The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-04
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partments. each department having
its own special clerk and cash regis
ter. This particular place has q rush
hour'in which II Is hard to be waited
on. The music box where the steel
drills, etc. are sold Is the objective
Of our friends During the rush hour
Tom goes there and has the sales
man wrap up for q 50 twist drill, and
then takes the clerk back to the
managers Office to get figures on
the installation Of steam heating
plant in his castle In Spain, .
twenty-room house.
By this time Harry (pro bono
publico) 10 at the next counter to the
rear making q stain purchase. Dick.
standing in the aisle, signals, by tax
ing his hat of. to Jerry on the side
walk Just as Tom goes away from
the drill counter with the salesman.
Jerry. bareheaded. In his shirt
sleeves. walks in rapidly with q BUSH
like air and goes directly to the cash
register behind the counter. The
moment he reaches the music box
Harry drops $40 in silver quarters
on the door. attracting general at
tention to himself as he nervously
starts to gather up the scattered
COINS. while Jerry calmly empties
the register and walks out Of the
store.
CALMLY CONTINUE SlE8
ROBBING. - \
In few minutes the four are to-
gether again, with Jerry giving final
instructions to his stalls regarding
the next place he has chosen to rob.
Back in the hardware store the loss
may not. be discovered for half an
hour or more. and often the sales
man is not only suspected Of the
theft but Is lucky II he. escapes inn
prisonment for the heel job he
knows nothing about.
I myself with two stalls have
taken three such. music boxes In
side Of an hour.
But this graft is not by any means
confined to music boxes. AS q rule
the biggest money on the heel is
stolen from saloons. Nearly every
cafe has besides the register q damp
er or money drawer located in the
back bar. wherein are kept varying
sums under lock and key during
business hours and in the safe at
night. Out of his damper the pro-
prietor may pay his landlord the
rent, the brewery collector for the
beer, and here. too, is kept the cash
for the accommodation of we'll
known customers who desire to
have checks cashed. "a
In one Of our large cities is a sa-
loon run by a big German who does
considerable business. Jake, the
boss, pays all his bills in currency
out Of a cigar box he keeps in a
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damper while he is behind the bar.
and when he goes upstairs he takes
it with him. !4
Several heel mobs had exhausted
their ingenuity In vain attempts to
get Jake to leave this damper unpro-
tected for a few minutes during the
hour when his two bartenders were
upstairs eating dinner and he alone
In the bar. But whether it was be-
cause Jake could not be stalled on
account Of suspicious nature or
Just his stolid laziness they failed to
accomplish their purpose. IN
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BIG GAME. :. -
Finally two heel men formed
plan and waited until the first Of the
month. when they were reasonably
sure. if-successful, to get q months
rent. beer bill and the check money.
On the afternoon Of the FIRST day Of
the month Jake was leaning his
enormous frame against the back
bar, talking to two German friends
who stood drinking beer before him.
well-dressed stranger came in. or
dered a beer, accidentally spilled
some Of 1t ON his hands, asked Jake
where he could wash them. and was
directed to the washroom in the
rear.
Shortly after the stranger went to
wash his hands Jake's attention was
drawn to the front window by the