Arizona republican., 1911-03-28
(Continued from Yesterday.)


 money to buy and perfect a powerful and compact electrical drill, which he had attached to an electric power trunk in the bank, and with it, melted the inner safe door. He told how he had bored to the right depth in the outer door. having a complete know edge of the safe, acquired in his work at Liverpool. On the fatal day he had slipped off his wig, skirt and waist, when Beggs's back was turned, and appeared before him in the mans clothes he had on beneath, knowing that he would not be recognized. The killing of the scrub-woman he declared accidental. and explained that he had rushed to the rear of the bank directly, kicked over a stool. broken the bucket, and screamed in the voice he had as- sumed as scrub-woman, to fool the watchman. Then he had chloroformed Beggs, cut through the alarm plate in the outer door of the safe, and sent in the proper signal to the insurance com pany at 5:15. Tn penetrating that plate before signaling the insurance company to set the alarm. he knew the opening of the safe could not be regis tered. He had then gone to work on the inner door with his electric drill, which he had concealed in his pail. The powerful current had melted through the lock and exposed the treas ure. Tying up the money and bonds, he stole the watchman's keys. opened the front door to the bank, and dragged through 1t the dead body of the scrub woman. leaving the door open in spirit of bravado, knowing that the sight would horrify and mystify the police. U
 He had then packed up the swag in a false Tapped suit case and skipped to New York. having sewed fifty thousand dollars in his belt in case of emergency. On leaving the bank he had resumed his wig and skirts. thus leaving no pos sible trace. These he changed at his lodging house before leaving Boston, as a man. He had gone to Simmy's eel lar. after purchasing passage to Eng. land. feeling certain that he would be | safe in the den until the day of sailing 1
 It was morning before the whole | story was finally dragged from him. | Then Poe called up the police and de | livered his prisoner.
 Burns pressed his companion for the | details of his own work in solving the and catching the criminal, when they were at last alone
 " You helped a good deal in the last part of it." said Poe. as he finished his of the work he had done in Boston But l was certain I'd get the man the minute saw that bit of wet rope with which he bound the 
 But what did you infer from that? don't see yet" replied Burns.
 Only that the rope had been soak Ing in soapy water I then thought oi the scrubwoman who had disappeared the impossibility of any one else hay Ing been in the bank, and 1t occurred tc me that a good deal could be secreted In a big bucket asked for descrip ions of the scrub-woman who had dis appeared and found that without the wig and skirts they tallied pretty well with Beggs's picture of the mysterious nan. So made up passable descrip ion. including the stoop from scrub ping. and wired it to you On the rain I inspected the inside of the broken bucket and found that many hings beside soap and rope. had been .arried in it and had left their marks"
 But what made you think it was his particular man?"
 "Oh, didn't know that at all Only he rope was the kind professional in England use and he had fed Beggs in a fashion known only O those British athletes. After that | was easy. His description proved i'm an opium fiend, seventy-five per ent. of these clever and imaginative riminals are. I suspected he'd hit for lew York to sail home. and 1t seemed ogical he'd bury himself in an opium en to keep from doing anything fool 'h before leaving America" " But you knew his name and every hing. that's what helped get his con- sssion." declared Burns. How did ou get that information? From Volume H. I found de ,ription that might answer for this sllow. and 1t finally fitted so we'll with " theory. that hazarded calling him ' the name of the man whose descrip- on l had read. and he broke down. s quite simple. you know, when one R as every aspiring criminal catalogued N Id at ones fingers ends I hope 1t x i'll teach the Merchants National a N sson. No bank should be protected N ' an alarm set on a signal from a atchman left alone, it was very N eak point. I'm surprised they never N ought of it before" N " But that was in conservative old W ,ston, you know" smiled Burns. N