Show BANK BANI ROB NOT WHAT I WAS ONGE ONCI Modern Mo Inventions Have a aLast aLast at I I Last Crushed Professional I Safe Blower SOME NOTED BURGLARIES Story Stomy tO of Famous Manhattan Rani DRill Robbery in iu Which I Nearly Were ere Stolen V have havo completely complete Modern Inventions ly Ir crushed tho the professional lonal bank hanle burglar The he associations formed b by bythe the bankers for for their mutual protection ton Ion tion and the tho watchfulness of detec- detec lve Live agencies have wiped out a profession sion lomi which u used ell to reap a n lucrative Income from the repositories of public pub pub- tic lic funds The absence of the glowIng glow glow- In lc rig Ing reports which used to fill 1111 fl columns glOW I concerning the exploits if of f the papers papel's has given rise iise to In- In if of f s as t to tho the cause of oC all this In-I In lull t successful fUI Time was Va when the most I if or the bank hank burglars were the thC men with the broad broadest cst shoulders and anti the i strongest arms In the tho tH past a n job of ot this sort was WS only attempted b by by- bya a I hurl gang of thieves half hol a a dozen if of f them at It least ast and utI armed with Implement so o complicated and nd expensive ex ex- pensive that lint they weighed hd hundreds s soC th tIle the adrance ad- ad oC f pounds pound Such has been lately these men vance rance of science that latey lave have been able ablo to tn work alone alon with wih electricity as assistant and if it heY hev wish vish they may wear vear evening cloth lathes as there Is no grime oil i or lust dust connected with wih the operations Ocean Inter Intel the Chicago nys ys go SS S'S The fht I is ii content with wih breal into po antI and anI taking what that stamps anti and small smal coin 11 may be he rift oft In the thu safe aCe and with Ith robbing Iso- Iso ant leC houses house tw but the true trite tt artisan fUn of his this craft when hemi it I was sas in Imi Its Is prime ulme craf anything short holt of nil and sometimes R h he hitched h his kite to toa toV a V higher star than that that IH of All Au Greatest nl l I An instance of oC if this was as the great bank robbery robber which took place lace In 1878 Ii in which almost 00 worth of securities and cash was abstracted from flom the vaults Old Man this Jimmy Hope was wag as suspected of oC rime crime but nothing could ever vel be prey prey- d ti against although his son war wn and sentenced to Sing Sing Sin Sine for or a term of years cars No 0 such robbery had been attempt attempt- ed el tl before that time line and ant none nofle ha have Ince sInce assumed such magnitude in the mount amount of property lost at one time had hail been For or r years ears the robbery tanned planned and the lie perpetrators waited or 01 a n favorable opportunity to Ip p put scheme into opera operation lon Prom From the conCesion of Patrick the hole whole story ItOI of oC this remarkable robbery as brought to lo light wa According to Shevelin who lio was ight night According watchman at nt the lie bank he was waH three years ears before the lie rob rob- be iry by b two men who had been beon school- school schoolmates mates lates of of his his In In his boyhood and or of ho he knew whop hose ho subsequent career One of oC them was wag as a well wel known cracksman nicknamed Little Litle racy and the other man was almost almo t equally famous bearing the sobriquet of Dig Big Bg Kid rhe They called t his attention atten atten- aln- aln he had then tion ton to tin the tw great chance that of making money easily lasly and also represented rep rep- resented the time small smal risk that there th e was wo to such proceedings egging him on by hy pointing to I the beggarly salary he lie was receiving He le at first rejected their proffers of assistance but finally consented to a meeting when he lie agreed to become a party purly to the crime Little Litle Tracy fracy and the Dig Big Bg Kid started to organize the gang who were to do tie the tho work They finally secured Big Dig Tracy and a man name named Dollard but after three or four foU months of ot meetings the gang broke brok up upon upon upon on account of some of the members being sent to jail jai for foi other crimes After AnN tho the abortive a attempt the matter matter mat flint ter tel languished for tom some time but finally InaI fin In- In ally aI through the thc mediation of Little Tracy Hope was brought Into consultation Ion eon imitation with Shevelin and they had several Interviews In Iii regard to the lie advisability ad ad- nt- nt of mal making the he attempt Hope finally appeared satisfied and anti organized organIzed organ organ- another gang to do the work worl La a il ini UK tin tit 11 Hope Hope however did thU not lose his hiI in m the scheme and some sonic six months month after aCer the lie forming of if tf the he tt second gang again called calet on Shevelin This time hm lu he made arrangements to associate tin thu Big lg Kid id and Johnny Dobbs will with himself and the trio 1110 went vent to lo work worl ii In dead earnest S On the tho first available Sunday Hope visited the lie bank and examined the vaults Then he be gave gave Shevelin some Rome wax va to take an impression of the thu outer door 1001 I key ey This being done lone he lit hail had hat a key Ic which when tried operated the lock quite easily Tho The next Sunday ho lie took tool Johnny Dobbs alon along They fliey rhe drilled dried a hole tinder un un- under under der t t o combination throw threw the fore forc tumbler of the tho combination lock luck back opened the iho door toor and entered the vaults Here for Cor a time the they w were vere rc In doubt just what to do as there happened hap hup- to o be two steel safes both with wih combination locks Fifty minutes wa wat all al the Iho time that could be le allowed In iii I which to do the Job and ant they concluded concluded con con- eluded that It ft could not be done with safety safely In lii that time so o they gave bave up ur the V They he came out an and attempted to lock locI the mulL vult Somehow Dobbs Do s dropped dropped dropped drop drop- ped the screw w and anI was able to force only three of the lIme tumblers back aslie as a ho lie had bath lost the Uw wire of oC the fourth They at al once realized that if the bank bunk officials In the tho morning wore were not able to unlock the safe Kufe suspicion might be bo entertained that the lock locI had hot been tampered with so they the plu plugged ged up the tho hole with wih putty and amid smeared it I with dirt from the HOOI KO so as al to make mal e it I appear that the lie drill ili had not been used on It for COI a long long- time into Locks Defy time the Look When the officials of the th bank bani appeared In the lie morning and ond tried to work the lie combination they were unable unable un un- able shie to do bo so A local locksmith was caled called but nothing ho he he could do would budge the door doom an 1 Inch Then an expert export was requisitioned arid and li ho he took look the LInt door oft off of Iho tho hinges discovering at al atthe the Iho same lime the lie hole that had hall been boon dried drilled by Hope but hut was unable to determine whether it I was an 00 old or a now one The Tho strange part of oC this proceeding was the fact that thal all 01 of this was done lone under tho the very ery ey eyes s of one of the lie men concerned In the tho attempted break breal Hope had hud boon been apprehensive of what course the bank officIals would pursue pursue pur pur- sue suo when the they came caine acrO across 8 tho tIme resul re- re suit BUlt sul of oC his handiwork so when the bank opened in the lie morning the lie Big Dig Kid KItI presented himself at al the bank to get bet a 00 bill changed Under one pretext or 01 another al ho managed to stay around lie Iho bank hank within sight and hearing until tho lie Investigation had been completed After this fiasco flaco the attempt was was given up for the time lime being Some Sonic of Hopes Hope's friends then started a a plan to lo make the break but hut the prime mover mover mo leI er Mason Maon laMn being b arrested and sent anti ant sent to Sing Sing on another r charge brought th the attempt to an untimely h end I hemi rhel matters moter rested quietly until Jimmy Hope Hop a Wt- Wt liberated from Jail Jai at Bangor Me IE hen whon he lie hunted up imp Sh Shevelin vell and insisted on 01 making the break at once They tn met huet l several times and amid Hope said that he had Imad themen the men together to do tIn the tho trick hut bill It il was w fully six Rix months month after that before before be be- fore ore the lie robbery was c consummated as they desired to test r relia rIia- la- la One Sunday Jimmy Hope appeared and after examining e the time vault aul went across the thc street and was Joined by another member r of oC the gang who was waiting for him hll and ant th the pair pall took time the cars carR Three weeks later Satur Saturday day Ia October 21 C G the tho gang gall met on 01 the lie ca corner cot of ot Mulberry and amid r streets They rhey wen wert 11 prepared to do dolie dothe dothe I the lie work and ond had hind agreed lo tu begin at atS S I p. p m. m hut but Shevelin told them that thal It would be bt impossible for thorn to start starl then a as another r mon man would he be beon heon heon on duty in iii the bunk batik antI and ant that h lw lie did not on until the lie morning is Effected At the tho hour hom appointed the lie men muon gathered and amid after oel leaving some of o their heir number posted around the buildIng build build- Ing lag to give warning entered the lie Janitors Janitor's janitors janitor's Jan Jan- Hurl rooms room and amid at the point of oC a pistol forced him to give up the keys leY of ci the bank and amid tho the combination key kC of the safe Rafe They handcuffed the ho janitor and anti his wife and leaving one oneo o of their heir number to look after them the he burglars entered the lie bank hank and amid opened the Iho safe saCe After effecting an au n entrance into the itself fafe afe another problem presented CO rem tor the cracksmen In the tho center of ot the vaul was a lon long bug op open n space whore where five ll or six Ix men could stand In Ina single l 1 ille le On either side of this ibis space a were Wc which In reality were separate safes with heavy y hea fastenings bolts boH hers bats and antI combination ton tion locks locks Tills This then was tin tho lem en presented for the burglars ur mm their heir previous work worl would count for I naught With Wih thou their appointed well wll kit ki of o mm is ii however they lucy succeeded In Iii off nIT on some seine of or the iho doors and antI securing their contents But Bui one Cne com com- in Imi which was kept In n mi bonds resisted all thou their efforts tOry to pry iry it open although the limp marks malk the frame fram of oC the tIme loom door 1100 showed hat that they tho did not give lot give up without a u struggle From Fromn the time fact that lint the lie burglars yore were forced to leave heave their expensive c lotS In the vault vaul it was as surmised l that thai they hey had bath been beon disturbed In their helm thel oper- oper antI and forced to flee fee before they thai lad had completed the lie gutting guting of the bank ank As It I was the they got away with wih ash cash and amid securities amounting to 2 About a week weel after afler the robbery the rang gang met mcl and divided the thc cash and ando to o 0 the uninitiated members it I was explained that the they would have hove to valt vait for or an au offer from flom the bank banI for Cor Corthe he the wol securities before an any further dl- dl isbn Islon could be bo made This the lie bank Islon to lo make malc and a bill bi was wa Introduced In- In providing ln for Us its In congress congles CO Is chief ellef b by Issuing duplicate government govern- govern nent ment Ii Cli t bomi bonds 15 Notwithstanding t Ii I mig the Ii e act that the tho he robbers organized a cor- cor fund fUll and amid claimed clammed in to be bl able ahl to o 0 defeat the lie bill bi it Il was passed five t e tedas the by s da lays ays afterward and signed February 20 pr resubmit on 0 The Tho Now New legislature le followed he the lead lead- of ther government o nd and pas passed ed a law which relieved the ank of the state count county and anti city cl bonds and annulled the tho value of the Iho lie originals nals I I iK tin tiit tl The Tho only onh clew clow the thc police had to g go upon ulion was was' the lie tools left lef In tho ho vaul vaul Each after the lie Job jol was completed d. d had bath his hits theory o of man of th the lie force how the tho work was waN con done and by IJ whom Early in the lie affair Captain Byrne Dyrnes came caine to the conclusion that thai Jimm Hope was implicated in iii the lie case aman anc am and andon an exhaustive search was made fo tor on him but without results result All this time Captain Captain ha ham hat Al nigh night kept his eye ce on She eln Shevelin the tho watchman of the lie bank and it I wa was to hay have soon found that he hue appeared plenty of money and was spending 1 I i quite fi I revealed th tb the quie he lie ha brim had fat fact that be before ore jie he robbery been pressed lot for money mono and could hardly hurdly el eke e out an existence on eu th thu the salary ho lie was receiving Detective were Wel placed on his hits track and his ever evry moment was WI watched Soon result became apparent Ho lIe was discovered one ono day wen well known mown crimInal crim- crim with Eily K ly tho the ma inal Inal Kelly KelY was th then lien n watched and I I. I came to lo light that he lie 1 had ad been seen seem standing standing- on 00 the corner COner opposite tin th bank banI the morning of oC the lie break brCak lH and thin that ho lie should have been at al work from flom the lie date dale of or the lie robbery robber he ha lint haer given up his Job and apparently changed chang chiming ed 01 his whole course of 1 life fe having plenty of oC money mone and amid ant blossoming ou ouinto oUI into a full blown blown Cul-blown sport Having Having discovered as 05 he thought i a. a connection between the tho v t l men inca Cap Ca Cai I Lain tain Byrnes Dyrnes approached Shevelin am an amI accused him of the lo robbery This Thi stoutly stouty denied but he ho wa va taken to lo lie police station and amid sib b- b to lo the lie third degree avail Finally the lie captain decided li ti to surprise the lie s secret cret out of oC him and s so SAil sid Dont you ou know Shevelin eln thin that your our pals have played you ou for Cor a suck or cr Now you possibly lo didn't get over ovo ou out of that break breal and the heh cleaned up hundreds of thousands Shevelin was so taken by that ho lie blurted out out- So help hell me God captain 1 didn't get got but bul Then rhen 1 realizing what he had said ho brol brok e down and ant the whole plot plot From that followed the lie arrest of Johnny John John- ny fly Hope Kope and anel Johnny Johnn Dobbs for com coin Kelly KeHy w 4 also taken Into inlo custody cus eus- tOlY tody but nothing that thai the Iho captain could rould do would got get Iet him hint to tal talk but bui buton on the strength of testimony ho lie was convicted and amid sentenced to H it 1 U years cars In flutes flute's prison This so Crl frightened fright ht- ht ned ened the others implicated that thai the thoi scattered to tu different pait pat of the country and amI It Il was not until an attempt at ut- tempt was waN made mado to ne negotiate some tome ol of th Iho stolen securities thai that more moie of the tin jang ang was caught caught Coalley anti and Emer Erner Emerson fon son on wore were arrested In iii Philadelphia Could mIll Xul ot Com CJ let Hope All Al of oC the tho members of oC the tho gang gang ro- ro 10 long terms In |