The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-03-30
the WORK OF 4 CLEVER CROOK

iBie iuer~aaIifY
What. reb ogf company Ia 'he
manner toM describe said the
waEuate. ia astnuishnsent "why. lt
IL folly for ans one 20 cnnse heTo with
such warn SIS this am 80 eontsa.
cs.d that II II such ~ absolute dream
that am surprised that MAN uf
your experience. af Sullivan. would
come here wtth such STORY ot
course. cannot thluk fnr minute
81 paying eat the money ~ oar
company 10 man. soli-confVssssss
crook on such tliusy scheme
Nj Sullivan assured the maguate
that he believed the scheme to be
not oniy feasible but absolutely e"t-
tain He also declared that he was
So veil acquainted with the crook
,haf he was convinced he had abun-
aaut reason for What he said The
CROOK. who had waited quietly after
making hts proposition and had lis
tened 20 the remarks of the express
magnate. entered into the conversa-
ton
1T doesn't make much differ
euce 10 me whether your company is
robbed or not he said quietly 4
| could have gone into this scheme
land Cos away with good many
| Thousand dollars that would do me
|, good deaf of good just now II |
don't 20 into this scheme some one
else will and you're going to lose
| lust the same as though | hadn't told
YOU If YOU don't take notice OF what
| say. It1l be a nice story for the
papers that an express company can
be robbed in broad daylight and the
| thieves get away Mind, 1t ism your
| company alone II can be done with
| any of hem. Now. need some
| money and YOU might as we'll save
| some for your company by taking
| nv tip. If | say I'll 90 IN with the
bunch and pun this thing off tomor-
row night and then return You the
money. do get enough to set me
Iup in business
The express manager replied that
ton, and that if this was done the
Imam would be paid the money agreed
iupon II was arranged that nc
Ichange in the internal arrangements
of the office should be made. and
THAT at $50 O'Clock on the follow
Sullivan should be concealed In
Ipart Of the office where they coulc
overlook everything that went OF
without being seen
The plan was carried out as agreed
lupon At $50 on the following
height in the express office, Mr.. Sui
llivan and the manager of the express
kcompany took positions where the,
kcould see everyone who came in o
A Event out.
/ Just a--te2I-1linuLes- after 80
, O'r1Ock man came IN IN the ores
! of an express messenger. whom
. Ithey had no difficulty in recogniz
ing as the ex-conYict of Joliet. HI
, came in with the brisk, confiden
thread of the messenger looking
I
lentered one OF the swinging gates
that admitted employees of the com
pany to the space back of the rail-
ing Without saving a word TO any
one and without attracting the Sigh
test notice from the men working
there. he walked TO one of the big
Vaults, entered it, took from one of
the compartments several rolls OF
bills, all put up in neat parcels and
amounting to thousands of dollars,
and walked deliberately out car
Irving them in his hands He had not
| occupied two minutes from the
time he had entered the office. There
was nothing to indicate that any of
the half hundred employees of the
company had noticed him al all, or
that thief, involving thousands of
dollars had been committed
The inspector and the manager
fairly gasped mt the audacious SIM
plicitv of il all II was a revelation
to the shrewd man of affairs.
II guess IL WAS lucky I took the
tip ne said
| That night the crook turned over
90 the manager OF the company the
money that he had taken from the
vault aud was given $1,000 i'm crisp
new bills tor his part in exposing
the plot The same night he lett
Chicago Tor the west and his old
haunts knew him uo more The man
ager of the express company NJ
once instituted Il complete change
La che system of handling business
iu the office oft his compaus and a
| quiet nap WAS given fee other con-
GERMS hui the episode OF bow doe
cumpan, Acquired thv information
VS.. newer leaked uut DE- was found
ihat iu al probi n,lity certain tu'
plotr pi che COMPANY h5d hs~n "a.
nn fhc dcai. and unv cog tWo either
smpieNe- who had bseH found to hs'
iaa wofe guietlt druplsed business
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