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

b As he had intended, he took a
10 New Orleans in order to get all
) ,<nefit possible out of his holiday.
d. moment he stepped on board he
q off all thought of business and
Id with the passengers under the
i OF. Hardy, enjoying the trip to
|, Heps. The ocean had exerted q
she Influence over him since boy
He played SWITCHBOARD with
J. .utive girls, stood alone in the
ISlookiug deep into the azure waters
the boat reached the gulf stream;
Watched the gulls, and looked for
w fish and plucky little Portuguese
pof war, drifting by like great iri-
U ht soap bubbles. In the smoking
ptu he made friends with several
s among them very congenial
nnmcd Farley, who always seemed
lbsted whenever any banking sub
vas mentioned,
7 tho last night before reaching
,Orleans Farley and Poe made two
1 group of half n dozen, sitting
n>d table in the smoking room,
ne idly, almost gossiping, as men
s'hoard steamers.
\ 1uggling, that perennial topic
p ocean travellers, led TO discus
If burglary, and the subject mar
4 down to crimes against banks.
i blank- faced young fellow said
& the lowest order of criminal in
!. forld was the bank sneak Usually
n cautious in his speech, Poe re-
4H the remark, answering quickly:
10, no. In criminal circles bank
is hero; while the unenlight-
public counts him a cheap sort
hfppery criminal He is neither;
"a self.respecting pompous sort of
4 ID, as a rule, resembling, for all
sEorld, your next door neighbor
q you think is enjoying royalties
81 patent taken out at an early
Z tn transmitter for mental yibra-
d or something of that sort, or
de, there are many different kinds
tnHk sneaks in the business, and
have hundred individual meth
~ getting away with the money. A
Z common method, n bit out of style
9 10 because of the preparedness of
: cashiers, is for the sneak to pro-
|; himself with wire as crooked as
4 elf, which he inserts cautiously be-
u the bars of the cashier 8 cage,
With which he dexterously hooks
rrcmovcs through the rods neat
ipf bills while the money handler IS
sItion is attracted elsewhere, being
,,1ul TO choose no new crinkly bills,
fustling removal of which might
sact the cashier from his duties and
4 him to shoot point blank at the
: making his getaway. Many a sue
nhl bank sneak has found it ex.
Esnt to carry cane, in the head of
at has been concealed n telescope
Ii,Rhich, on pressure of button, is
led to harpoon a wad of bills and
5b|tbem back automatically through
. rating. Both very pretty meth
indeed, and so usual that when a
4 \ bank sneak thinks up a slight
qtllre from the regular method the
" cashicr is at a loss to even ina
|. nov the thing was done, the po.
n Re pnzzlcd, and the public at largo
, lntes and guesses about it in a
Iktly futile way
Il conversation about the business
2. KRlary was abruptly cut short, as
q on deck looked in and announced
y ing boat. Everybody went ont
n Re to see the ship, for events are
ID on shipboard; and when Poe re-
= to the smoking room, he found
9 FARLEY.
ii ell, Mr., Hardy greeted Farley.
- Down and tell me somo more
" bank burglars. You seem to be
!, My one Of us that s really on the
Il Not professional bank break
Jdnrself9n
y -, no; I've only got it out of
SO FAR. I'm not Ietter-perfect
IA answered Poe, concealiug a
81 II dare say all the theories
. fpite wrong"
y don Z believe you got a bit of it
'tsT books, answered Farley quiz.
ts.E Tell me, now, how do YOU
y 10 much about bank sncaks. for
nreg"
u, 'h' II you want the truth, IN
D., Aer, and we We suffered some al
snds of sneaks; that's what first
n ''eu me In their methods.
~ food! thought as much. Shake
" on IL. I'm a banker. too. - Far.
~ tended his hand eagerly, and Poe
M sif - 1T listlessly.
so nat bank'" asked Poe.
W ne Traders National. New Or
~ answered Farley.
~ yes, ] believe You re our cor
~ oents down here, I've got a let
re- credit to your bank, in fact.
o. cs roe feeling in his pocket, and
= rnR out credit letter from hi.
~ pank In New York.
wfeli' that looks all right, y smiled
= 'es5 ~ thought from the first yo,
banker. l hope you III be- il
Z pme tomorrow to see us. W,
= nave TO worry about losinl
~ aown % here, except on cottoII