The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-03

his work. under no circumstances Civ
ing up his position within a year.
Proctor had strictly followed these
suggestions, living and working Is he
had done before the robbery, and not
spending any part of his portion. HAY
ing changed the money into ltrge bills
and sealed it up in d fruit jar, SO that
the moisture could not injure il. he
buried the jar head downward an his
garden There il remained untouched
for months But when the severe
weather of the following winter set i'm,
he dug up the jar and. taking the
money to Buffalo, deposited it i'm three
| banks. in the name of his wife and
his three children. with himself i'm each
instance as trustee.
Although his trade became very irk-
some TO him now that he had small
fortune in his possession, be prudently
stuck 10 iu until June. 1854. Then. d
year having elapsed since the robbery.
( he decided that it would be safe for
him to launch out into pleasanteT life.
He accordingly went to Buffalo, where
he entered into oil speculatiOns with d
I friend who claimed TO have inside IN
formation" from the tSandard oil COM
pany Although fortunate at the start
the failure of Grand & aWrd brought
them heavy losses. and soon their prof
its and their original capital We're
swept away. Proctor assured MT Pink
erton that. at the time of their talk he
was ruined, and that he had intended,
during this very visit to Susquehanna
which ended in his arrest. making APP
plication for his old position as fore
man of the boiler shops.
Having heard PTOctOr's confession,
Mr.. Pinkerton took counsel with the
officers of the express company. They.
believing that Proctor had been only
a tool in the hands Of two smart pro-
fessional criminals, agreed with the
detective that the ends of justice de-
manded rather the apprehension of his
cOnfederates than his punishment
alone. Proctor professed great peni-
tence for his wrOngdoing and declared
himself willing to do whatever was in
his power to make amends
The first step necessary TO the cap
ture of DOnahue and Collins was To
get them both into the United States
at some point where they could be ar
rested At the same time. Dondhue
was still in Canada. where he could
not be taken. Mr.. PiTkerton arranged
with Proctor to write To DOnahue that
he had discovered another safe which
offered d tempting opportunity, hoping
siine into the. United States TO give
color to the story it was necessary TO
accord Proctor apparent freedom of
movement; but he pledged himself not
TO leave Susquehanna without Mr.
Pinkerton's permission, and to keep
the detective informed by letter and
telegraph of all developments. At the
same time detectives We're sent to Can
ada to keep watch over Donahue.
Collins in the meantime, had been
located in Albany but no attempt was
made TO arrest him until Donahue
could be brought over the line. Should
he cross without notifying Proctor, the
men "shadowing" him were to cause
his arrest. 1t was arranged with Proc
tor that in case his letter failed of its
purpose. he should go to Canada him
self. persuade Donahue TO send for
Collins, and then induce the two to
come back with him, when they would
be arrested the moment they crossed
the line.
on the 29th of November Robert
pinkerton received word by telegraph
that Proctor had left Susquehanna sud-
denly in the night, telling the agent Of
the express company n / he would re-
turn the next day. This looked very
much as if Proctor had played him
false, since il had been expressly stipu-
lated that he should not go away with
out Mr.. Pinkertons PERMISSION. Days
went by, and Proctor did not return.
Then word came from one of the
PinkertOn men at Fort Erie that Proc
tor had arrived at DOnahue's hotel and
had been joined there by Collins. This
was a serious setback for the deteo-
tives. Not only were the three rob-
bers safe from arrest where they We're
but. being fully aware of the danger
threatening them, ano being men of
shrewdness, il was fair to presume that
they would now move with great eau
ton.
It soon became evident that Donahue
and Collins were thoroughly alarmed
by the news Proctor had brought to
them, for they at once took energetic
steps To mislead anyone who might be
watching them Having retired as
usual one night, they arose later and