It was Broadfoot’s scheme to dig his
way through this obstruction and to
let the earth float or wash down the
sewer. It would not have taken one
man more than two weeks, working
only at night, to have made an open
ening large enough for a man to
crawl through. Os course Broadfoot
knew the exact location of the vaults,
and when he once reached them he
would have had no trouble in getting
the gold coin and bullion. It was evi
dently his purpose to fill the rubber
bags with the precious stuff and float
them down the sewer to the river,
where they would be looked after by
his confederates. This was the only
really well laid plot ever made to
loot the treasury, and just why Broad
foot was never given a trial has nev
er been known to lhe public. He was
an intelligent man, and suspicion was
first aroused against him by his fre
quent visits to the money rooms and
vaults and by the questions he asked
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watchmen and messengers as to the
hours of duty, when the time locks
closed and what time they opened,
and all such questions. That he could
have successfully carried out his
plans so far as getting into the build
ing and the vaults are concerned there
is no question, for men have been in
the sewer and conduits who say that
it would have been easy work. The
most difficult part of the job would
have been in getting away with the
money and bullion, for it would have
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