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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-05-02

In the hopes Of striking either
oil or gas or both. the Stamford
OIL and Gas Company is sinking
a test we'll at a point ten miles
east of Stamford. The drillers
have gone several hundred feet
and pronounce the prospects as
excellent. The company intends
TO 90 3, 900 feet if necessary.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-05-02
VIII Spend $1,000

| City Secretary, w. NJ. Shaw
Informed us that the city had
lecided to expend 81, 600 on the
streets Of Lubbock. This is
honey well spent too. as the
.ueets certainly needed an over
.auling. Considerable work has
'lready been done and much
nore remains % be executed.
A. this time when the sewer
ystem in being put in. the dirt
.0r building up the streets can
u obtained at less than half the
ost. should they have 70 haul il
rom the canyon as heretofore.
For this reason the city fathers
bought il best 10 spend a little
lore at this time. than they
rst expected. while they could
'et better results from their ex-
Ienditures.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-05-02

Prof. Hunter, PRINCIPAL of the
Brownfeld high School was in
the city Tuesday.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-05-02

Manion Cosby, Of the Red
Cross Drug and Jewellery Store
ACCOMPANIED by ms wife and
baby, have Deen spending the
week, the guests Of Otis Cope
land of Meadow.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-05-02

Mr.. Carter 81 Abilene. repres
.nting the Big 8 Sales Company,
Transacted business here Iges
az. relurnlne home w Wednesday,.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-05-02
Big Carnival Sale

The Wheelock Dress Shop
have a page ad in this issue Of
the Avalanche. This popular
firm will offer the public goods
that will be attractive in their
line and prices that are sure to
interest the ladies of Lubbock
and trade territory. Aside from
the bIg ad they are distributing
a large number of page circulars.
This sale viii attract many
people to our town. The south
plains people have learned from
experience that Lubbock mer-
chants do exactly what they say
they will In their ads and for
this reason viii travel tor miles
~ attend a sale 10 our town
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-05-02

j. F. Butler formerly of Lub-
book now of ri Paso. was here
the first Of this week While
here be sold his residence in
Lubbock Simeon O'Neal we
understand was che purchaser.
The Detroit times., 1912-04-20
EIGHTH WARD.

Edw Lanerty. n. Fort. Lanerty farm p G. ses That
OF lot between Fort Lafayette ave W n
r. Suffer. Fort Woodbridge farm divided nv
the Commissioners in partition in 1854,
Lsnerty. Lafayette Blvd, Clement LanertyE sub
OF lot Lanerty farm. lying between Lafayette ave
and Howard st.
"a IT.
suh Of p. c. ~. lying between Lafayete Howard
:. - w sibI r. OF = 1915 a.
~idsf ~ the Commissioners In partition In
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EIGHTH wARD-tcontiaa.a)


John Henry, n Isfayepe Blvd. last named .gO.......
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part lot s'.% and ls
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tho Lognon farm. 2SS ~
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bacier farm. which lies between the River Road ant
the Chicago Road as divided into lots. W. <sIs n
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- divided by the Commissioners in partition In 1854
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and that part OF the Woodbridge Grove, between
Cherry and Pine SITS Woodbridge farm. ........s....
swesney n High. named sub ............,....,
J 7. Walsh, s. Locust last named sub 1880;
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bridge farm T 2 s. r, IL E.. -: -....,..w 20 II
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Gertrude A. valentine. Butternut Clarks sub OF part
NJ sullivan Elm sub OF the n part OF lot , Lanert,
farm OF Mchgan ave,
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{ part OF o. L. ss, woodbridge farm e. 30 ~
farm. p c. 22s OF Grand River ave.. ...........,
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Thompson farm, being part OF p C III, =.
p. C. punsmore n. Magnolia, woodruTs sub. OF lot
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ferty farm. P. c. 22s, Of Grand River ave......,
The Detroit times., 1912-04-20

4" I" 10 IS ~ zoe IS
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The Detroit times., 1912-04-20

W. GreeIeY, Kcnwood q,
fB and all that part Of lots 10 lying WHY OF
-. q. H. a NJ II. r., Z Sec. as 10000 Acre Tract :.
Russell eN'td. last named
Gray Est Co Russell extended Estate Company
sub OF part Of y OF Z Sec. 80, 10000 Tract
lying Hoibrook
The Detroit times., 1912-04-20

O De Steiger Aurslia. WIN r. wessons sec OF Thomp-
n. OF the Grand River Road ..''''''''''.'
Aureia, last named SUB
w 8 Nichoison. n. Warren. VIM y. Wesson's sub OF a.
nd Z, and = part OF q. l. on r. G 20 being
ssion the Lognon farm, also o Is IL ~
and rs. Thompson farm 80 ,ouss ~
WIN seymour, n. warren last named sub e 20 r.
H. o sage n. Putnam Vim. NELSON'S sub OF Is
and and O q I. p G. %, being rear con
ccsson TO Lognon farm also o Is. 10, II and IS
~. IT,
e Barber. Merrick, Lucking's sub. OF the $50 ~
Of as ~ Of lot and the n. 1855 IT, OF the
2i4os lot s. OF the sub. % the Dognon farm,
T A. Flockhardt. Merrck last named sub -.
= MerriCk. Lognon farm p C. 81 origin
ally coded 20 heirs OF James Henry as Y. G 25
". 80 ~ OF 900 0s ~. % g. $50 IT,
80 q. OF i04.0S N. Of n. 1855 n
n Merrick. VIM. v wessons sec OF the Thomp-
OF the Grand River Road
~. churchill n Mark last named sub.
L. n. Kirby. last named sub.
and n. 3so7 Il. OF vacated Kirby ave. lying
q Of and adjoining said lot
The Detroit times., 1912-04-20

= y a W
IL OF u So O. Acr
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Bouvier. e Russell
Bowler. e ...............
Loan e Trust Co. Oa Par
t sloman's sub. of portion of "a Sec a. 10000
The Detroit times., 1912-04-20
EIGHTH wARD-tcostinusd1


F. j. whitney $ Milwaukee Lothrop and Dufheld Land
Co Lmti. sub o. part OF tfac SOC. ~ . =" ~
nd Of OF L. II. - \. r. II
p: j. Whitney Milwaukee last named sub
Goo N n. Milwaukee. last named sub
W N Irvine n Paister. Irving Place, sub. y sec
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-24

him the train would be tagged about
five miles west of Port Jervls and
the safes dumped from the car. a
wagon would be in readiness to take
the Safes They would then be blown
open on the road The plan was to
bury the gold in safe place and
cart away only the greenbacks.
Wednesday night came. The car
pulled out of the depot with Pop on
the first watch and his partner IN the
sleeper. The gang were all In the
smoker. After we got in motion Pop
let us into the car. We started at
once on the big safe and had no trou-
BILE getting into 1t. Pop, OF course,
did not know the combination. we
got out the small safes-there were
four of them-and they were very
heavy. Pop said the cargo was near
ly all gold and the prospect was very
bright.
< few miles this side of Port Jar
Wis, at place agreed upon, and about
ten miles from where Pop had been
given to understand that the robbery
would take place, J. gave the signal
We forced the door of the car and
dumped the safes while we were go
ing at full speed. About a quarter
of mile beyond q red light was
waved in front Of the engine. The
train Stacked up and the red hight dis
appeared We put Pop to sleep IN
the car with tap on the head and
closed the door so that nothing was
known of the robbery until the train
reached Port Jervis. Then we had a
hustle for fair.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-24

boarding house near him. We met
very often, and he seemed to take
a fancy to me. After while he talked
quite freely about his business,
though il was always about trips that
he had made and never about trips
that he was going TO make.
When | got this far into tho scheme
/ called in Johnny Dobbs, Big Jim
Brady, Walt Herrick and Pete Dur
ever lived, and put them onto Pop and
his car, with the idea that one Of
them would stick to him every day and
go away with him on every trip to get
the run of the business. In this way
Johnny Dobbs picked up in Chicago
that Pop had weak side. In short,
he was leading a double life. Nothing
could have suited me better, for that
gave me chance to pull him into the
traces.
There was no longer any use of my
working in the shop, so | quit and
went to Chicago to wait for Pop to
landed there, but | fixed it so that |
would meet him coming out of his
home No. in Chicago, which gave
me chance to call him down. He
was not az much surprised as ]
thought he would be, and il was not
until be got ready to return home that
he suggested that it would be well to
keep quiet what | had seen.
I promised never to mention it and
returned with Pop. 1t was the first
show that | had to throw out any
feclcrs. ] gently, rather playfully.
limited that Pop was carving large
amount OF money for other people and
il was wonder to me that none Of it
had ever stuck to his fingers, Pop
manifested more interest III this talk
than I had ever hoped for. He said
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-24

gents dropped in and took the seat
IN front. l did not pay any attention
to them until I overheard them talking
about money bags and gold coin. |
picked up from their conversation that
they were agents for an express com.
pany that had contract for hauling
money for the government, and had
charge of the stuff while it was in
transit from Washington to the mint
in Philadelphia or to other eastern
cities.
This of itself did not specially in
terest ME, but when 1 heard them talk
about how carelessly the coin was
handled by the agents east of Chi
cago, territory in which the cars
were believed TO be perfectly safe,
began thinking bit. Before l reached
New York L had made up my mind
to pick up few additional facts on
this subject, If it turned out as rosy
as these fellows indicated ! would
art Of performing their duty. |
learned from them incidentally that
the Red Star express, on the Erie, car.
ried more money than any other com
phny, and that the agents guarded
Sl,000.000 about as closely as the or
dinary citizen would a nickel
l gave these citizens a silent vote
Of thanks when we parted. Imme
diately afterward ! began An official
investigation. [ had learned the trade
of machinist when ! was young fell
low, so the first thing I did was to
make application for Job in the Erie
railroad repair shops in Jersey City.
NV object in this was to get an ac-
curate knowledge of the makeup Of
the cars used FOR CARRYING money in
bulk. ] was kept on the waiting list
for two months before l got a place
in the shop, At last | went to work
regularly. and l kept my tongue buzz
zing in the hunt for what I was after,
going cautiously Of course, so as not
to excite comment or suspicion.
While working on the car 7 got ac
quainted with Pop Thompson He was
called Pop because Of his general good
nature. and not because he was old
made myself as friendly with him as
/ could ! found out where he lived
in Lafayette, N. Y, little station up
the line ways. / hired a room in a
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-24

ing to take the Job of picking up this
gang.
The tip that the robbery was going
to come off had been given to the
company by Ike Thompson, who went
by the name of 'FPop,'' one Of the
best agents in the express car service,
but ] thought that there must be a
mistake IN 1T somewhere. His story
was that while he was in Chicago on
one Of the regular trips he went to the
house of his sister-in-law, and when
whom he had known III Jersey City
as Luke Sanderson, one of the work
men in the Erie railroad shops,
In some way or other Sanderson had
got the idea that the woman Thomp-
son had called upon was his wife San
derson knew that Thompson was mar
ried and had family in Lafayette,
N Y, and he took pains to suggest
to Thompson that it would go very
hard with him If the company should
learn that he was not living on the
level, as be was earning hardly enough
money legitimately to run two homes.
Thompson did not tumble to what
Sanderson was driving at until they
were on the way back to Jersey CITY,
going with an empty money car, when
easier way to mako fortune than
working for it,
Thompson is very foxy fellow, and
determined to lead Sanderson on with
the belief that he was ready to go into
anything that would pay big money,
and he managed his part of the affair
so well that Sanderson never dropped
to the fact that he was being lollied.
I was not sent for until several
days or weeks afterward, as Thompson
and the officials were not any too
anxious to divide the honors IN the
case. as success made a big thing for
all the company's S employees who fig,
ured in the case, Thompson had several
interviews with Sanderson and from
what he said had got him worked up
to a high pitch over the robbery and
the gang were anxious to spring the
trick.
| listened to the tale and was very
skeptical I did not believe that any
top-notch crooks would have gone into
such n scheme with Thompson without
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-24

He limited that if I could suggest any
plan to make big roll of money he
was willing to listen. Then l gave
him the idea, cold and plain, of hitting
rap at the Red Star car.
Pop drank in all that I said like a
very thirsty man, agreed to meet me
the next day and give me his views.
He was on deck at the appointed time,
and promised TO furnish me with the
information about the car and its load
of coin if ] would do the rest of the
work and fix it up so nothing would
point to him, This seemed all right.
If the thing was pulled off he could
get his share of the Doodle and quit
his Job when he felt like it, He was
willing to make the dust, but had been
trained so long on the honest line that
he could not become a full-fledged thief
at Jump.
Pop went along in the regular way,
as it WAS arranged that we were not
going to make the strike until the
fall shipment of gold to Chicago. The
time was left to Pop to select We
got the tip on Mondav that on the
following Wednesday night the Red
Star car would go out from the Erie
depot with big load Of shiny metal
We fixed up everything to carry
Pop. He was so inquisitive about all
the details of robbery and insisted
upon knowing everything that we
were going to do before hand, that I
became suspicious of him.
One Of the gang had been on his
track every day without his lnowI-
edge, and had never seen or heard
ANYTHING wrong. so | thought maybe
I was not fair with Pop to doubt him,
After thinking it all over ! concluded
that the safest way to deal with Pop
would be to fool him by giving him a
phost story about the details / told
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-24

adorned, fur trimmed muff as car.
ried with an evening gown will
prove such valuable addition that
I hope before very long it will be-
come an accepted fact-and fash
ion.
For have made a muff to match
Or rather to contrast with, and
at any rate to complete-each one
Of the score Of evening gowns.
While as regards the accompanying
head gear I have given prominence
to closely swathed turbans, the
small head' being still my ideal,
furthermore, am glad to say, al
ready proclaimed as the correct
coiffure for the coming season.
l have been able in these gowns
to revel in the suitably blended
color effects, which-as YOU know
I adore, special scope for such
scheme being afforded by the soft.
ly swathed draperies Of chiffon and
ninon, which are now undoubted-
" taking the place of the scantier
and shorter skirt, One dress, pri-
marily Of charmeuse, with sundry
veilings of ninon, brings together
into one suit what other people
have kindly proclaimed as beautiful
TO degree-the deep purple bloom
of grapes; the warm, reddish brown
and lighter turning tints of Autumn
foliage; that other elusive tint,
"dregs of wine" which combines
several of these same shades IN one
almost indescribable but lovely
whole; there being finally intro
duced flush of rose and glimmer
Of gold.
Then another dress, in which
tall. slender slip of girl looks
exquisite, has almost iichu-llke
folds of delicate azalea yellow chit-
fon, edged with crystal and paste
embroidery drawn about the
shoulders into a central device OF
blazing diamonds and cabochon
pearls. fringed with crystals from
the deeper orange tints for back
ground, net matching the chiffon
then forms the corsage and the up
per part of the skirt, whose
close moulding to the figure is made
more notable by its underllnlng
with flesh pink, its soft trans
parency being broidered into bright
ness by a device of crystal beads
and bugles and Just few diamonds
with connecting traceries of orange
hued silk.
High UP under the bust there is
drawn a band of emerald green and
silver tissue, which. in fact, is fold
ed into a strange Egyptian. looking
ornament. and then to divide the
broidered net from the trailing skirt
draperies of azalea pink and amber
yellow and orange chiffon, there IS
an encucling band of chinchilla,
which is drawn low down at the
right side, and there held IN place
by another of those shining and
crystal frine7d ornaments. The
Oriental suggestion Of this gown
IS emphasized by the small, closely,
fitting turban OF vivid green and
silver tissue, with many strings or
crystals and diamonds looped low
down over the ears, while the old
Egyptian dignity is piquantly con
trasted with the eminently Paris
ian addition of great muff OF
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-24
The Chief Who Planned
1t and the Detective Who
Circumvented 1t Tell of
the Biggest Train Hold
Up Ever Attempted.

Had the plot to rob the Red Star
express on the Erie at Port Jarvis, N.
Y, some twenty years ago succeeded
it would have been the greatest haul
ever made In a train holdup. That it
did not succeed is due to the cunning
and faithfulness of an old employee.
A cool million in gold was the stake
played for and SO bold were the men
who planned to take 1t that the de-
tective assigned to the case refused to
believe that the attempt actually would
be made. The story, as told by the prin-
cipal actors on each side, is splendid
illustration of the fact that no matter
how carefully crime Is planned the
criminal cannot take into account all
the details, the failure of only one of
which will lead to detection.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-24

first being assured that there wa
possible chance of a throwdown.
| asked for a sight of the croe
see If l knew him. A meeting wa
ranged at which | was present
when / got my peppers on the
Sanderson my old heart CAV
thump for ] recognized him
glance as Bob Furey a crook on
sides of the ocean in some first.
Jobs,
Thompson was to figure only
second fiddle in the transaotlon-
was to get an even share In the :
with the others when the money
divided. 1t was not necessary for.
TO have knowledge of the detail
the plans which Furey had put "
work off the money bags. The
wanted q big Doodle and so lou
we were on to their game | sugge
that we should not give the gang
tip until there was really big
of dust on board the express car
to give the gang the laugh when
got the throwdown for losing
a dandy bundle.
The day was finally set for the
berry. Thompson succeeded IN ger
all the details so that 1t made
work dead easy on paper. Inc
nal to hold up the train 1t was
ranged would be given after lea
Port Jervis on the Erie railroad w
would be the signal for us to 90
little act and land the gang. u
The train with the Red Star car
booked to leave the Erie depot
O clock in the evening and 10
morning ] sent four men to Port Je
to take up a position where the
light was to be given at night.
a telegram that they had lande4
right and in the evening wnen
train pulled out of the depot
aboard with six lusty fellows 4
would rather fight than eat, \
I saw Thompson before the y
started but did not speak TO nm
indicated by nod Of the heao
the gang were on board the tis
The front ears and everything 'os'
ROSY. The train pulled out on 4,
and we went humping along az III
Iy rate. as we were on the iast
(continued on Following Page.l
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-24
DETECTIVE M'QUILLAN'S
STORY.

was sitting in my office late one
afternoon when messenger called
and said that a detective was wanted
at the office Of Wells, Fargo g. Co. for
special business. When ] got TO the
express office ] was told what seemed
to me to be very fishy story about
an attack that WIS gong TO be made
upon the Red Star money ear. ] had
some experience in express robberies,
and they are good things, for in no
other line of work are detectives so
we'll treated, and i was only too will
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-24
BOB FUREY's STORY.

"HE touch-off of the Red Star
express7 Do / recall it, Well
I should smile. That was
one of the biggest and neat
est jobs ever put up in New York. IT
WAS hair-Taiser from start to finish.
A Job like that ought TO have been
worth q million. 1t would have been
but for one Of the unexpected things
that come around to crooks as well
as to other people. 1t was put up in
the very best Of style, and I was al.
though not quite as happy as | might
have been over the result,
] tumblcd OH the business by acci.
dent one afternoon as ] WAS going
from Washington 10 New York. / was
sitting in the smoker putting away on
q bit of Havana, when a couple of