The Washington times., 1909-12-05

under the gaze Of the men who smiled
indulgently at his discontinue. He
began to wonder whether he had the
markings Of a detective in him after
all.
say" a Washington detective sud
denly burst forth. chow about anarch-
An Impressive silence fell over the
company. Each man seemed to be
thinking over n. rev idea for himself
By crlcketsi one OF them finally
exploded why didn't we think of them
It's a green enough job for anarch-
lists. II has the sensational element
they like. II aims at big capital. II
taiIs to get away with much of any
Except a million dollars from Bos-
tom some one put in sarcastically.
But, even at that-its reasonable to
with a little wit. After an, ne could
have got out at the front of the bank
while the police were getting I'm at the
back You might give him four or
hve minutes to have done IT in
And, Il might have been just luck
his lighting on that one pile Of big bills.
Well-they are the best people to get
away with a lot of big bills like that.
There are a host of them. They can
spread it out thin among the crowd.
And those that I've seen certainly do
need the money"
IN ten days every known anarchist
a suspect in the bank robbertes case.
Long editorials were written about the
advance in knowledge shown by these
perils Of civilization. Their change from
mere deeds of destruction to deeds that
Melted them some profit was sign OF
increasing wisdom.
As was to be expected, the men ar
rested all disclaimed any knowledge of
the affair Third degrees of every de
scription failed to elicit any aeknowl-
edgmsnt Of guilt.
Then, out in San Francisco, a Wild
looking chap, with a bit of red rag III
a buttonhOle, walked into a police sta
ton and confessed that he had been the
perpetrator of the Boston crime.
He told vague and uncertain stories,
which seemed evidently intended 70
throw the police off the track as 10 Ihe
wherea bouts of the money. AFTER ne
had submitted to a gTueling third degree
in the Sunset City he was eXtradlted 10
ssachusetts.
Here again he failed to give any cue
to any of his assistants. He boosted
loudly Of his own work. He was secret
w Landed by other anarchists who pub
licly denCunC his act
His heroic conduct was the subject or
long articles in the papers None OF
them favored or PRAISED him but all de-
scrfbed every detail Of his face and APP
pearance, every change or color under
F;VentuaIlv three other men. already
prisoners. owned up to having blown up
the three other banks. They were
equally heroic in keeping back any real
Information about the distribution made
OF the sums they had taken.
Quick and stern Justice was meted
out to them. The Philadelphians sent
their man up for life on the ground that
he had caused the death of the night
Waterman.
The policemen who had beaten the
cid ianitor to death were called up for
it, But it was agreed that they had not
intended to cause his demise, and they
were let off with a warning to be more
careful in the future.
Detective Jarvis had, meanwhile, an
opportunity to make good in more ways
than one. He was assigned to bring
down a thief who had made away with
a diamond necklace belonging to no
other person than Miss Alice Heath.
Whether It was the stimulating glance
Of her ewes, as she described the loss.
or merely the desire to reinstate himself
after his two late failures, he landed his
man with an expedition and cleverness
that brought praise from the chief HIM
self.
ne had lust brought In the necklace
from pawnshop and was receiving the
congratulations of the sergeant at the
desk Of the Forty-first precinct station;
il was a little after / in the morning.
when there was a crash as though the
station house had been struck by light
ming He and the sergeant were hurled
against the wall at the back Of the
room, while pieces Of broken glass
splintered about them.
For few moments they lay stunned
deep silence, as though every living
thing had been slain, followed the ex-
plosion
Then the air was rent by the shouts
Of the policemen who had been sleeping
upstairs Tumblin0 over one another IN
the darkness which had settled on the
building. they swore or prayed as their
religious training and fright worked to-
gether IN individual cases.
When they were at last able TO thiuis
the same thought flashed into the minis
Of all. Without awaiting the command
Of the sergeant they rushed out Of the
door.
There was only one bank I'm that COM
Daratively suburban neighborhood It
was the Thirty-fOurth National, directly
across the street.
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