Connecticut western news., 1910-12-01
LOOKED LIKE HOLD-UP
GLIB STRANGERS VISIT IVES & PEIRCE'S OFFICE
Command Charlie Mansir to Hold Up His Hands and Demand Money From the Safe-Attempt to Make it Appear a Joke.

the Safe-Attempt to Make it
 Appear a Joke.
 With recollections of the recent hold up in Great Burlington, and various other bold robberies near and far, fresh in his mind, it is small wonder that Charlie Mansir considered himself elected for an adventure with yeggmen when two strangers confronted him in the of- flee of Ives & Peirce's grain store, Mon day evening, after the proprietors had gol home, and one of them leyeled revolved at him and demanded the money from the safe. Charlie threw up his hands at the word of command, as any sensible man would have done when the drop was on him, and assured the intruders that the prcprietors always took the money home with them, nights. and that there was nothing doing ill t4e way of plumber The strangers then asked where the proprietors lived, and satisfying themselves that the safe was empty, took their departure, greatly to Charlie's relief
 The manner in which they entered the place justified Charlie in branding them as hold-up men. One of them came in alone at first, and inquired if either MT. Ives or MT. Peirce.was in. On being told that both had goneshome, he opened the door and said to his pal
 Everything all right; come on in. "
 The second man entered hastily, and the little drama described was enacted.
 Later in the evening, Charlie.went to the Canfeld Inn, where MT. Ives was staying, to relate the adventure, and was astoundad to see!the same two men sitting at table in the office, playing cards. He took Landlord Baker aside and told him the story. MT. Baker identified the men as transients who had registered at T. K. MacCary and H. o. . Warner, of Pittsfield, whose ostensible busfhess Was the promotion and sale of stock securities in magazine.
 Charlie walked through the room, past the men, while MT. Baker went up stairs to his own apartments to see if they had been footed. The men, i'm mediately on seeing their victim of the early evening, instantly stopped their game and went hastily upstairs to their room Nothing but the fact that Con- arrest then and there.
 Tuesday morning MT. Robert Peirce, of the firm, ca hearing of the occurrence, walked over to the hotel and found that the men were still there. Recognizing one of them from Mansir's description, he made himself known and asked what was wanted of either Ives or Peirce. The fellow hesitated, dodged the ques- tion and attempted to make it all appear joke, insisting that he had no revolver but had simply pointed his finger at Mansir. He finally said he and his pal had called to sell some stock in his mag azind. MT. Peirce took his story for what it appeared to be worth, then gave the slick gentleman wholesome dress ng down that he will not soon forget, aud assured him that he might thank his lucky stars that couple of guns that lay in drawer at Mansir's elbow the night before were not loaded, as both he and his pal would surely have been perforated as they left the office.
 The fellow quailed on hearing this, and said he was willing to go over and apologize to Mansir. He went to the | store, and his pal went with him. They | were neither so brassy nor so glib, by this time. Mansir was there, and be- fore tho spokesman had time to open his | mouth he was shrinking back from brawny fist that Charlie brandished ill his face and listening to most pictures que flow of personal allusions embel, 1 lished with vehement and explosive ex pletives. Whenever he attempted to sly word Charlie exclaimed
 "If you open your trap I Il knock your block off" and continued to follow up the now thoroughly frightened financier, who tried to back away from that for midable fist. Only the intervention of MT. Peirce prevented Charlie from giy- ing the fellow a thrashing while | "Walt" Goggin, another employee, had | his eye on the pal and was itching for him to butt in. ....a
 They were finally allowed to, and they | lost no time in packing, their traps and taking the first train out of town, the most subbued and crestfallen pair of l financial promoters that could be inn agined.