The evening world., 1913-06-04

AochanicAl Trust Company 6,WV,Vv
Jewels. including the Zophar
diamond ........................ lO,W'Vo
These Hgures. amounting to three quar-
tsrs of a billion dollars, were conser-
vative. The basement OF the building
was really a triple basement, or three
floors. all consisting OF safe deposit
vaults. Many OF the vaults contained
the private cash hoardings OF families
and Individuals. no record Of which would
be shown In the books Of the firms given
IN the tabular statement. Only the
contents of the vaults themselves
would prove the actual amount OF
the treasure imprisoned. The estimate
: Of one billion dollars was not consid-
cred too high by the careful financial
experts Of the newspapers.
The total of 80 detectives assigned
10 protect this almost fabulous gather
Ing OF concrete wealth in so small a
space were all in plain clothes. They
formed the inner line of defense against
crooks. for beyond. holding back the
&erowds with clubs and occasional strong
Asm work. were 30 uniformed men.
Iineluding all the reserves OF the Old
3oHp. the Oak street and the Church
IAtreet police stations.
At Police Headquarters the secretary
Of the Commissioner sent notice to the
inspector In charge OF the detective
branch Of the service that all captains
- notified that the dead line" was
ret to be violated and that the infor-
nation should be spread broadcast that
any man or woman with criminal
record found south Of the line. that 10
-south Of Fulton street. would be taken
In custody and held andennitciy a. .
suspicious character.
The newspapers proclaimed the fact
Mat the old dead line OF tho days OF
Byrnes was re-estabhshed. SO that the
treasure under the nre wreckage would
have the fullest possible protection.
- 10 tho unsophisticated holders Of the
wealth in stocks, bonds, cash and
sjevsls, heli down BY ice and girders
snA mountains OF brick. all of these
nrecAutions proved matter for much
0yNttfScation. and when fund was
started for the relatives of the fremen
VINO had died In the battle TO save
-downtown New York from a mighty
confiaSration they demanded that
fund be started for the police as well.
Tho dead line came out OF the past
and the days OF Byrnes as a real. potent
oulwark against those mysterious forces
which work under cover with fusing
blast, nitro-glycerine and the various
appiiences and arts mastered by the yegg
profession. At least 1t had the glamour
OF old police days under picturesque
Chief who had been successful In his
time and It excited the popular imaglna-
tion.
hut to those gentlemen OF the yegg
prOfession who desired to look over the
little golden field just north Of the
corner of Broad and Wall streets the
dead line presented no more IN the way
OF obstacles than did the line marking
the equator or the northern boundary
Of the Tropio OF Capricorn.
They took the subway express at
Fourteenth street or at the Grand Cen
tral Station, or they took the McAdoo
tubes from Jersey City and were landed
right in the heart of the financial dis
trIct. some came under the East River
from Brooklyn In the tube which con-
meets Manhattan and the dormitory
borough OF Greater New York.
The prince OF them all passed over
the line more luxuriously, in Limousine
with his monogram on the doors.
James Tierney, Incorporated. was
himself in the crowds downtown look
ing for this one man of all the criminals
In the world. lie searched scores OF
faces and studied the backs of necks,
the shoulder lines. even the hands. Of
hundreds OF men we'll dressed and
poorly dressed. for he knew Not in what
disguise the master yegg would visit his
baahwick.
. Tierney had laughed at the stupid