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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-28

the toe. but on the bio muscles of the upper
leg. At first glance it looks as if they might
''lutcrferc.' but one has only to note how
wide one stands to sec that there is plenty Of
room without touching the opposite leg with
the edge of the shoe. though. it will be seen,
that the step must be full one each time,
for short step Will throw one web on the
edge of the other.
But with all its simplicity on the level, or
on the gradual slopes, snowshoeing becomes
very interesting and intricate problem on
the sleeper sides Here the easiest travelling,
strange to say, is directly up the grade, be-
cause in this. ono's toes extend through the
snowshoe toe~opening, just far enough to
catch the snow. Even going directly down
are tied down, and il IS a precarious business
full of all sorts of tangles and falls, unless
the webs are real wet and habby from long
use in the snow, permitting one S heels to be
sunk well into tho snow on the top Of the
web. Either upward or downward at an an
gle on q steep slope. or horizontally along n
side hill Is not exactly an lmpOssiblhty, for
one can learn to do almost anything on the
snowshoes-we have run races, jummped the
broad jump down hill, and even climbed trees
in them, but the tails of the shoes will not
trail along side hill; they persist in swing
ing down hill and thus entaneling at every
possible, and reasonably safe is to take one
short step keeping the lower foot ahead all
the time.
One is sure TO fall every little while, if one
has anything to do besides watch the shoes,
and this is not always sport though there
really is some humor in having to call a
companion to lift ones head and shoulders
ont of the snow and assist one to ones feet
after helpless fall.
But II is all worth the trial, for one can
not get seriously hurt falling in the snow
and when one learns TO swing ones self along
in bear,trot on. the shoes, on the better
slopes, Quite oblivious to all impediment. and
gets so adept as TO be at home all ordinary
slopes, one can rightfully feel that one has
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street, near Broadway Bill was aiwavs
ready TO take a band with me because
he understood my ways and ! did his
end VIC never had had amy trouble. II
was Just what Bill wanted. for his bank
roll had been hit very hard. | had not
been out of the house in the davtimc
because the murder Of Wallace was
very bot; and ] knew that the coppcrs
were making a lively chase for mo. |
arranged with. Bill for him - do all
The preliminary work He turned 4
book agent on short notice. which gave
him chance TO visit the bank without
exciting suspicion.
don Z remember what book il was
that Bill was selling, but he did such
sbck work that the clerks bought all
his stock. and he had 10 get more books
To fill the orders, just 10 make il ap-
pear straight.
While Bill was talking books he
sized up the vault. and saw that the
door was an old-faS hioned affair. with
a new and intricate lock, which had
Just como out. and was believed 10 be
burgl3r-proof Bill got everybody :
phiz in the bank firmly fixed in his
mlDd, and the signs on the desk in
front of them indicated the part of the
business that each man looked after. T.
''The next step was to find out who
closed mp the vault. This was vory
delicate thing to pick ny without be
ing inquisitivc, The fact that Bill had
TO deliver some more books al the
bank opened thc way TO get this infor-
nation. He kept tab on the bank for
several days, and found out the time
that each man left, but he could not
see from the street who had charge of
the vault. When the books came Bill
waited until banking hours were ovcr
before going to deliver them. He
found several of the clerks busy clos
ing mp the books, and he showed that
he was a genuine book agent by
starting in to talk against time. Bill
knew what he was after, and he got it.
after waiting an hour. Bill saw that
the cashier, whose name was Bell,
locked up the vault. He used two sets
of keys. one for the inner door TO tho
small safe and the other for the Big
iron outside door. Bill was close
enough to the keys 10 remember them
If he saw them again, Bill followed
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revenge itself on France BY obtaining In
Tripol u check TO the Morocco Alglcrs-
Tunis colonial rule Of France in north
Italy had To take Tripoli That Is the
plain Anglo-Sa OF IL all Italy is
no more pirate state seeking foreign
merely making the best of necessity.
Look at large map II you want to
see what German (or French or Britlsh)
rule In Tripoli would mean IN the little
ncishborinE state of Italy So long as
Turkey nominallY ruled. well and good
But TIC Young Turks had begun To sell
concessions In Tripoli TO German CAPT
talisls Italy decided to 20 in and win.
Al tales OF italian atrocities must
be discreditcd. Itaiy is a civilized COIN
try. IL has It's faults. but II is a good
fighter. Italians are white men. War
as sherman said. lis hell. bur the Ital-
ians are playing the game" and arc not
best standards Of war whateyer may be
thought or those standards by all lovers
Ut humanity.
The continual 'nagging' Of British
ian conquest of rripoli only jrrjtatcs II
can d" no good. Italy is going 10 win,
by nc same token rs France In Morocco.
England in Egypt and Russia In Persia
ana "ith better excuse than other OF
IN" ihrcc. IL any nation has hands clean
enough 70 interfere. let it DO so. but it
may well ask first. Ia what end? To
restore Tripoj TO Turkey" Let them
answer that question, Unfortunately
nncIe Us no "at ul discovering what the
Iripolitans themselves want Poor
devils, they never yet had country or
government OF their own. No one
Knows. no one even asks. their point ~
view
Ar Tor Italy, the country rings with en-
thmsiasm. Hardly dissenting voice :.
Ev"n tho eNtrcmest Socialists are d;-
yldgd. most OF them agreeing thnt an
italian victory in Tripoli VIII be tho
most satisfactory solution @! difficult
problem.
Italy Is the mos; democratic state in
Europe. IL would he impossible To foiat
hn artlnclal euthuSi5sm on Such land.
since 1861 italian nationuliam has bean
welding itself into something new and
strange
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cashier had both keys. The president
would not believe me when ] told him
of the state of affsirs- II was a strict
rule of the bank that the keys held by
each man should not be surrendered to
anyone except bv order OF the presi-
dent.
~ then centered nv attention on
net closer and closer about him. |
learned that Bell had requested the
clerk to give him the KEYS about a
week before the robbery. The clerk
was going 10 attend q ball, and the
cashier had told him TO let hlm have
the. keys. so he need not report as
early As usual at the bank. The clerk
gave up the KEYS. The cashier did not
return them. although the clerk asked
had been speculating through a broker
in Wall street. and, rs near az I could
get at ii, had lost about $4,000 in A
wear. which was news TO the bank Of
fcials.
81 found out that the cashier had
held several interviews with strangers
and another startling fact-that on the
night of the robbery Mrs Bell had
awakened and found that her husband
was not in bed. She did not know
where he was, and had not thought of
suspicious circumstances against Bell
became Convinced that If be did not
commit the robbery himself, he must
certainly have bRd some knowledge of
it.
There were also many facts in
Bells favor; but the bank directors
became convinced, after carefully
weighing all the evidence. that ne was
guilty, and he was arrested. / never
saw man who took his arrest SO hard,
and Justly so, as il afterward turned
ont. He had a hearing, and so strong
a case was made out against him that
he was held for trial.
"Shortly after this there was a fire
IN the house of a Mrs Libby Larsen
Being bit of fire fiend, I went to
see the country boys work They did
such good work that they saved the
honse. | went into the place, and in
closet on the second floor J picked
up piece of wax. It would not have
been noticed by any one not familiar
with the methods of thieves, but saw
at glance that IT had been used to
make an impression Of two keys. I
slipped 1T into my pocket and made a
careful examination Of IL in nv room
The impression showed that the KEYS
were OF intricate construction. and the
thought flashed across my mind that
they were very similar to the KEYS of
the vault in the bank 7 obtained the
keys without telling any one nv .bus-
ness, and found that they fitted per.
fectly. This was new light on the
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them at their best one must see them in
the winter time.
The woman who delights in summer climb.
ing; and can climb hall way up III the rocks
and brush, can go all the way mp on snow
shoes, or, without them. If the snow is hard
as 1t usually is in April; and she Will get
great deal more enjoyment out OF the trip
all the way The journey MP little Black
mountain. south of City creek, from Salt
Lake City, is lovely trip in April or May
better than in July or August--apd can he
made nicely IN nm afternoon Of all the
routes usually followed over these ridges
northeast of the city, the best one is the
trail right around the edge of City creek
from where one can look down into the creek
nearly all the way. With the melting o1 the
snow at this time Of the wear one may feel
there will be mud and bad travelling before
getting to the snow deposits, for the coveted
coast, but such is never the ease for The
few feet of the snow,
AS matter OF fact, also, the exposed snow
is usually solid enough to support ones
weight and the snowshoes are not at all nee
esary ior snort, but very interesting trip.
over the snow packs down the north side OF
Black mountain into City creek, returning
along, the City creek road. Where the slopes
are thirty degrees or less, from the horizon
tal and IN the trees and brush on even steep
er slopes, there is no danger from snow
slides, and very hilarious and nimitable
sport may be had coasting, and can be had
in perfect safety on the exposed ridges by
"py "Hp caH stduu tHc Wajk OF nNe
or six hours, resting about one-tbird OF this
time II necessary. Aud while the suowshoes
VIII carry one into many places that would
be almost inaccessible without them, the lack
OF them should not prevent one from doing
little 'sDowshoeing" or "skeeiug' in or,
dlnary shoes; for IL one would get the Cum
bles - worked out of one s thinkery. and get
the mental alertness OF active life worked in.
without waiting till summer. for a DAYS
launt or interesting trip. hike up the near
by hills is In class all By itself,
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In the Wasatch for Pleasure and Profit

rgidly stiffened leg to keep ones balance
as one flies. The faster one goes the less is
the danger of falling, for it is the soft places
tn that trips the coaster and If one IS going
A three or four mile trip down grade can
be made in twenty or thirty minutes, and
while the rigidity of ones legs is somewhat
of strain, the tensepess of the excitement
while whizzing downward like the wind, with
one body bowling and rising TO keep bal
anced, and one s snowshoes and other para
phernalla dangling about, makes it easy TO
forget n little thing like tired legs. Where
the is soft and loose we have coasted
some by squatting on the snowshoes, and
balancing ourselves we'll back on them but
the webs were were made to cling to the snow,
except on the slopes that are too steep for
safety.
Often where the snow is glazed or crusted,
perhaps with thin layer of new snow on
top, our alpenstocks had to be ever ready
to keep from dashing down the slope un-
expectedly; in fact while trying to get one
OF the accompanying photographs, l took
a very sudden and swift trip. about forty
feet downward holding the unfolded camera
In one hand while making a somewhat siren
nous effort to get my other elbow, and my
heels or toes into the snow, as / rolled from
one side to the other to keep my feet ahead
of me, for it was three~quarters of n mile to
the bottom out of sight beneath the rounded
edge of the hill,
1t is an interesting experience to learn
w llaNei oNct kue suoW, ana 10 eSdlnlne Inc
ever-changing nearer views, bat the sights
under foot are never so inspiring as the ones
of toward the horizon from commanding
peak or ridge; and while good play or a
good book Will prove great inspiration to
one, and have a leavening broadening in
huence, like travel in distant land the
thrill of inspiration, and the sou-stirring
effect of the world panorama from n high
mountain peak must not be classed as any
less important. To see America first one
must begin in the mountains, and to see
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ARALLEL STORIES OFF FAMOUS GRlAME&-

I he cashier TO his home, which WAS in
the suburbs. IN a neat two-story cot
tagc, and the preliminary work was
over.
"It would have been easy TO take
the next step, which would be 10 get
the keys and open the safe. That is
what some thieves would have done,
but ! had better trick up nv sleeve,
which came ont OF my caution. and
would aid us in making escape easy.
II WAS developed in this way: The
same night Bill found ont about the
KEYS. We made Il call at Cashier Bell 3
house after tho family had retired
We did not care 10 disturb their sum-
bcrs, SO we entered the house through
a parlor window. Bill had located the
room in whirh tho cashier slept, and
! went there noisccssly. Either the
cashier or his wife had n beautiful
sncrc. and ncci not have been 50
careful in my operations, | found the
cashier : trousers. removed tho KEYS
and returned to the street. where Bill
was waiting.
''Wc went to a secluded spot where
il was safe to flash lantern. There
took careful impression Of the
vault keys and the key Of the front
door OF the bank in wax, and All the
measures necessary. I then returned
10 ln' CASHIER = mousse ana lCpidrEu
tho keys in his pockets lust as I had
found them. We closed MP tho house
and went home.
II immediately went 10 work on the
KEYS. They used to say ] was the best
kevmaller in tho world. It took me
about day 10 file the keys
"Thc night after We had called On
Cashier Bell, Bill and ] paid visit to
the bank about O'Clock in the morn
ing, when we knew the policeman on
the heat was taking e snooze In bak-
ery.
"Tbe keys worked like a charm.
Five minutes after we entered the bank
| was inside the vault, packing up the
green stuff. I took all the money and
such bonds as appeared to be negotia-
BILE. [ worked lively, and in twenty
minutes closed the doors Of the vault
and walked out with $4,000 in my
grip We were in time to connect with
freight train. After riding about ten
miles we left the train, crossed the
Hudson to Rhinebeck. and took tho
first train TO New York -
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and the old ones perhaps larger, and he is
so white, in March, that even II he is moy
ing il is hard to detect him against the
snow. lie is provided by nature with his
own hairy snowshoes, from four to six inches
long, and from two to two and one-half
inches wide. With these shaggy feet he can
travel safely and swiftly. over the fresh
innrtistic on so delicate and otherwise beau
tifu animal they are certainly an advan-
tage. While these rabbits travel mostly at
night. they are not particularly wild, and
At night judging from the tracks we frc-
were numerous in all parts of the mountains,
but these were never seen in the daytime,
though the coyotes often followed us toward
home, bowEng IN an apparently vigorous en-
deavor to get pack together, In the early
evening.
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italy begins 10 feel Itself q nation. II
begins TO dream the old imperial dream,
but In a new way. Naples. Rome. Ven
Ice. Milan Sicily. have been united for
mar century, but the bands have hard
~ expressed themselves yet. A new ma
uonaiisin Is arising which will surprise
the world That. at least. is what the
new Italy pioneers believe. II claims
20 be a great power II believes in Itself
1t thinks Its influence would holm democ-
racy. progress and liberty italy has
seen that. until a state can prove its
might In war the world Will never accept
Its claim 10 have It's voice heard
| was sadoeDed when I heard that Italy
would night, ] believe in Italy. l love
lis people. / know It's extraordinary his
tory. l have studied its marvellous past
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The Loot of the
Kingston National

mystery. 1t seemed 20 be convincing
proof that Bell had accomplices-prob-
ably the strangers he had met.
Il could not understand. however.
how 1t was that wax impression had
been made Of the keys which Bell had
In his possession. Why 60 to all this
trouble when the keys themselves
could be used at any time?
took peep at Mrs. Larsen with
out her knowing it. ] tell you gave
jump when I recognized her as An.
ME Skidmore, the wife of Bill Skid
more, we'll known bank sneak At
last began to see daylight. Annie
was stopping az the house OF a neigh.
Dor, after being burned out. and
learned that she bad received 800 by
telegraph from New York the day of
the fire. The wording of the telegram
did not throw any light on the ease.
To nv surprise and delight. Annie,
the following day after ! recognized
her. leTt Kingston. and went TO Al.
banv. She showed her cunning IN do.
ing this. as the same night she took
the train for New York. knew from
this secretive movement that Annie
trying to hide. 7 could tell bv her
easy movements that she thought she
was safe. / telegraphed for a couple
or detectives to meet me AT tho depot.
rs could not tell what would turn up.
sit Was lucky that 7 did so. for in
the depot, waiting for Annie, were
Willy Mitchell and Bill Noble. two Of
the brightest crooks in the land They
spoke with her a moment | knew that
they wore making an appointment
from the movement Of her head |
sent the two men after Willy. and Rill.
and went after Annie. She went 10
private house in Fourteenth street.
remained there two hours. and then
went ont with gray Wig as n dis.
guise.
''She was we'll known IN this city.
surmised that she was going TO meet
her partners, and was convinced OF IL
when she reached the corner of Greene
street and Clinton place | saw ny
partners taking pipe on a house in
Clinton place, and I quietly arrested
Annie. ] locked her up in the Mercer
street stntion, went back to my part
Ders. and arrested Bill and Willy when
they appeared on the street. They
gave MS the laugh. but that night
gave Annie the third degree She
finally broke down and told all about
the robbery and the part WiIy and
Bill had played in il.
''They still pretended their inno
cence until | produced the wax impress
sion of the keys. Then they were
ready TO confess, aud gavo M the
tence. / recovered all the money cx-
cept $3o.0 900. and sent my humble apol
ogy to Cashier Bell
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they do not mind going 10 jail for a
five or 80. Punishment Of that sort has
no terrorS for them, and. while liberty
is sweet to every man, they take their
medicine. and rather enjoy prison life
! always had a horror OF going 10
prison. bat ii Was never gnItc strong
enough 20 lead mr to become honest
When tho big door closed behind me
every time that ! out"rcd iail IL gave
me n chill and | never got over N uu-
til was out ia the sunshine again.
''S So il naturally happened that when
WAS IN active business. IL was nv
special desire 10 do everything in my
power To keep out Of Jail. always
paid a great deal more attention TO
laying plans for a getaway after 4
robbery than the work itself; For
with the mon ] worked with. They
did not like my caution. and I have
pulled many times ont of what looked
easy jobs Just because ] could not see
my way clear TO escape. II was my
notion that any bit Of work would not
pay. no matter how much money there
was in il, il it, were followed by = ten
years contract with the state in tho
stone breaking line.
ST was this trait Of mind which
led me into the Kingston National bank
ROBBERY. At 1Dt llInc Whcn | ran
against this trick l was a fugitive
from Justice. with the charge of killing
Ned Wallace hanging over me, so, ma
turally, ! had to go hit slow. There
was no doubt about my killing Ned,
but ] had to do it TO save my own life.
| know ! would be acquitted If | were
pipched and held for trial; but | hated
TO 90 through il all, and | made up
my mind that thc best way out of IL
Was TO keep under cover until the
clouds blew away. ] got over to Kings.
ton. where ! had q solid friend, and
IN my trips about the place | struck
The bank.
'My attention was attracted to tho
bank by story in one of the papers
about u large sum Of money which had
been deposited in lis vaults by some
company that was going 10 build rail
road and water works. ! knew that
this money was going to remain IN the
bank for several weeks. so ] sent for
Bill Noble, who was al that time run
ming a gambling house in East Houston
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and We are frequently unIustly crit.
lciZed and condemned.
4 speak in this way because of my
recollection of the pounding l received
when investigating the robbery Of tho
Kingston National bank. ] know that
did not deserve all that | got. but a
great MANY people thought l was not
abused half enough.
81 was put TO work upon the case
the day the robbery was discovered
which was on Monday morning. a
very singular state OF things was found
at the bank when Cashier Bell threw
open the doors Of the vaults to begin
the day y business. All the clerks were
present at their desks. as the books
were kept in another safe, which was
IN charge Of the head hookkeeper. The
cashier entered the vault to take out
some bills to put in the drawers in his
desk. 4 moment later he staggered
ont and fell into a chair He was not
able 10 speak for n moment The clerks
gathered around him, thinking he had
an attack of heart failure. to which be
was subject. He announced, when he
got control of himself, that there was
no money in the vault, but he did not
say that there had been robbery.
''After short consultation, the
banl, was closed for the day, and
everything was Just as it had been
found when I got there. [ made n
careful examination of all the windows
and doors. There was no sign that
thieves had forced an entrance The
vault. according to the statement of
Cashier Bell and all the clerks, was
locked when they reached the bank,
The paint on the doors had not even a
slight scratch TO show that they had
been tampered with The deeper
went into the affair the more IN ysteri-
ous it became. 7 made up my mind
that some ono had robbed the bank
who was perfectly familiar with the
safe and the methods OF doing bust
ness.
81 had a private consultation with
the president and directors, and got
from them the history of every man
who worked in the bank. so far as they
know it. Every employee had gilt
edged reputation, was prominent in So
cial and church affairs in tho town
and had been with the bank for many
years.
"I inquired very minutely into the
methods Of opening the safe learned
that il required two men-the cashier
and clerk-who each had key to
different doors. Without both of them
being present the safe could not be
opened. This looked like a promising
lead, so ! pushed my inquiries in that
had opened the safe on Monday morn"
ing that the other clerk was not pros
ent. 1t was evident then that the