The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-10-14
Cecil Maibach, II, Deposits
First Dollar with Banker"
Deuker Who has Charge
of Local Institution.
FOR SIX HOURS HE
AWAITED OPENING
Suspicious Cop Wanted to
Chase Him-ClintOn Brown
Colored, was Second, and
A. E. Bonsall Third.

If Assistant Postmaster Henry Deu-
ker expected to see large and turbu-
lent throng when he opened the new
local Postal Savings Bank for the first
time at o'clock this morning he was
sorely disappointed. There were just
three standing in the little ante-room,
the first one being Cecil J. A. Maibach,
II, printers "devil' at the Palladium
Office, sleepy-eyed and firmly clutch
ing dollar in his hand, which he had,
after much deliberation, decided to in
trust to the care of Uncle Sam. No.
2 was Clinton Brown, colored, and
No. was A. E. Bonsall, the latter be-
ing the first ma nto deposit 81 with
the government.
Throughout the morning the postal
bank did quite a good business but
there was no rush. This afternoon
Banker" Deuker expects there will be
quite a number of foreigners make
deposits.
Read Detective Story.
At o'clock this morning young Mai.
bach invaded the post office with a
camp chair and detective novel. He
placed the chair next to the locked
doors of the postal savings bank de.
partment and prepared to defend his
place against all comers. but no rivals
appeared until 8: 80 o'clock when Clin-
he made no effort to diplace the sleep
ing lad on the camp stool, his novel re-
posing on the floor by his side, op-
ened right to the place where the bold
detective, revolver in each hand. In
vades the den of anarchists and takes
them all captive.
When Maibach, certificate Of depos-
it in hand, reported to the foreman OF
the composing room at. 9:l5 this
morning he was tired, sleepy, bored
and happy. He was glad that he was
the first one to open an account at
Uncle Sans local bank, and peeved
because no stouter opposition was Civ.
en- him for the honor he won SO easily.
Gee, but l got sleepy about 4
O'clock" Maibach confided to the fore
man, but l was scared to go to sleep
as l thought some guy might come in
and slip one over on me, but no one
showed up until about $3.50, when a
colored fellow came in and stood right
back of where l was sitting.
That Awful! Cop.
Long about daylight a cop came
into the post office and tried to chase
me. Wanted to know what l was loaf.
ing about the place for. guess he
thought l was going to pull off bur-
glary. When l told him what l was
there for he looked kind of suspicious
and mumbled something, then walked
away.
"Say, but one of those post office
fellows slipped scare into me. He
was Frank Page. l guess it was about
six o'clock when / heard some fellows
laughing and when l woke up there
was a fellow ahead of me, inside the
locked doors, standing in front Of the
bank window. Maybe didn't let loose
a kick. There I'd been waiting three
hours for the bank to open, then to
come out of a trance and find some
guy beat me to it. They let me kick
awhile, then let me in on the laugh
This fellow Page, you know, slipped
out of the bank window from the in.
side, and he sure slipped one over on
me.
"Well you had better go home now
Cecil, get something to eat and sleep
till noon. Then all you will have to
do is to come back and work this after.
noon," said the foreman. And Cecil i'm.
mediately went to seek his bed which
is located in the Bee Hive Flats. Main
street.