The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-11
No. 8 Of a Series Of Extraordinary Revelations
Written by SOPHIE LYONS
inc MOST Famous and Successful
DoSas I'M Her EARLY
Million

jected robbery had made a drinking man
OF him
He was IN dent and in other trouble.
and was genuinely pleased to open neeo.
uations again With the able and confidence
inspiring leader. Everything was now in
order TO go on with the undertaking
There were no dlssensions in the gang,
therefore the police had no inkling, tho
bank was smugly confident OF their steel
fortress. and 1t only remained To name
the hour.
Hopes operations were much embar
raised by the fact that Patrick Shevclip
was only a supplementary Waterman.
Daniel Keely, his brother-in.law. was the
regular night Waterman, and absolutely
honest. as Hope knew. both from his own
Investigations and from Shevelins assur.
ances. Sheyelin'Y duty was as day watch.
man. chiefly during banking hours. The
only time when he did not share his watch
with either Keey or the equally incor-
ruptible janitor OF the building, Louis
Werkle, was on Sunday. Therefore. the
morning OF beautiful October Sabbath
was chosen
Hope saw that the weak spo, OF the
oank was also the vulnerable point In HIS
own operations. namely the nervous and
somewhat alcoholic Shevelin. Hone do,
cloed IL would be best for Shevelin tn M,
De on duty at the bank that SUNDAY. bnt
20 arrange with Werkle, the janitor. IN
take his place. '' 20
The Night Before
Had shevel!n been OF sterner .,nr -,
,oooers would have bound and gagged
MIN and left him with carefully ,e-
hearsed tale OF plucky fight against fear
iui ooos TO relate to his rescuers pu,
II was more than probable that Shevel,n
would oetray himself in the inevitable M.
zeal OF hours and hours OF tiresome ~,
animation Therefore, it seemed hes. 20
nave him at home. sick. where he could
establish an unshakable alibi and answ.r
oont know" to all questions.
SneVeiln admitted the band Sst,rd,,
nisH and concealed them in a s,ore-roon
"a an upper part OF the building. There
.uey sat crowded. cramped and uncomcort-
~, .n.oueh the entire night. They dared
nol smoke nor even eat for fear Keely. Tho
regular night Waterman, who occas,ora III"
pokeo hls nose into the room during hi.
'ouhos might notice An unaccustomeS
SMELL
Ihis matter OF smell illustrates how
carefully Jimmy Hope worked out tina
minutest details of his plan. He foresaw
that ten men packed into rather small
room would even without food or smoke
make the atmosphere seem close to the
nostrhs OF the Waterman familiar with
the usual empty smell OF the place.
for this reason Hope ordered his men
10 oathe before the job and wear clean
ciotning without any ecent whatever No
tooacco. drink or onions passed their lips
on Saturday. AS last precaution. at
hopes order. Shevelin broke a bottle OF
'smeily cough medicine on the floor In the
presence OF his brothef-in-law.
AS have said. the regular night watch.
man was keely-an honest, incorruptibIe
man, man. Sheyeitn was day Waterman. Sheye-
I'm worked from Blk In the morning unt,I
az az al night, when Keely came on duty
for the night job Wv
The janitor OF the building. who lived
over the bank with his family WAC a
worthy honest man. named Werkle Every.
body trusted Werkle. and 80 1t had come
about that Werkle was now and then made
temporary day or night Waterman when.
ever Shevelin or Keely were sick or want
ed day OF.
Though. as have said. the genius OF
Western George" Howard in discovering
a simple and speedy method OF opening
the lock by inserting a wire through a
small hole bored beneath 1t was the one
thing which made Hopes plans feasible.
yet at the last minute this method be-
came unnecessary
Consultation in the Dark
AS II the bank had not done enough in
the way Of Kindness to-the burglars by