New Britain herald., 1930-04-15
Clever Bank Raid Staged To
 Order lust Story Plot
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY

Winston Parks, during business hours, was q capable tinancler. He was president of the Elm Avenue National bank. Our of business hours Parks was q great sport. He rode, played a keen game Of golf, was fair at polo, unusually good at long distance swimming or could sit in with trust ed friends at poker and look as emo tonless as a bronze statue while he sized up every expression and move of his friends and more often than not cashed in the biggest stack of chips.
 One of Parks friends was Donald Jergen, an author of several popular detective novels. Parks liked him because he was also splendid all- around sport.
 Jergen was out at Parks summer place in the country one weekend. They had been swimming, and lay on the bit Of private beach in the sun, idly discussing this and that
 Figures" Jcrgcn said. would drive me batty. I never could add seven and nine without using my fingers"
 Parks laughed.
 Every man to his own trade, he said. I'd much rather handle money. dig. up profitable investments and do that sort of thing than to fiddle around trying to create mystery plots, the way you do. I can tell you what call money was a year ago Saturday, but l couldn't keep a set of characters for a novel in my head"
 To Rob City Bank (Which reminds me-1'm going to do. bank robbery story
 Bank robbery story. eh 9" Parks chuckled. Not very original. are you, Don?'
 Perhaps"
 What sort, hick town, outlaws march in? ."
 "Oh no. city bank"
 Parks sat up and grinned at his friend.
 Tt isn't being done-grcat vaults with time locks that no power on earth can open until the minute it is set fora maze of alarm wires that never fail--it's out Of the qucs- ton. you'd be laughed at
 Don't think so.'
 N"Look here,~ Don, you couldn't come into a bank at night and pick up blotter or open a gate or lean on a counter without sending in q secret alarm that would bring off cers to the bank within three and a half minutes"
 +"Oh-night robbery. perhaps. l agree, that's out. My story will be about a daylight robhery-clean the bank-that sort of a yarn. Night bank robberies are out nowadays, l know that"
 Parks was openly laughing at his friend by this time.
 So are daylight bank robbcrios- sometimes they shoot teller and grab handful of money, and get away, but to hold up a whole bank staff and clean the place. in the day time, with customers around-it's impossible.
 Don't agree. Parks-you'u see when you read my next story"
 Don't make a laughing stock of yourself Don-stick to your murder plots and poisons and acids and mys- tery stuff-you can't make a daylight bank robbery plausible. as clever as you arc at juggling words together"
 Will Lay Bet
 'I won't be laughed att could actually rob bank in tho daylight the way I've plotted this"
 My bank?'
 Certainly"
 I'll lay bet on it, Don"
 All right"
 And when your hook is out I'll pick three judges and you pick three. If the majority agree that your plot is probable I'll hand orer-'
 Forget the judges, Parks. I tell you what I'll do-I'll rob your bank I'll rob your bank next week. 1T I can't get away with most Of the paper money I lose
 They shook hands on it.
 Donald Jergcn. the author. with his aides, did rob Parks bank thc following week and got away with
 How did he do if,