Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-01-22
NO SO GREEN AZ HE LOOKED
4 WeiI.PInnned Rank Robbery
that Sadly Niscarricd.

at amt no use in saying that l haven't
| been u crooked man in my time" he re-
marked as he leaned back against the door
and pulled his hat down. You all know
that I'm just out of the Ohio penilentiary
after serving ter long years for ,rying ~
work q bank, and IFS no use in me deny
ing is. H~owsomeVer, there was more 10
that case than the papers ever got hold Of,
and il will be no harm to yarn II off.
ITO begin with, | was knocked around
Cincinnati, hard up and discouraged, when
an old pal Of mine NJ along one day
with u suit snap. lie had struck some
thing to gladden. our hearts. In a village
about so miles away was a bank. That
wasn't SO very curious, AZ you may think,
but it was u new bank, and the officials
were q set Of greenhorns. The President
was an old farmer, the bookkeeper u for
mer miller, and the cashier-weli, he was
described as just the greenest specimen
ever brought in from the corn fields.
my pal 'piped' the bank until he
knew how everything went. When noon
came the President aud bookkeeper went
to dinner. having the greenhorn alone.
Indeed, he alto u Geld luncheon at his desk.
II was u chauce II any one come in be.
tween - and 1880. and the two of Us oonid
do that cashier up as slick Is grease with
any of the old tricks.
"Weli, In q day or two We went up
there, and it worked like the biggest lay
out | ever came across. As you entered
the bank there was an inclosed space to
the right. with ~ gate 10 enter. This
| was the President Gpd boohkeeper's quar-
tors. while farther along. on the same side.
WAS the cashiers place, but not divided
from the other by any railing. When the
cashier was at the pay window his back
was toward the other space. and also to
the big safe. The latter stood at least ~
feet from him, against the outer wall, with
all the doors wide open.
"Why. when I came to enter that bank
and seen how cary il was to sneak that
safe, / WAS laid out with astonishment.
And then the g%reenness OF that cashier
Why. gents, he didn't seem to know nc
more about q draft on New York than
about the complexion of the man in the
moon, and after l had detained him Al
tho window fully ten minutes on one pre-
text and another, just to see II Il
could be done, we went out feeling thai
We had the Doodle in that safe dead tc
rights.
"The time appointed was next day
itoOdt III WlCn WO q ECCA a. hSoh
dent and bookkeepcr out of the way, my
pal entered, walked to the pay window ant
got a bill changed, aud then began K
dicksr about u draft. l entered the bank OF
| tiptoe soon after him. The gate was open
as also the doors Of the safe. and the cashier
with his back to me, was feeding him
self ss he talked. Why, sirs. it makes m,
mouth water to think of what a glorious
| opportunity was before me! / had nc
rnbbers. and l slipped halfway to the saf'
as the serpent creeps. Then there was
| growl and a rnsh, and o dog about the siZ(
| OF a yearling steer flung himself upon me
| went down with o crash, and the dog
| held me there. hut while it was happening
| heard the click click Of q revolver anG
the g%rcenhorn of q cashier cody saying tt
my pal:
"'I'm on to you, my friend Ii you
move hand or foot I'll let daylight through
youi Tiger, hold that fellow fast!
His left hand slid down to a button
| and the next moment q bell outside wai
| ringing a fire alarm and collecting a crowd
| OF people. They came rushing into thu
bank by the dozen. and. OF course. oui
cake was done for. / got ten years for thai
little operation. and my pal took seven foi
his share. 1t turned ont that tho bank
was guarded in all sorts of ways. including
| dogs and spring guns, and that the seem
ing greenhorn OF a cashier had been i'm
ported from q Philadelphia bank. He had
spotted US at first sight. and lad given us
rope to hang ourselves"