The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-31

more about it. But their silence did
not mean inactivity. Their mstruc-
tions to their detectives in this case,
as in all similar cases, were to spare
neither time nor expense, but to con-
tinue the investigation until the thieves
had been detected and brought to pun
ishment or until the last possibility
of clearing up the mystery had GER
! tainly expired.
| Fastening to New York in response
to the telegram sent him, Robert Pink
ertOn examined the evidence already
collected by his representative, and
then himself questioned all persons in
any way concerned in the handling Of
the money. Mr.. Pinkerton. after his
| investigation, was not so sure as some
| persons were that the package had
been stolen by employees of the express
| company. He inclined rather to the
opinion that, in the rush of business
in the express office, the false package.
badly made up thougA- it was, might
have been passed by one of the clerks.
This conclusion turned his suspicious
| first toward the two bank messengers.
OF these he was not long in deciding
Dominic Earle TO be, in all probable
| ity., innocent. While he had known
of instances where old men, after years
| turned to crime. he knew such cases
TO be infrequent, and he decided that
Earle's was not one of them. OF the
innocence of the other messenger,
Crawford he was not so sure. He
began a careful study of his record.
Edward Sturgis Crawford at this time
was about 81 years old, man of me-
dunn height, a decided blonde, with
large blue eyes, and of a rather eff
Terminate type. f.. He went scruplously
dressed, had white hands with, care
fully manicured nails, parted his hair
in the. middle, and altogether was
somewhat of a dandy. He had en-
tered the bank on the recommendation
of a wealthy New Yorker, a young
man about town, who, strange to say,
had made Crawford's acquaintance,
and indeed struck up quite a friend
ship with him, while the latter was
serving, in the humble capacity of con-
ductor on a Broadway car This was
about a year before the time of the
robbery. Thus far Crawford had at
tended to his work satisfactorily, do
ing nothing to arouse suspicion, UNI
less it was indulging tendency to
extravaganza in dress. His salary was
but $42 a month, and yet he permitted
himself such Injuries as silk under
other apparel TO correspond Pushing
back further into Crawford's record,
Mr.. Pinkerton learned that he had
grown up i'm the town of Hancock,
N. Y, where he had been accused of
stealing $50 from his employer and
afterward OF perpetratin~ a fraud upon
an insurance company. Putting all
these facts together, Mr.. Pinkerton de-
cided that, i'm spite of a perfectly self
possessed manner and the good opin-
ion Of his employers, Crawford would
stand further watching. His general
conduct subsequent to the robbery was.
however, such as to convince everyone,
except the logged detective, that he
was innocent of the crime. In vain did
shadows" follow him night and day.
week after week; they discovered
nothing. He retained his place in the
bank, doing the humble duties of mes
senger with the same regularity as
before, and living apparently in per-
feet content with the small salary he
was drawing. His expenses were light
ened it is true, by an arrangement
voluntarily offered by his friend, the
young man about town, who invited
him to live in his own home on Thirty
eighth street, whereby not only was
he saved the ordinary outlay for lOdg-
ings, but many comforts and luxuries
were afforded him that would other
wise have been beyond his reach.