Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-10

guessed you'd want to clear out Of town II
Hoilams was taken. and ! knew this -
what yo,. take care to get hold Of first.
, lou 1id II. Of course. because you knew
that H9llams would probably have you
searched for It IL he got stkpiciousf
my pockets one night, and somebody got
INTO my room. But expected that, Hol-
iams Is such greedy pig. Once he's got
you under his thumb he don't give you half
your markings, and. If you kick, he'll have
you smuggled. So that l wasn't going to
give him that II I could help 1t. I s'pose
! amt any good asking how you got put
on to our mob?'
NO." said Hewitt, ut isn't"
We didn't get back till the next day. stay
| Ing for the night, despite an inconvenent
want OF requisites. at the Hall: There were,
| In fact, no late trains. We told Sir valen-
| tine the story of the Irishman much to his
amusement.
"Leamys tale sounded unlikely. of
| course, Hewitt said but 1t was noticeable
| that every one Of his msfcrtunes pointed
| in the same direetion-that certain persons
| were tremendously anxious to get at some
| thing they supposed he had. When he
| spoke of his adventure with the bag l at
| once remembered Wilks arrest and suisse
| quent release. 1t was a curious coinci-
| dence, to say the least, that this should
| happen at the very station TO which the
| proceeds of this robbery must come, If they
| came to London at all, and on the day
| following the robbery itself. kedderby is
| one of the few stations on this line where
| no trains would stop after the time of the
| robbery, so that the thief would have to
| wait till the next day TO get back. Leamy's
| recognition of Wilks portrait made me feel
| pretty certain. Plainly, he had carried
| stolen property; the poor, innocent fellows
conversation with Holams showed that, as
| in fact, did the sum, five pounds, paid to
! him by way of regulars or customary toll
| from the plumber of services of carriage
Hollams obviously took Leamy for GRIM
inal friend of WilkS' his of
| the thieves expressions sparks and regu-
| lars, and suggested, in terms which Leamy
misunderstood, that he should sell any plum
der he might obtain to himself, Hollams.
| Altogether it would have been very curious
| II the plumber were not that from Radcot
Hail. especially no other robbery had
| been reported at the time.
Now. among the Jewels taken, only one
| was of very pre-eminent value-the fam
| Gus ruby. 1t was scarcely likely that Hol-
| lams would go to so much trouble and
| risk, attempting to drug, injurying, way
| laying and burgling the rooms of the I'M
| fortunate Leamy for jewel of small
value-for any jewel, In fact, but the ruby.
| So that felt pretty strong presumption,
| at all events. that it was the ruby Hollams
was after. Leamy had not had 1t. l was
| convinced. from his tale and his manner,
and from what 1 Judged of the man him
| self. The only other person was Wilks.
and certainly he had temptation TO Keep
| this to himself, and avoid. If possible. shar-
| ing with his London director. or principal;
| while the carriage of the bag by the Irish
man gave him q capital opportunity to put
suspicion on him. with the results seen ne
| most daring Of Hollams' attacks on Leamy
was doubtless the attempted manning or
| killing at the railway station, SO as 10 De
| able, in the character of medical man. TO
| search his pockets. He was probably des-
perate at the time having. l have no doubt.
| been following Leamy about all day at the
| Crystal Palace without finding an oppor-
| tunity to get at his pockets.
atrvI,t r
lams' confirmed my previous impressions
Hollams finally satisfied that very morn
| ing that Leamy certainly had not .he
jewel, either on his person or at his lodg-
| Ing, and knowing, from having SO closely
| watched him, that he had been nowhere
| where 1t could be disposed of, concluded
| that Wilks was cheating him, and at
tempted to extort the ruby from him by
| the aid of another ruffian and plstol.
| The rest of my way was plain. Wllks, l
! knew, would seize the opportunity or
| Hollams being safely locked up to get
| at and dispose Of the ruby. supplied
| him with funds and left him to lead us
to his hiding place. He did 1t, and L
| think that's all"
He must have walked straight away
| from my house to the churchyard.' Sir
| Valentine remarked, Ito hide that pend
| ant That was fairly COOL
! only cool hand could carry out such
| a robbery single-handed. Hewitt an
swered. Il expect his tools were in the
| bag that Leamy carried. as well as the
| Jewels. They must have been small
| and neat set
They were. We ascertained on our re-
| turn to town the next day that the bag,
with all it's contents intact, including the
| tools, had been taken by the ponce at
| their surprise visit to Gold street, as
| well as much other stolen property. Hol-
lams and Wilks each got very wholesome
| doses of penal servitude, to the intense
| delight of Mick Leamy. Leamy himself,
| by the by, is still to be seen, clad in
! noble uniform, guarding the door OF a
well-known London restaurant. He has
not had any more five-pound notes Tor
! carrying bags, but knows London too
well now to expect 1t.
(a) Seen your face. (b) year. tc) Been In
| prison td) Hat. te Police. ~ Clothes. go Rob
| berry (h) Spent the money. % Drunk. % Police