El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-21

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Of steel assured US that he was IN
Tmbering his burglars kit.
without warning we heard our quarry
making their way toward US. Cassasa
at once began to chatter in Italian, and
think his quick wit either saved US
from an unmercifuI beating or else saved
onr lives. for that mob had US completely
st their mercy in this narrow, dark, little
trap.
CAS- we took up the trail again we no
ticed that the man who had carried the
sack had planted it somewhere. The
trio made its way back to New York and
followed them. All returned to Will
Jams house. where two of Us covered the
bouse while a third hurried back TO New
ark TO look over the job Humpty had in
prospect. Our man couldn't find the
burglar kit that had been planted, but
he learned that a very prosperous looking
ieweIry shop backed up in the alley and
that in all probability the real sorte
would be made in the near future
"Our conjecture was correct Inc
next night Humpty and his two comrades
sauntered out Of Williams house, and
aeain the trio crossed over to Newark
We hadn't landed in Newark five minutes
before our quarry gave US the slip We
lost them clean, but We were sure they
were headed for the jewelry shop so We
surrounded the place. Sure enough, when
we got there our mob was at work
"a dim light in the store family out
lined the forms Of the three cracksmen
as they worked away at the safe We
managed to get into the building BY an
other entrance and got in a good posi-
ton to watch operations. One OF the
trio was an expert in applying the
'souu.' and with the first blast the big
door of the immense safe was sprung
from its hinges and lay crumpled up as 1t
dangled by the lone hinge that withstood
the shock Of the explosion
"Jimmies and sectional crOwbars were
quickly brought into play as the bur
glars attacked the inner door Of the
safe. behind which lay a small fortune
in gems. As the craftsmen bent to
their work we figured that the time
was ripe for our descent, 30, creeping
} along and keeping as close to the wall
as possible, we hid behind a big col
umn and ordered our men to throw up
their hands and give up.
"But they weren't Of a kind to give
up without a struggle. Binding flashes
and deafening reports told Us that
magazine guns already were working,
and as the bullets sped over our heads
we could only draw our guns and from
/ our points of vantage return the fire.
The battle ragged fast and furious and
the store was so dark that we could only
concentrate our fire in the direction Of
the flashes from our quRrry's guns
An occasional squeal, then a groan or
a curse, told Us that some Of our bull
lets had sped true to the mark and that
one or more of the cracksmen had been
/ hit. But, hit OF miss, three pistols from
4 the other side of the store still barked
their defiance at US, and it was only a
/ question Of keeping safely under cover
and firing at sufficiently short inter
walls to prevent our men making a break
for safety.
''This break did come finally, as one
Of the safe blowers made a running leap
at a side window and went through,
taking the sash with him. As the
others attempted to follow him a shot
laid them low, and we leaped upon
them and closed in for a hand to hand
battle. Wounded though they were,
1 this pair was in no mood to surrender.
The pain from their wounds only added
/ to their rage and they went at Us as
though they would brain US on the spot.
THAT was one OF the most desperate
battles I ever engaged in, and when it
was all over and our two men were
stretched out at our feet we each
counted ourselves exceedingly lucky
that we, instead Of them, were not
lying there insensible on the gem shop
floor.
Williams and Tiffany we're the men
we had bowled over. and after the first
flush of victory had passed was
/ highly elated to find that the man I had
been sent to Providence to get was
stretched out before me and that the
fugitive would in all probability be in
our clutches in short order.
I'VE sent the two wounded men to the
hospital and then hurried on to Hobo
ken, where we were sure we would find
Richard Vaughan, the fugitive He
was there all right, and his arrest was
only a question Of an hour or two
When we arraigned the trio all were
quickly indicted, and when they came
up for trial each was given fourteen
years. They are still serving their bits,
and when they come out all will bear
watching, for they are fine lot and
a. human life means no more to them
/ Than fhot Of O rot