The Prescott daily news., 1908-05-27
ConScienfiouS Chief
[Original.1

He p', - safes he couldn't get into
 esas asout making noise. Neverthe-
 Mike landed in state prison
 s'a .ss served long term. When he got
 aD' ho had something slowed away 'ai sas thought he could take no further
 aDs s. hut an opportunity so dead easy ssered that he determined to avai' himself of 1t. o. ..,. ' ue received an anonymous note stat
 Inc that the cashier of bank was
 .'s,nd ls with his accounts and would
 ,.. to cover up the deficiency by
 ,onbey. If Mike would do the job'
 .ooooo in bills would be placed in the
 s,ns safe for him. The deficiency was
 slooOo, and this was to be paid to the
 ,,sbier with which to make up his
 ssaciency He would not for the world
 .sto another cent, and when schemes
 ,a which he had invested were devel-
 orad he would be able to make restitu-
 ton also for the amount Mike was to
 s.on He was In great agony of mind
 ,ror his position, but hoped to come
 ant all right in time. The writer ap-
 OoIpted a place of meeting in case
 Mike would take the job.
 This was altogether too tempting an
 onportunity to be thrown over the
 shoulder. Mike agreed to meet the
 cashier and found him in great agony
 of conscience. He said that he had
 been trusted implicitly and was al-
 lowed to do what he pleased with the
 cash If he could have but six months
 he would surely be able to square his
 account. As 1t was, he saw no way but this device, by which in the end the
 bank would lose nothing. He seemed to suffer so from the tortures of con- science that 1t aroused spark of Mikes former honest self. He told the cashier that he would help him out. but the job would be the last of the kind he would ever undertake.
 All the preliminary information the burglar required was that his partner was what he pretended to be. Of this Mike satisfied himself, then was ready to carry out the plan. A night was agreed upon, The cashier gave Mike diagram of the bank building to guide him and showed him how he could saw through a few iron bars of basement window in the rear. where he wouldn't attract attention. and go right upstairs to the vault in which the safe was kept. The cashier agreed to keep the watchman on duty during the day so that he would be drowsy during the night, but information was given as to way of approach that would take the man by surprise and he could easily be overpowered.
 When the time came to do the job Nike found everything as 1t had been gwen him. He had no difficulty in saving through the bars, found the watehman asleep and clapped a hand Serchief saturated with ether under his nose' Then he bound and gagged him ana went to work with that delibera- uon Tor which he was noted. He had comparatively easy time getting Into tue vault, but found the safe hard nu' 10 crack. While he was at work a' lhe safe he heard the watchman try ms 70 shout through his gag and went out to see that all was safe. Mike tight ened the cords and reset the gag.
 Ai'er hard tussle he opened the aie The cashier had told him that ue would find the bills in pigeonhole ,isut in front of him, and Mike brought uis oullseye to bear on the place de- ''iioed' The pigeonholes were there. uut , no cash. Mike received something aAe M shock. Quickly sweeping the in- N'4or or the safe with his lantern, he s'" nothing but some old papers and books. Then 1t rushed tl tpon nm that his kindly, confiding na- t. t.'o hau been played upon Moreover, 1' considered that 1t behooved him to sr, m, out and away as soon as possible. "uat more there was to the trick he souiun tell, but he knew there was So'liiig So that promised any good to him. " m, ne made nasty retreat.
 4ue next day he took up an after aOoa paper and saw under a scare au rea mat the bank he had operated crs SpUu had been robbed of S160,OO0 in Mike gave n low whistle of bis ihuiSnihent. h Ise had been racklng .,s .hs brains all day for an explanation of sae ,. episode, and now one began to nsmn ns. upon him. The cashier had ap- tt.opria'ed t the amount announced to bv M .'o,en !" and had covered up his theft " ,s.,, bank robbery-that is. if getting n Mn g could be considered such.
 mn,, o was so incensed that his first 'ess 'lSe ID, was to surrender himself, con sss ,,ss his part fin the transaction and !. w evidence against tha casb,ar pr+