The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-25

for some distance along the dock board,
jllcd with sugar, tar, bananas, pig iron,
pineapples and tea, stuffs from ports
all over the world, before crossing to
the quaint French market, which he
loved. Passing slowly through the fish
frightened at sight OF fat pompanos,
chubby "reds. and beautiful, shape
| ~ sea trout. Tnbs Of crabs, crawfish
and turtles made him hungry for a
good creole gumbo
Markets had always been passion
with Poe, and this little down .at-the.
heels public trading place in the Gre
ole quarter had fascinated him for
years. The little darky boys. trotting
kets, looking for lagniappe, tho piles
of green p1aptains, cocoanuts, coops
of chickens, and heaps Of green vege-
tables, all mixed together into crisp,
Cutting through Chartres street
Poe sauntcred along, absorbing the
atmosphere. stopping to enjoy
glimpses of green courtyards through
doorways, aud finding picturesque
street scenes unexpectedly at cor.
ners; quaint iron bordered balconies
and dark, foreign charcoal shops.
1t was noon before he reached the
roomlng house, II strange roaming
Spanish building, opposite the Old Ab:
sinthe house.
Putting his luggage in order, Poe
! changed to lighter suit, and started
! for the Traders National bank to got
funds on his letter Of credit
As he entered the bank peryading
air Of excitement attracted his atten.
| tion. He was about to ask for Mr..
| Farley, when tho door Of the president s
Office opened and ho recognized his
steamer companion,
oh, Mr., Hardyl" exclaimed Farley,
"Come in here n moment. It some.
thing ON the line we spoke Of last
night
| Poe entered the president IS Office
and Farley, his face anxious, leaned
toward him. oyclaiming:
We'll, it has Just happened. A bank
sneak got away with twenty thousand
dollars not fifteen minutes ago. The
bank was jammed with customers
cashing checks for weekly pay rolls
| transactiug the usual week end business
Somebody got away with twenty thou
sand-dollar bills, shot at our paying tel
Ter. Jackson, and slipped through the
crowd uuuoticed. y
"Give ME the Details said Poe
with interest
| "Jackson desk was piled with
| =
of thousand dollar bills which had beer
taken from the safe this morning foI
convenience Of a Spanish ship owner
Gonzales, who wanted gold certificate:
Of large denomination with which tr
transact n foreign deal, explained
Farley.
jackson, IN arranging his money
this morning had put the bundle OF
big bills at tho extreme left of hin
desk, and during the busy morning
hours il had gradually been pushed
close up against the narrow, strong
steel grating surrounding his cage
and protecting him perfectly from any
of the usual attempts of sneak thieves
AS Jackson had picked up the buncl
several times, mistaking it for a pack
age Of hundred-dollar bills, he finally
clapped the gold certificates down OF
top of his tin safe box out Of the way
and Immediately forget them until ter
minutes Of one, when his trained ey.
was suddenly attracted to the top oi
that box by quick movement. but tn,
bills were then there all right Jack
son hoard n low whisper which sounded
like the word General and was abou
10 reach for the bills. to put them irs
safer place, when n shot blazed ont
not two feet in front of him. bulle