Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-06-29

the head cashier-had yet TO be obtained.
This promised to be rather a difficult
matter. Shinburn had exercised his blan-
dishments on Mr.. DAILY, the head cashier,
and the two were very friendly. The
cashier lived in a large house with sew.
eral spare rooms in it, and Shinburn sug.
gested that if it were practicable he
would much like to take these rooms.
but the idea did not commend itself to
Mr.. Daily, or rather, his wife, and Shin
burn had to think of some other plan.
Meanwhile he utilized this friendship
to find out the internal arrangements of
the bank. One morning he called at the
b,1k before the hours of business, and
in his innocent way begged the cashier
to oblige him by cashing a check The
money, he said, was for dear old friend
who was departing for London at once.
Mr.. Daily good-naturedly consented, and
opened the door of the strong room.
How cold it is! My fingers are froz-
en- he exclaimed. Is one permitted to
warm his hands at your fire?"
Why, certainly said the cashier
laughingly.
THE fire was behind the counter.
where. OF course. the public were never
permitted to enter. To a guileless old
gentleman an exception might be made
So Mr.. Vernon walked round to the fire
and saw all he wanted to see.
But the key of the bullion safe was
still out of his reach, and Shinburn and
| had several consultations how to solve
the difficulty.
"'Daly doesn't play billiards, so that
games off, he said. I've a mind to try
the Turkish bath notion again | know
he never parts with the key of the safe,
so that if we could talk him into the
bath business the jobs bound to come
out all right
Il never thought Shinburn would sue
coed, but he did, and one morning the
three of us visited the baths where we
had failed with the managers sons. Shin
tburn was very crafty. To throw the
| cashier off his guard entirely, he sug-
gested that he should deposit his valu-
ables at the ticket bureau knowing full
well he would retain the precious key;
and he was right.
"-As before, | was quicker than my
companions, and while the cashier was
being shampooed Ia suggestion of Shin
burns to prolong the time) / did the
! trick with the key.
| Everything was now in readiness. and
within a week Shinburn had closed his
account at the bank, babe an affectionate
| farewell to our friends at Thunderstorm,
and departed for London. Here we lay
low for nearly three months, so that the
| pleasant Mr.. Vernon might be forgotten
Then one March day we returned to
| Thunderstorm, this time in our own char
aeters. Vernon had disappeared, and
Shinburn was himself again.
| AT halfpast 10 one night, when the
streets were beginning to be deserted,
Shinburn and | slipped into the bank
| premises unobserved leaving jackson to
keep guard outside. The keys worked
perfectly, and in less than five minutes
we had the bullion safe opened, and the
contents transferred to a black bag Be-
sides gold and notes, there was some
| thing like f600 worth of silver. This
was far too bulky for us to burden our
selves with and we left it behind, carry
ing off the balance, amounting to about
| 86500.
"On leaving the bank, we had turn
of i'll luck. A man saw jackson hanging
about, and noticed him sufficiently to
carry his face in his memory, without,
however, at the time suspeeting his
business. He even saw us come out of
the bank with the bag, and thought
nothing of it. We were too experienced
to be in a furry, and Shinburn, after
closing the door, even stopped, although
every second was of Importance, to light
a cigar.
1--WE caught the lies up train. and
arrived in London at quarter past 7
the next morning.
"Three months went over, and quite
| by accident / met jackson in a little
French restaurant in Old Compton street
He looked very ill., He had been on the
racket with his share of the spoil, and of
late had been terribly worried, for he had
got to know that the police were on his
track.
"'Do you remember my having a let
ter while we were staying at the Hum
berstone hotel?' said he.
Eyes We were in the billiard room,
and the marker brought it to you. 1t
lad been opened by mistake by the man
ageress, whose name happened to be the
same as yours. But you said it wouldn't
tell her anything
| "'And it didn't-at the time. She put
| two and two together afterward, and
that's what helped the slops.'
This was an unpleasant piece of
news. as, if Jackson were run to earth,
he might give me away. Shinburn was
safe, unless / chose to split, for jackson
was ignorant of the identity of Vernon.
after our little dinner was over we
went out. At that moment man ran
across the road, and simultaneously
others approached lis right and left. We
were surrounded by detectives.
what became of jackson didn't
know at the time. He was in such a
weak state of health that ne hadn't any
| fight in him. l was not disposed to be
captured, and l knocked the man who
| tried to seize me clean off his feet. Then
/ shouted in French that l was politi-
cal refugee and called for help. Soho is
always swarming with foreigners, and
half dozen rushed to my assistance.
The ruse was my salvation.
Il got safely away and the police new
er cot hold of me. jackson, however,
either then or later, was caught, found
guilty and sentenced to ten years. He
was stauneh, however, and never word