The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-01
400 Star Robbery
DreW Words From Us
BY Wanda Won Kettlcr

BY Wanda Won Kettler
Saturday The Star pay roll was the
prey of bandits.
Saturday tho day We all come 60
work with two tokens. expecting, Of
course. 20 stop at tho cashiers desk
az noon and acquire the little en-.
velope OF weekly bliaa. Anyone pos.
sesaing MORE than the customary
ear fare on the usual Saturday morn.
ing In The Star office IL looked upon
with suspicion. Last Saturday morn
ing. however. following the little
sa.too episode az 1890 a. m, the indi
viduai with enough to take play
mate out to lunch didn't have 10 look
around for trends.
IT WAS 4
RARE TREAT
People aren't centered In regular
point OF thc'gun holdup sensations
quite every day. During the commo
ton Saturday morning and following
| asked few OF tho dear stair mem
bera. who hung out OF the windows
decorated the sidewalk before The
star office. and so forth. just what
sensations they experienced when
first realizing the nrarneaH OF ths
little gun play. resulting in Tho star
pay roll money bag being whtzzsd OF
ON an unknown trail.
Following are the replies
GEORGE D0>AuOtE. city circu
lator. II got out there after tbs
mob had collected. Everybody tried
TO tell mo az once. finally got it
and reconciled myself TO noon ia,
SOUP diet"
HENRY CLAY. news iltor; II
Just looked out 81 tiye window and
said. ph shurkz. Nhy should Il
have happened on a day like thitT
Then l thought abou' the future and
concluded. can't go TO church TO
morrow no penny.
nal ARM R0>c. special
writer. I'm not uit SURPRISED. We
were warned eix weeks aEo that This
Star payroll WAS going 90 ~ grahtssd
by rtick.upa Fact In. I've boen
amazed every time I've zone down
TO set my pay for the 2akt slx wccka
tina, it'a been ttSre"
DAISY HENRY. movie editor; u
Thought 10 much all ~ once don't
know what ana think. Wondered
IN IA eat"
JOE sIiitoIi>rssY. pr~ssman
TOO much excitem@nt--di Int think
about anything 'uli somebody asked
me 20 lend him enough 20 SO q
lunch on. That was kind OF cm
harraasing: had four bits"
WILMA MA,ER. cashier. ono Of
the features 81 The holdur. We'll
saw them all lined up. you know,
when We drove up 10 the pffie~ with
the bag thought mat looked kind
o. funny when they pa. the guns
IN our faces stopped thinking. I'm
not thinking yet"
FRANK WEBSTER. office man
ag~r. one other feature Of the
hold.up.
what did ! think. . don't
know. The fellow with the cat
said: Stick 'rm up. ; IIsl booked
at him. ~. showed The cat closer
and said: stick 'em up again. Z
said. They're up. And they
we're. I never looked In tho
business end Of gun that way
before. Ono Of Tho iellow.
grabbed the bag from Miss
Mayer. while this one nearest m.
relieved me OF my wallet and .
bunch 81 papers. ! said. There
goes my fishing license And u
did--aiong with some snapshots
aud tho auto license that lay la
the pocket besid. the wallet. No.
I didn't s~e much sense I'm
arguing with them. They didn't
want 20 argue"
~ W. BA>GERT. advertising 10
iicitor. who jumped 10 the ground
from an eiEhtfoot window aud pur
sued the bandit car one block Il
just yelled and jumped. You 49,
when | looked out OF tho window
thought NJ first u was Joke. Hui
when saw them grab the hag
knew II wasn't. ! Just had the idea
81 TrtffnE III tNH tAAH'-
CECIIE DAaE>aI>. advertising
clerk. who discarded the ntoFrs re
ceiver with thump 20 the fiooi
when outside tho bandits Tired In tbs
ground. II heard the shot ard wa
scared thought somebody was MI
cd. Didn't worry much about ths
payroll just then"
DEAN ANDREWS. assistant nd
vertlslng manager. - wasn't ans
more excited At the ArEonnc than
was Saturday morning. got there
an soon a. I could and stayed ns Iona
as the fuss lasted. Yes. | ate
Must hayv had a bunch something
was going 20 happen y
cents from my wife N the morning
GEORGE CLAIMING. city editor
who continued 20 get out the paper
amid the stampede and fuss II felt
no emotion at all. -Four thousand
four hundred dollars7 AnythlnG
above tfiss IL blank 10 me-"
HOMER BREW; III WIS quite q
shockl But I had 70 admire th'
bandits. They got some money out
OF the publishers which vs. mor'
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