The Washington times., 1909-12-17

~ turning away in despair, JARVIS
IA eyes fell upon black tug lying
close to the next pier. He seized
his whistle and blow a shrek Of danger
il was a can all rivermen knew.
Fifteen minutes later they overhauled
the San. Antonio. The vessel was stop
ped and, the detective. Heath, and four
policemen boarded her.
a nasty search of th2 trunks OF the
two passengers, listed as Howard Wood
and Major James Weston, revealed a
fortune IN yellow bills of large denomi-
nation that caused the eyes Of the p0-
licemen to bulge nearly out Of their
heads.
The two men were wise enough TO
realize that their game was called
They submitted gracefully, only beg
ging that the ladies" in their company
be permitted TO go free when taken
ashore.
Their request was not granted until
Randolph made a fun confession that
rendered Witnesses superfuOus-
II was simply a case OF "a man we'll
on toward the ffties going wrong when
he was supposed 10 be past danger 1t
had begun with an acquaintance with
Nanderdam, leading TO an old fool s
love affair with a cheap chorus girl.
Randolph. besides his expert Snowl-
edge of banking, hal acquired an edu-
cation I'm police methods by five years
Of detective work earlier in life. HIS
being sent out OF his district TO examine
the four cities had given him wider Op-
pOTtunites at just the time when he
was ready for the beginning Of a Grim
tnal career-
ness ton the part of the cashiers and
tellers In collision al three of the
banks. 81 the fourth he discovered
that the teller alone had been guilty
OF stealing.
Holding the threat Of exposure over
the heads of these men. he compelled
them TO allow him 10 arr ange his rob
berries. -Four expert cracksmen had
been paid twenty thousand dollars
apiece for producing the explosions
Vanderdam had provided for these.
The cracks-nen had insisted upon pro
lection. and RandOlph'S ingenuity hac
schemed oct the simultaneous eNplo-
stons- Tor the purpose of exciting the
police Of cities to which his hired ROB
hers might flee. One of them had beer
Killed by his own carelessnesS in tht
second explosion i'm Philadelphia, anC
the last two had been managed witt
only three men.
The delayed explosion in Baltimor,
mad been safe, since the vault robbed
was not frequently opened The man
who pulled OF the expert job in Wash
ington had done so merely because h'
hated the other awkward work he hag
been doing. The Boston and BaltimOr'
EXPLOSIONS had been produced by plac
ing Explosives in the vaults and thei
dischsreing them by means Of the ia
other charge.
The mysterious kilograms were easil,
explained. On RandOlph's person wa
found IA carefully worked Up code il
which "a single Christian name stood 70
the names Of four different banks il
the four cities
The Two burglars Ga Washington an
Boston, had been landed bv the tim
Jarvis and Heath reached the centra
Office with the policemen. Venderdam
Randolph and the two women A brie
search Of the telephone directory en-
abled the police TO get the one who's
call was 1909 Commerce.
Later on, when all that could be re
covered Of the stolen money was count
ed. IL showed the steaIinRs 20 hav
amounted to nearly six millions OF dol
lars OF this only sixty thousand ha
been spent
When the prisoners had all bee
safely lodged in jail and the preliminar
formalities Of their incar ceration ha
been duly finished Jarvis called hi
employer up by telephone and repOrte
simply that the robbers were taken an
a large amount Of the money recovered
He begged a days rest from labOrs
and his request was granted.
But ] want you 10 report TO m
here the day after tomorrow" Nj
Heath added TO his permission