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ATE in the t he afternoon of Friday FridayMay FridayMay FridayMay
lATE May 4 1888 two messengers left 16ftthe l leftthe t tthe
the American Exchange National Nationalbank NatIo Nationalbank a1 a1bank
bank at the northeast corner of ceda Cedacstreet cedastreet Cedastreet
street and Broadway New NeVYorl York Cifjl Cifjland Ci Ciand Cite Citeand
and started down d wn the busy bus thorough thoroughfare thoroughfare thoroughfare
fare for the office of the Adams dams Ex Bxpress Bxj BxjThey ExprEss
prEss company a few blocks distant dlstaItThey distantThey
They carried carriedbetween between them each enc h holding hold holdof hOd1
ing one of the handles a valise madq madqof mad madof
of canvas and leather In which hadjust had hadjust hadjust
just been placed in the presence of ofthe ofthe offthe
the paying toller a package containin containing
11 41000 In greenbacks to be transmit transmitted transmittd transmitted ¬
ted to the United States treasury lit litWashington iriVashlngton IrtWashington
Washington for redemption redemptionAlthough redemptionAlthough I IAlthough
Although tho messengers messengersIDdward messengersIDdwardS Edward EdwardS
S Crawford and old Dominie Earl Earlewere Earlwere f fwere
were among the banks most trustedemployes trusted trustedemployes trust d demployes
employes their honesty being considered consid considered considred ¬
ered above suspicion they were never neverthe neverthe neverthe
the less followed at a short distance by byBank byBank byBank
Bank Detective McDougal an oldtime oldtimepolice oldtimepolice oldtimepolice
police detective whose snowwhite snowwhitebeard snowwhitebEard snowwhitebeard
beard arid ancient style of dress have havelong havelong havelong
long made him a personage of note on onBroadway onBroadway onBroadway
Broadway Detective McDougal fol followed followed followed ¬
lowed the messengers not because he hehad helhad hehad
had any fear they were planning a arobbery arobbery I Irobbery
robbery but because it is an imperatiro impera imperative impetat1ve ¬
tive rule of all great banking Jnstiiu Jnstiiutions jnstitutions institutions =
tions that the transfer of large sums sumsof sumsof umsor
of money monoyeven even for very short dis distances dIstances dlstances ¬
tances shall be watched over with the themost themost themost
most scrupulous care Each messenger messengeris
is supposed to act as a check on his hisfellow hi hitE1Iow hiSfellow
fellow while the detective walking inthe in inthe inthe
the rear is a check on both In such suchoases suchCRses suchcases
oases all three men are armed and andwould andwould andwould
would use US their weapons without 4 hesi hesitation hesitation esl esltation ¬
tation should an attack be made upon uponthem uponthem uponthem
themThe them themThe themThe
The messengers walked on through throughthe thl0 throughthe 1gh 1ghthe
the hurrying crowd keeping on the theeast theRst theeast
east Rst sidewalk as far as Wall street streetwhere stroetwhere streetwhere
where they turned across and contin continued continued continued
ued their way way on the west sidewalk as as asfar s star j
I far as the Adams Express companys companysI companys1ul1ding
I I uilding which stands at 59 Broadway BroadwayHaving BroadwaHaving BroadwayHaving
Having seen seenthem them safely inside the thebuilding thebuilding thebuilding
building the detective turned his back backto backI backto
to the bank where his services were wererequired wererCQulred wexorequtred
I required In other matter mattersPassing matterPassing matterPassing
Passing down the large room roomi roomstrewn roomstrewn
i strewn with boxes and packages ready readyfor readytor readyfor
for shipment the two messengers messengersturned messengersturnEd messengersturned
turned to the right r ght and ascended the thewinding thewinding thewinding
winding stairs that in those days led ledto ledto ledto
to the money nQ iey department on the sec second second seeTr ¬
Tr ond floor No one paid much attention attentionto
to them as s at this busy hour bank bankmessengers bankmessengQTS bankmessengers
messengers were arriving and depart departing departIng departing ¬
ing eve everyjfew w minutes StilJc omeof omeofthe om omgofthe of ofthe
the clerks cler s remembered afterward or orthought1 orthoughC orthought
thought they th did that the old man manEarle manEarle manEarle
Earle ascended aSc hded the stairs more slowly
than his more more active companion who whowent wl10wpnt whowent
went ahead carrying the valise alone aloneBoth aloneBoth aloneBoth
Both mESsengers were present at the thereceivingwindow therNeivIngindow thereeeivlngi
reeeivlngi receivingwindow indow of the thmoney themo money Wes depart dapartment departm department
ment m mt When W n the package pa kage was taken takenfrom takenfrom takenfrom
from the valise a Use and handed hancledlo to th thilrrk thJerk <
Jerk who ho gave a receipt for it in th1 tl th thJsual thusual > t tJBual
usual form Received from the Amcr Amcrkcun Amc Amcran Amerscan >
ran Exchange bank one paekrja paekrjanarked packrS111arked Packr sa sanarked
narked as containing 41000 for trfer trijs trijsfcr tr trfr
fcr to Vashi Washington ton or at least sr sras tar tarl llr llris
is l has been both mesaOn mes im
Viers crs rs were p sent when the package packagetvas
tvas c as handed in inThe InThe n nThe
The two messengers nie me enSers having nr nrtumed 11 11Ilmed
Vumed Ilmed their duty went away awa Earle Earlehurrying Earlehurrying Earlehurrying
hurrying to the ferry ferr to catch a train trainDUt tru traincut = n nout
out into New Jersey Trse where he lived livedind Uedu
ind u + d Crawford returning to the bankivith bank bankivith banlwith
ivith the empty valise The valuable valuablepackage valuableadmge valuablepackage
package had meantime been rangedbehind ranged ranfceflbehind rangefltiEhind
behind the heavily h avl1y wired grating along alongKith alongIith alongi
Kith h Ith dozens of others some of thorn themontaining thornontalning thmontaining
i ontaining much larger sums The TheHrrks Thekrks Thetlrrks
Hrrks in 11 the money department of the thedams the1ams theAdams
dams < Express company become so soicrustomed solCustomed sot
t icrustomed to handling gold silver silverind silvertnd silvertnd
tnd bank notes fortunes done up in inDags Inlags infags
lags boxes or bundles that they the
h nk little more of this precious mer merhandise merhandise merhandlee
handise than they might of s so o much muchoal mucho muchgoal i
goal o l or brick A quick glance a aouch aoUlh aouch
ouch of the hand satisfies them that thatho thath thathe
ho h seals the wrappings the labels labelshe labelshE labelshe
he general appearance of the pack paekige pack19fS packtges
ige 19fS > s are correct and having entered enteredhem enteredhpm enteredhem
hem duly dul on the waybills and turned turnedhf turnedhm turnedhem
hf hm > m over to the express messengerho messenger messengervho
vho ho Is to forward them to their desti destitation desUmUon destkCation
tation they thc think no more about them themIn themIn themIn
In this instance the th 41000 package packageifter packagefter Packagettpr
ifter a brief delay was looked in one onef
f the small nortable < safes a score scoreif
if f which are always lying about in inf inf3d inreadiness
readiness f f3d ness and was lowered to the base bnsemnt basel1E
mnt l1E nt where it was loaded on one of ofhr ofhe ofhr
hr companys wagons The wagon was wash W wash C Ch1
h h1 > driven dth en to Jersey Terse City Cit guarded guardedv
v the messenger meSS npor in charge his hi assist assistiLt assisttt
V tt and the driver all three men be beIn ben
In n armed and was safely Sfifel placed placedboard plncedboard placedboard
board the night express for Washing Washingon
on TJ It is the companys compan s rule that thatho thatItf thathe
ho messenger who starts with a ahrough ahrough ahrough
hrough safe travels trn vels with it to its itsDestination its1EstfnatIon itsestination
Destination though he has to make makejourney makejourney makejourney
journey of a thousand miles Some SomeJrrtes SomeImes SomeImes
Imes the destination of money under underremsfer underrCi
a remsfer rCi nsfer is so remote that the service serviceif
I if f several express companies is re reluired retulrd reluired
luired and in that case the messenger messengerf
f the Adams company y accompanies accompanieshe
he 11 money only to the point where it its iti
i s delivered to the messenger t of the theext thet theext
ext t t company and so on onThe onrho onThe
The next morning when the Tackagerom package packagerom J1ackagerom
rom the American Exchange bank bankFas bankiltS bankens
Fas delivered in Washington the exerlenced ex exerlenced exItrIpnced
erlenced treasury clerk who received receivedt received receivedt
t perceived at once from the cbndi cbndiion ctmdiIon conditon
ion of the package that something somethingras
ras wrong Employes of the treasury treasuryepartment treasuryepartment treasuryepartment
epartment seem to gain u new sense sensend sensend sensend
nd to be able to distinguish bank bankotes bankotes bankotes
otes from ordinary paper merely by byhft byhp byhP
hp feel even when done up in bun bunilcs buna bunacs
ilcs a Looking at the label mark of
41000 the clerk shook his head and andailed andallpd andI
ailed the United States treasurer treasurerames tlen9Ulernmes treasureramen
I ames W Yo Hyatt who also saw some somehlng somehing someking
king suspicious in the package Mr MrHanchard MrUanchard Mrtlanchard
Hanchard the Washington agent of ofbe ofp ofbe
be p Adams Express company was sum sumaoned sumaoned sumaoned
aoned and in his presence the packe pack packgc packgr
gc e was opened It was found to con conain eonILin conam
ain am nothing nothil1 more valuable than slips slipsf
1 f brown LJlUtVIl OLIUtY strow sTranv JJUJJCI paper the LUC LUUltlU coarse vn vnlety valetY V Vlety
lety used usedby t by y butchersIn butchers lmtohelsIllwropping In wrapping up upacat UPat upseat
seat at neatly cut to the size of bank banktes bankOtt5 bankotes
± Ott5 tes Tile 41000 were missing missingIt
It was evident that at some point pointetween pointEtween pointetween
etween the bank and the treasury a aogus aogus aogus
ogus package paclttlgebndbeen had d been substituted for forhe forh forhe
he h > genuine one The Th question was wasIThere washere wasThere
There here and by whom had the substitu substitulon substituIon substituIon
Ion been made madeThe mndeThe madeThe
The robbery was discovered at the thereasury ther thereasury
reasury r > In Washington on Saturday Saturdayaornlng Sa Saturdaycorning turday turdayDornlng
corning The news n ws was telegraphed telegraphedD
D New York immediately imme iately and on Sat Satrday Sat4day SatadaY
rday afternoon anxious councils were wereeld wereeld wereeld
eld by the officials of the American Americanxchange Americanxchange Americanxchange
xchange bank and the Adams Ex Expess ExP5S Exsess
is pess sess P5S company Inspector Byrnes was wasotifled wasoUffed wasis
otifled the Pinkerton agency was no noifleil notllt11 nofied
ifleil and urgent dispatches were sent sentD
D John Hoey jrasldont of r the express expressDmpany o expressD = fress fressDP1tJmy
D Dmpany and and to Robert Pinkerton who whorrr w110f whofer
rrr f both bot out of town that their pros prosr proswas prosrI
rI r e was required req lIleq Immediately in Newerk New Nework Newcrk
ork Meanwhile everyone eve one who wad l hadon wadad ad adad
ad any any connection conneotif conneotiiT on with the stolen
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packifee packt othe the payingteller pn ing teller of thebank thebankother the banl banlother ban banother
other bank clerks the messengers De Detective D Dtectle Deteetive ¬
tective McDougal the receiving clerks clerksof clerl 3 3of
of the Adams Express company and andthe andthe andthe
the express messenger messen messengerwas E1rwas was closely closelyexamined closelexam1ned closelyexamined
examined Where here and how the 41000 41000had 41000had 41000had
had been stolen was important to learn learnnot learnnot learnnot
not only in Itself but also to fix re responsibility responsibility responsibility ¬
sponsibility for the sum lost as be between between between ¬
tween the bank and the express com company compan company ¬
pany panyThree pan panyThree
panThree Three theories were at once sug suggested SUggested suggested ¬
gested The bogus package might have havebeen havebeen havebeen
been substituted for the genuine one oneeither oneeUher oneeither
either at the bank between the bank bankand bankand bankand
and the express office or between the theexpress theexpress theexpress
express office and the treasury The Thefirst Thefirst Thefirst
first assumption threw suspicion on onsome onsome onsome
some of the bank employes the second secondupon secondupon secondupon
upon the two bank messengers the thethird thethird thethird
third upon some one in the service of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the express company Both the bank bankand banlcand hankand
and the express company stoutly stoutlymaintained stoutlymaintained stoutlymaintained
maintained the integrity of its own ownemployes ownemplo ownemployes
employes employesAn emplo e8 e8An
An examination of the bogus pack package package package ¬
age disclosed some points of signifi significance significance significance ¬
cance Ordinarily when bank notes notesare notesare notesare
are done up for shipment by an ex experienced experienced experienced ¬
perienced clerk the bills are pressed pressedtogether preesedtogether pressedtogether
together as tightly as possible in small smallbundles smallbundles smallbundles
bundles which are secured with elastic elasticbands elasticbands elasticbands
bands and then wrapped snugly in instrong instrong instrong
strong paper until the whole makes a apackage apackage apackage
package almost as hard as a board boardAround boardAround boardAround
Around this package the clerk knots knotsstrong knotsstrong knotsstrong
strong twine melts a drop of sealing sealingwax sealingwax sealingwax
wax over each knot and stamps it itwith itwith Itwith
with the banks seal The finished finishedpackage finishedpackage finishedpackage
package thus presents a neat and trim trimappearance trimappearance trimappearance
appearance But in the present in instance instance instance ¬
stance the package received at the thetreasury thetreasury thetreasury
treasury was loosely and slovenly slovenlywrapped slovenlywrapped
wrapped and the seals seemed to have havebeen haveboen havebeen
been but ut on either in great haste or orby orby
by an Inexperienced hand Moreover Moreoverthe
the label must have been cut from the thestolen thestolen thestolen
stolen package and pasted on the other otherfor otherCor otherfor
for the brown paper of a previous previouswrapping prevIouswrapping previouswrapping
wrapping showed plainly in a margin marginrunning marginrunning marginrunning
running around the label The address addresson
on the package read
41000 41000United
United States Treasurer TreasurerWashington TreasurerYnshinrton TreasurerWashington
Washington WashingtonD
D C CAll CAll CAll
All this was printed except the fig figures figures figurea ¬
ures 41000 even the dollar sign signThe signThe signThe
The figures were in the writing of Mr MrWatson MrWatson MrWatson
Watson the paying teller of thebank thebankwhose the bank banlwhose bankwhose
whose busi uss s it was to oversee the thesending thosending thesending
sending orthe of < the money mone His initials initialswere initialswcre Initialswere
were also marked on the label with withthe withthe withthe
the date of the sending so that on onexamining onexamining onexamining
examining the label Mr Watson him himself himself himself ¬
self was positive that it was genu genuine genuIne genuine ¬
ine ineAll
All this made it tolerably clear that thatthe thatthe thatthe
the robbery had not notbeeq been committed at atthe atthe atthe
the bank before the package was en entrusted entrusted entrusted ¬
trusted to the two messengers for no nobank nobank nobank
bank clerk would have made up so soclumsy sOclums soclumsy
clumsy clums a package and the paying payingteller payingteller payingteller
teller himself had he been a party to tothe tothe tothe
the crime would not have cut the thelabel theInbel thelabel
label written by himself from the genu genuine genuine genuine ¬
ine package and pasted it on the bo bogus bogus bogus ¬
gus one he would simply have written writtenout writtenout writtenout
out another label thus lessening the thechances thechances thechances
chances of detection Furthermore it itwas itwas itwas
was shown by testimony that during duringthe durIngthe duringthe
the short time between the sealing up upof upof upof
of the package in the paying tellers tellersdepartment tellersdepartment tellersdepartment
department and its delivery to Domi Dominie Dominie Dominie ¬
nie Earle who took it first It was con constantly constantly constantly ¬
stantly under the observation of half halfa
a dozen bank employes so that the thework thework thework
work of cutting off the label and past pasting pastIng pastIng ¬
ing it on the bogus package could couldscarcely couldscarcely couldscarcely
scarcely have been accomplished then thenwithout thenwithout thenwithout
without detection detectionEarle detectionEarle detectionEarle
Earle and Crawford the bank mes messengers messengers messengers ¬
sengers were submitted to repeated repeatedexaminations repe repeatedexaminations ted tedexaminations
examinations but their statements statementsthrew statementsthrow statementsthrew
threw no light upon the mystery mysteryBoth m mysteryBoth stery steryBoth
Both stuck persistently to the same samestory samestory samestory
story which was that neither had hadloosed hadloosed hadloosed
loosed his hold on the handle of the
valise from from the moment they left the thebank thebank thebank
bank until ntll they had ha delivered the thepackage thep thepackage
package p ckage through the window of the theexpress th thpr theexpress
express pr companys money department departmentccd
fc ccd ing these statements as true it itwas itwas itwas
was impossible that the package had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen
been tampered with in this part of its itsjourney itsjourn itsjourney
journey journ Y while the theassumptfol1 assumption that thatthey thatthey thatthey
they were not no true implied apparently apparentlya
a collusion between the two twomessen twomessengers messen messengers messengers ¬
gers which was highly improbable improbablesince improbablesince improbablesince
since Dominie Earle had been a serv servant servant servant ¬
ant of the bank for thirtyfive years yearsand yearsand yearsand
and had never in that long term failed failedin taUedin
in his duty or done anything to arouse arousedistrust arouseUstrust arousedistrust
distrust Before entering the banks banksemploy banksemploy banksemploy
employ he had been a preacher and andhis andhis andhis
his whole life seemed to have been one oneof oneof oneof
of simplicity and honest dealing dealingAs
As for Crawford who was indeed indeeda
a new man it was plain that if the thedominie thedominie thedominie
dominie told the truth and had really reallykept reallykept reallykept
kept his hold on the valise handle all allthe allthe allthe
the way to the express companys win window window ¬
dow his companion honest or dishon dishonest dishonest dislmonest ¬
est would have had no opportunity to tocut tocut tocut
cut off of the label paste it on the bogus boguspackage boguspackage boguspackage
package and make the substitution substitutionFinally substitutionFinally substitutionFinally
Finally came the theory that the themoney themoney themoney
money package had been stolen while whjloIn whUin
In the care of the express company companyIn companIn
In considering this possibility it became be became became ¬
came necessary to know exactly exactl what whathad whathad whathad
had happened to the package from fromthe fromthe fromthe
the moment it was taken through the thewindow thewindow thewindow
window of the money department up upto upto upto
to the time of its delivery delIY ry at the thetreasury thetreasury thetreasury
treasury The package was first re receipted receipted receipted ¬
ceipted for by the head of the money moneydepartment moneydepartment moneydepartment
department Mr tr J C Young Having Havinghanded Havinghanded Havinghanded
handed the receipt re elpt to the bank mesf mesfsengers nies niessengers mes messengers =
sengers he passed the package to his hisassistant hisassistant hisassistant
assistant Mr Littlefield who in turn turnpassed turnpassed turnpassed
passed it on to another clerk Mr1Ioody Mr MrMoody MrMoody
Moody who waybilled it in due form forriifor forI11for formfor
for Washington and then placed if itin itinthe itInthe in inthe
the iron safe which was to carry it on onon onon onon
on its journey rwo or three hours hoursmay hoursmay hoursmay
may have elapsed between the receipt receiptof
of the package and the shipment of the thesafe thesafe i isafe
safe but during this time the package packagewas i iwas
was constantly in view of five or six sixclerks sixclerks sixclerks
clerks in the money department and andunless andun1ess and andunless
unless they were all in collusion it itcould i icould itcould
could scarcely scarc 1y have been stolen by byany byanyone byany
any anyone one there As for the express expressmessenger expressmessenger expressmessenger
messenger who accompanied the safe safeon Raf Rafon safeon
on the wagon to the train and then thenon thonon thenon
on the train to Washington Va hhuton and then thenon theIon thenon
on another wagon to the treasury treasurebuilding treasurybuilding treasunbuIlding
building his innocence seemed clearly clearlyestablished clearlyestablished clearlyestablished
established since the safe had been beenlocked beenlocked beenlocked
locked and sealed according to cus custom custom custom ¬
tom before its delivery to him and andshowed andshowed andshowed
showed no signs of having been tam tampered tampered tampered ¬
pered with when opened in Washing Washington ¬
ton the following morning by b r anotherrepresentative another anotherrepresentative notherlepresentatlc
representative of the express company companyThe companyThe companyThe
The messenger who accompanies a athrough athrough atlnrougll
through safe to its destination indeed indeedhas Indeedhas Indeedhas
has small chance Qha 1e of of getting inside insidenot insidenot insidenot
not only because of the protecting protectingseal
seal but also lso because he is never Al Allowed al allowed allowed ¬
lowed to have ha ye the key to the safe sat or orto orto orto
to know its combination Later as a astill astill astill
still further safeguard the Adams Ex Express Express Express ¬
press company introduced into its cars carsan carsan ars arsan
an equipment of large burglarproof burglarproofand
and fireproof safes especially as a aguard auard aguard
guard uard against train robbers robb rs who whofound whofound whofound
found it comparatively easy to break breakopen breakopen breakopen
open the small safes once in use In Inthe Inthe Inthe
the present Jle ent Instance of course there therewas therewas therewas
was no question of train robbers robbersOne robbersOne robbersOne
One important fact stood out plain fllainand plainand laln lalnand
and uncontrovertible That a responsible respon responsible responsible ¬ I
sible clerk in the money mone department departmentof
of the Adams Express company had hadreceipted hadreceipted hadreceipted
receipted for a package supposed to tocontain tocontain tocontain
contain 41000 entrusted to the com company company company ¬
pany by the bank This threw the re responsibility responsibility responsibility ¬
sponsibility on the t1 e company at least leastuntil leastuntil leastuntil
until it could be shown that the pack package package package ¬
age as delivered contained brown paper paper pa paper ¬
per and not bank notes In accord accordance accordance accordance ¬
ance with tlieir usual polic of prompt promptness promptne9S promptness ¬
ness and liberality l1ber l1ty the Adams people peoplepaid peoplepaid peoplepaid
paid over to the American Exchangebank Exchange Exchangebank Exchnngebank
bank the sum of 41000 and said no not
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more about ab ut it But their silence did didnot didnot didnot
not mean meanlnact1vity inactivity Their Instruc Instructions Instructions Instructions ¬
tions to their detectives in this case caseas caseas caseas
as inall in all similar cases were to spare spareneither spareneither spareneither
neither time nor expense but to con continue continue continue ¬
tinue the tlleinvestigatlon investigation until the thieves thieveshad thIeveshad thieveshad
had been detected and brought to pun punishment punishment punishment ¬
ishment or until the last possibility possibilityof
of clearing up the mystery had cer certainly certainly certainly ¬
tainly expired expiredHastening expiredHastening expiredHastening
Hastening to New Yorkin response responseto
to the telegram sent him Robert Pink Pinkerton Pinkerton Pinkerton ¬
erton examined the evidence already alreadycollected alreadcollected alreadycollected
collected by his representative and andthen andthen andthen
then himself questioned q stfoneq all persons in inany inany inany
any way wa way concerned in the handling of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the money Mr Pinkerton after his hisinvestigation hisInVestigation hisinvestigation
investigation was not so sure as some somepersons somepersons somepersons
persons were that the package had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen
been stolen by employes of the express expresscompany expreescompany expresscompany
company He inclined rather to the theopinion theopinion theopinion
opinion that in the rush of business businessin
in the express office the false package packagebadly packagebadly packagebadly
badly made up thoufi it was might mighthave mighthave mighthave
have been passed by one of the clerks clerksThis clerksThis clerksThis
This conclusion turned his suspicions suspicionsfirst suspicionsfirst suspicionsfirst
first toward thetwo the two bank messengers messengersOf
Of these th se he was not long in deciding decidingDominie decdingDominie decidingDominic
Dominie Earle to be in all probabil probability probability ¬
ity ft innocent While he had known knownof Icnownof
of instances lnstnucesw where 1ere old men after aft r years yearsof yearsof cars carsof
of unimpeachable unimpeac nble life had suddenly suddenlyturned suddenlyturned suddenlyturned
turned to crime he knew such cases casesto casesto casestoibeinfrequent
toibeinfrequent to Ibe beinfrequent infrequent and he decided that thatEarles thatEarles thatEarles
Earles was not one of them Of the theinnocence theinno theinnocence
innocence inno en of the other messenger messengerCrawford messengerCrbwJord messengerCrawford
Crawford Crawford he was not so sure He HeEdward Hebeg Hebegan
beg began n a a careful study of his record recordEdwardSturglS recordEdward
Edward EdwardSturglS Sturgis Crawford at this time timewas timewas timewas
was was about2 abQut about2yearsold 2 years yearsold old a man manoftne manoftnedium of ofme ofmedium me medium ¬
dium height a decided blonde with withlarjge withla1ige withlamge
larjge blue due eyes f and of a rather ef effeminate effeminate ef effeminate ¬
feminate type He went scruplously scruplouslydressed scruplouslydressed scruplouslydressed
dressed had white hands with care carefully carefully carefully ¬
fully manicured nails parted his hair haicin hairIn hairin
in i I the middle and altogether was wassomewhat wassomewhat wassomewhat
somewhat of a dandy He had en entered entered entered ¬
tered the bank on the recommendation recommendationof
of ofa a a wealthy New Yorker a ayoung ayoungm young youngman youngman
man m n about town who strange to say sayhad sayhad sayhad
had made Crawfords acquaintance acquaintanceand
and indeed in < Iced struck up quite a friend friendship friendship friendship ¬
ship with him while the latter wasservlngin wasserving was wasservingin
servingin serving in the thehumble humble capacity of con conduptor condu conductor
duptor du tor on a Broadway car This was wasatoout wasabou wasabout
about t a 3 year before the time of the therobbery therQ thero
robbery rQ > tbery Yf Thus hus far Crawford had atte at attended atteI1ded ¬
te tended teI1ded deed to his work satisfactorily do doing doing doing ¬
ing nothing to arouse suspicion un unless unles unlesQ ¬
less les it was indulging a tendency to toextravagance toextravagance toextravagance
extravagance in dress His salary s lary was wasbut waRbut wasbut
but 42 a month and yet he permitted permittedhimself permittedhimself permittedhimself
himself such luxuries as silk underclothes under underclothes underClothes ¬
clothes fine patent leather shoes and andother ando andother
other o her apparel to correspond Pushing Pushingback Pushingback Pushingback
back further f rtlier Into Crawfords record recordMr recordMr recordMr
Mr PinKerton Plnl erton learned th that t he had hadgrown hadgrOn hadgrown
grown up in the town of Hancock HancockN
N iY j Y where he had been accused of ofstealing ofstenling60 ofstealing
stealing stenling60 60 from his employer and andafterward andafterwprd andafterward
afterward of perpetrating a fraud upon uponan uponan uponan
an I insurance company Putting all allthese allthese allthese
these facts together Mr Pinkerton de decided decided decided ¬
cided that in spite of a perfectly perfectlyselt perfectlyseltpossessed self selfpossessed selfpossessed
possessed manner and the good opin opinion opinion opinion ¬
ion of his employers Crawford would wouldstand wouldstand wouldstand
stand further watching His general generalconduct generalconduct generalconduct
conduct subsequent to the robbery was washowever washowever washowever
however such as to convince everyone everyoneexcept ey everyoneexcept ryone ryoneexcept
except the dogged detective that he hewas hewas hewas
was innocent of the crime In vain did didfOllO didshadows j
shadows follow fOllO him night nig ht and and dayweek day dayweek dayweek
week after Week they discovered discoverednothing discoverednothing discoverednothing
nothing He retained his place in the thebank thebatik
bank doing the humble duties of mes messenger messenger messenger ¬
senger with the same regularity as asbefore asbefore asbefore
before and living apparently inper inperfect In per perfect perfect ¬
fect content with the small salary he hewas hewas hew
w was a drawing His expenses eX enses were lightened light lightendd lfghtenEd
enEd it is true by an arrangement arrangementvoluntarily nrrangementvOluntarlly arrangementvoluntarily
voluntarily offered by his friend the theyoung theyoung j
young man about town who Invited Invitedhim Invitedhim invitedhim
him to live in his own home on Thirty Thirtyeighth Thlrtyeighth Thirtyeighth
eighth street whereby not only was washe wa wahe waghe
he saved the ordinary outlay for lodg lodgIngSi lodgings lodgings
ings but many comforts and luxuries luxurieswere luxurieswere luxurieswere
were afforded him that would other otherwise otherwise otherwise ¬
wise have been beyond his reach teacht i
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I
Thus three months went by with no noresult noresult noresult
result then four five six months monthsand monthsand monthsand
and finally all but a year Then Thensuddenly Thensuddenly Thensuddenly
suddenly in April 1S89 1 89 Crawford took tookhis tookhis tookhis
his departure for Central n entral America giving gIving giv giving ¬
ing out to his friends that he was go going going going ¬
ing there as assume the management managementof
of a banana plantation of 60000 acres acresowned acresowned acresowned
owned by Ms wealthy friend and bene benefactor benefactor benefactor ¬
factor factorBefore factorBefore factorBefore
Before Crawford sailed however the theshadows theshadows theshadows
shadows had informed Mr fr Pinker Pinkerton Pinlerton Pinkerton
ton of Crawfords intention and asked askedinstructions askedinstructIons askedinstructions
instructions Should they arrest the theman theman theman
man before he took flight or should shouldthey shouldthey shouldthey
they let him go Mr Pinkerton real realized realized realized ¬
ized that he was dealing with a man manwho manwho manwho
who if guilty was a criminal of un unusual unusual unusual ¬
usual cleverness and cunning He Hearrest Hearrest Hearrest
arrest would robably accomplish accomplishnothing accomplishnothing accomplishnothing
nothing and might spoil everything
There was little likelihood that the thestolen thestolen thestolen
stolen money would be found on onCrawfords onCrawfords onCrawfords
Crawfords person he would probably probablyarrange probablyarrange probablyarrange
arrange some safer way for its trans transmission transmission transmission ¬
mission Perhaps it had gone ahead aheadof
of him to Central America weeks be ¬
fore foreWell
Well let him go said Mr Pinker Pinkerton Pinkerton
ton with a grim smile only onl well
have some one go with him himThe himThe himThe
The Pinkerton representative em employed employed employed ¬
ployed to shadow Crawford on the thevoyage thevoyage thevoyage
voyage sent word by the first mail mailafter mailafter mailafter
after their arrival in Central America Americathat Americathat Americathat
that the young man had rarely rare left lefthis lefthis lefthis
his stateroom and that whenever wheneverforced wheneverforced wheneverforced
forced to do so had employed a col colored colored colored ¬
ored servant to stand on guard so that thatno thatno thatno
no one could go inside insideNothing insideNothing insIdeNothing
Nothing more more occurred however to tojustify toju tojustify
justify ju tify the t e suspicion against Crawford Crawforduntil Crawforduntilthe Crawforduntil
until untilthe the early part of 1890 when the thepersistent thepersistent thepersistent
persistent efforts of the detectives were wererewarded wererewarded wererewarded
rewarded by y an important discovery
It was then that Robert Pinkerton Pinkertonlearnedthat Pinkertonlearned Pinkertonlearned
learnedthat learned that Crawford had told a de ¬
liberate lie when examined before the thebank thebank thebank
bank officials in regard to his family familyrelations famU famUrelations familyrelations
relations inNew in + New York He had stated statedthat statedthat statedthat
that his only relative in New York was wasa
a brother brotherMarvin Marvin Crawford who was wasthen wasthen wasthen
then driving a street car on the theBleecker thpBleecker timeBleeeker
Bleecker street line Now it came to tothe tothe tothe
the knowledge lruowl dge of Mr Pinkerton that
Crawford had in the city three married mar married married ¬
ried aunts and several cousins The Thereason Ther Thereason
reason r ason for Crawford having concealed concealedthis concealedthi concealedthis
this thi fact was presently brought to
light through the testimony of one of ofthe oftll ofthe
the tll aunts who having been induced inducedto
to speak not without difficulty stated statedthat statedthat statedtllaLt
that on Sunday Sunda May 6 1SSS two days daysafter daysafter daysafter
after the robbery her nephew had hadcalled hadcalled hadcalled
called at her herhouse house and given her a apackage apackage apackage
package which he said contained containedgloves containedgloves
gloves and which he wished her to tokeep toke tokeep
keep ke p for him It was about this time timethat timethnt timethat
that the papers contained the first firstnews firstnews lrstnews
news of the robbery robber and her suspic suspicions susPicions suspicions ¬
ions having been aroused she picked pickedahole piclceda
ahole a hole in the paper covering of the thepackage thepacka thepackage
package packa e large enough to let her seethat gee geethat ficeth3t
that there was money Inside Some Somewhat Somewhat Somewhat ¬
what disturbed she took the package packageto
to her husband who opened it and
found that it contained 52000 2000 In bank banknotes bonknoteso banknotes
notes Realizing the importance of this thisdiscovery thisdiscovery thisdiscovery
discovery the husband told his wife wifethat wifethat wifethat
that when Crawford came back to toclaim toclaim toclaim
claim the package she should refer him himto himto himto
to him which she did didSome didSome didSome
Some days later on learning from fromhis fromhis fromhis
his aunt that she had spoken to her herhusband herhusband herhusband
husband about the package Crawford Crawfordbecame Crawfordbecame Crawfordbecame
became greatly excited and told her hershe hershe hershe
she had made a dreadful mistake mistakestormy A Astormy Astormy
stormy scene followed with his hisuncle h huncle hisuncle
uncle in which the latter positlvelji positlveljirefused positivel positivelrtfused g grefused
refused to render him the money until untilihe untilhe unti untihe
he was satisfied that Crawford was wasits was wasits wasIts
its rightful possessor A few days dayslater daylater dayslater
later Crawfords young friend the theman theman theman
man about town called en the uncle uncleand uncleiand uncleand
and stated that the money in the thepackage thelackage thepackage
package belonged to him and must mustbe mustbe mustbe
be surrendered The uncle was still stillt
w
t
obdurate and when Crawford and his hisfriend hisfriend hisfriend
friend became violent in manner manner he heremarked heremarked heremarked
remarked meaningly that if they made madeany madeany madeany
any more trouble he would deliver the thepackage thepackage thepackage
package of money to the Adams Ex Express Express Express ¬
press company and let the company companydecide companydecide companydecide
decide to whom it belonged This Thisbrought Thisbrought Thisbrought
brought the angry claimants to their theirsenses theirsenses theirsenses
senses and Crawfords friend left thehouse the thehouse thehouse
house and never returned Finally FinallyCrawfords FinallyCrawtords FinallyCrawfords
Crawfords uncle uncle compromised the thecontention thecontention thecontention
contention by giving his nephew 500 500out 500out 500out
out of the 2000 and retaining the thebalance thebalance thebalance
balance himself in payment one must mustsuppose mustsGppose mustsuppose
suppose for his silence At ai any > y rate ratehe ratehe ratehe
he kept 1500 and also a receipt in inCrawfords inCrawfords inCrawfords
Crawfords handwriting for the 500 500paid 500paid 500paid
paid to him himOther himOther himOther
Other members of the family re recaled recaVed recaled
caled the fact that a few days after afterthe afterthe aftertime
the robbery Crawford had left in his Illsaunts hisaunts hisatnts
aunts storeroom a valise which he hehad hehad hehad
had subsequently called for arid taken takenaway takenaway takenaway
away None of them had seen the thecontents thecontents thecontents
contents of the valise but they re remembered remembered remembered ¬
membered that Crawford Cr wford on the sec second second second ¬
ond visit had remained alone in the thestoreroom thestoreroom thestoreroom
storeroom for quite a time perhaps perhapstventy perhapstwenty perhapstwenty
twenty miputes and after his decar departure decarture deDarture
ture they found there a rubber band bandlike bandlike bandlike
like those used at a t the bank The de detectives detectives detectives ¬
tectives also discovered that on the theloth the15th the15th
15th of May Ma 1888 eleven days da s after afterthe afterthe afterthe
the robbery Crawford had rented a asafety asafety asafety
safety deposit box at a bank in the theFifth theFifth theFifth
Fifth Avenue hotel building under the thename thennme thename
name of Eugene Holt On the 18th of ofMay ofMay ofMay
May he had exchanged this box for a alarger alarger alarger
larger one During the following followingmonths followingmonths followingmonths
months he made several s veral visits to the thebox thebox thebox
box but for what purpose purpose was not notknown notknown notknown
known knownOn knownOn knownOn
On presenting the accumulated evi evidence evidenceto en endeuce ¬
deuce denceto to the Adams Express company companyalong companyalong companyalong
along with his own deductions Robert RobertPinkerton RobertPinkelton RobertPinkerton
Pinkerton was not long in convincing
his employers that the situation re required rcquired required ¬
quired in Central America the pres presence 1 presence > res resel ¬
ence el ce of some more adroit detective detectivethan detectivethan detectivethan
than had yet been sent there The Timedifficulty Thedifficulty Thedifficulty
difficulty of the case was heightened heightenedby
by the fact that Crawford had estab establised establised establised
lised himself m + n British Honduras Hondurasand Hondurasand Hondurasand
and that the extradition treaty treat be between between between ¬
tween the United States and England Englanddid
did not then as it does now provide
for the surrender of criminals guilty guiltyof guiltof
of such offenses as that which hich Craw Crawford Crawford Crawford ¬
ford was believed to have committed committedCrawford committedCrawford committedCrawford
Crawford could be arrested arrested therefore thereforeonly thereforeonly thereforeonly
only by b being gotten into another anothercountry anothercountr anothercountry
country countr by somE clever maneuver maneuverThe maneuverThe maneuverThe
The man best capable of carrying out outsuch outsuch outsuclm
such a maneuver was Robert Pinker Pinkerton Pinkerton Pinkerton i
ton himself and accordingly the ex express e epress apress ¬
press company despite the very con considerable considerable considerable ¬
siderable expense involved and fully fullyaware tullyaware fullyaware
aware that the result must be uncertain uncer uncertain uncertain ¬
tain authorized Mr Pinkerton to go gopersonally gopersonally gopersonally
personally in pursuit of f Crawford CrawfordMr
Mr Pinkerton arrived arr ed at Balize the thecapital thecapital thecapital
capital of British Honduras on Feb
17 1890 nearly two years ears after afterthe aftertime
the date of the th robbery There he helearned helearned helearned I
learned that Crawfords plantation plantationwas
was about ninety miles down the thecoast thecoast I
coast a little back of Punta Gorda GordaPunta GordaPunta GordaPunta
Punta Gorda lies 1ie near the line sep separating separating separating ¬
arating British Honduras from Guate Guatemala Guatemala Guatemala ¬
mala and an is not more than a hundred hundredmiles hunciredmiles hundredmiles
miles from Spanish Honduras or 0 Hon Honduras HOnduras Honduras ¬
duras proper directly directl across the Gulf Gulfof Gulfot Gulfof
of Honduras HondurasDifficulties HondurasDifficulties HondurasDifficulties
Difficulties confronted Mr Pinkerton Pinkertonfrom Pinleertontrom Pinkertonfrom
from the very start People were weredying wcredying weredying
dying about him every ever day of yellow yellowfever yellowfever
fever and when he started for Punta PuntaGorda PuntaGorda PuntaGorda I
Gorda on a little steamer the engineer engineercame engineercamc engineercame
came aboard looking 10 kJng as yellow as saf saffron saffron saffron ¬
fron and immediately began to to vpmjt vpmjtso YPP1 YPP1so
so that he had to be taken t keJ ashore ashoreahen ashoreihen ashorehen
ahen hen the engine broke down d wll several severaltimes sevcr severalimes l
times on the voyage and the heat was wasinsufferable wasil wasinpufferable
insufferable il inpufferable ufferable
1
As the boat steamed slowly slow into
Punta Gorda It passed a smay smaUVcraft stjeam stjeamcraft l ijID
craft loaded with bananas ban palI u09tu u09tusaId Lo6k Lo6ksaid u usaid
said one of the passengers passeii ers to to dir Mr
Pinkerton not aware of the he nature of
Mr Pinkertons mission There goes go s
Crawfords launch Inu ch now nowLanding nowLanding nowLanding
Landing at once the detective wait waited waited waited ¬
ed for the launch to come to shore shorewhich sh shoreWhich re rewhich
which it presently did The first man man
to come off was Martin Crawford Crawfordwhom qraw Crawfordwhom rd rdwhom
whom Mr Pinkerton recognized from froma
a description although he had nefl t tje VJr ei
seen him Then he sawdtyaxd saw jgdiyaid jgdiyaida EdiY td
Crawford step off dressed sm smartly rtlytv 4
a white helmet hat a red sash sasIl a flneplaited flneplaited flne fiheplaited
plaited linen shirt blue trousers tro sars p p7i pati patientleather >
entleather shoes and s6 on Stn 1 fir r
Pinkerton approached and held out his
hand handI
I dont remember you ou said Craw ¬
ford but his face went wcntwhite white
You used to know me me Irt in N w v
York when hen I examined you before betoretjt f he
bank officials said the defective defe tiVe
pleasantly i iCrawford LClawford tCranford
Crawford smiled in a a sickly way waYanCl and
said Oh yes es I remember you now now
Mr Pinkerton explained expl ined that he had had
traveled 5000 miles to talk with him
nhiif about fViv the 4 i iI
I stolen invmcy money pHUKUgg p paeka fig figwillingness i
Crawford Ora wIord
expressed willingness to7ur t l ur r
nish any information he could and fn fnself f fps r
vlted Mr Pinkerton to go u up tQ Ji
plantation where they could t talk lk h
matter over more comfortably Seetn
elni
that his best course was as t to h burner mor
Crawford C rawford Mr
MrPinkerton Jinkerton con ntd p
though realizing that he thus p put t him
self in in Crawfords rower rowerii DowerII powerII
ii IIT V VThey r rThey
They T ey went aboard Crawfords Craw ford s launch launchwas Iaun h
and steamed up the river a veryn very n f
rGW winding stream arched qu qur d lt
over
oyer through most of its lenil len E hThy 4y r
t the he thick
tropical fgUllge and lld i lrisom > S o mb
parts so deep that no
sou QYJmJB3hM Iad1n hYet
Yet found
bottom The p plfl lantatfon ltatl n
was entirely InacceWible InacceWiblestraight In inaccessible cce slble by land on on
account the crooked of ImpLl impamsgple 13 < Je swamp W mnJ gand and
it course of t4erSypr the rlyGr m ade de
a journey of twctltythrec
ri miles ll s
from Punta Gorda although in inV ina V a
straight line it was pnly Sfc sib sl miles miesJkerton
awa away awayMr
awaMr
Mr Pinkerton Jkerton was surprised BurprJ sue ri ed at the thebut the
u Unpretentious character of the house
which hJch was built
pf cane and na1rp
stocks and
roofed with palm Branches ran hes
OrIginally it had been qne large r on in
but it was w s now
divided by muslin l
mU ln nsheeting
sheetfng into two rooms oijet oJe o n e It 1 t tftS tither nh it r
end with h itli a hall in the middle nfddleXli nfddleXlimost Al ¬
most the first thin thing 1 air l r PinkfirtoVfin PjnJqrtp 1 11q
tlced1 ofs
pn entering was a fire fir firevroof oof set s11
standing in the hall It was al of f me med mfc mfci l
um size and seemed to be new He
knew he was i ppwerles8 p pbwerIesg werl under th the thebut u
laws pf the country to sea search cli the saf safe °
but he made up his mind thatwhile that while
he was in the house he would ould keepis keen keenis k en
is is eyes asmijch as m1Jch as possible upoh upoiit upon it
That night he did not sleep for watch W t h ¬
ing But Crawford did not go P near ne1ir
the safe until the t he next ne m0rnnf m rfn when
he went w pt to get out some aocountrbocfks
While the door was open Mr Pink Pinkfir
ton saw nw only asmall a small sm ll bag bll of silver in insidebut i inside 1 1sIde ¬
sidebut sIde but he h felt sure from Craxvfbrds Oratwtorsmanner Craxvfbrdsmanner OraVt rd s smanner
manner that there was a larger larjoramount lar3oramount largeramount
amount of money there thereMr thereIr thereMr
Mr Ir Pinkerton remained at the plan plantation plnnmtion plantation ¬
tation for fortyeight hours On the thesecond thesecond thesecond
second day he had a long Interview Interviewwith interievwith interviewwith
with Crawford Crn wford questioning him in the thegreatest thegreatest thegreatest
greatest detail as to his connection connectionwith connectionwith connectionwith
with the robbery Crawford persisted persistedin
in denying that he had had any con conrnection connection < on onnection
nection with it or had any knowledge knowledgeas lmowledgas
as to what had become of the t1estD1 S stbtJm stbtJmmoney D1 11 11money ii iimoney
money Argue as be would Mr lrr1JtL PJiL J =
kerton could not beat down the stub stubbornness stubbornness stubbornness ¬
bornness of his denials All direct ap approaches 3 3proaches a aproaches ¬
proaches failing at last he tried Indi Indirection Jpdlrection indirection ¬
rection He spoke of Burke the ab ajbsconding absconding absconding
sconding state treasurer of Louisiana Louisianawho Louisianawho Louisianawho
who along with a number of other otherAmerican otherAmerican otherAmerican
American lawbreakers had fled to Cen Central Central Central ¬
tral America Burke had a level levelhead levelhead levelhead
head hadnt he said he heHow heHow heHow
How do you mean asked Craw Crawford Clawford Crawford ¬
ford fordWhy
Why Thy in going to Spanish Honduras HondurasYou HondurasYou HondurasYou
You know the United States has np n ntradition extradition ex extradition ¬
tradition treaty there under which we wecould wecould wecould
could bring back a man who has ho a asconded ab absconded ab absconded > =
sconded for embezzlement or grand grandlarceny grandlarcen grandlarceny
larceny larcen r Burke is as safe there as if ifhe ithe ifhe
he owned the whole country countryIs
Is that so said Crawford looking lookingsignificantly lookinsigl1ificftntly lookingsignificantly
significantly at his brother Marvin Marvinwho Marvinwho Marvinwho
who was present presentYes presentYes presentYes
Yes said Mr 1r Pinkerton it is I Ionly Ionly Ionly
only wish the fellow would come up uphere uphere uphere
here into British Honduras then we wemight wemight wemight
might do something with himHere him himHere himHere
Here the subject was dropped droppedNext droppedNext droppedNext
Next Mr Pinkerton exhibited to toCrawford toCrawford toCrawford
Crawford a sealed letter written by byJames byJames byJames
James G Blaine and addressed to the xischief thechief thechief
chief magistrate of British Honduras Honduraspointing Hon Honduraspointing 1 1pointing
pointing to the seals of the stale cfe cfepnrtment d dpartment t tpartment
partment to assure Crawford of theletters the theletters tHeletters
letters genuineness g nuineness and hinting mys mysteriously mytcriously mysteriously ¬
teriously at the use he proposed making mak making making ¬
ing of the document and at the prob probable probablc probable ¬
able effect that would follow its de delivery deliven delivery ¬
livery liveryWith livenyith liveryWithm
With this the interview closed and andMr andlIr andMr
Mr Pinkerton announced his intention intentionof
of going back to Punta Gorda Craw Crawford Cra Cratgrd Crawturd ¬
ford had practically told him to do his hisworst hisworst hisworst
worst and he had not concealed his hisintention hisintention hisintention
intention of doing it Nevertheless Neverthelesstheir Neyerthelesstheir Neverthelesstheir
their relations continued outwardly outwardlypleasant outwardlypleasant outwardlypleasant
pleasant and Mr Pinkerton was treat treated treated treated ¬
ed with the hospitality that is usual inj injn II IItropicnl in intropical
tropical < > n < ii countries nn fvAS TT He < Rflw saw no stem sign oany off offany o l lmw
any disposition on the part of either eitherofthe eitherf
ofthe of f the Crawfords to do him harm but buthe buthe buthe
he kept his revolvers always ready readyand readyand
and gave them no chance to catch him himnappinr himmu himnspping
nappinr nappinrToward mu nsppingToward > ping pingTowarcl
Toward evening of the second day dayCrawford dayCrawford dayCrawford
Crawford and his brother got o the thelunch thelunch thelunclm
lunch ready and took Mr Pinkerton Pinkertondown Pm Pinkertondown erton ertondown
down the river back to Punta Gorda Gordawhere Gordnw11ere Gordl Gordlwhere
where they said goodby At parting partingCrawford pa partingCrawford t1ng t1ngCrawford
Crawford made a brave show of O treat treating tr treating t tinS ¬
ing the whole matter lightly I may maysee ma masee a asee
see you OU in New Ne York In a couple of ofmonths o omonth ofmonths
months H le i said mJ l to the th dgtectiveV detectives detectivesthey ce e lvt as asthey e
they shook hands handsIf 11andsif handsf
If if Iyou f you Ou see e me in New Yprjf fill s rtIIJ rtIIJMr iiJ jd jdlir > >
lir Pinkerton Plnerton H vou pu l will see s e yourself yourselfunder yoursoifunrisr oUlol oUlolunr
under arrest arrestOn arrestOn V
On landing Mr 11 Pinkerton proceeded proceededwith DrQceep prQceededwitim qt qtwith
with all the obviousness possible to tbcall tocLll tocall
call at the house of the British mag magrIstrate magIstrate mag1st
Istrate 1st rate which was so situated that thatCrawford thatCrawford thatCrawford
Crawford from the launch could not notfail notfail notfail
fail to see him enter This seems to tohave tohave tohave
have confirmed the impression he had hadbeen hgdbeen hadbeen
been striving strivin to create that th tBrlt1sh tBrlt1shHonduras British BritishHonduras BritishHonduras
Honduras though thou h in truth a perfect perfectrefuge pertectrefug perfectrefuge
refuge for a a criminal er niinal 1ilfe lkelr 1 CrIWWJ1j CrIWWJ1jwfl rttwrjw1a woj wojwas
was wfl none Crwf4jrd GIS W ford rg aMaren 31U JjmJrentl7 r x yjhor yjhortogether thor thoroUhlY thoroughly
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gfl aUJ lin SR 1W P11Satl9lLmerin P11Satl9lLmerintogether P1IDWJ1 m eJftt
together as subsequently ubsequ ilUY appeared appeal dJ1t dJ1tContinued wsContinued ws hl5Continued
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