New-York tribune., 1909-03-14

..,,, o-a bt, +ba floor with doIefuI thud. Caicu-
lating on the weight. I roughly estimated 1t 10 90
13o pounds They can't get away with IT, Saio
TO myself with considerable satisfaction. Even
then I didn't know my men
The robbers marched us into the street. our
hands in the air and our pride pretty much broken
AS they passed the open money drawer they
reached in and helped themselves TO the loose soiu
which had beer put out for the DAYS business
When they had gone we counted our cash. and
found they had taken $32,640. After they had us
lined ND I'm the street the thieves eaped upon their
horses. which they had cached behind the BANK
and. shooting their rifles and revolvers. Vanisheo
in a cloud of drab dust over rise In the distance
Half mile away the ruffian in the white hat VINO
was leading let the sack Of gold slip from his sad
die to the ground. One of the behind. with
the legs. shoulders and body of a panther, pulled
his running horse his launches swung into the
road Ike an acrobat. picked up the sack ana
was off again, hardly having lost his step In the
nvinp procession citizen in the street. himself
= cowboy said II was the finest exhibition of horse
uanship he had ever Witnessed
"A deputy sheriff followed the robbers on
switch engine. He fired seventeen times but
couldn't hit them. Three miles from Winnemucca
they stopped at my ranch and stole fresh horses,
my best SADDLE mount among the rest Fifteen
miles further on they got horses Of their own.
which they had hidden In the brush We spent
Sc 600 IN hunting them, and the American Bankers
Association put its best detectives on the case but
of the money.
"A year later the same men robbed an express
car in Montana getting $40 900 OF unsigned national
hank notes to which they attached signatures OF
their own and put them into circulation. The rob-
berry was reported 10 Washington, and bankers all
over the country were notified. Ono day strange
man made a small purchase at a little store III
Nashville Tenn. The merchant couldn't change
his go bill and carried It across the street 10 &
bank The teller the bank. recognizing the BILL
told the merchant to talk to the strange man until
the arrival OF the police. Two officers In uniform
came and stood at the entrance Of the store. Two
detectives in citizens clothing walked careiessly
to where the strange conversing with the
merchant.
what is your name?' of the detectives
asked touching the strange man the shoulder
The detectives by this time had the man between
them.
Ny name. the stranger replied. showing no
concern whatever. is Mr. Ferguson
Well AIR. Ferguson the detective said. and 1t
was from him that got the story afterward, you
must 90 with to the captain; he wants TO see
you
The strange seemed to shrink Senator
Nixon went on TO say. Ito draw himself in and to
reduce his bulk most amazingly. Instantly he had
a gun in either hand. He strGck this way and he
struck that way, and the two detectives went down
TO the floor. The strange man rushed into the
street and sprang into an ice wagon. He whipped
the horses but in turning the first corner one or
them fell.
"A coored person sitting in a buggy. He
was knocked into the middle of the road mo
nent later the strange going away in
the buggy, Ihs-horse beating tas PaYsment Ike Q