The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-08-11

be it remembered, was his sleeping
town-grumbled good deal at going
to room at that hour in the morning.
However, he went with the operative
unexpectedly, for though they had
occupied adjacent rooms in the lodg-
ing house for several months the op-
erative had contrived not to be known
to Lumas by sight. As Lumas' hours
of arrival and departure were very
regular, there had been no difficulty
about this
was seated at the table with the
reports when the two men entered. l
asked Lumas to be seated and told the
operative to retire to the hall until
he was summoned
"Lumas," / said, quite quickly, II
want to call your attention to these
reports that are spread out upon this
table. They are the daily reports of
my operatives who have Swallowed
you and those associated with you for
the past four months These reports
set forth everything that you have
done in those four months, and any
one you have associated with l can
tell you how many cigars you have
smoked, how many drinks you have
taken, whom you have talked with,
and what you talked about I find that
your mother is fine old lady and
stands high in the community where
she resides, in Vermont. l find that
you have respectable connections and
that you were well raised. l know all
about your brother and his high stand
ing on the Wabash road, and that your
character heretofore has been good.
Also that the officers of the Pacific
Express company have had the high
est regard for you and believed i'm
plicitly in your integrity.
For these reasons" l continued, 81
have taken it upon myself to give you
the opportunity of telling the whole
truth about this express robbery, but
l want you to understand distinctly
that if you do not tell the truth, if
you say one word that is not the
truth, l shall stop you and turn you
over to the officers of the law. But
if you do tell the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth, l will do all
that l can to secure the extension of
leniency to you for your part in the
crime In addition to this / can say
that, if you tell the whole truth, Mr..
Brace and the other officers will be
as lenient with you as the law will
allow. So now / want you to answer
my questions truthfully or not at ALL
Now, sir, want you to tell me how
much money you received from the
proceeds of that robbery"
At the mention of his mother and
brother the tears had started into the
messengers eyes. Long before had
ended my speech Lumas was weeping
openly. Now, raising his head and
looking M in the eyes, Lumas an
swered:
Mr.. Furlong, only received ten
dollars
"Lumas, wait a moment until / call
in Mr.. Brace, who is your friend" l
said
Mr.. Brace, who had heard every
thunderstruck. AS I entered the room
l noticed that he appeared almost as
distressed as the messenger. l asked
Mr.. Brace to write down record of
the conversation as he remembered it,
and Mr.. Brace did 80.
When we emerged into the room in
which the messenger was still seated,
I said:
"Lumas, who were the two men who
robbed your carr"
Denny Downer and a friend Of his
whom he called Little AL" replied the
man. Il never did know his real
name"
Lumas went on to say that he had
made the acquaintance of Denny
Downer in saloon in Detroit, and
that Downer evidently knew at the
time that he was an express mes