The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-10

way into it. And just as the task was
at last accompl isheds and they We're
on the point of selling a. great sum Of
money, there came a warning cali
from Conroy, who was doing sentryl
duty on the roof and it was necessary
to fly. -
When Dunlap and Scott had been
dragged out the vault by their as
sociates they were found scarcely able
to run. During all the - explosions
Of powder and dynamite they had
never left the vault but, crOuching4
behind the boards that guarded the
burglar-alarm, had remained within
arms length of explosions so violent.
that they tore apart plates of welded
steel and shook the whole building
Worse than the shock of these explo=z
slons were the noxious gases generated
by them, which Scott and Dunlap had
10 breathe On coming out, their
clothing was Wringing wet with per-
spiration, and they were 50 weak that
their legs tottered under them, ana
their comrades had to almost carry
them for a time. But, nevertheless
they managed to walk 30 miles that
night, to Lehigh, where they boarded
train to New York.
It was on this occasion that there
was left behind in the vault the air
pump which Robert Pinkerton after
ward recalled so shrewdly to Evans
disadvantage.
Coming, in his confession, to the
northampton bank robbery. Evans.
said that the gang had considered
making an attempt there for several
months before the robbery was actual
~ executed. For a time they had de-
signed to rob the First, national ban X
where Evans had been e1ffp4 0yed4 Is
put in new doors, but thisaseh eglef tn ~
afterWard abandoned. Enjoying tie
fullest confidence. of the NorthaIf1p
bank officers, Evans had made re-
peated visits to the bank and gained
important information for his asso-
Ciates. It was through his influence
that the bank directors decided to give
the whole combination of the vault to
the cashier. Whittelsey, who had pre-
vieusly been intrusted with onl-- half
Of It. the remainder. being given to one
of 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
ana suffering would be inflicted supoa
innocent people by the robbers53 and
he said it was this that had prompted
him in his efforts to have the securities
restored to the owners.
Returning to New York, he at once
communicated with Scott and Dunlap
by means of Herald personals. and
had several interviews with them in
the city during the month of Feb
ruary. While they were anxious to
dispose OF Iue SeCuT1l1eS, II was plain
from the first that they dfstrusted
Evans and proposed to lessen his
share OF the profits. While pretend
ing to approve the steps he was taxi
ing for compromise with the bank,
/ they were really, without his knoWI-
edge, carrying on secret negotiations
with the same object. The suspicion
4 on either side grew until finally it
I Gould no longer be concealed. Meet
ing Scott in Prospect park some time
after the robbery, Evans said: when
are YOU going to settle and give me
/ my share ."
you'll never get a cent" answered
Scott; you've given 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
i skirts Of Brooklyn and a violent quar-
rel occurred about the division of the
] spoil Reproaches and threats were
? exchanged with stormy language, and
/ at one time Evans life was actually in
danger
It was soon after this interview that
/ Evans decided under the management
Of superintendent Banks. to save him
self by making a full confession. He
! had fewer scruples about betraying his
! associates. because he had become con
| WINGED that in the previous robberies
notably in the one at Quincy. ILL.,, he
had been treated most unfairly bs
/ Scott and Dunlap.
/ Evans said that for several weeks
! preceding the Northampton robbery
the gang had concealed themselves II
the attic of a schoolhouse which stood
four or five rods from the highWay
/ and apart from their houses His
statement was substantiated by tn
i discovery in this attic, after. the rob
berry. of blankets, satchels,oEppe bits
pulleys and provisions, including a bot
tie of Whiskey bearing the label of
/ New orl firm
After the vault had been rihed, tn,
money and securities were placed in
bag and pilOw-case and carried t
the scho0lhouse, where they weri
slowed away in places Of concealTnen
that had been previously prepared
One of these was underneath the plat
, form where the teachers desk stood
j Another was recess made behind
blackboard: which was taken off 70
the purpose. ana then screwed care