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around. ‘“There was no sign of the masked man or any other person who a conte see ot Jan’ S. he vankat the bell re ] ‘Immediately there was the huctsi ing = of steps toward his door. -*“Those who came to it found it locked. ms * "What | is it, a r. Solomon,’ they as some delay while a pen the doot. “Tey 7. ae Saat it was thrown open, | Solomon excitedly told how he had been : ayes and ordered them to send word to ae been done the moment his see ealthoush he was t rribly frightene the banker kept his wits ands sent word o the Bank of England to cancel all the notes issued to him that morning. _ “As perhaps you ktiow, Trim, et bank « of England note is Sete oe -d. so that it was known exactiy what notes had Biv ,, - | : : oie a. Sale "i * :, :” é ; , cs. & + 4° | , « ah a = rae: “The poles believed that they should o difficulty in capturing the robber, r he y could — out a a Uist of ae num - arrest anybody who should present one of ___ those notes in payment of anything of the cobhiery to the time when re = at work: ¢ i . # i » } 4 : ' a -—) na iF ae ae > | a ; " NEW NICK CART “He threw it open and looked all night be shrewd to make any ‘‘Now it proved that within ten min utes after the robbery not Jess than at ~ dozen banks had changed new notes into gold for men who presented them at the counters. ‘The numbers of the notes thus ex- changed by the dozen different banks were the same as those stolen fect Solomon. ‘“The notes were got rid of, you see, before the police were at wank quick though they were in getting at the case.’ **Jan must have had several confeder- ates, then.”’ ‘Undoubtedly. That is one of the most interesting features of the case to me. ‘‘'The plans were well laid. ‘‘Tombard street is in the very heart of the London banking district. ‘You can hardly swing a cat an A snap around there withont hitting its head against a bank or a money changer’s. ‘“So you see, it was simple enough for Jan to have his confederates in waiting, In some private room of a restaurant, for example. — “He divided his parcel of notes amon them and each one took his share to < a different bank and received gold for them ‘*You may be very sure that the police inade desperate efforts to trace the men who had made the exchanges. ‘*Probably every man among them was disguised. ‘At all events, no trace of any of them was found. ~ What became of them “Telegrams were sent to every seaport to watch the steamships. “Tf Jan and his confederates had left that they would have all bee ed, ‘The criminal, however, was toc su ich mistake as that. — ‘He and his men went by diffe: routes, where, not 200 y knows. Rae they didn’t all go to th 6 uld only be ers of outgoing | England in a body I have little doubt. # - 7F , . : ’ + > S Aue” *{ .' ‘ . ‘ ee L