The Cool-Blooded Gold Robber and the Way He Was Tracked

A Sudden Call—Great Consternation At The —Bank In Wall Street—Ten Thousand Dollars In Gold Stolen—A Hard, Insoluble Case —“Try,” The Soul Of Success—Banks Compelled To Greatest Cautiousness—No Esprit De Corps Among Money-Changers—The Way I “Created” Detectives—Rag-Pickers Made Useful Above Their Calling—An Up-Town Carriage House, And Its Treasures—A Laughing Coachman—A Present—Complicated Evidence Unraveled— An Old Office-Woman Involved In The Mystery—A Bit Of Fun Furnishes The Desired “Key”—“Smouching,” And What Came Of It—Extending My Acquaintanceship—The Thief Found—A Wall Street Broker— Studying Him—His Clerk Wiled Away—Good Use Of Theatre Tickets—The Scheme Of Identification; A Plot Within A Plot—The Broker Worsted—He Struggles Within Himself ; Grows Pale—How He Executed The Robbery—The Terrible “Force Of Example “ Sometimes—The Thief Becomes A Member Of The Common Council —A Salutary Warning To Other Thieves.

by George McWatters

"Sir, can you come right down at once to the—Bank?” (It was and is in Wall Street.) “Mr.—(the president) wants to see you if possible,” exclaimed a messenger, one day, less than ten years ago, as he bolted into my office in great haste; and this was the opening to me of a case in which I did, perhaps, more hard work than I ever performed in working out any other case.

“No, I can’t go now; don’t think I can get there today. I’ve too much to do; but what’s the trouble?”

“O, dear, I can’t tell you that. I only know that Mr. —, the president, is greatly excited, and he told me to be sure to bring you now; to hunt after you if you were not here, and bring you at any… Read More