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New-York tribune., 1922-05-21

To the pilots bewildered brain came sense
almost of admiration for the cleverness of the
scheme He wondered what was to happen
next.
AS though in answer the robber produced
from his mysterious pack ball of twine al
most as big as his head Fastening the free
end to a plate in the floor, he tossed the
ball overheard. Ftz- -Windisch's arm was
grasped again and this message came:
Key paddock control chain other end
string he spelled slowly. Unlock when I
jump. Thanks. Goodby.''
Pausng only to start Coston light in the
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21

pygnny, and Fitz- Windisch made rapid
mental note of the observation that he must
be fully six or seven inches taller
In far fewer seconds than it takes to tell,
the man in the mask, by meaningfu pokcs
with his pistol made Coykendal understand
that he desired him overboard Hesitating
but an instant the second pilot climbed to the
rail and dropped off into the blackness be-
low. Fitz- Windisch peered out in search of
ground light that might mark Coykendals
possible landing place, provided, of course,
that the parachute strapped to his back did
what was to be expected of it. Nothing was
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21

Editors Note: There isn't word Of truth
in the foregoing. There never was an air.
mail shipment of million dollars in cash and
so far as we are aware, there are no pilc.s IN
or Coykendal. Realizing, however, that if Ii.
pace Of the modern science holds, it cannot b
long before something Of the sort is at least a.
tempted, The Tribune resolved to be first in
the field with a story of what might happen il
it ever did happen.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21
The Lesson Of
the Fire
CONTINUED from page four)

seemed to want to consume the whole hou,ei
This Aare-up was so eddden and so beautiful
that Nine. Rougemont, in spite Of her inner
sobs, was forced to smile.
Fascinated, she watched the flames take
ever-changing shapes. She no longer knew
that it was showing outside. She fell to
dreaming, as every one does who watches
fire. The farmers wife moved silently about
the kitchen, busy with some belated tasks
Nine. Rougemont, for moment. was alone
with her dreams.
The kindling wood was consumed lhe
fame fell. The logs, propped against one an
other, burned apart. The fire now gave only
a ruddy glow. The kitchen became dsrk
Nine Rougemont knew again that II Ss'
showing outside.
"It is the very image of my life" M
thought. "What verve mine had! Ano n''
misfortune smothered it."
"Ah" said the farmers wife, appsoacnas
her guest. "Don't you know, then, now
keep fire going?"
eve need more kindling," answered ans
Rougemont.
"Do you think so?" the other conflnusa
"Wait. I'll show you. You gather .ossa.,
all the small pieces which lie to the r'gns ~.
to the left-like this. You push them os's
into the middle You pick up the logs Sna.
have been eaten in two by the flre ana ~
put them one on top of the other. Anu 'a,. y
you see for yourself. The flame comes p.S.
1t isn't as high as it was while aso' -.
still gives much warmth. And when !oS
that the second flame falls suddenly ". :,
gin all over again, down to the A's ,.s-
wood. And when only the asnes 1s ), ...r
we'll, they will be so warm that they WIZ Assa :.
the last little stick alive, even I'LL w..
row morning, if you wish. And 'o-ln0'. g.
with that little stick you will renaAe i.
so great that one could believe 1t 70 ~
Christmas bonfire of the three kings -,
Nine. Rougemont listened and sazeu = .,a
farmers wife. The latter's humble "oi'1 ~,
humble gestures told her her own stois' ...a
tainIy after the first flame she hao sas's. =.
together the dispersed elements 10 in.I -,
second, not so high, but still comzor'i''s y,
tsinly she had used even the last emoets : :. i
natural spirits to keep the flame goihs' n
grew less and less. Now she had reaeAs- -
ashes. But the sage peasant "on,.A .,,,.
taught her lesson. In those asnes sue -.h;,b
preserve till tomorrow the little cnip
in it's turn, would rekindle the gress = ii
Joy. Her life for herself was enoe.. -. ],
hour of abnegation had struck. Ee0'''' "
burned away. .n
81 am warm now," she said, getting W
can go to bed" -, ri
But the farmers wife didn't kno" i,
Nine. Rougemont was SO eager TO fesIa :s..a
chamber upstairs only because sne w':. -. !.
watch in his innocent sleep and 10 NO.
dcrly her little grandson, the chip "h'..
was going to cover over so lovingly =
warm ashes ct her owl b.oken life. TO u'' ]
s:.at scme day i. woatl ki':slc III IT'S .ur,, rhri
crest fire o. 10y, TIE soaSing fame ta0 s''-
:ass bonfire OF .ns three kings
Copyright 1872. New York Gfisa's 49,
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21

published last week, IN which hearts were
trumps, 4 to lead and w to win ali the
tricks:
starts with the winning trump and follows
with the jack of diamonds. A plays the queen
to establish the nine for B. trumps and
leads the ten of trumps, picking up the eight
in AS hand.
On this trick, if discards diamond the
seven IN rs hand is good. If B lets go spade
will shed the king so as to establish the
eight in Y's hand, and the lead Of that card
Will force another discard from B. If B dis
cards club will lead the four of clubs.
giving trick with the ace Then z can
return the seven so that shall make the ten.
Continued on page eighty
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21

=. Il Marty Mcmahon, the retired bar
tender, "an l guess there won't
be nobody try to pull any more conferences
without invitin 'em to join in.
They're about the only birds in the world
right now that can go to one O them confer
ences with perfectly free an easy mind an
say just what they mean. They oughta enjoy
goin to conferences, too, because they amt
got nothn' to worry about an can be honest
if they want to, which must be a treat.
"You take any other nation settin' in at a
conference an it's all the time fgurin' on
keepin' what it's got an gettn little bit
more. O. course that keeps its delegates
kinda worried an divided in their minds.
There don't nothin' come up but what they
wanta hedge little until they dope it all out
an see how it's goin' to affect what they got
an what they want.
"If it gives some other nation the bulge on
'em here or there in a way they don't mind
specially an that nations got somethin' they
want, why maybe they'll decide that the best
thing fer them to do is 10 be over at last
\ an then soak it to the nation that's benefttin'
and holler fer the thing that nations got that
they want.
There don't nothin' like that bother them
Bolshevikis. All they got to worry about is
what they want. Losin' what they got is
sonlethin that don't bother them at all They
amt got nothn to lose except what they amt
got, SO anythin they get is goin to be clear
gain.
"O' course, they figure that the more they
holler for, the more they're liable to get, even
if they don't get all they holler for. So, natu-
, rally, they put up an awful roar.
They're as independent as bankrupt at
a creditors meetin' They amt got no cash
hid out an they can say what they please AS
near as l can figure it, what they do say is:
Sure, the money you lent old Russia is gone
an the property foreigners had in old Russia
is gone. Everythin's gone up the fue, in
cludin' old Russia, an now it's new Russia an
a new deal all around.
"'You lend US the cash we need now an
we'll be wilin' to talk over them old debts,
maybe but we're gon' to do just what we like
about EN-. If we decide we'd like to pay some
of EN-, we'll pay 'em an if we decide we
don't want to pay 'em we won't pay EN-
Then they put in counter-claim fer all
the damages suffered by everybody since the
Bolshevkis got to runnin' things, sayin' that
II tne damage wasn't done by the Allies direct
it never woulda happened if the Allies hadn't
been backin' the other side. These damages,
o course, was suffered by new Russia an
there ART no question but what they oughta
be paid. new Russia bein' goin' concern.
Even if the Bolshevikis don't get nothin'
outa it at all except the trip. they must be
enjoyin' themselves lot They must laugh
themselves sick whenever they all get together
in their hotel room.
"You gotta hand it to them Bolshevikis
They're as independent as pickpocket at a
ball. 1t didn't cost 'em nothn' at all to get in
an anythn' they can lift is velvet"
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21

CHICAGO.
~HE arrival here of J. B. F:tz- -Windisch
ace of the governments air mail serv-
l. ice between New York and the Pacific
Coast, has revealed the details of the
most unusual crime ever committed against
the United States mails. The express plane
driven by Fitz- Windisch, specially construct
ed treasure car. was robbed of sl,000.000 in
hundred-doa bills at 2 o'clock last Wednes
day morning 10000 feet above the plains of
Platte, the locale in bygone days of score of
famous train robberes
Postmaster General Work, on his way here
to take personal charge of the hunt for~the air
mail robbers. teegraphed from Washington
authorizing in the name of the government
reward of 100000 for information leading to
the arrest of one or all of the bandits.
News of the robbery, carefully guarded since
Fitz- -Windisch landed alone at North Platte
early Wednesday and told his amazing story
to the postmaster there, became public upon
the pilots arrival here. where he was met by
a dozen Department of Justice agents and
hustled under guard to the Federal Building.
There he remains virtually pisoner while his
report is being prepared and search is being
made for his relief pilot, Arthur P. Coykendal,
who according to Fitz- Wndsch's story was
forced by the lone robber who engineered the
actual attack and theft of the money to leap
from the speeding plane with parachute,
presumably so that the bandit would have but
one man to deal with.
Records of the department show that Fitz-
Windsch and Coykendal, driving the lap from
Chicago to North Platte, descended at Omaha
and remained briefly shortly before midnight
Tuesday to have gasoline tank leak soldered.
Officials at the Omaha field are said to have
been unaware of the valuable nature of the
hier's load. which had been transferred under
guard here from the plane that brought it
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21

OT LHc HISC LIIIlC SIAC Phio"
thought definitely OF the money
stored in the cockpit fore and
aft-a round million dollars, a
kings ransom in hundred-dol-
lar bills.
"Ten thousand of them in ten
bags" said Fitz- Windisch to
himself. "Ten thousand Of
them, thousand to a bag.
What's he going to do with
them?"
The answer came on the heels
of the question. AS the man in
the mask stopped to pick up the
first of the bags the pilot saw
strapped to his back pack Curl
ously like, to his disturbed
fancy, the one Santa Claus
wears 81 Christmas. Obviously
rrt IF it was the robbers own
parachute, but there was an
other bundle almost as bulky
that Fitz- Windisch could not
make out.
Powerless in his astonishment,
the pilot sat rigid as the man in
the mask picked up and ar
ranged on the observers seat
aft five of the sealed canvas
bags. Reaching behind him, ne
detached what proved to be
smaller parachute and lashed it's
strings to the necks Of the bags.
Having accomplished this in
space of time bewilderingly
brief, the robber produced on
short chain appended to a but
ton of his jacket a tiny steel CYL
inder that Fitz- Windisch recog-
nized as cigar lighter with a
glowing electrical terminus sunk
in the hollow of it's end.
The pilot found himself Won
dering foolishly if his visitor
were going to smoke, when the
robber deftly applied the red
hot wire to the fuse of Coston
light fastened in the rigging of
the parachute. AS the light be-
gan to sputter the man in the
mask hoisted parachute and
bags to the rail and pushed
them off into the rushing black
ness below.
Though Fitz-Windisch could
not see what became of them, he
knew that they would fall to
earth reasonably straight and,
marked by the light, be picked
up easily by the automobile con-
federate of the man in the
plane. He hoped silently that
they would land sufficiently far
from the road to make it i'm
possible for the robber in the
car to keep up with the plane.
AS if sensing this, the masked
man peered aft and below for
what seemed to the pilot
an interminable time before,
if satisfied that the first lot had
been picked up, he repeated the
process with the remaining five
bags.
It's bewildered brain came a sense
for the cleverness of the
wondered what was to happen
in answer the robber produced
sterious pack ball of twine al
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21

Through a fortuitous combination Of circum-
stances, the Tribune Magazine is enabled to
present exclusively to~its readers the story Of
one Of the most amazing crimes Of modern his
tory-the looting, 10000 feet in the air, Of a
mail airpldne carrying 81 900 900 from bank
IN Ne,o York to one IN San Francisco. The
robbers, estimated to be three in number, es-
capped nth every dollar Of their loot, ledvtmg
behind them only a battered airplanc tOith no
identifying mark to distinguish it from q
hundred others.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21
MAILPLANE ROBBED IN MID-AIR

from New York. 1t was to
have been shifted again at
North Platte.
q AS Fitz- Windisch tells the -
story, he was flying about 100
miles an hour rs miles west of
Omaha when his plane quivered
as though heavy object had
struck it. He turned quickly
to where Coykendal sat, in the
rear section of the cockpit, but
found him asleep.
His gaze shifted aloft, where
he was dumfounded to see,
bare fifty feet above him and
slightly ahead, another airplane
rapidly drawing away. Stream
ing behind it was what the pilot
took,to be rope ladder. He was
reaching for his spotlight to
make sure, when the central
stick at his right knee snapped
savagely backward and as
quickly into place again.
Turning suddenly, he found
himself peering into the masked
face Of an unusually tall, thin
man, clad in the leather helmet
and jacket of an aviator, tow
ering over Coykendal, who, by
this time fully awake, was cow
ering in his seat under the men,
acing muzzle of an automatic
pistol.
"A robber,," shrieked Coyken-
dial into the transmitter of the
intercommunicating telephone
strapped to his chest.
No other word reached Fitz-
Windisch, for at Coykendal's
exclamation the tall man
whipped out pair of nippers
and shipped the wire.
With almost one motion he re-
stored the nippers to his Jacket
pocket and produced a short
length of bright steel chain,
which he wound twice about the
dual control lever in Coyken-
daPs part of the pit, passed it
through struts in the fuselage
fore and aft and fastened it
with paddock.
Subconsciously Windisch
tried the stick. He could not
bulge it, forward or back. Com
prehension of what had hap
pened dawned suddenly. He
was powerless to alter by a foot,
up or down, the altitude of the
rushing plane. He could not
nose down, even for dive that
inevitably would end in a mur-
derous crash in the dark. as
long as the robber willed other
wise.
Again he looked behind him.
His fellow pilot was on his feet,
and for the first time Fitz-
Windisch realized the extraor
dlnary height of the intruder
who had dropped upon them out
of the sky. He lowered above
the six-foot Coykendal as
though the relief pilot were
a pygn,y, and Fitz- Windisch il
mental note of the observation
be fully six or seven inches talle
In far fewer seconds than it
the man in the mask, by meal
with his pistol, made Coykenda
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21

There are no trun,ps and leads and Z
acant all the tricks. How do they get them?
Solution neat Week.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21
Marty Mcmahon
On Genoa
BY ROBERT B. PECK

'<<~HEM Bolshevikis is certny the life
of the party at Genoa remarked
r. Il Marty Mcmahon, the retired bar
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-05-05
PASTOR HEADS
KIWANIS HERE
New Business Organization in
This City Starts Out With
Fifty-Two Members

Headed by a preacher, doctor, Il
banker. the Mayor of the City. another
banker and q lawyer, Elizabeth City :
newest business Club lit into town Mon
day night with q banquet at the South
rrn Hotel where the clubs membership
of - and about n dozen others were
fed on the best the hostelry can get up.
The Elizabeth City Kiwanis Club
was organized by Geo. A. Selig OF
Knoxville. Tenn. who said this was the
10Th he had organized. kiwanis was
Organized in 1915 and now the various
Clubs in America have over IO,OOO
members. The word comes from an In
dian phrase meaning 'fair-trader' and
the ideals of KiwaniS are Brothery
Love. Service and Square Dealing.
KiwaniS Clubs admit to their men,
5crShip two representative members OF
any particular profession or line OF
business in Il town. No club starts with
loss than 30 members. These members
get together once a week for lunch
,on and tell each other something in
tcresting about their business. 1t may
bring lively competitors together, who
must be amicable when their legs are
crossed under the same board for the
idea is to create peace, harmony and
cooperation.
Rev. II. f. Myers, Pastor of City
Road NJ. f. Church is President of the
Elizabeth City club; DR.. c. b. Will
Iiams. first vice-prcsident; Gurney Z.
Hood is second vice-president; W. Ben
Goodwin. secretary: II. G. Kramer,
treasurer; c. r. Pugh, trustee. The
directors are DR.. S. w. Gregory, j. Z.
Sawyer. C. W. Gather. NJ. L. Clark,
Noah Burfoot, Jr.. T. G. Sawyer and
G. r. Little.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-05-05
ONCE BEAUTIFUL YACHT
TO BE AN OIL TANKER
Tamarack Burned at Pea lSland In
December Salvaged to
Garry Oil.

The once swift and handsome yacht
Of DR.. II. l.. Torrey, a wealthy De
trOit surgeon. which burned off Pea Isl
and in December, at a loss of $200.0ON
and imperiled the lives of a dozen men
in 4 heavy gale has been Salvaged and
purchased by the Texas Company to be
converted into an oil tanker to serve
It's supply stations between this city
and New Bern.
The Tamarack is being stripped at
this city and the steel hull is in sea-
worthy condition, being practically new.
She will be equipped for the present
with storage tanks of 1900 gallons ca
pacity which will be supplied from cnor-
NOUS tanks at this city. She is 12T
feet long and 81 feet wide but her
light draft will allow her to navigate
most of the waters in Northeastern
North Carolina. She was formerly
equipped with engines developing 300
horsepower but only about half that
much power will be used in the tanker
The yacht formerly costing over $780,
900. sold Immediately after the fire for
$50 and will be rccommiSSionod for oil
service for about $4,000.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-05-05
TO OPEN A PLEASURE
RESORT ON CURRITUCK
Sea Bathing, Boating and Fishing
Within Reach of Any One With
An Auto,

Anticipating the development of bath
ing and fishing resorts on Currituck
Sound with the completion of the pro-
posed hard surface road from EdcntOn.
via HertfOrd and Elizabeth City to Cur
rituck c. H., two enterpriSing young
Currituck men have already located a
pleasure resort near Poplar Branch.
W. S. Parker and Mark Doxey have
acquired three or four acres on Mar
row Shore, three miles from Poplar
Branch and are building a pavilion.
wharves and bath houses. The pavil-
lion, 80 by As feet is built out over the
water and has a pier running out to
accommodate motor boats and launches.
An additional wharf in shore will ac-
rommOdate row boats for hire. Messrs.
Parker & DOXey will cater especially
to fishermen and picnic parties, furnish
ing row boats, fishing tackle, etc, and
even supplying cook stoves to those
who want to cook their fish on the
beach.
The pavilion will be just opposite
Whales Head Lighthouse, which is just
two or three miles across the Sound
Motor boats will be available for trans
porting parties to Whales Head for
sightseeing, surf bathing and ocean
fishing. The new resort will be open
in two or three weeks.
The opening of the Currituck Beach
resort is the beginning of a number of
such resorts that will be available when
the States great road building program
is completed. 1t is going to be pos
Sible for anybody with an automobile to
get to 4 beach somewhere for bathing
and fishing. There are several parties
in Pasquotank County already figuring
on establishing summer resort on
Albemarle Sound at : the Southern end
Of this county. The possibility of such
Il resort is being urged in favor Of a
continuation of the Elizabeth City
Weeksvile hard surface road, from
Yeeksvile to Albemarlc Sound.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-05-05
TWILIGHT LEAGUE TO
OPEN NEXT MONDAY
Everything Ready for Opening Day OF
the Elizabeth City Baseball
Association

Monday afternoon. May Sth. will be
opening day for the Elizabeth City
Baseball Association. commonly known
lis the Twilight League. On that day
the Red Men will meet the Elks. the
winners of last years pennant. This
season promises to be the most sue
crSSful since the beginning of this
league several years ago. All teams
have been strengthened by the addition
Of new men. the diamond has been put
in excellent shape. and a full-time UNI
pirc has been engaged for the season.
Everything. therefore, is ready for the
opening game next Monday afternoon.
The schedule decided upon by the dircc-
tors of the league is of ten weeks dur
alton. the ElkS-Rcd Men playing every
Monday. the Red Mcn-Cubs every We'd
ucsday. the Cubs-Elks playing every
Friday. The games will start at $50
p. m. as heretofore. The officers and
directors of the Elizabeth City Base
ball Association for the present year
are Miles Clarke. president: VI. f. Den
mis-. president; J. II .Snowdcn.
secretary; Vernon Caddy. G. F. Scyf-
fcrt. DR.. J. w. Sclig. W. ID. Glover and
r. f. Bufflap. directors.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-05-05
YOU NEVER CAN TELL
WHERE A PAPER GOES
Even in Bremen, Indiana, This News
paper Is Looked For Weekly

The other day Mr.. Samuel Wickizer
of Bremen, Ind, called at this Office
to pay his respects to the newspaper.
Mr.. Wickizer is a leading farmer and
real estate man of his home city, who
is always on the lookout for good
things. He ran across a stray copy of
THE INDEPENDENT in his home
town. and becoming interested in its ed
itOrialS. he sent in his subscription.
Mr. Wickizer had long been interest
ed in the East, just as anybody else is
interested in anything long way from
home. The news about the marvellous
soil in this promising neck of North
eastern North Carolina. as portrayed
in this newspapers columns, caught
his eye and appealed to his fancy until
his interest was stirred to the climax.
He began to make negotiations for the
purchase of land in this section, and the
other day he paid a visit to the black
lands of Beaufort and Hyde counties
with q prospective customer whom he
in turn had interested in the agronom-
ical possibilities of North Carolina.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-05-05
GETS IN TROUBLE OVER A
MYSTERIOUS BOOZE CARGO

John Sanders Creef, a well known
citizen of East Lake, Dare County, was
convicted in Recorders Court here
Monday on a charge of having liquor
in his possession for purposes of sale
and was sentenced to six months on
thc roads. He entered an appeal and
WAS placed under $3.50 bond for his ap-
pcarance here at the next criminal term
of Pasquotank Superior Court.
Capt. Creef's boat was raided by po-
lice here Sunday night while it was
moored at Jennette Bros. wharf Four
teen gallons of exceedingly volatile
East Lake corn whiskey were seized.
Capt Greet came to this city Sunday
morning to bring a sick man he said
and didn't know the liquor was aboard
his boat until he was we'll under way.
His better Judgment urged him to turn
back and put the liquor out, but the
pressing illness of the sick man, made
if imperative to continue on to this
CITY. Capt. Creef said he had intended
TO carry the liquor back home with him,
but the interest of Elizabeth City folk
in the boat caused the police to inves-
tigate.