The Washington times., 1909-12-05
CHAPTER VII.
IE DETECTIVES MEETING.

THE DETECTIVES MEETING.
a COMPARISON of findings resulted
IA rather astonishingly in revealing
the similarities Of method employed by
the four crooks. and made more certain
that there had been some organization
in the matter
This similarity seemed most notice
able I'm the bungling apparent I'm all
four jobs. The buildings were too much
damaged to make il possible to know
just how entrance had been effected in
any case.
But, with the exception of the Bos-
ton North Harvard, the banks had been
spared great loss. And this was easily
attributed TO the fact that the explo-
sions had been much greater than the
burglars had anticipated.
Apparently the men who had done the
tricks had made hasty and Implanted
leaps at the nearest things they could
lay their hands on, then ran for free
dom
Boston seemed to present the greatest
difficulty of all The North Harvard
National Bark building Is within half
a block of a precinct station house. The
police had been at the scene within
twenty seconds Of the explosion.
Yet this bank was the one from which
the largest sum had been taken. the
only one where the robbery could be.
regarded as a great success. Here alone
was apparent the taking OF time for
getting out the real big stun. And here
there had been less time than anywhere
else.
ct looks to me as though only one
real crack burglar had been In this
job Hargis, of Washington, spoke up
after they had talked indefinitely for a
time
which one was that?" a Boston man
asked.
why. your man: the one that got
away with the stuff
wei, We've got all the big burglars
known in Boston. and all those sus-
pected OF having been in Boston are
locked Up one place. or another. one
and all express their supreme disgust
at having been thought of in connection
with such n bOtChed piece of work. "
another Boston man argued.
Il don't blame them much" said
Kelly third BOstOnian. I confess
] was ashamed to ask any OF the real
big fellows II they knew anything about
II. The whole side Of the bank smashed
in. Why-the bummest yegg we got
hOwled with grief when we told him
we wanted him as a suspect in connec-
ton with It."
''But-the 0rganizatiOn-What was It
for. anyhow
IF il had been real craftsmen I'd
say it was clever rllse for a get
away. Whether they were wise enough
20 know 10 or not, every man had an
easy chance 70 get into one Of these
towns where we were all trying TO
look out for our own. Butt hardly
seems as though those fellows could
have been wise 20 that"
Perhaps It was a wise guy that put
some greenhorns at the job"
Ratsr an old man from Baltimore
snapped ContemptuOusly. mo wise one
would trust such a bunch of amateurs
He'd have done the trick himself in
one place anyhow, and there would be
one decent job TO work on"
William Jarvis, along with AL the
other men who were not out at the
time and who had had anything 10 do
with the case, was present at the meet
ing Of sleuths from the four cities
He had listened eagerly to all that
the older and wiser men men had said.
Suddenly he spoke up TO the surprise
Of all OF them.
''I wonder if Il could have been pos
sible that the banks were robber before
the eXplosiOns-by some one on the IN
side-who arranged tho explosions to
hide his crime2"
All ewes were turned upon the face OF
the young detective. For an instant
they looked as thought the suggestion
interested them. Then one of them
drawled:
bright idea. kiddo: but there are
some kinks In II. II might sound fair
in the case OF Baltimore where a comp
tr0ller's examiner had suddenly appear
ed late in the Afternoon and begun work.
But Baltimore didn't lose so much.
Then. here's another thing rhe ST.
multaneOusness Of these explosions. on
your theory, would have TO indicate
a man interested In all The banks Such
a man would be able to get twenty thou
sand dollars into Baltimore IN time 10
cover uD his tracks
But the worst objection OF all IS
iH the fact that the bank in our town
which lost a millio7 4ad been examined.
The examiner had tnished up that after
noon. He reported everything I'm perfect
shape"
Jarvis subsidized. His face grew red
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