The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-21

called Sleepy Burke; maybe you've
heard of him? Well he makes a grand,
stand play after the job Is done an
blows the whole thing. 1 wasn't In
that old stiff's house an had nothing
to do with the Job except to stand
around outside an look wise. 1 sup
pose you have found out by this time
that you can't trust anybody. Well,
we got that given to us plenty after
this Job, for when it comes to Whack-
ing up, the old fellow that we trusted
on to be the wise guy, who could make
a front and get away with the bonds,
he began bringing in a list of expenses
longer than your arm an telling us
of all the folks he had to cut up with,
Say, before that innocent old guy
got through with his expense account
1 figured it out that we would lose
money on the Job. Then every fellow
who bought a bunch of the bonds
seemed to be givin' the old man
hard-Iuck story an promisin' to pur-
chase the stuff next week Finally, l
gets the old man one day with the
goods on him and 1 takes $500 away
from him an gets out. What they did
with the big bunch l don't know, but,
If they ever get me where [ need few
centuries, you can bet l will shake
that old fellow down for what l need
an 1 won't feel as if I was getting
anything but my own at that.
II came up here thinking l would
open a saloon, but the first night L
gets into Grand Forks some fellows
ask me if 1 don't want to sit into a
little game of poker just to kill time,
an say-when that game broke up
din't have more than the price of a
weeks board, an board is cheap up
there at that.
az don't believe they will get me
away from here, before my time is up,
Dec 80, an by that time [ hope [ will
be in shape to give those fellows a run
for their money. Any fellow that has
the stuff can get a swell lawyer an
can give the police lot of argument
1 don't know how this old party will
feel about me getting hot and taking
the $500 all for myself which he had
calculated to split up with the rest of
the push. He may figure that have
mine, but I guess he will come to the
front with the price Of a good lawyer
rather than take a chance on my blow
ing the way the other guy did. I
wouldn't squeal at that-there's Moth
ing in that-everybody hates you an
nobody would trust you for the price of
q plug of tobacco.
you've got to have a 'fixer' to do
any big business, an this fellow might
have been on the square tellin' us about
all the guys that had to be SEEN but
you know yourself It's discouraging to
get hold of a big lot of stuff an then
not get nothing out of it-you know
that some guy is getting it an you
can bet your shirt that the fellow who
gets the easy money out of one of them
bond pulls is the fellow who takes the
smallest chances-which amt right"
This is Red Chris Strook's expert
ence in connection with the Schrage
bond robbery, told at intervals through
Wednesday and Thursday to his fellow
prisoner.
THE NEW PRISONER ESCAPES.
Late Thursday a telegram to Chief
of Police Louis Gonyea informed him
that the charge upon which r. e. Por-
ter had been arrested could not be sus-
tanned and the new prisoner was re-
leased.
Say, young fellow" said Chris, at
parting, 81 hope we meet some time.
If you don't get cinched too often you
ought to make a good 'fxer,' but if you
get goin' after small game an get
cinched a few times all the guys gets
wise to your mug and you can't do any
good for yourself"