The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-12

money for a first-class burglar kit IN
spite of the Commercial clubs protest
that as the windows would be left open
for me l wouldn't need the tools, for l
explained to the club members that the
work must appear to be that of an ex-
pert.
On the first night excursion which
was made to Mr.. Stanton's house
cleaned up $500 worth of silverware, 81
cents in cash and a Teddy bear. This
was followed by several other house.
breaking exploits, the mysterious as
pect of which drew few notices from
the larger papers so that the members
of the robbery and advertising clique
we're enthusiastic.
At an enthusiastic meeting of the
Commercial club a few nights later
after giving me a vote of thanks for
my excellent and efficient burglarizing
it was decided that I should rob the
Citizens State bank. OF course, I i'm
mediately put in plea for an expense
account of 5000 for dynamite, special
drills and other tools, but Mr.. Kenton,
the president of the bank, objected on
the grounds that, although he was per-
fectly willing to allow his bank to be
robbed, he didn't want it to be blown
up.
1t was suggested that the expense of
the advertising campaign account, but
Mr.. Kenton insisted that he wouldn't
like to have his private papers and
ledgers blown all over town.
FINALLY a compromise was effected.
In order to give mysterious aspect to
the case, Mr.. Kenton was to make
mistake when setting the time lock OF
| the safe on the night before the rob-
berry, so that the door could be opened
at / a m. At the appointed hour L
was to break into the bank. open the
safe without harming it, take out the
money, then set'the time lock for a.
m. and leave. OF course the safe would
be found locked in proper style the
next morning, and when 1t was opened
there would be great surprise on find
ing part of the money gone. The prob
! lem for solution then would below
could the thief have extracted the
money when the president of the bank
had set the time lock the night before
and had found it in proper working or
| der the next morning?
! In order for me to understand thor
| oughiy the inner workings of the time
| lock, Mr.. Kenton had to take me
around to the bank a few mornings
later before his employees came down,
and explain to me all about the safe.
On the night, or rather morning, of
| the great bank robbery / set out prop
erly masked and armed about fifteen
minutes before l. AS l stole along the
street 1 noticed eyes peeping out from
] behind the curtains in the windows of
/ the Commercial club. OF course every
one who was in the secret wanted a
glimpse of the rObber who in this case
| they considered neither was bold nor
bad.
After a few minutes work on the
safe | opened the door and beheld as
nice a layout of gold, silver and bank
notes as ever met a safe-blOwer's eye.
But at that point the well-laid plans
| of the Commercial clubmen went far
out of plumb. In place of taking a
merely nominal sum. which was 20 be
returned to the bank president at the
end of the month. l took about $4,000
in fact, all could carry, and also
| took the PAS a. m. train for the Mex
leo line.
! Although I left Hasta Manana with
nearly $50, 900 in cash. and with all
kinds of silverware, jewelry and other
junk, still regret that could not stay
/ long enough to collect my $3.50 salary.
I had worked nearly month in the
/ town. and within a few days my $3.50
would have been due.
! And that was the only $3.50 / ever
honestly earned by robbing. 1t seems
a pity not to have collected it.
/ bio Sal