Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-02-20

say tho jew got it. hut he cleared be-
Sore the "EtucS" got there
Il thought they was going To talk
! up. bat the tall man was suspicious.
! saw. and 50 / went out. after setting
them up again.
That evening the tall man aS:ctl
me 10 take little ride with him. I
wanted 'cm TO feel sure of mo. ami so
; l put Jimmy under my coat. and
! when we got into the cutter wrapped
1t UP in the blanket and Pvt it under
the seat.
! I'VE had nice drive. Cor it vac Il
dandy night. but the chap didn't SHY
! thing about himself or the gan. or
me. He only talked about the fishing
| up North, ard we didn't get anywhere.
Along about eleven we came to Rites
place. and he saldwe go in and have
Il drink. jumped out and went to tie
the horse. asking him to throw the
blanket over her. He proceeded TO do
so. and OF course the Jimmy fell ont
''1e laughed and claprcd me on
the back.
~ guess we've got you located
now. old man. says he. And now
! we'll 20 back
1--WE went to the rooms where the
| rest OF the gang were waiting for us.
"I guess he'll do. boys said hc
md then he says t" me: 4 have an
idea that we can put Il man like you
In the WAY Of making something
pretty
''rhcy grinned. and then we talked
things over.
II had been travelling with them pref
| ty steady for month, when one night
they told me they were going to do n
! little piece Of work on Il bank in town
! (Stevcns' bank. of coursc). aud they
wanted me 70 fix the safe.
".All right. boys says I. TT! have
TO send down tn Chi for my Exit"
though
Next morning I went over to Stcv-
| cnS' and put him on telling lin TO
put some marked bills in the safe for
that night. got the combination from
him, too. thinking I might have some
trouble with the safe. and l had Ia get
il open one way or another.
"Thcn I went over t" the chief of
police and fixed IT up with him so that
he'd surround the bank after we had
gone in and nab us as we came out
THE bank proposition was y little
heavy for the boys. some Of 'cm being
Il little new at such work. and when
Tuesday night came :hey began Ia get
little nervous. But / filed 'rn zip
with drinks, and told EN- how easy il
..,tl-
experiences. and by Wednesday, nCtcr-
noon they were ready for anything.
1--WE had Il good supper. with los
Of drinks OF all sorts. and some of :hc
boys were pretty well Jagged by lhc
time we were through
I'VE had set the job for midnight,
met then at Il barber s,:op. where the
big chap had n Job Che WAS slicli). and
then separated, mcc:inS again nt the
bank as the clock struck twelve
''The big fellow broke in the door
| with his shnulder--hc was as strong as
4 bull-mooSc-and we all piled in after
him. remember was the last man
in. and l was thinking how fine they
were going to look i'll the papers next
! morning. the five of them standing in
4 row. with me ut their right as the
man who had gathered them in
laughed to myself as I opened tire
safe. and then heard the snap Of a
| mans fingers. voice cried now.
! men! the lights were turned on. and
each OF us was looking into the bar
rel OF gun.
II looked ut the man who was COW
rring me. and you can just about fig-
ure ont how 1 felt when saw that it
was that young kid with the yellow
hair. He smiled bit, and then told
ms to throw up our hands.
"-tll OF us did except the big chap,
md he got bullet through his hip.
who seemed to be running the thing.
/ but he told me to cut 1t out and
saw that it was no use.
''They took us down to the Jail md
! got our faces by flashlight. was
| standing with the rest of the bunch.
and my name (my real one. too, for
| I'd given it TO old Stevens In the first
! place. was stuck underneath.
! ~ tried to drive it into the chief Of
| police That | was out after the men.
but nc said III given wrong lnforma-
ton, and the iisht-haired kid was boss
there. anyhow.
"Then they threw us into cells that
q dog couldn't have slept in, and sent
us down to Chicago next morning hand
! cuffed together like Siamese twins.
They tried us. and I got of with Il
reprimaDd from the court for 'cncoul'-
aging crime and, though Il detective
by profession, leading young ana weak
boys astray.'
tII'hen tie chief iaWed mo for nm