The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-08-27

up what kind of pouch it was car
ried in, and so on. Finally he came
out bluntly with the opinion that Proc
tor was a fool to waste his time work
ing in dirty shop when he might be
living in luxury. Then, seeing that
the foreman took no great umbrage at
this suggestion, he asked him IL he
could get an impression of the safe
key,%and also one of the key to the
door of the ticket office. After some
show of reluctance Pro for finally
consented to try. ~s
Returning to Susquehanna, Pr tor
took advantage Of his friendship with
employees about the ticket office to
get possession of the keys long enough
to take the desired impressions, and
those he mailed to Donahue, in whose
service he was now fully enlisted.
Donahue wrote back, expressing salts
faction, and saying that he and another
man, named Collins. had paid secret
visit to Susquehanna. and had found
everything as Proctor had represented
\ little later Proctor went to Canada
again, and was introduced to Collins.
81 this meeting it was arranged that
Donahue should procure a canvas bag
like the one used by the express com
pany, and that a dummy money pack
age should be placed inside, so that a
substitution might be effected on the
arrival of the next shipment. Proctor
ort in ho
berry, but was instructed to return
home and continue at his work, show.
ing no concern. whatever happened.
IF there's an earthquake at Susque-
hanna when pay day comes around,
you don't know anything about 1t, do
YOU understand" Such was the final
order given to Proctor, and he obeyed
tt implicitly.
"A month passed. and, hearing moth
ing Proctor went to Canada again, and
had another talk with his two con-
federates. They told him that they
had gone to Susquehanna prepared to
do the Job" but had learned, acct
dentaliy, that the money that month
had been sent in gold, which would
have been too heavy for them to carry
away, and they had therefore decided
to wait until month later.
This was in May, and the following
month the robbery occurred. Two
weeks later Proctor went to Canada,
and received eleven thousand dollars
as his share of the plumber. Donahue
and Collins explained to him that he
did not receive more because they had
been obliged to give fourth share to
another man who had worked with
them. They cautioned him not to
spend a dollar of the stolen money
for months to come, as the detectives
would be always on the lookout for
suspicious circumstances. They also
advised him to continue at his work,
under no circumstances giving up his
position within year.
Proctor had strictly followed these
suggestions, living and working as he
had done before the robbery. and not
spending any part of his portion. Hav-
ing changed the money into large bills
and sealed it up in a fruit jar, so that
the moisture could not injure it, he
buried the jar head downward in his
garden. There 1t remained untouched
for months But when the severe
weather Of the following winter set in,
he dug up the jar. and taking the
money to Buffalo, deposited it in three
banks, in the name Of his wife and his
three children, with himself in each
instance as trustee
Although his trade became very irk-