never prove anything against me. This is :he first time I have ever spoken of it to anyone, and it will be the last. No, I never heard from him, but I often felt like writ ing and asking for a 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 Pinkerton kept a close watch on him
 At the end of ten months he told his friends that he was going 10 Gen. tral America to manage a plantation belonging 10 his benefactor.
 Thus he left New York in high feather. He cid not know that a Pinkcrton detective sailed on the same boat but if be did be could not have conducted himself with greater circumsPeclion.
 Tn the trOric luxuriance of British Honduras the former ear conductor and bank thief lived the life of rajah. But Robert Pinkerton was ferre ting patiently in New York. and the last actSVas still to be played.
 PinkeTton'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. It was learned that he had three aunts ard many cousins.
 This led 10 the discovery that two days after the robbery he had given to one of his aunts fer safe keping a package ostensibly containing gloves. When she read of the robbery this aunt w2s moved to tear open cor ncr of the package.
 Her curiosity was rewarded by a glimpse not Of gloves, but of bank notes. She communicated this dis covery 10 her husband, who ap- preached Crawford on the subject. Greatly excited, the bank messenger declared that the money belonged to h;s rich friend. His uncle-by-mar- riage remarked that just the same les conscience impeHed him to men, tion the matter to the Adams Ex- press company. Crawford gave him $I.5CO.
 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 eytradition 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 raglng through out the country, and the detective was beset with many difficulties. Craw- ford's plantation was at Punta Cor da, 90 miles by steamboat from Be- linze, where I,inllerton landed.
 There is Senor 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 a brilliant awning sat 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?"
 Pinbcrton was quite frank about his mission, which was, primarily, to recover the money for it's rightful owners. Crawford entertained him hospitab!y at his house for the night, but the detective. suspectiTg trcach- cry. did not permit himself to doze for an instant.
 Tn the morning, having failed to in- duce Crawford to surrender any of the stolen money. he silillfuly directed the conversation in such way as to make his host believe that an eXtraditiOn treaty did exist with British HoDdu- ras, but not with Spanish HonGuras.
 The bait was swallowed. That night Crawford gathered all his wealth and crossed the bay to Porto Cuertos, ia Spanish Honduras, with which this country really did have a treaty.
 But Pinkerton. stricken with yellow fever, was unable to follow up the success of his clever ruse. All he could do was to wire to New York for help.
 Detective Hotchkiss was dispatched in response and after an exciting chase, aided by Spanish soldiers, he caught Crawford at Santa Barbara, with S32.G0O in his pocket. The pris- oneT confessed
 Hotchkiss by this time was down with the fever and was obliged to re turn.
 Crawford escaped from Spanish GUS tody, and, although hunted through forests and fever-haunted swamps, has not been recaptured. The bank was well content. however. to recover the $32 .0o0.-Hook- Keeper
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 Irate Female-See here; co you mean to tell me that 1 have such an ugly nose as that?