Year: 1870

there was some loose matter on the
floor overhead, and not tackled. down
carpet, and it lay exactly over where
we had cut, You see had often been
in the bank and had taken the bearings
of things. Well, we clambered up
through the hole and surveyed things.
Scotch Bob was safelockmaker and
he thought he could open any com
bination lock if he only had time. SO
to work he went.-We fellows went
below anil left him to himself rs he
could work better that way. You see,
we had not intended to remove any
thing that night. The time would-be
,oo short. We were only to get ready
TO go through the yault safe and get
away with the stuff on Sunday night.
All night Bob worked, and | watched
and listened while the others slept.
We knew the janitor visited the bank
on Sunday about noon, so Bob came
down through the hole about eleven
the next day, and carefully drew the
mating back oyer the opening.


Jerry then rlggea up prop or two
with the piece of floor on top, and
made it quite steady. and no one conld
see from above any change.-At noon
the janitor came in. The bank folks
thought he didn't do his duty. or he'd
have caught us 4; but bless you he could
not see anything wrong-wc fixed all
that. Well Bob went back to his work
and worked all the afternoon, but with
no luck. and so when nine o'clock came
that night, Charley took hold of things.
We got our jimmies and our plug-ug-
lies. and fixed up aprop TO work the.
opener against. | was bound to open
any safe, once | got n purchase with
my opener. They can't stand long
against il.


Before we got To work Gentleman
Tim went TO the bank door and with
a tine brace and bit he made a small
hole through the pannel of the door,
then he tied bit Of cord TO 4 wire
and stuck the wire through the door.
He felt it pulled on the other side and
kneS Cute Jack was at his post
Leaving the wire through the door We
rigged spring hammer SO that it
would strike like a dinner gong, only
it would strike on a book and make
dull thud instead of clear noise like
a bell. Jack was to pull the wire and
keep US posted by it of outside matters
and dangers. Then We got TO work.
and got the opener TO bear we
made little or no noise, still We stopped
work whenever Jacks bell gave one
thud. which meant danger, two thuds
meant ahead again, while three meant
| that so,ne one was either coming into
the bank, or that some policeman wa.
searching along under the stoops. and
would when he got To the bank stoop,
most likely discover Jack as he lay
curled up.


"Should this happen he was TO feign
| sleep. and, at the worst, could only bc
made TO move on. However. every
thing was propitious. and the bell only
| sounded the one rap whenever the
policeman drew near the bank. lie
| had worked about an hour ana | felt
sure a couple more would let me
through the door. when Bob who had
not discontinued his attempts to unfold
the combination of the lock uttered II
joyful exclamation. and Immediately
the pondcrous door swung open. He
had hit upon the combination partly
by luck and partly from his knowledge
of locks. The inner door was Of but
little hindrance TO us and we were soon
in the vault. Gentleman Tim produced
some India rubber bags which he had
provided, and into them he hurriedly
placed the wealth Of notes, stocks and
bills. which we found. A lot of de
positors' tin cash boxes were ranged
around. and these we broke open and
added the contents TO our pile.


1.-The bags now became full. and
vet still more was to be had for the
taking 1t would not do for one of us
to load himself even with a single dol
lar. for it would arrest suspicion on
the street, we must have nothing trace
able to the bank about our persons.
A long, low, trunk was in the vault,
and BY measuring its thickness, We
found that it would just enter the sewer
at the corner.


Now came the most dangerous part
of the work. BY pulling the string the
wire end of which was in Jacks hand
we communicated to him by arranged
signals that We were ready to come
out. In answer he informed US through
the same channel, that the policeman
was still near. After waiting fifteer
minutes, Jack telegraphed that the
coast was clear, and one by one w
slipped out Of the bank by the from
door, and handed the bag Of stuff which
ge carried down the sluiceway tC
Charley, passed on in different ways
to meet us by arrangement, in an houl
afterwards at the mouth Of the sewer
/ came out of the bank last, carrying
the trunk, which / gave to Charley
and then passed down toward thu
market.


81 waited an hour and then went t.
the sewer mouth and waited in th'
shade of the pier an hour or more, bu
none of the fellows came. At last
slipped up the sewer and found nc
Charley.


II then saw how I had been fooled
The Williams had come together anC
made of with the spoiis before 60
there.


81 never set eyes on one Of thos
fellows sine. LII had one would have
died, be it him or me.


1.-The bank offered big reward, ant
had my doubts as to whether
wouldn't be better to peach and CLAIM
it, and SO get something. But as