The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-11-10
RoRB1NG A BANK SAFE.

the most finished and successful
bank barglars that ever used drill
IN this country was walking across
Sixth avenue, New York, enjoying
his parole and the mellow sunshine.
There were a whole lot of indict-
ments hanging over him, of course,
but they didn't worry him any, for
! he happened to be on pretty fair
terms with some of the men attached
to the municipal administration at
that time. AS he swung along he
was accosted by prosperous looking
man whom he did not know, although
the prosperous looking citizen ad-
dressed the burglar by his right
name. The crook, finding after
some stalling that the man who knew
his name wasn't a detective, took
him into a cafe and asked him some
things.
In the first place. how did you
knowue?" heinquired of the strang-
er.
"Wel, it appeared that the bur-
glar had been pointed out to the
stranger by a detective who was so
shady that he afterward did time for
surreptitiously extending aid and
comfort to the enemy, one of the old
time bands of New York crooks.
"All right said the cracksman
then. Now, 1 don't suppose you
are seeking my acquaintanceship for
the sake of being introduced into So
ciety or for the enjoyment of my
winning ways. What's your lay?
"Then the stranger up and told
the burglar what his graft was.
"'I'm the cashier of bank bit
up the state, said he to the burglar.
The directors don't know anything
about it, but I'm short in my ac-
counts. There's only one way out
of it. The bank will have to be rob-
bed by professional cracksmen. That
will let me out, and in addition I'll
expect to get my rakeoff from the
robbery. want you to rob the bank.
You II find $685. 900 in cash in it on
the night you arrange the job. I'll
attend to that. OF course want my
bit out Of that, $40, 900 at least. I've
always heard that you're square in
these divisions of plunder, and there
fore I'll trust you to hand me my
share after you've done the job for
putting you on to it.
"'This sounds good enough to
eat,' replied the cracksman. Fact
is, it's so sweet that it's almost cloy-
ing. Now, I've heard your PROPOSE
ton. You give me couple of days
to investigate you, and then we'll
talk business.
"They arranged another meeting
at the same place couple of days
later, and in the meantime the cracks
I t,ec NJ .-Zhose facilities were the best,
looked into fl1eRb. He found that
h;s man reallv wasthe cashier of an
up state bank in a to1s MT NOR
than an hours run from New York
So when the cashier called at the ap
pointed time the burglar was ready
to talk business.
"'You'll have a hard nights
work, said the cashier, for in orde
to avert suspicion TIL have to leav'
the vaults and safes locked tighter
drum, as usual. You'll need sever
al assistants.
"'That's my end of it, replies
the cracksman. You just let MT
handle those little details. Ever,
man to his trade. They don't make
'em so strong that I can't get int
'em.'
"Then all of the details were ar
ranged, and the robbery was fxe
for a certain night in the following
week. The cashier was especiall
solicitous that he should get his shar
of the proceeds of the crib cracking
The cracksman assured him that
there was $35, 900 in the job $25,
would be enough for himself and hi
associates and the cashier would ge
the rest. On the night fixed tn
cracksman and three of his best me
went up to the town and pulled o.
the Job. 1t was a matter of fou
hours before the gang after overpow
ering and gagging the watchman &c
into the main safe. They found
empty. Then they tackled TIL
smaller safes. These, too, wer
empty. The top notch cracksmal
was pretty mad, naturally.
"He had been played for a goo
thing, and he knew it. The cashie
had simply looted the bank himself
and the robbery which he had ar
ranged was to cover up his ow
trail. There have been Napoleon
of finance without number develope
from among bank cashiers, but
never heard of a neater job tha
that.
"Of course the cracksman and hi
pals had nothing for it but to pacl
their kits and drill back to Nev
York. They weren't, Of course, /
a position to say anything about hoV
they'd been done. The top note
cracksman had to read in the aftel
noon papers the lurid accounts
how the bank had been robbed c
cash and securities 'approximatinl
500, 900 in amount and grind hi
teeth and cuss. The banks failur
was announced few days later.
"The cashier? Oh, within doz
en- years he died beggar on th
streets of New York"
"YEs," young Mr.. Timmid at
mitted "I've always been bashft
amouo the Girls -