Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-10-17


order Of things, ought TO- have been
seen BY at least nifty men. The rob-
berry occurred in broad daylight at an
hour when the street 10 most crowd
ed. Yet after q long search l only
found one person, who had seen any
thing which might be Of value. ran
across a street vender who must have
been within twenty-five feet Of the
messengers when they we're attacked.
HE did not see the assault. but q
second later, and before he under
stood what had happened. he saw
two men, very we'll dressed. hurry
across broadway and turn down Co
DAP street toward the North river.
That was the natural course which
thieves who knew their business
would have taken. The vender had
pretty fair idea Of the appearance
of the two men and their clothing.
With that as guide ! went through
Cedar street. / traced the men to
West street by witnesses who had
noticed them moving quickly as II
they were In a hurry to catch train,
but lost track Of them In West street
until / reached the Liberty street
ferry. Then I picked up the very
clue l was after.
1.-THE ticket agent had seen the
men, and his attention was attracted
to them particularly because in buy
ing ticket for Scranton one Of them
took some money out Of bag. This
was red-hot stun. A moment later !
struck something better. While
searching for information from the
ferry hands l ran across porter who
had found valise In the lavatory and
had taken It to the lost and found de-
partment. It did not take me long to
get there and see that bag. It was a
medium-sized affair. and had been
found unlocked and empty. There was
no mark on It to indicate where 1t
had come from. I sent It to the bank
and in a few moments received word
that It was the bag which had been
used by the messengers.
THAT point being cleared up, i
next started the telegraph lines work
ing, and kept them hot until the train
dispatcher held up the Scranton train
at a station, and got the conductor on
the wire. He had noticed every one
on the train, simply az matter OF
business, soon after leaving Jersey
City. He was positive that no person
answering the descriptions Of either
Of the men who had brought the bag
to the ferry house had been on board
his train. This settled beyond reason
able doubt that the thieves had not
left the city. at least by that route.
"The porter who had found the bag
had got q very good look at the two
men. He remembered them even more
accurately because he had associat-
ed them with the lost bag. His de-
scription tailed with that given by
the street vender, except that he gave
more complete details. In thinking 1t
over It suddenly struck me that I had
read similar description somewhere.
/ could not place It until the next day.
Then It came over me like a flash.
What had seen was the alarm which
had been sent out at the request Of
the Erie county police giving the de-
scriptions Of Sam Ellis and Phil Helm
rich. fugitives from justice.
1.-THE case then appeared perfectly
plain to me. Ellis and Heinrich, after
leaving Buffalo, had come to New
York instead Of going to Canada. as
had been generally believed. They
probably had adopted the red-pepper
scheme Of robbery In order to raise
money at once, since their scheme
had been frustrated to flood Canada
with counterfeit money. The job was
not exactly in the line Of either OF
the men, but they were, I knew, fully
competent to undertake anything IN
any branch Of thievery.
Unfortunately the newspapers got
hold Of the story Of the finding Of the
bag and the description Of the men.
This was, Of course. suficient warn.
ing to the team Of WORTHLESS to dive
deeper into their hole, and made my
work so much harder. How was to
get to Ellis and Heinrich? did not
know. They were cunning lot, and
/ knew had q stir game.
"One evening, while was having
some oysters in Billy the Bites in
Wooster street. Jack Grimm came in.
A few moments later in came his old
friend, Reddy the Blacksmith. They
were both friends Of Ellis and Helm.
rich. To my utter Amusement Grimm
began telling in my presence about
the arrest OF both Ellis and Heinrich
in Pittsburgh for lighting and clean
ing out a joint. Grimm was with
fharn hIfk had got awav aafalV. Roth