The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-26
FROM THE ARCHIVES OF
THE PINKERTONS

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rAxt one was far more uouo oi',s. ~.
not less than ten EXPLOSIONS - inst
-,yired IN make way into II. AZ 9y'.-1
W. W 49, task Was at last accorapllslleu.'
a. INV we're on the point or seizihs
ersat sum OF money, there 80
SS,-a,.nin0 call from ConT-y, VIM a.
doing sentry duty on the TOOL anu
was necessary 10 ny. ia haan
When Dunlap and Scott had Deetl
dra eyed out OF the vault. bs -,
associates they were rou1o so
ahIa 10 run. During all the l"eIN7 =,
pIosions of powder ahG Gy In,
hsd never LEFT the vault. but or 5NC'ii ~
habind the boards that guarded VIC
b',-eIar-alarm. had remainc1 MlIhl't
arms length Of explosions so Vlolslls
that they tore apart plates oL
steel and SHOOK the whole puliuli,e'
Worse than the shock OF these expo,
sions were the nOXious gases seh"fatS
bv them. which Scott and 1'daiSP IL
ia breathe ON Comink our, nc
clothes were wringins vet VIII, Pe
snirattou. and they We're SO weak ina
tbair legs tottered under them, anu
their comrades had To almost carry
them Tor = time. But, nevertheless,
they MANAGED To walk thir-; miles
mai night, 10 LehiSh, Wners thsy
boarded g. train 10 New YORK.
n was on this occasion that mere
was left behind in the vault the ATT
purnp which Robert Pinkertoh a. t'i +,
ward recalled so shrewdly 10 Evans
disadvantage. Oh.
Northampton bank robbery, Evans sac
that the gang had considered maxim :
an attempt there for several months
before the robbery was actually SNccu-
/ ted For 2 time they had destSh'd 40
rob the First National bank, where
! Evans had been employed 10 put III
new doors, but this scheme they alttf-
/ ward abandoned. Enjoying the unrest
! confidence of the Northampton rank
/ officers. Evans had MADE fepetteo
visits to the banl and gained import
/ ant information for his associates. IL
was through his influence that the
/ bank directors decided TO give the
whole combination Of the vault TO the
/ cashier. Whittelsey. who had pFefl-
ously been entrusted with only hair or
| ii. the remainder being given 70 one or
/ the clerks.
On the night of the robbery Evans
was in New York but he had gone
TO Northampton a day or two after
as already stated. Then. for the first
! time. he realized what immense wrong
and suffering would be inflicted upon
! innocent people by the robbers, and
! he said il was this that had prompted
him in his efforts to have the securi-
/ ties restored to the owners.
/ Returning TO New York. be a. once
! communicated with Scott and Dunlap
I by means of Herald" personals, and
/ had several interviews with them in
| the city during the month Of Febru-
| dispose OF the securities, it was plain
! from the first that they distrusted
/ Evans and proposed to lessen his
/ share of the profits. While pretend
/ ing 10 approve the steps he was TAX
/ ing for a compromise with the bank.
4 they were really, without his nowi-
/ edge, carrying on secret negotiations
with the same object. The suspicion
on either side grew until finally il
could no longer be concealed. Meet
! ing Scott in Prospect park some time
/ after the robbery, Evans said: when
! are you going 10 settle and give me
my share?"
You'll never get a oeut." answered
Scott; you've gwen the whole gang
away"
For some time they did not meet
again. Evans continued his vain eff
forts for a settlement growing more
and more anxious as the months went
/ by and he saw the danger TO him
/ self become more threatening. On
/ the 9Th of November he met Scott,
/ Dunlap and Red" Leary on the out
/ skirts of Brooklyn, and a violent quar-
rel occurred about the division Of the
! spoil. Reproaches and threats We're
/ exchanged with stormy language ana
D 1f G. fFte -rrs N
danger.
/ 1t was soon after this interview that
/ Evans decided, under the management
! OF Superintendent Bangs. tc save him
! self by making a full confession. He
! had fewer scruples about beUaying
/ his associates, because he had become
/ convinced that in the previous rob-
/ berries. notably in the one at Quincy,
/ H., he had been treated most unfairly
/ by Scott and Dunlap.
Evans said that for several weeks
| preceding the Northampton robbery
/ the gang had concealed themselves i'm
! the attic Of Il SchOOlhOuse which stood
/ four or five rods from the highway
and apart from other houses. His
statement was substantiated ~ She
/ discovery in this attic, after the rob
! berry. of blankets. satchels, ropes bits,
! pulleys and provisions. including q
/ bottle of whisky bearing the label OF
a New York firm.
/ After the vault had been rided, the
money and securities were placed i'm
/ q bag and a pillow case ana carried
/ to the schoOihOuse. where they were
! slowed away in places Of concealmeut
| that had been previously prepared.
/ One of these was underneath the plat
/ form where the teachers desk stood.
/ Another was a recess made behind Il
{ blackboard, which was taken of for
/ the purpose and then screwed care
! fully in place. For nearly TWO weeks
/ this treasure. amounting TO over d
/ million dollars, lay unsupported IN the
! schOolhouse, the teacher walking over
part of it, the children working OUT
| their sums on the blackboard which
| concealed another part. II WAS left
| there so long because the robbers were
unable to return for II, owing to the
| strict watch for strangers that was
kept at the railway station and along
| all the roads. Finally Scott bought
a team of horses for $500 and. with
! Jim Brady, drove over to Northamp-
| ton from Springfield. After securing
/ the booty they had serious trouble IL
/ getting away. Brady fell into tha
| mill-race. which they were crossing on
the ice, and this accident necessftated
their camping out ali night in q cabin
| in the woods.
After hearing Evans story, the
| question foremost I'm Mr.. Pinkcrton's
mind was where the stolen securities
had been concealed. From what
Evans said, and from what he knew
| himself about the methods az the
/ gang. he was satisfied that Dunlap
! possessed this secret. and would in
| trust it TO no one unless absolutely
/ compelled To do so. The likeliest way
/ Of compelling him was to put him un-
/ der arrest, which might very well be-