The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-06

easy II was, and after that always had
nerve with me. A woman Is a picnic
IL she don't scream. and II she does
you might as well give up the game
and try some one else. A woman gen.
orally faints. n hat il a good thing
for her and the man who Is holding
her up.
The first man I held up was the
cashier In Thompson's restaurant at
s55 South State street. He was easy.
1 just walked In the place about mid
night and poked my gun under his
nose and told him I wanted his money
and wanted IL in q hurry. He turned
pale. fell back in his chair and gasped
Take it, Well. I helped myself and
before he knew IL 7 was gone. He
was a sensible man. because that night
/ vas desperate and God knows what
I would have done IL the first man 1
tackled a refused 10 give up.
Il was simply an amateur then. but
before ! tried my second job I had de-
termined not 10 shoot any one unless
IL was absolutely necessary. And right
here I want to say that no robber will
shoot a man unless he has 10. My ad-
vice TO a man or woman who Is held
up Is either cough up the cash at once
without any remonstrance or to quiet
ly and absolutely refuse TO give up a
penny.
The latter procedure would puzzle
the ordinary robber. IL is a hundred
TO one he would not shoot. as a robber
has no intention Of committing muir
der and Will only shoot IL he thinks
he is In danger OF being caught. Now.
II a man quietly but positively refus-
ed to deliver the goods when I had
my gun on him I would be I'm a diem
ma and the next thing / would do IL
I found threats did not avail would
be 10 sneak away as quickly as posi-
BILE.
when J held up Wards restaurant.
at Illinois and state streets. there was
a woman I'm charge Of the cash. I
pointed a gun at her inc told her what
/ wanted and she never moved. There
Is the register; help yourself she said.
and that settled IL. II she had scream
ed I would have run away and she
would have saved the money.
AT the Kinzie pharmacy. Chicago
avenue n Pine street. / did my first
shooting. i held up the man all right
and he very kindly turned over all
the cash he had to me.
The amount was small. but I was
satisfied and everything would have
gone along smoothly IL he had not
chased me with a revolver when l left
the place. Now that did him no good
and only compelled me to shoot back
aN nm ~ Ctdlt HlHl away. ulu nOI
intend To Get taught and N that man
had been hit Il would nave been his
own fault. It's bad business chasing
a robber.
The second time I held up the same
cashier in Wards restaurant she only
smiled. Whether II was because she
recognized me or because there was
only a small amount in the drawer /
can't say, but / was really sorry for
her n told her good night and that
/ woul never bother her again.
My next experience was in Joseph
T.. keane's saloon at Ii South State
street. l went in to get a glass Of
beer and saw the bartender counting
a huge roll of bills. Here's your
chance. Jimmie. I said to myself. and
as | had my gun with me / told the
bartender / wanted his money. Instead
Of giving II up he grabbed me n |
was compelled TO shoot him to get
away. II he had only refused 10 give
me the money and not touched me I
would have passed the matter of as
a joke, bought a drink and walked
out.
MY experience as a robber has
taught me hat the majority Of people
can be easily awed by the sight OF a
revolver. while there are some you
can't frighteen with a 13-inch cannon.
That bartender Fish is one of the lat
ter.
The business Is exciting enough to
please any one, but you always have
the feeling that you will get caught
sooner or later and IL is this fact that
leads you to act as cautiously with
your victims as possible and never
shoot IL you can avoid it,"
How did i feel when that Tobber
pointed his gun at me?" said Ward
Fish as he raised himself from a cot
in st. Luke's hospital. Il felt like
kicking him out of the saloon. / was
not frightened, not a little bit, and all
i thought of was how tu save the
cash. | grabbed him and in conse-
quence was shot. / would do the same
thing over again"
Dudley Rhoads, the cashier in
Thompson's restaurant. is another OF
Caldwells victims. when a man
points a gun at you and asks you for
your money. give 1t to him. he de-
clares. Don't argue the matter. but
shell out. When / saw that robber
with the gun ] thought IL was a small
cannon, yet ! have since found out
that Ii was a little revolver. My inn
pressions were hat ! was in a tight
place and the best thing I could do
was to give in gracefully. What will
/ do the next time? The same thing
1t takes all the fight out of a man and
makes You feel IKE crawling through
a hole in the floor II you could only
find one"
Pretty Ethel whiteford enjoys the
distinction OF being the only woman
in Chicago who has been held up twice
She was formerly cashier for ward's
restaurant. but is now living at 30g
East Chicago avenue
You feel like screaming. but don't
dare do So" is the way she explains
her feelings when confronted by a re.
volver in the hands OF desperate man.
The first time l was held up I was
badly frightened. but the second time
l did not mind II so much. II was the
same robber. you know. and as he did
not hurt me the first time I knew / was
safe. My impressions while being held
up were that | first wished the mar
would hurry up and get through and
second, that II he touched me I would
die on the spot. You feel as IL every
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