Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-07-12
ODD BANK VISITORS.
sRANKs ARE ALMOST AS MUCH 10 sE
FEARED AS CROOKS.

" FEARED AS CROOKS.
Paying Tsllers Have to Be Models of
+ Vigilance All the Time to Dodge
+ the Schemes and the Schemcrs That
f Lie In Wait For Them. IL
f Many are the uses and the schemes
that are devised for the purpose of
beating the paying tellers, in banks,
sand the cranks are as much to be fear
ed as the crooks.4 f7ns "tlHI 4fse
+ THAT old man who has just left the
|Ebank." said the teller as he ran his
fingers quickly over, the new bills, has
been coming to this place every day.
flor the past two years calling fol, mon
sey. He comes in every morning exact
|ly at II O'Clock and asks quietly if his
check has arrived. l always have to
tell him no, and he thanks me gracious
lily and goes away. l was new at the
bank when he came In the first time,
but saw at a glance that he had some
|Ething the matter with his headgear.
When he asked about his money, told
him that we had nothing, and he look
ed greatly surprised and worried. He
asked many other questions and then
left. He returned the next morning
and the next, and he has been coming
ever since. One day he failed to show
himself, and thought he had given
up the hunt as a bad thing. For, a
month he kept away, but by and by he
bobbed up serenely again. sitfil tai
"'Pve been Sick he said, and hope
! have not caused you any incon-
venience in holding my money. No
money here? What? That is strange
with this he thanked me and went
away! He will be here again in the
morning. and he'll keep coming day
after day until death sends him to a
bigger bank. The man is just sample
OF what We get every day. although he
Is the most regular chap Of the kind l
have ever seen. The boys around the
bank feel rather superstitious now If
he fails to come. in, and I'll gamble
that that black porter yonder will quit
his job the very first time that old man
fails to make his daily visit"
| The teller leaned on the counter.
Yes" he went on, lit would surprise
you TO know how many people come
here day after day to get money when
they, have absolutely no reason for
coming They have no papers on which
money can be secured, but they just
come right along, hoping, guess, that
| some day they will hit the bank. Now,
| last week a big fellow who had evil
IDENTIFY been drinking rushed in, and
! yelled to me that lie wanted $1,000. I
had never seen him before, and he
made no pretense Of handing up any
papers, He said he was in a big rush.
l realized as once that he was crazy,
and y acted quickly. Reaching back
to my drawer, 4 put my hand on my
revolver and waited. He did not see
| the weapon. The vault is closed /
said. 'and you cannot get any money
today With that he reached his hand
to his hip pocket but did not move.
l looked him squarely in the eye and
waited He stood there for 20 seconds,
with his hand on his hip and his eyes
on me-: and then he cowed. Without a
word he turned his back to me and
walked out. | tried to find out who
the man was, but failed, and he never
came back to repeat the demand. u
Another time had a really danger
GUS crazy man to handle, but acted
like flash and possibly saved my
skim 1t was about o'clock one sum
mer day when the weather was sitting.
The front and side doors were prop
/ ped open to let in the breeze, and |
was looking over the books when a
/ big fellow ran in the front door scream
ing. looked up and saw him flourish
/ butcher knife, which fairly glistened
I'm the. light. Where did he go with
that money? he called at the top of
his voice as he halted and looked at
me. Right out that door said quick
/ ~, and in moment the man had dash
3&ed through the door and went sailing
down3theialley A policeman was call
ed but the man was not seen after
| ward. am sure l would have felt
sthe edge Of his dangerous knife If I
14had not sent him out that door. =
+ Another strange thing happened
8once while was working as clerk
In another bank.ltI was standing by
the teller counter when a nicely dress
ed young man came in, walking rather
Sawkwardly. He managed to reach the
teller and presented a paper. will
you please cash this for meT he said.
|sThe teller took the paper mechanically
and looked at the stranger. Why, this
lis! no, good he said. This issonly a
| piece of white paper. What kind of
e game are you trying to work?''. The
| man gasped. Why, 1T is a check lie
Icalled quickly Not much said the
teller, handing it back The manlook-
led at it. Good Gody he cried. Then
am Blind! They took him away. ana
The died at the hospital before lie had
Ia chance to explain. The, doctors said
TT was a mystery, and the mans body
was kept for six. months, / Il Finally it
1 was sent to Kansas ON the orderaof a
4 woman2who wired a description and
/ said lit was her sons" New York Sun.
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