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Planning the Robbery.

He was not present, however, when the
crime was committed, but was accessory"
both before and after the fact. The crime
was planned by Draper and William Edison,
an expert employe of firm of manufac-
turers of bank safes and vaults, who, being
employed to test the locks on the vaults of
the Northampton National Bank ascer-
tained that they contained coupon bonds to
the value of more than a million and half
of dollars, and large amount of cash. He
also knew the com bnation of the lock be
cause he put it in order and tested It. AL
though employed in a confidential capacity
by safe manufacturers. Edison was a sport,
spendthrift, gambler, and a friend of
Shang Diapers, who found the men to do
the work and furnished the money-about
Sl,OOO-to pay the expenses of the crime.
The actual burglars employed by
Draper were James Dunlop, Robert c.
Scott, William Corners and Red" Leary
an Irishman of middle age unusual in
telligence, and respectable appearance 1
met Leary three or four years after the
burglary and was introduced to him by
Doc Owen, a gentleman-a about town in
New York, the son of a Tammany con-
tractor of considerable wealth, who had a
passion for making the acquaintance of
criminals and had friendly relations with
nearly all the tough men of that city
owen never soiled his hands; he never
drank liquor; he never used a profane
word, and was man of strictest integrity;
never missed prize fight, and spent most
of his time in the Tenderloin in the com
pany OF criminals, who knew him, trusted
him. and called him Doc" because he
wore speCtaCles and had a serious air
They frequently went to him when in
trouble and he would always help them
out of a scrape, although he never would
assist them to get Into one.
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Long Post Office Fight Ended.

The longest post office fight on record
began in 1906 in little village In north
western Connecticut and ragged until the
Introduction of the rural delivery service
in the year 1900, which removed the caSus
belli and placed two rival towns-West
Winsted and Winsted--on an equality. The
rivals are practically one and the same
thing, the boundary line being invisible
and purely theoretical SO far as the geogra-
ply is concerned; but they are two separate
townships-corporatio distinct or
CARNATIONS and officials, and both COM
bined are not big enough to support any
thing better than fourth-class postmaster,
whose salary was about $500 year. The
most serious division, however, and the
cause of all the difficulty was politics.
Winsted is democratic town, and as far
back as 1906, during the time that Jeffer-
son, Madison, Monroe and Jackson We're
President, a democratic postmaster ham
died the mail, and the post office was 10
Gated on the turnpike in the borough of
Winsted. Then when the federalists, wings
and republicans came into power the office
was always removed across the line into
West Wnsted, which voted with those par
ties, and a member Of one of them was ap
pointed; and SO 1t was shifted back and
forth from side of the boundary to the
other with the periodical changes of ad-
ministration until 1900. The correspondence
concerning the location now on file in the
Post Office Department at Washington
would fill army ammunition wagon.
Every change was accompanied by for
NAL protests bearing the signatures Of all
the opposition party IN both towns, ana
committees have been sent to Washington,
some of the people say, two hundred times
since the scrap began. At least one COM
mittee on each side has been dispatched to
labor with the Postmaster General and the
President every year. Representative Sperry
of Connecticut, who told me the story, said
that while he was postmaster at New Ha-
ven President Lincoln sent for him and
asked him to go UP to Winsted and settle
the quarrel. Mr.. Lincoln said that the post
office fight had given him more trouble
than anything connected with the war, and
Mr.. Sperry declared that, in his opinion,
more time had been devoted to the consid
Grafton of the petitions and protests since
1876 by Presidents. Postmasters General,
senators and members of the House and
other persons in authority than has been
given to any other single subject Of business
before the government during the century.
But when the rural free delivery service
was established and the people had their
mail delivered at their doors in Winsted
we'll as West Winsted there was nothing
to fight about, and at last the towns are
at peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25
GREAT THEFT RECALLED
Robbery of the Northampton
Bank in 1876.
CAPTURE OF CRIMINALS
Due to Robert Pinkerton's Skill and
Patience.
DEATH OF GREAT DETECTIVE
Man Who Planned the Crime Re-
ported to Be Dying In Arkansas.
Protracted Post Office Fight.
DEATH OF GREAT DETECTIVE
BY WILLIAM F.. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence of The Star and the Chicago
Record Herald. Z

B1 WILLIAM r. CURllS.
Special Correspondence Of The Star and the Chicago
Record Herald !
NORTHFIELD, Mass, August o. 1907
The death of Robert Pnkerton recalls
the robbery of the Northampton National
Bank January %, 1876, by which the bur-
glars secured a larger amount of cash and
available securities than was ever taken
by men of their profession In a single
transaction before or since. In the investi-
cation of this crime Robert Pinkerton dis
played In a conspicuous manner the re-
markable characteristics which he shared
with Allan Pinkerton his father, and Will
nam A. Plnkerton, his brother-Without
question the three greatest detectives of
their generation. And they not only have
peen pre-em1nent in their calling, but have
demonstrated what many people consider
impoSSlble-that a detective can perform his
delicate and dangerous duties without dis
honor and without violating the code which
governs gentlemen. Their integrity has
never been questioned, and they have never
resorted to the tricks that are commonly
attributed to their trade Robert Pinker-
ton was a just and benevolent man. He
probably released and gave a new start in
life to more offenders than he sent to
prison. Therefore, some of his best friends
and warmest admirers were among the
trust him. They knew that they could not
deceive him. and were of great assistance
TO him in tracing the crimes Of others
1t is a singular coincidence that on the
very day that Pinkerton's death at sea is
announced in the newspapers, brief tele-
gram from Little Rock is published with
the news that "Shang Draper" one of the
shreWdest and most successful criminals in
the country. lies dying at the village of
Mountain Valley Hot Springs, Ark.
1t is safe to say that Shang Draper gave
Robert Pinkerton more trouble than almost
any other man, and the latter was deter
mined sooner or later to send him to
prison, where he has belonged for third
of century. Draper has been a profess
sional gambler in New York city for nearly
half century, and at times was possessed
of considerable wealth He has made and
lost several fortunes at the gaming table,
but, like men of his class, is dying in dest-
tuition, being supported in his last days by
the contributions of friends. Draper was
the adviser and protector of several of the
most dangerous burglars ever known in
this country, but he was shrewd enough to
keep himself within the law and collect
commissions upon the crimes of others
without endangering his own liberty. He
was involved in the great Manhattan Bank
robbery of New York, and also in the
Northampton bank robbery, which oc-
CURED a few weeks earlier.
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Rockville Personal Mention.
Special Correspondence of The Star.


ROCKVILLE, Md, August "a 1907
Misses Eleanor Maynard Of Washington
and Bessie Mullen of Baltimore are guests
of Mrs. T Richard Falvey.
Mrs. Evelyn Glascott has returned to
Rockville after spending about two months
in Pittsburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bradley. Mrs
Joseph Gibson and Miss Anna Wormsley
of Philadelphia are guests at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Smith at this place
Misses Annie and Maize Yearley, after
visiting friends at Gainesville, have re-
turned to Rockville.
Misses Jessie p. Levin and Mabel Ar
mold of Baltimore are visiting in Rockville
at the home of Mrs. Charles H. White.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Kyle Of Philadelphia
have returned to their home after a visit
with friends in Rockville.
Mr.. and Mrs H. Clifton Allnutt and
daughter Miss Annabel. are home after a
weeks sotourn at the jamestown ex-
position.
Miss Irene Yearley has returned to her
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individuals are imprisoned mot for any
crime, but solely with view to eXtor ion,
and are required to pay a daily fee to tha
gaolers, and failing TO pay are loaded with
chains" Unhappily, the conclusion OF the
report is to the effect that the root OF .he
evil is so deep-seated that very little caiI
be done Ito alleviate the sufferings of the
prisoners until the whole syS-
tenn of government in Morocco undereons
a radical change and more enlig ltencd
ideas of civilization and humanity have
made themselves felt" l have personally
seen the inside OF some of these pestIfeIous
Jails. and on the whole think Kaid Mac
lean is to be congratulated upon being the
prisoner OF an insurgent chief rather than
of the regular government OF the country.
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1881, and Leary and his wife and the
other members of the gang spent the time
in Europe free from suspicion, as they
supposed. and their expenses were pai6
from the vault of the Northampton Bank
at the same time as the bonds.
Run Down by Pinkerton.
All these years Robert Pinkerton was
working on the case, and he finally OBJ
tanned a confession from Edison, who was
under suspicion from the start. Then he
patiently waited the return of the burglars,
who came back to New York in the spring
Of 1881, under the supposition that the
search had been abandoned. Leary, Con-
ners, Dunlop and Scott were arrested, and
the two latter were sent to the penlten-
tiary for twenty years upon the evidence
of Edison. Leary escaped from Ludlow
street jail by tunnel which his wife had
dug through the masonry to his cell, and
was never tried
Oscar Edwards, president Of the bank,
was more anxious to recover the securities
than to convict the thieves, and under his
instructions Robert Pinkerton entered into
negotiations with Leary, who agreed to
surrender the plumber If he were given
immunity, which was granted. Red Kate"
conducted another procession to Green
wood cemetery, where the grave and coffin
were opened and the securities restored to
Oscar Edwards. Red Leary told me that
he would not have surrendered them If he
had realized how meager the evidence
against him was, and he said that he never
would have surrendered them to anybody
but Robert or William A. Pinkerton, whom
he knew he could trust. When Robert
Pinkerton told him that he would not be
prosecuted he had no fear Of the result
but he always regretted that he had been
SO soft as to let Pinkerton persuade
him to give up the loot
Adoption of Time Locks.
The Northampton robbery was especially
important to the banking business, because
1t cause. the invention and adoption of the
time lock, which is now used on all safes
and vaults and makes it impossible to open
the doors until a certain hour has arrived.
If there had been a time lock upon the
vault of the Northampton Bank that rob-
berry never would have occurred. The Man
haitian Bank robbery which occurred about
the same time was committed by Jimmy"
Hope and his associates, but was profitless.
They secured 81, TAT 900 in bonds, but very
few of them were negotiable. All but
about $4,000 were registered and could not
be disposed of.
Although 1t was absolutely certain that
"Shang' Draper was the inspiration of
both these great robberies, and he was
under arrest on suspicion for time no
proof could be obtained of his completely
and he was never punished.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25

The railroads. of the country are face to
face with the task of securing at least
1000 telegraph operators, and possibly dou-
BILE that number, In the next nine months.
This number OF new telegraphers IS ne
cessitated by the new law which limits the
hours of labor in this branch of the rail-
way service. There is not a railway man.
agement in the United States that knows
where or how 1t is going to get the large
additional force needed. The fact is
there are not enough telegraph operators
in the country at the present time 10 sup
ply this enormous demand. and the problem
il to create a supply as quickly as possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25

Amusing Scene in Commons.
There was an amusing scene in the house
Of lords the other day. A radical peer was
smoking an extremely democratic-looking
pipe in the smoking room when he was
accosted by a conservative duke. The lat
ter. with an inflexion Of pain In his voice,
wanted to know whether It was sin order
to smoke a pipe-and such a pipe-within
the precincts of the house of lords. The
peer replied that he thought It was in
order, and that in any case he didn't much
care The liberal peer in question was
Lord Lyveden, while the tory duke was
the Duke of Rutland.
I may add that the house Of peers tend
ing slowly toward democracy" has now
followed the example of the commons by
adding a shilling dinner to the list of at
fractions that 1t affords to its members.
The bombardment OF Casa Blanca and
Mazagan has drawn much attention to Mo-
rocco-that dark sentinel standing between
Mohammedan stagnation and western prog
ress. 1t is understood that report has been
received by the foreign office upon the state
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25

The record OF the six ducks which laid
2oI eggs between March and May IL is
beaten by the performance Of four ducks
belonging TO Mr.. Albert Allmutt. Witten-
ham, Abingdon. In the same period they
laid 80 eggs.
Colorado, Montana and Utah have shown
a decided decline In the production of pre-
cluus metals.
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Forced to Reveal the Combination.

Leary told Owen and myself at that
time what has since become the prevail
ing opinion in Northampton that Whittle-
sey, the cashier of the bank, was a brave
man and would have died rather than
give up the combination of the safe, as he
did, had he alone been in danger But
Leary, James Dunlop. William Corners and
Robert c. Scott went to Whittlesey's
house about 10 o'clock on the night of the
robbery found him and his wife reading
beside the library lamp. and threatened to
kill both of them unless the cashier wrote
the combination of the safe lock upon a
slip of paper. Leary told me that they
already had the combination from Edison,
but, In order to protect him from sus-
picion, they had promised to get it from
Whittlesey or to make a demonstration
that would convince the latter that they
were not aware of it.
According to Leary's statement, they
had no idea Of killing Whittlesey, but
when they found that he was a brave man
and would not yield to their demands they
turned upon his wife. held a revolver at
her ear and threatened to kill her in three
minutes II he did not give them the COM
biuation. At that he surrendered and
leaving Scott in the house to prevent
their giving alarm. Leary. Corners and
Dunlop went to the bank, opened the sa fe
and took therefrom $15OO,00O in coupon
bonds and other securities that could be
easily negotiated. The securities were
hidden under the platform of the teachers
desk in q schoolhouse not more than 300
yards from the bank, and lay there for
several months, while detectives were
searching the earth for them. Then they
were recovered by Kate Leary, known in
the Tenderloin as Red Kate" who packed
them In coffin and took them to Green
wood cemetery, Brooklyn, where the cof-
| fin was buried with religious ceremonies
| on the superstition that it contained the
! body of notorious thief who had died al
| Sing Sing a few days before
This performance was carried out with
| the greatest ingenuity, GOODNESS and abso-
| lutte success, and Leary declared that al
least two members of the New York po-
| lice force were among the mourners a,
the grave. The bonds lay buried in Green
| wood cemetery more than five years, until
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-07-12
WORK WEAKtNS THE KIDNEYS
DOan'S Kidney Pills Have Done Great
Service for People Who Work
In AmeriCuS.

Most Americas people work every
day in some strained, unnatural posi-.
tion-bending constantly over a desk
riding on jolting wagons or cars, do
ing laborious homework; lifting,
reaching or pulling, or trying the back
in hundred and one other ways. All
these strains tend to wear, weaken and
injure the kidneys until they fall be-
hind in their work of filtering the
poisons from the blood. Doan's Kid
ney Pills cure sick kidneys, put new
strength in bad backs.
Mrs. w. S. Marshal, Route l., Daw-
son, Ga, writes: My husbands back
and hips were so sore that he could
not get up from chair without help.
| got box of Doan's Kidney Pills for
HIM at Dodson's Pharmacy, at Ameri-
Gus and after taking the pills he felt
relief in three days. One box entirely
cured him.
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents -Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's and
take no other.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-07-12
Announcement of Removal.


The Davenport Drug Co., is pleased
to announce to friends and patrons that
they are now located in their new
quarters in the Allison building, oppo-
site the Windsor Hotel on Lamar ST.,
where they are better prepared than
ever to supply all demands in the line
of drugs, medicines, toilet articles, soda
water, seeds, etc. Careful attention
given to prescriptions received either
by mail, telephone or personal call.
Thanking all for past favors and So
Letting continuance OF your patron
age, we are Very respectfully,
Phone 16. DAVENPORT DRUG Co.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-07-12

In November, 1904, society was
again startled by the announcement
that all the effects in the Cadwalader
home would be sold at public auction
While the auction lasted social leaders
fought with one another for the relics.
Two well-known women, once fast
friends, become bitter enemies as re-
suit of the Cadwslader sale.
DR.. Cadwalader and his wife took
up their residence in grta house at
Battlesea, in TIE Prince of Wales
Gardens, and there the son was born.
Under her husbands tutelage. Mrs
Cadwalader has made tremendous in
tellectual studies. She had assisted
him in book on Chinese science and
literature that he had been writing
and had learned Chinese to aid him.
From loving her for her beautiful
bands and her care of his treasures, he
grew to love her for her brains and
wit. Then the son died, and the
scientist, humanized by the child,
could not stand the loss.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-07-12

Think deliberately of the house you
live in--your body. Make up your
mind not to abuse it. Eat nothing
that will hurt it; wear nothing that
distorts or pains it. Do not overload
it with victuals or drink or work.
Give yourself regular and abundant
sleep. Keep your body warmly clad.
At the first signal Of danger from any
of the thousand enemies that surround
you defend yourself. Do not take cold;
guard yourself against 1t. If you feel
the first symptoms. give yourself hero
ic treatment. Get into a fine glow Of
heat by exercise. This is the only
body you will ever have in this world
A large share of pleasure and pain of
life will come through the use you
make Of it. Study deeply and diligent
ly the structure Of It, the laws that
should govern 1t, the pains and penal
ties that will surely follow a violation
of every law of life or health.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-07-12
DODSONS ICE CREAM.
It is In a Glass By Itself.

1t is made of fine cream, sugar and
flavoring. We pay extra for our cream,
demanding that it contains % per cent
of butter fat. We test each lot and il
it falls below the standard we reject it.
We makeland feeze our own ice cream
so that purity may be assured in every
detail, There are, therefore, other
reasons than that they are delicious,
why you should if necessary go ont OF
the way to get Dodsons ice cream
The price is cents. Dodson's Phsr-
macy. 1t.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-07-12
SHOCKED BY A CLoTHESLINE
Wire Carries Lightning Into Kitchen
and knocks Out Nine.

Wire Carries Lightning Into Kitchen
and Knocks Out Nine.
Nine persons who were in the kitch'
en- at the home Of Lewis Crawford al
Delphi, Ross county, o., were shocked
by lightning during a recent storm
Several children were rendered uncon'
scious, and one Of them, Goldie
Karshner aged twelve, who had wire
comb In her hand ut the time, was Sc
riously hurt. Her limbs have swollen
to twice their natural size. Mrs. Harsh.
ner was also badly burned.
The bolt hit a maple tree, passed
along a wire clothesline to the house
and tore a big hole In it.
A shotgun hanging on the wall was
broken in two, and the barrel was hurl'
ed across the room and stuck in the
other wall. The bolt then followed
the wire around to the kitchen and
tore out screen window and door.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-07-12

The Michigan Recipe Co., Of CoYun,
ma, Michigan, make a specially Of fur.
nishing thoroughly practical tested
household recipes. Send for their list.
You may find the very recipe for
which you have been looking fer years.
Write them today and they will glad
ly furnish you with all possible intoF-
nation free by return mail.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-07-12
RETuRNfD FROM EASTERN MARKET
After Purchasing Stock for Business
Here.

Mr. S. L. Stills returned yesterday
from he East where, with Mr.. Claude
Schneider, they se,ected large lines of
goods for their new house to be opeped
h re in September. They visited New
ork, Boston, Baltimore and Philadel-
phia. Mr.. Schneider will return home
Monday next.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-07-12
LlyERTONE FOR LIVER TROUBLES
Causes No UnpIedSantneSS. Takes
Place Of Ca'OnpI.

No restriction of habit or diet; but
possessing all good properties of cale.
mel and none of the unpleasant pro-
per;ies, is what you will fad to be trL Q
of Livertone; pleasant tasted liquid
that is for sale only by Dodson's
Pharmacy, to give perfect satisfaction.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-07-12
Tor Sale Cheap.

Two 90 Saw Eagle GIN system COM
plete consisting of Gins, Battery Con-
densor, Flues, Elevator & double box
press in first class condition. Also
one 20 saw Winship Gin and Press
almost new. Thos. b. Hooks. 10 3w.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-07-12

OOCLOgS teu you
there are various
causes. l tell you
it's Sto m a CHI
trouble. I know it
because I've ; seen
thousands of cases
and watched Them
A stomach , that
is oYer-crowded
with ~ undisested,
decayins food mat
ter effects every or
gan of the human
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