The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-10


THE underworld ~ Ncw York is d..
yldrd INTO two great classes First
those who er' Rugnl second thoar
who don't The police department.
nndinp II impps- bic to keep an eye 1u
everybody all thr time had come 20
the conclusion that Brit.hos BrIlmau
belonged lO the ln'ta class In thor
hearts they knew that lrltChcs was ZAP
10 many things, but when they caro-
to silt even one Of these things to ihu
bottom invariably they found them.
selves wufu!Iy weak when II came to
evidence
Evidence" snurled Brltchos, Il
Amt rot no use Tor II DONE want
none of /, around me TO -- with
evidence"
Now. BrI,mhrs Brllman being a cIu-
zen of the underworld, had come TO the
conclusion that for part Of the time
n least such citizen ought to reside
underneath 'hn ground he rot this
idea one day when he wus passing the
County National bnnk In iron, OF the
County National bank was ditch
This dit is called the subway
"Grr," said Hrrchos Ncllmau
knocking himself ON tho side of the
head, 'Gr' down in that hole. just
wh"r" you belong
Now. If Rritchcs hadn't been an cN-
traorIinnry Kind Of man he never
could have pulled off N, little scheme
that filled his head But hr was any
thing amt everything from uu 4 con
man down ~ m, lowest Kind of
strong-armor In q hirh hat and q
irOck cont he war uporb. IN a husi-
ness suit, ne was all matter NJ fact, in
a siouch hat. ho could scare the wits
out Of Il hclatrd rich old party by Just
looking at him
one day n gcu'ocl looking parsonage
called at the office Of the subway CON
tractors and announced that the Coun-
~ National bAnk (which, by the way
War bacKcd by the democratic bossD
had concluded 10 strengthen It's under
pinninE just Il BIT lie produced a let
ter apparently on the letter head OF the
bank, signed apparently bY IT'S prcsl-
dent IIo was courtcousIy received m.
of course. any representative If the
husss bank would have H. be-. and he
lc;t hearing with him the written III.
rcrtinn nt the contractor TO the section
foreman 10 permit the workmcn Of the
County bnuk to make any necessary
excavation in the subway This gen
torl looking parsonage, It cannot be de-
MED looked extremely like Mr.
BritChcs Bellman day later
rough. honest looking workman. wcar-
ing union button and dressed in toll
stained overalls. handed the letter 70
the section foreman, together with an
other letter from the bank. stated
casually that he and Sam Parks had
known each other all their respective
lives. borrowed chew Of tobacco. and
started in to work
The work he was about 70 do h. had
all planned out on sheet OF rough
drafting paper It was to cut a square
hole four by -four from the subway In
to the foundation Of the bank
The bank" he said TO the foreman
faint SO much afraid Of going up as It
Is of faliIn down It's pins "a weak. ct
eOmcthin'"
In five hours the genial MIR Bcllman
had made himself the most popular
man in the ditch lie talked TO every
body, sympnthi2od with everybody
jolliCd everybody
But he was good workman and he /
understood his business. But he In
sisted upon one thing. Every nlgh,, !
when he left his job. he carefully COW !
cred up the mouth Of the hole he was
making with n pile of dirt
Some fellow" he explained to the |
foreman, might take notion to fin |
fish up my job some night and 20 clean |
the bank. outside and in " The
foreman cxpcctoratcd
"Gce." said the foreman that's so |
| never thought of it, He scratched
his head and grinnsd
Il s'posc." he added. "thnt might
take hack at II myself some night
What dye think ,"
Britches Dellman honest workman.
shook his head III YOU talk that
way" he said, smiling, I'm have to set
n plain clothes man on top of you
got tn take care NJ that there bank.
md no mistake" lie caught the other
by the arm. Say" went on Britchcs
Bellman, its blamed good thing you