Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29

train during a temporary showdown on
che Canadian side. He said, however.
that the third man was still in his berth.
What does he look like?' asked Pink
erton.
Il should Judge that he was about
thirty-ffve years DID," said the conductor.
lis something like five feet nine inches
| in height. sparely built, with sharp fea-
| lures, sandy hair and red side whiskers
and mustache."
Chats my man. was the quick re-
soonse.
Besides that" said the conductor, 'he
talks like house onFfire. and he enter
tains the other passengers during the
journey by his skill as a musician"
That is enough said Pinkerton, and
he started for the berth where Proctor
was sleeping. Pushing his hand in, he
shook the man roughly.
what is it?' was the sleepy response.
Time to get up" said the detective,
hurry
Proctor jumped out of bed and stood in
the pasageway of the car rubbing his
eyes win his fist.
What do you want?" he cried, grufiy
What do you mean by getting a fellow
out of bed so early in the morning."
.Pinkerton could scarcely refrain from
laughing, but he said in his severest
tones:
I want you on a matter of great i'm
portance, Mr.. Proctor
AS soon as he heard his voice, Proctor
recognized the detective. He smiled grim
ly and said:
"All right. I guess the jig's up
And the jig was up.
In the trial that ensued the full details
of the Crime became known. About a year
before 1.-The robbery Proctor cecured en-
ployment in the boiler shops of the Erie
RAILROAD Company at Susquehanna. In
six, months his superior skill made him
foreman of the shops. In this position he
learned that the money used to pay the
employees was brought from New York
city, and it was frequently kept in the
safe of the express company for forty
eight hours before being paid to the men.
He next discovered who carried the keys
of the safe and learned that the agent of
the express company at SusQuehanna and
two of the clerks each had key. His
affable manner soon made him a-w warm
friend of9the three men. Oae day. while
in the shops, Proctor asked one of these
clerks to loan him his keys in order to
unlock his tool chest. 1nnocently the man
handed Proctor his bunch of keys. They
walked together toward the tool chest.
Proctor easily picked out the safe key as
he walked along. He had a small piece
of white paper in his hand, and while he
conversed with the clerk he rubbed the
hcy tightly oil lHt SUI paper. ne I'LL
preston was perfect. 1t was all Proctor
needed. That night Before going to bed
he had key exactly like the safe key on
the clerks bunch-such is the experiences
of filters in the burglars world. Before
morning he hat. a plan of all the details
of the robbery. He did not Geem - safe
to attempt the enterprise alone, so he
secured the aid of the two Canadians
named Collins and Martin. At the time
they were living near the Suspension
bridge.
Proctor now found that the pouch con-
tanning the $4,000 would leave New
York city at 6 O'Clock in the evening on
June 20. The train arrived in Susque-
hanna at 3 o'clock in the morning In
sixty minutes the pouch had been put in
the safe by the agent and taken out by
the conspirators. The bogus bag and seal
had already been prepared and as soon
as the genuine pouch was taken out the
other was put in it's place. The substitu-
ton took place while the agent was busily
engaged in the waybill department of the
station at O'Clock in, the morning The
agent was out of earshot at the time
Martin opened the safe with the key that
Proctor had made and took the bag con-
tanning the money The substitute was
put in tbs place and the safe locked, and
in ten minutes time collins and Martin,