| Show THE CRIMINAL tells how he planned the S T col ZA a deed and sought to close every avenue of kanom knowledge ff FAMOUS leadin leading 9 to his guilt C R I 1 M E the detective shows hows how futile these E efforts were and how the old adage murder by HENRY C TERRY will out always holds good copyright by P F L nelson THE LOOT OF THE KINGSTON NATIONAL HAVE otter wondered what mr sherlock holmes or monsieur lecocq would have done il if confronted dwyth with the problem of the robbery of the kingston national the detective of fie tion you say eay to is never real iced in real life here to Is a story that proves the opi lasite doubt if either of the he famous a sleuths of doctor myles doyles or Qa Cla borlaus imagination would haye have proceeded more ingeniously or more successfully to the final unraveling of the tha tangle then than did detective price if you dont believe that the old adage about fact being stranger than fic aton applies to the detection of crime follow the mystery of the kingston robbery with me as it came from the of the prInc principal lp 1 I actors WILY mitchelle MITCHELL PS YARN A crook who la Is up to snuff said wily mitchell MU choll who to la noted among other things for having been tried and acquitted three times taffies for murder and wants vanta to got along in tho the business without working too much for the state must bo like a good general ito iia must always arrange his plans so fl to cover his retreat homo omo thieves are so eo constituted that they do hotl not mind going to jail for a live five or so BO punishment of that sort has haa no terrors for them and while liberty Is sweet to every man they take their me merlaine dlaine and rather enjoy prison life I 1 aldaya had bad a horror of df I 1 going to prison but it was never quite strong enough to load lead me to become honest bonest when the big door closed behind me every time that I 1 entered jail it gave me achill a chill and I 1 never got over it until I 1 was out in the sunshine agnlin so it naturally hn happened that when I 1 was wall in active business buBl ness it was my special desire to do everything in my power to keep out of jail I 1 alwa always s paid anida d great deal more attention 0 o laying plans for a getaway get away after a robbery than to the work itself for that reason I 1 I 1 used to get into quarrels with the men I 1 worked with they obey did not nat like my caution and I 1 have puffed many times aimes out of what looked easy jobs just because I 1 could notsie bot seo my way dear to escape it was my notion that ay anny bit of work would not pay no matter how much money molloy there was in it it it were followed by a ten years contract with wath the state stata in the stone breaking line tt it was this trait of mind which led me into the kingston national bank robbery at the timo time when I 1 ran this trick I 1 wag waa a fugitive from justice with the charge of killing ned wallace hanging over me so naturally 1 I had to ga go a bt slow my atte attention nilon was attracted to the bank by a story in ono one of tho the papers about a largo large sum of money which had been deposited in its vaults by some company that was going iso h build a railroad and a water works I 1 know knew that this money was going to remain in the bank for several weeks so I 1 sent for dill bill noble who wile was at that bai time running a gambling house in east houston street near broadway dill bill was always ready to take a hand with mo me because he understood tinder stood my ways and I 1 did his and wo we never had had any trouble it was lust just what dill bill panted for hla his bank roll had bad been hit fery hard I 1 had not been out of the bouse in tho the daytime because the murder of wallace was very hot and I 1 knew that the coppers were making a lively chase for me I 1 arranged with bill for him to do all the preliminary work ile he turned a book agent on short notice which gaga aavo him a chance to visit the bank without exciting suspicion while bill was talking books he be sized up tho the vault and saw that the door was an old fashioned affair with a now new and intricate lock which had luat just come out and was believed to be burglarproof burglar proof the next step was to find out who closed up the vault this was a very delicate thing to pick up without being inquisitive the tact fact that dill had to deliver some adre books at the bank opened tho way to get this information ile ho kept tab on the bank for several days and found out the time that each man left but he be could not iw gee from the street who had charge of the vault when the books came bill waited until banking hours were over ovar before going to deliver them ile Hs found several of the clerks clarka busy clog cloa las tip P the bobki beoka aud and he show showed d that ko wits was a genuino book ag agent ent by starting in to talk against time bill knew what he was after and he got lt it after waiting an hour dill bill tho the cashler cashier whose name was roll poll looked locked up tho the vault ile he used two sets of keys one for the inner door to the small email safe and tho the other for the big iron outside door ile he put tho the keys in different pockets poc keta dill bill waa close enough to tho the keys to remember them it if he saw them again dill bill followed the cashier to his home which was in tho the suburbs in a neat two story cottage cattage and the preliminary work was over it would have been been easy to ta take kethe the next step which would bo be to get gei the keys and open the safe cafe that Is whit what some thieves would have done but I 1 had a better trick up my sleeve which came out of my caution and would aid us in making escape easy it was lev developed eloped in this way the same night bill found out about the keys wo we made a call at cashier bolls bells house after tho the family had retired wo we did not care to disturb their slumbers so BO reentered wo we entered the house bouse through a parlor window bill had located the room in which the cashier slept and I 1 went there noiselessly either the cashier or his wife had bad a beautiful snore and I 1 need not have been so BO careful in my operations I 1 found the cashiers trousers removed the keys heys and returned to tho the street where dill bill was wag waiting we went to a secluded spot where it was safe to flash a lantern there I 1 took a careful impression of the vault keys and the key of tho front door of the bank in wax and all aletho the measures necessary I 1 then returned to the cashiers house and replaced the keys in his bla pockets just as I 1 had found them wo we closed up the house and went home the night after we had bad called on cashier doll dell bill and I 1 paid a visit to tho bank about two iwo in id the morning when we know knew the policeman on the beat was taking a snooze in a bakery the keys worked like a charm five after we entered the bank 1 waa the vault packing up the green stuff I 1 took all the money and such bonds bond sas as appeared to be negotiable I 1 worked lively and in twenty minutes closed the doors of the vault and walked out with in my grip we were in time to connect with a 4 freight train after riding about ten miles we wa left the train cro crossed ased the hudson to rhinebeck and took the first train to now york DETECTIVE PRICES STORY Ali mistakes stakes are something that cannot bo avoided said detective price no matter how careful you may be in probably no other business are mistakes made so often as in police work and wo we are frequently unjustly criticized and condemned 1 I speak in this way because of my recollection of the pounding I 1 received when investigating the robbery of the kingston national bank I 1 know that I 1 did not deserve all that I 1 cotla got but a great many people thought I 1 was not abused halt enough 1 I was put to io work upon the case the day the robbery was waa discovered which was on a monday morning A very r singular state of things was found at the bail bank k when cashier bell throw open the doors of the vaults vaulta to begin the days business all the clerks were present at their desks as the khe books were kept in another safe cafe which was in charge of the head bookkeeper the cashier entered the vault ault to tako take out soma bomo bills to put in the drawers in his desk A moment later ho he staggered out and tell fell into a chair ile he was not able to speak for n moment the clerks gathered around him thinking ho he had an attack of heart failure to which he was waa subject ile he announced when ho he got con arol of himself that there was no money in the vault but he did not say aay that thoro thero had bad been a robbery after a short consultation the bank was closed for tho the day and everything was just as it had been bean found when I 1 got there I 1 made a careful examination of all the windows and doors there was no sign that thieves had bad forced an entrance 1 I had a private consultation with the president aud and directors and got from them the history of every nan an who worked in the bank so go far norbey aa they know it every employed had a glit gilt edged reputation was wag prominent in social and church affairs in the town and had bad been with th bank for many years 1 I inquired very minutely into the method of opening the safe af I 1 learned that it required two men menthe abe and a clork v so 0 each had bad a key to without both of them being present ho xe safe bafo could not be opened this I 1 joked ked alike like a promising lead so I 1 pu 8 d my inquiries in that 1 di I 1 I 1 1 arned ne d when the cashier had opened t e sate safe on monday ling that iho 01 clerk was not pres bat it was aident then that tho cashier had bo h keys the president preside hin t would not bell e me when I 1 told hani of the state 0 airs 1 I then cc frad red my atten attention tion on cashier iroll ad 1 begun began to deavo the net closer an closer about him I 1 learned that ill had bad requested tho the clerk to give im m the keys about a week before t p robbery the clerk was going to attend a ball and the cashier had t li him to lot let him have the key so ie need not report ds as early as usual athe t the bank the clerk gaye up the ice the cashier did hot return them hough bough the clerk asked for them T ni I 1 learned that bell had beena op through a bro c er in walla feet and as near as I 1 could get a 15 had lost about in a year w R was news to jo tho the bank banh officials 1 I found 0 t f that the cashier had hold several I 1 ter views with strangers and another fact that on the tha of the robbery mrs bell had awakened and pound found that thai her husband was not in 4 sho did not enow where he was ind n had bad not thought of asking h im here re were several Beveral othet suspicious edair stances against BOIL bell there iso many facts ix 11 bells favor but ut the bank dirac tors ber MO vinced at after ter carefully weighing all to e evidence that bo be was waa guilty and h awas was arrested I 1 never ho took his bis arrecot so saw a man hard and ju lly go BO as aa it afterward turned out ie e had ek a hearing and so 0 o was made out against so strong a him that he as s held for trial shortly a arthis r athla there was a fire in the hous of a mrs libby larsen being a bit ta a fire fiend I 1 went to see the cou boys boya work they did such good r rs I 1 that tho they saved the house I 1 w ft nto into the place and la in closet e a second floor I 1 picked a on 1 ax it would not have be been en nott notice P any B one not familiar wa with the met alfi lods s ot of thieves but I 1 eisaw hat at it u had been baen used to xit at a glance make maice an im m esclon bession ot of two keys heyo I 1 slipped it in hi oj my pocket and made it a careful elac trl maon ot of it ln in my room that the th keya key the im impress ess were of intal tr alce cons tru 00 dal and thought alas e sd d across my mind that they were v 17 simi similar larto to the keys of 0 the vault in A he bank I 1 obtained tho the keys without i telling any one my bustness business and f found nd hat bat they fitted per factly this was new light on the mystery it V seemed to be convincing proof athya had accomplices ably tho the a agers he had met 1 I took a beep at mrs larsen with out her kno sing ing it it I 1 tell you I 1 gays gave a jump aher I 1 recognized heras her as an me seldmon the wife ot of bill skid well wel known bank sneak at moro more a last I 1 began to see bee daylight annie was stopping at the house hoube ot of tt a neigh bor after b nig S burned out and I 1 learned that he had received by telegraph ti fro a now york the day ot of the fire th the wording of the telegram did tot not throw any light on the case to my su BU rise and delight annie the fol following lowin day after I 1 recognized her loft K kin ston and went to al bany she lei s wed mesi her in doing this as aa e same night she took tooh the train for v ew york I 1 kiew from this secretive movement that annie had so methin important that she ehe wits waa trying to hldi hid I 1 could tell by her easy la s that she fihe thought stio eho was safe eafe I 1 t ile graphed tor for a couple couil depozo of detectives t meet rne me at the th depict as I 1 could not ell what would turn tura up P it was luel y that 1 I 1 did so sor for ju tho the depot w wn ting B tor for annie were ware wily mitchell Ml add d bill noble two 0 o qt of the brightest in the land they spoke with her 1 moment roo ment I 1 knew that ing an appointment they their were ma S from the MOT ment ent of her ber head J sent tho the two n B n after wily 7 and but bill and I 1 went af att r annie andle she went to a private hous hou in fourteenth streets remained they ther two hours houra and then went out with a gray edw wig an a a dit guise she was known in this city I 1 surmised that he a was going to most her ber partners a 01 d wat wan convinced ot of it when she r rec e hed the 1 corner co ot of gersene street and d con clinton place I 1 saw my araking s B a pipe on oil a house in clint place and I 1 quietly allot arrested annie anni I 1 locked her up in the mercer street i tion went back to my partners B id d arrested bill and wily when the thea en an tio tho street they aj a us tho the laugh but annie tho the third do de that night I 1 ga a groe gree she bhe anan batke down and told all about the tha i babary and tho the part wily and III bill 11 b ha 1 played la in it lt they still p extended their ta inno no cence until I 1 p tho the vatz as lm pres Blon islon ot of the thel rs then thea ty they avero B ready to contes and save up ud ur the stolen property lighten their seii aca tence I 1 lecove dall the roomy moy 4 os capt and tint hambla abels oey to cashier B li IL |
