Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-07-14
ODD BANK VISITORS.
eRANkS ARE ALMOST AS MUCH TO BE
FEARED AS CROOKS.

Paying TelIcrs Have 10 he Models of
Vigilance All ahr Time TO Dodge
the schcrnes and the schemers That
Lie In Wait For Chem. eI
Many are the uses and the schemes
that are devised for the purpose of
beating the paying tellers in banks.
and the cranls are as much to be fear
ed as the crooks,
"That old man who has just left the
bank said the teller as he ran his
fingers quickly over the new bills, has
been coming to this place every day
for the past two years calling for mon
ey. lie comes in every morning exact
ly at II O'Clock and asks quietly if his
check has arrived, | always have TO
tell him no, aud he thanks me gracious
ly and goes away. was new at the
bank when lie came In the first time,
but saw ut 4 glance that he had some
thing 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 lie failed to show
himself, and thought he had given
up the hunt rs n bad thing. For II
month he kept away, but by and by he
bobhed up sercncly again.
1--we been sick, he sald and hope
! have not caused you any incon-
venence in holding my money. No
money here? What? That is strange
with this he thanked me and went
away. He viii he here again In the
morning, and hell keep coming day
after day until death sends him TO Il
bigger bank. The man is just sample
of what we get every day although he
Is the most regular chap of the kind
have ever seen. The boys around the
bank feel rather superstltiuns now IL
he fails to come in. and III 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, "it 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 II big fellow who had evl.
IDENTIFY been drinking rushed In and
yelled TO me that he wanted $1,000, !
had never seen him before, and be
made no pretense of handing up any
papers, He suld he was In n big rush,
realized at once that he was crazy,
and acted quickly, Reaching back
to my drawer put my hand on my
revolver and waited lie 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
looked him squarely In the eye and
! waited. He stood there for 20 seconds
with his hnn1 on his hip and his eyes
on me, and then he cowed Without a
word he turned his hack to me and
walked out | tried To lind out who
the man was, hut failed. and he never
came bnck 10 repeat the demand.
Another time had a really danger
ous crazy man to handle, but ! acteC
like flash and possibly saved N,
skin. II was about | o'clock one sum
mer day when the weather was sitting
The front aud side doors We're prop
ped open 10 let In the breeze. aud
1 was looking over the books when