The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-20

with as much secrecy as on former &C.
casions to the room of amazing wealth.
He accepted the alligator bag without
complaint, and counted the bills, one
by one, as they were passed over to
him by Hank and his assistant. There
is no doubt that he detected the false
bottom of the grip. but he gave no
signs of 1t. He counted the money as
Hank passed it over to him and poked
ii into the limitless NAV of the alliga-
tor handbag as seriously as if he sus-
pected nothing.
When he had been paid over the $780,
900. all in $50 bills, and had poked them
into the grip to be waited down through
the pipe to the room below. he reached
into his pocket for his wallet, and aft
er fumbling about a bit pulled out the
bottle of drugged whisky and sat it
upon the table.
Gents" he said with gravity, Tets
take a drink in honor of the occasion
l never close a trade of any size with
out taking a drink. 1t makes it easier
TO pay over money TO have little slim
ulant inside
| Hanks and his pal were so greedy to
| get their hands on Boggs' coin and get
| rid of the farmer that they readily
! consented. SO each of them took a long
pull at the flask and passed Il back to
| >
shook il to make il bead, and gazed as
fondly and lovingly at ii as does Il
love-lorn young man at his sweetheart.
| He didn't drink il at first, but began
to talk, rambling along about how he
got his start in the world and how he
made his first dollar and the luck he
had and the like until the effects Of
the liquor began to work on the two
crooks. They were soon in a frame
ind hrr fnr-fr
Boggs made a feint of drinking from
the bottle and pressed them to have
another pull at il. They accepted with
out much urging. This was the last
straw, and before either of them real
lied it they crumpled up IN their chairs
and tumbled out upon the floor. Boggs
was ready for the occasion and gagged
and handcuffed them.
He examined the grip and saw where
the money had gone. Then he secured
the keys to the room below from the
recumbent Joe. let himself in and Sc
cured the basket of money which he
stuffed into the grip. after attending
TO the hole in the bottom so that there
was no danger of it leaking.
He locked the sleepers in their room
| and made his departure, not, however
until he had learned from the street
lamp at the corner the location of the
/ house. He caught the midnight train
for his country home
The next morning the chief of the
secret service at Washington received
a collect telegram informing him that
two green goods men with half-tone
plates would be found in a room upon
the third floor of a certain house in
New York city. This telegram was for
warded to me. as l CHANGED to be in
the city at the time. and I made an
investigation. l found Hank and Joe
still sleeping and captured the plates
and enough packages of green paper
with bills upon the top and bottom of
them to send Hank and Joe up for
| long terms.
| Boggs was never prosecuted. Before
we secured a confession from the two
men he had buncoed so neatly he had
cashed out his properties in Louisiana
| and left for parts unknown. There was
really no charge against him but the
| stealing of the money from the two
| criminals, and neither of them cared
TO prosecute him on that score. They
seemed to realize in a rough sort OF
equitable way. that they deserved what
they got. and l think both of them had