The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-10-10

seen by at least fifty men. The rob.
berry occurred in broad daylight at an
hour when the street is most crowd
ed. Yet after a long search I 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 were attacked.
"He did not see the assault, but
second later, and before he under.
stood what had happened, he saw
two men, very we'll dressed, hurry
across Broadway and turn down &C.
dar 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 a guide went through
Cedar street. traced the men to
West street by witnesses who had
noticed them moving quickly as If
they were in hurry to catch train,
but lost track of them in West street
until I reached the Liberty street
ferry. Then I picked up the very
clue was after.
"The ticket agent had seen the
| men, and his attention was attracted
to them particularly because in buy
ing a ticket for Scranton one of them
| took some money out Of bag. This
was red-hot stuff. A moment later I
struck something better. While
| searching for information from the
ferry hands I ran across a porter who
had found a 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. 1t was a
medium-sized affair, and had been
found unlocked and empty. There was
no mark on it to indicate where it
had come from. I sent it to the bank
and in few moments received word
that 1t 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
on the train, simply as a 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 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 II
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 o.
the Erie county police giving the de
scriptions of Sam Ellis and Phil Helm
rich, fugitives from justice.
"The case then appeared perfectly
plain to me. Ellis and Heinrich, aftel
leaving Buffalo, had come to New
York instead of going to Canada, al
had been generally believed. They
probably had adopted the red-peppe1
scheme of robbery in order to raise
money at once, since their scheme
had been frustrated to flood Canada
with counterfeit money. The job wal
> not exactly in the line of either O
the men, but they were, I knew, full!
!. competent to undertake anything il
any branch of thievery.
,, Unfortunately the newspapers go
, hold of the story Of the finding of tn
, bag and the description of the men
This was, of course, sufficient warn
ing to the team of worthless to div.
deeper into their hole, and made m.
work so much harder. How was I t.
get to Ellis and Heinrich? I did no
know. They were cunning lot, AM
> I knew had a stiff game.
IT knew all the haunts of both men
! and after putting on some toys to sui
! the occasion I spent my days an
nights cumming around booking tips
1t was slow work, but it was all tina
a could be done. got in with lot o
, people and heard all the gossip tina
a was going on among crooks, but j
was over month before I heard any
thing of Importance. I had to g
very quietly in order not to excit
suspicion. did not dare to ask lead
ing questions of anybody or I Nigh
), have got tip sooner.
y "One evening. while I was havin
t some oysters in Billy the Bites il
Wooster street. Jack Griffin came ii
+ A few moments later in came his oil
v friend, Reddy the Blacksmith. The
r were both friends Of Ellis and Heir
v rich. To my utter amazement Grit1i