The Ordway new era., 1911-01-06

eleven years ago. Is running
an engine on the st. Louis.
Brownsville & Mexico Rail.
road. He is apparently suffering no
pangs OF conscience over his crime.
The penalty which he paid for taking
the money was five years In the pen.
itentiary. the court giving him that
sentence on plea OF guilty.
What became Of the $4,000 Is a
mystery to the Wells-Fargo people
and the detectives who have been
searching for 1t ever since. says the
New York Press. II Is known that
Beeler never has reaped any beneft
from the stolen money. From the
time he left the doors Of the peniten.
tiary until a short time ago there was
not day that he was not shadowed
by detectives. At last the express
company Is said to be convinced that
the man lost or misplaced the money.
Now the company has given up all
Spope OF ever obtaining possession Of It,
, The story Of this robbery and the
events relating to It form one Of the
most remarkable In the criminal an.
mails Of tho country. Beeler was
9river Of a Wells-Fargo 4 Co. wagon
IN San Antonio and had been in the
employ Of the company several years.
One dismal evening in the winter Of
1899 packages Of currency and bags
Of gold amounting to $4,000 were
counted out to Beeler by the local
cashier In the San Antonio once of
the express company. with instruc.
tons to haul the money In his wagon
safe to the Southern Pacific Railroad
station and deliver 1t to the pay car
Of that road. Local money deliveries
OF this kind had been made many
times. but the express agent always
accompanied the driver. II happened
on this particular day that the local
agent was not In the ofiice. and Beeler
drove of alone with the money.
sueeumbed to Temptation.
He says he had no sooner left the
ofiice than the thought flashed through
his mind that here was his chance
10 get fortune. He did some rapid
thinking while his horse was travelling
toward the railroad station. and he
decided to make way with the money
II was stake worth playing for,
even should he be captured and made
to serve prison sentence He turned
the horses heads in an opposite direc.
tion from the station and drove
through the alleys and quiet streets
until he reached the outskirts OF the
city. Darkness had settled down and
he drove the horses and wagon ou,
into the country for n mile and en-
tered mesquite.covered thicket. Ty
ing the horses to a tree. he soon had
the safe open and the $50. 900 In hi,
possession. 1t was comparativel,
easy matter to carry the currency
but the gold coins made weight,
bundle. In order to prevent his trai
being followed Beeler started ava,
from the wagon on foot. He headet
south. Mexico being his objectiv,
point. He claims that when h,
reached II ranch a few miles below
Ban Antonio he buried all Of tn,
money except $4,000 in bills He say
that he placed the gold In tin cans ant
carefully marked the spot where b,
hid It. II was his plan to use tn,
$4,000 to make his escape into Mex
leo and to live there for u time unit
the excitement over the robbery ha,
subsidized. when he would secretl,
make his way back to the ranch an,
dig up the money.
ofHcers Soon on Trail.
Having relieved himself OF the gold
Beeler purchased a horse at the rancl
and started of on a wild ride to gail
the other side Of the Rio Grande an,
the mountains of Mexico. within al
hour after Beeler left the Office will
the money the express company ha,
spread the alarm. but It was not unit
along toward noon next day that tn
abandoned horses and wagon wer
found in the brush. Meanwhile