The sun., 1918-12-14


work.
Some stacks Of currency and some
piles of coin were at his elbow, but
the bulk Of the cash necessary to his
days work was in two drawers of
the counter at which he stood, cur
rency in the left hand drawer, coin
in the right. Peal is dead and nobody
Of the bank knew last night within
hundreds of dollars how much cash
was in the currency drawer and how
much in checks, though It is assumed
that the robbers got at least half
their loot of $13,112.S5 in cash, per-
haps more.
Location OF OmciaIs.
At Peal's right, a few feet away, at
the deposit window stood another
teller and few feet still further to
the right and toward the back of
the room was the new accounts"
window, which occupies a peculiar
importance in the story. Ten feet
back Of Paying Teller Peal was the
assistant treasurer, Henry w. Coons,
busy for the moment at a big steel
sheathed fling case desk near the
open doors of the vault.
Not far from him, back of the line
of grill windows, was Albert Free
man, assistant paying teller. In the
rear Of the room, seated at his desk,
was Treasurer Morehouse. A grill,
seven feet high, separated these and
others Of the stan from the open
floor where deppsitors came and went.
So many perkons took keen note OF
the conduct of the pair who entered
at 2:20 p. NJ. that there can be little
doubt of the fidelity of their COM
pared recollections. Tail man and
short man walked into the counting
room in the easiest, most natural way
imaginable, showing not a trace Of
hurry or excitement OF desperate pur-
pose.
Freeman, not especially occupied,
noted their appearance closely and his
description of them tallies with that
given by the chauffeur and by others.
The tall man. carrying himself like
one who had known the bite of drill
masters tongue, wore a long army
raincoat of the familiar style, an army
soft hat and white silk muffier. He
seemed TO be about 80, 5 feet inches
tall, or some such matter; tall by COM
parison with his very short compan-
ion.
He was SHINY but apparently
strongly built. weighed 1876 or 140
pounds. showed smooth face without
touch of beard or mustache had a
reddish complexion and sandy hair and
blue eyes with an amiable, friendly
look in them. The other could not
have been more than ) feet 5 inches,
looked S5 or SO, was dark of hair and
complexion and was smooth shaven.
He wore a black Fedora and a dark
blue overcoat, belted.
No Suspicion Aroused.
Naturally no suspicion was aroused
by these, so commonplace was their
entrance. The staff observed that the
tall man stopped in front of Peal's
window. taking some papers out of
an inside coat pocket as lie raped for
Peal's attention. He fumblei with the
papers long enough to give his part
ner time to walk 10 TIE back of the
counting room and reach the gate
there, which led into the grill from the
open part of the room.
Noting thai, the tall man instantly
produced a revolver long barrelled.
blue steel revolver which looked TO
Treasurer Morehouse very much like
an army Col: .3S-not an automatic
but one of the old fashioned revolvers.
Peal looked up squarely into the black
circle of the point which the tall man
had thrust through the grill.
Throw up your hands," the tall
man ordered, and never was that
bandits command delivered with such
silken politeness. This may have
been the very thing that deceived the
unfortunate Peal. this disarnng po-
likeness, though more likely the man
was Simply paralyzed with amazement
and his brain, failed to register the
idea. On his desk, not a foot from
his right shoulder lay a .3S Calibre
revolver Yet he made no move to-
ward it. Freeman, behind Peal, was
not deceived. lie sensed, he says, the
robbers deadly purpose, and he fairly
screamed at Peal:
Damn it. put up your hands. Peal"
Tho pai ing teller never moved a
muscle. The robher repeated the or
der his voice hardening. Peal's arms
remained dangling. Then the robbcr
fired squarely into Pesrs breast. the
bullet piercing his heart. As Treas
uror Morehouse ran from his desk Peal
collapsed at his feet, face forward, his
arms thrown widely.
Counting Room In an Uproar.
The counting room was instantly in
uproar. Several customers. among