The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-01-09

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table. Soon afterw ard the rear door
of the building was closed, barred and
locked for the Mi ight Customers and
others were coming and going, and
collins were selected and removed
within a few feet OF me unit after III
o'clock. began to think was to be-
a prisoner for the ni ight
4 Just as 4 could hear tall OF closing
up the estab ablishment, an elderly man
hastily entered and in low tones con-
5versed with one imagined to be the
proprietor. caught a few words. Tt
WAS impossible for me to get here ear
Her he was saying, but here's the;
money I collected this afternoon and,
from my hiding place, I looked toward
Sthedesk and saw roll of bank notes.
passsto the hand of the funeral direc-.
tor no quietly deposited it in the,
safe. The knob clicked as it fastened
the bars in place and then all parties
passed out of the building leaving the
lone gas jet full blaze in the office.
Ihe instant all was quiet on the
street, 9craWled out from under my
coffln table. Quickly turning off the.
gas, I waited for the low whistle OF
my pal, hearing which, went to work
Wi tth my dark lantern in one hand,
inside of my five minutes had all the
valuable contents of that safe in my5
pocket, had relocked it and was eau
tlously nbarring the rear door. That
| done, and the key vi thdraWn, I lodged
back into the Office, listened an instant
al and heard the signal from my pal that
| the street was deserted Then I quickly
relllghted the t5gas Jet, glided through
/ the rear roe "a andzstepped into the al
| ley. W. careful to- close the door
after me- and plainly heard the iron
bar fa a = into its place in the bracket as.
g did sol had placed it III such a po-
81 o Ion & that 4 Il knew IL would when the
door closed. Then ii locked d 1t and
placed the key in d " pocket fg3.ss
tfyeryth hin g was absolutely as when
the proprietor left the building, save
the afactsthat the Key to the rear door
was mlssiIlgg as $50 the small matter Of
the contents Of that. safe
That small roll of bank notes con-
talned tain 9: $3.50 and found S45 more in
another az draw a fair nights work
Tor two penniless thieves. B
By But, ye gods and little fishes! Wh
an an sx rica bic ru1npus it kicked upl. upl.
IN, IN that firm There were three part
ners tel' and ], as everything was found IL
such such good condit on the 10 llow:ng
morning with single exception
that the man who loci I'D oorz
u r. s.ssl the u eVening must have s. plaeed the
key IN hi III ss,s,ia
Tor its loss, il was supposed and tal
ed OF openlythat, for some unknawI
reason the firm had robbed itself, as
no o. outside g party could have entered,
worked at the safe with the gas burn
lng-the police on duty testified that
It was burning constantly that night
and left the building with the safe
locked on the same combination and
with every door locked or barred. De-
tectlves employed laughed at the idea
OF any outside parties being impli-
Gated and winked significantly at each
other.
The business has since changed
! hands and the newcomers are more
careful with the premises.
never made. such an easy haul be-
fore, nor have I since, concluded Mr:
Burglar, laughing heartily.
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