Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-08-20
Terry, the Fox
BY r. n. WILKINSON
9 Associated Newspapers.
WNU Service.
"VOU can't fool an old fox like
L Terry Cakes" AnSe Aete1l

the smartest bank robber and
gangster in the country" He
chuckled, rejecting on the story he
was about to tell.
"Glenville was pretty well
wrought up that summer. In June
government agents came through,
warning all the small town banks
in the countryside to be on the
lookout, and advising what to do.
Duke Insabato and couple of his
! henchmen, driven from their
haunts in the large cities by a
concentrated effort of local and
federal agents who were dead set
on bringing an end to the current
wave of crime, were hiding out in
the sticks and Willing the time
away by staging spectacular day
light hold-ups of small town banks.
1.-The trouble was that no one
knew where the varmints would
strike next. Duke Insabato was
smart.
"The folks of Chenille was
scared. There wasn't much chance
of Duke dropping in on them be-
cause the Glenville Trust company
was even smaller than the gener-
al run. But it was easy to imagine
things, and by imagining you can
scare yourself half to death. Every
one was scared but Terry Cakes,
the trust company's president.
When the government agents called
on him he listened gravely and
promised to be careful. But he
didn't install any new-fangled
gadgets. He couldn't afford to.
'"This didn't help to allay the
fears of Glenville's citizens. En-
ployes in other banks had been
shot down numerically. Terry,
they thought, ought to do some
thing to protect his own life and
the banks money. But Terry only
smiled and shook his head. The
other banks, he reminded, had all
sorts of burglar-proof gadgets, and
they hadn't done any good at all.
Merely a waste of money. Duke
Insabato was too smart to ',e de-
feated by gadgets.
'Some of the Chenille Trusts
depositors lost faith and drew out
their money.
June passed and part of July.
Gradually the fears of Chenille
citizens began to subside. Only
one other small town bank had
been held up, and that more than
$50 miles away. The depositors
who had withdrawn their accounts
re-established themselves as Gus
toners. They were a little sheep
ish about it.
TERRY didn't gloat. He was an
old-timer at the game and he I'M
derstood human nature. Early in
June he'd had some signs printed
and hung around the lobby of the
bank. Such things as "Save for
Your Old Age" Deposit with Us
and Your Money Will Be Safe"
The citizens smiled a little. Terry
was trying to reassure them. One
other sign was printed and insert
ed behind the glass in the front
door, This, too, amused them, but
it didn't annoy them any. They
were too accustomed to Terry's
queer habits. Presently the signs
were forgotten.
"On July IS the quietude of Glen
ville's main street was abruptly
and harshly interrupted. A high
powered black sedan suddenly APP
peared at the towns south en-
trance, roared down on the bank
and came to an abrupt halt.
Loungers in front of the general
store jerked erect. Three men had
leaped from the car. Two of them,
one carrying a machine gun, ran
toward the bank. The third stayed
on the curb, a second machine gun
nesting in his arm.
"The loungerS, pop-eyed and
frightened, watched in stupid fas-
cination. To their utter astonish-
ment they saw the two bandits turn
at the bank door without entering,
rush back to the car, pile into it
and drive away.
"It all happened within seconds.
For a moment or two the loungers
sat transfxed. Then of one &C.
cord they leaped up, raced across
the street and entered the bank.
Terry Cakes was talking on the
telephone. He hung up and smiled
at them.
1.-TWO to one," he said calmly,
SHERIFF Irons picks up Duke and
his gang at Jepson Corners. /
lust phoned him." He looked from
one pop-eyed citizen to another,
mo harm done, boys. They didn't
even get in"
"But why didn't they ? What
happened"
"Terry grinned broadly. "Duke
Insabato knows small towns. He
was a small-town boy himself.
That's why he picked this hour to
do his hold-upping. Right after
lunch. Why, shucks, the towns
deader this minute than at any
other time of day. He figured if
he killed me it would be five or
ten minutes before anyone would
come to their senses enough to
notify the sheriff. That's where
I fooled him." Terry paused to