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ROBBING THE CONFEDERATE MINT
Early the following day, Miss Velazquez and I began making important preparations for the business at hand. We secured all the items necessary for her disguise, we appropriated a wagon on which to transport the gold, and we moved more than enough items from her house on Prytania Street to Father’s apartment in the Vieux Carre to accommodate her for at least the next two months.
On that same day, we stopped at Father’s where I retrieved more clothing from my old rooms.
I wore the aforementioned cape. Underneath, I sported two Colt Model 1855 Sidehammers—single-action affairs, yes, but more than ample firepower at the time for most scrapes. In each of the deep outer pockets of the cape, I carried a razor-sharp blade, Bowies both.
We made our way to the apa
