The evening world., 1913-06-12

The 6aokees, thorou01ay
frtGhtsnsd. ran In . utue
srouo. hks % many frightened mlcs -
Ne SIGHT Of weasel. coward the starr
One Of them In his villa rush for sAssey
knoeks "a ovss an iron stand from which
one Of the arc lights had been gwuue.
Il went crashing and spiuttertns to the
floor.
One Of the Astsstivss PICKED u W
and stood Il again On IL base.
He shouted 10 the whsts-fsosd mes
at the stair:
Don't run! There 10 no danger. but
the vaults have been robbsdr'
The inspector he'd reached down his
handa Into . HoQs that had been cut IN
the floor. lie was . man OF greo8
strength ann a. . few minute: had
pulled Tisrney out OF the. ~ he had
dropped into.
Tisrney's face W. a. white - u As
and awful ching.
1.-THE ycxgs tunnoiisd mi The ye9go
tunnelled In" he saspsd. They've
robbed the vaultsr'
He looked about him.
"eec," no said. pointing Q trembling
hand 10 the ripped and torn boxss.
"sesw he repeated. pointing to ne
steel bars that had been melted away
by the oxy-acetyicne.
"sesi" ne Dried oaos more ~ he ~.
slled . finger through the gap TO the
vaults across the corsdor and showed
the gaping empty treasure boz where
had been the 100000 cash Of In No
chanical Trust Company.
The eyes OF tho financisrs seemed %
bulge from their sockets. They were
stricken with terror ~ only thoss who
accumulate money for moneys oak1
ean be terror stricken.
I'VE are ruined!" exclaimed the Prssi.
dent OF the Mechanical Trust Company.
The nnanc!sr owning the famous 20.
phar diamond rushed to his depode
vault where the great Jewel had been
placed. He found II gone
the President OF the Mechanical Trust
Company came back to the possession
Of his senses. News Of the robbery Ut
10 much cash would cause runs on many
Institutions. Every Newspaper account
OF what had happened would cause
added distrtst on the part OF depositoro
and holders OF deposit boxes.
''Clentiemsn," he said sharply. listen
to me Just . moment Not WORD OF
th,s must become known to the general
public, N the news Of this gigantic
robbery leaks out nothing short OF .
panic viii follow. Every man must blnd
himself TO secrecy. What DO you think
II the BEST move for US to make nextr'
The suggestion came promptly that
the upper tiers OF vaults should be emp.
ted and the bottommost tier carefully
guarded while a. much delay ~ possible
wac secured.
running down the yerGs." declared
Tterney, rs to keep mum about this
~uu~e .nrk suAeP AAVnP Ali the
time"
He paused for . moment and glanced
At the police inspector.
II guess pretty nearly svsrybody b
the police or detective hne knows whose
job this IT," ne said. There's only me
ma ster ysGgman and no, . crook bot
that ono could have planned and earned
out this robbery In the way u VA
done"
we have his number and picture and
thumb prints" aoquiescsd the inspec'
tor. 'Tind HrM IL the thing"
"Is must he found" declared TIE stx'
plenty Of reward for the man who finds
him 10000 or SiOO.0o or tiso,ooo-it
doesn't matter. But ne MUST NE
FOUND"
II shall report to the Counmissiones
myself" said the Inspector.
MY whole stan stayts 70 work IN ave
minutes" said Tisrney.
"And mine also" eaid the man N
charge OF the work for the DanksrS A.
sociation. Tho Secret Service OF the
UiLted States IL already on the JOB
trying 20 hnd him. He y wan9ed for
the forgery Of Unksd states per cent
bonds."
"ol esuyus ~ mA0sse e tAsa "a
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