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THE LEEDS BANK 13
•?&> ROBBERY ,3
BY E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM
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copyright, -«22, ’ by-’IL". Paniipi Oppenhtlm
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MICHAEL SAYERS, arch criminal of many aliases
and disguises, mas about to be arrested by the one po
lice-officer mho could recognize him, when his maid
servant, JANET SO ALE, shut and killed the officer and
thus saved him. Thereafter Janet, a girl of strange
beauty, became Sayers’ accomplice. The forces of the
lam also received important reinforcement ivhen SIR
NORMAN GREYES, formerly of Scotland Yard, went
back to his old calling and sought to pick up the trail
of Sayers, whom he had known under the alias of Stan
field. Horn he accomplished this is told in this story,
related at first in Sayers’ own words:
IT had taken months to collect ali
the necessary information and
make the preliminary arrange
ments. l.ut the moment had arrived
at last. At twenty minutes to twelve
on a Friday morning. 1 descended
from a rather shabby Ford car ex
actly opposite Bailey’s grocery stores
at the corner of Menwood Road, in
one of the northern suburbs of
Leeds. It is a neighborhood of six
roomed houses and long, cobbled
streets, a neighborhood teeming with
men and women when the great fac
tories close at hand are empty; but
at this particular hour of the day.
when the children are ;;t school, and
the men, and many of the women,
are still in the mills, it show’s signs
of something approaching desertion.
There was a handsome gray touring
Jandaulette containing two passen
gers, a man and a woman, drawn up
on the, other side of the way, ap
parently to take advantage of the
shade of some tall billboards while
the chauffeur filled up with petrol.
Otherwise—as a careful glance up
and dowm the street convinced me—
not a sou! was in sight.
I walked along a hot asphalt path
and turned the corner into what was
known as the Boulevard, almost un
noticed. On my left was a stretch of
waste-ground, black and with mal
odorous refuse, empty tins and bot
tles abandoned even by the children
as an undesirable playground. On
my right were more houses in course
of erection, but today deserted be
cause of an opportune strike amongst
the masons. The only Inhabited edi
fice was the one where my business
lay. A brass plate upon the door
indicated that this was a branch of
Brown’s Bank, planted out here in
this uncomely spot for the conveni
ence of the huge factories which
dominated the neighborhood.
With my hand upon the swing
door i glanced around. My luck was
certainly in. for there was still not
even a child to be seen. Inside, be
hind the counter, both the manager
and his clerk dire busy Counting
out bundles of treasury-notes. They
looked up inquiringly as 1 entered.
Strangers in such a place. I imagine,
were rare. Such a stranger as 1 was
a rarity which they were never like
ly to experience again in this world.
My plans were cut and dried to the
last detail. I wasted no time In any
sill, attempt to hold the place up.
but brief though the were,
it was amazing how my brain
chronicled a host of varying impres
sions. -i saw the bland smile fade
from the manager’s lips; 1 saw the
dawn _qX suspicion In his eyes, the
glvum ot terror followed by the
spasm ot pain hs I shot him through
the right shoulder-blade. His as
sistant had not the courage of a
rabbi*. White-faced, gasping tor
mercy he stood there with his
head and his knees shaking. I am
convinced that it 1- had left him
alone for another five seconds, he
would have collapsed hopelessly
without any interference on my part.
1 was not able to take risks, how
ever; so, leaning over. 1 struck him
on the point of the .jaw. He fell in a
crumpled heap behind the counter.
1 then helped m'-self to seven thou
sand-odd pounds in bank and
treasury, notes, and in -tbout a min
ute and a half after 1 uad entered
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the bank, I strolled back again the
way I had come.
At the corner of the street. I
looked back. There were no signe of
life about the bank, no one apparent
ly on his way toward it. There were
a few children playing about the un
occupied houses, and behind the win
dows of the cottages in the street
where 1 now was. were women in
tent upon various domestic duties.
One woman was scolding her child
just outside the door. She glanced
at me only in the most perfunctory
fashion. M.v Panama hat was pulled
well over my head, a reasonable pre-
T-
MY PAN AM A HAT WAS
PULLED OVER MY IU2AD, A
REASONABLE PRECAUTION
WITH THE SUN AT ITS HEIGHT
caution, with the sun at its greatest
power. A man was bending over
the open bonnet ot the car which I
bad left at the corner. 1 passed him
by without a glance and stepped into
the gray touring-car behind. The
engine was purring gently; the
chauffeur’s fingers were upon the
gear handle as I appeared. 1 took
my place by the side of Janet, un
recognizable beneath her motor-veil,
and we glided off northwards. There
were no signs of any disturbance as
we shot into the broad main street.
We gathered speed up at the Chapel
town Hill, and very soon we were
racing for Scotland.
Janet passed me a silver flask soon
after we had passed out of the sub
urbs. I shook my head.
“You know that I never take any
thing until one o'clock.” I reminded
her. "Why should I drink tn the
middle ot the morning?"
I fancied that I caught through
her veil a gleam of that almost wor
shiping fidelity which had led me to
trust this woman as 1 had trusted
no other in my life.
"What a nerve!" she murmured.
"I have no nerves," 1 rejoined;
"neither have I any fear. By this
time you ought to realize it.”
“All went smoothly?" she asked.
"Absolutely according to . pro
gram. A chance customer would
have been the only possible disturb
ance. and the position of the bank
rendered that unlikely."
"What happened?"
“I shot the manager through the
should*.-L . .de,” I told her. "The
| heart probably have been
i safer, rat the blinds of the bank
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household furniture cheap. Can be
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Let us fit your home with screens
before the rush is 0n. —28-tf
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and pasture. 1501 S. ,Lee street
5-6 t
LOANS on farm lands and city prop
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——4.
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WANTED—Good, reliable, settled
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I were all drewn to keep out th* sun.
and my Fam-no was a. good ajs a
mask. His clerk was almost dead
from fear before I too-tied him. I
didn’t have to wc.--.ta - bullet there."
“And how much?" she inquired.
“Only just over seven thousand
pounds," I admitted. “It seems a
pitiful amour.’, for so much planning
and risk. Still, something bad to b*
done."
We were up on a stretch of moor
land now, well away from curious
eyes. Janet and 1 w*r» busy for
come ten minutes, making three par
i cels of my stock notes. Then she
I looked at the map.
• “Arthington should bn the- next vil-
| Inge,” she remarked.
1 nodded. We descended a s’eeo
hill. Halfway ur the next we came
upon a small motorcar drawn up by
the side ot the road, the bonnet
' thrown open, its owner seated in tne
■ dust. The latte" rc-e to his feet as
■we approached. 1 bandit] him the
black bag which 1 had been carry
j ing. in which wan my Knama hat
; and one of the packets of notes. He
s; raised bis cap nonchalantly.
I "According to plan?" he asked.
r i “According to plan,” I replied.
. j We sped on for ano’.h r twenty
> miles, and then an almost similar oc
. curence took place. A man seated
. by the side of his motorcycle rose to
t his feet as we approached. I handed
. him the second packet.
"All well?” he asked.
J "Perfectly,” I assured him.
r We were off aijain in le.-s than ten
I seconds. Our third stop was at the
top ot a hill forty miles farther
north, after We had partaken of a
picnic luncheon in the car. a man
was seated motionless in a large
touring-car, beaded i. our direction
He heid out bis arms as we ap
proached, and glance, at his watch
"Wonderful!” he murmur-.d. “You
are thru minutes to the good "
I handed hitn the third packet. He
waved his hand and started up his
engine. Soon we left him. speck
behind us. I leaned back un-a light
ed a cigaret.
"I have now,” I remarked, “only
one anxiety."
“And that?" Janet inquired quick
ly-
“About the greens at Kinbrae." I
confided. "I met a man last year
who told me that they were apt to
get dried up."
She smiled.
“We had plenty of rain last
month." she reminded me. “I
thought you were going to speak of
; our friend.”
I shook my head.
"Norman Greyes is in Norway.” I
told her. "1 am not sure ’’ 1 went on.
after a moment’s hesitation.
• "whether I do not sometimes regret
it. • i
“Why?”
J looked out across the heather-
1 clad moor to where rolling masses of
i yellow gorse seemed to melt into the
‘ blue haze. It was a very wond-rful
: day and a very wonderful country
: Into which we were speeding.
"Norman Greyes has made life In
, convenient for us for several years."
i I said. "One of our best men nas
i had to devote the whole ot his time
. watching him. We have been obliged
to stay away from places which I
> very much wanted to visit. He nas
that absurd gift—ne always nad—ot
, being able to connect a particular
undertaking with a particular per
sop. For that reason we have oad
to remain idle until we ire practioal
! ly paupers. When We nave paid the
s , expenses of this coup, and paid the
staff, there will b, barely enough left
to keep us until Christmas, it we
1 could get rid of Norman Greyes. we
could seek wider fields.”
J "Why not?” she asked indifferent
ly. "He is only a man like the
others."
1 pretended to be deep in thought.
, As a matter of fact. 1 was studying
Janet. No creature or servant tn
this world could render such faithful
service as she has rendered me: vet
I 1 am one ot those persons gifted
with Instincts. 1 know that she Has
a strange mind, a strange, tumultu
ously passionate nature. 1 nave
so far been the man’of her life, if
were not 1,1 sometimes wonder
. whether it might not be Norman
Greyes.
(Continued in Dur Next Issue!
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WANTED Small pecans. Ne o n
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1' rout d"apery is very stylish, and
•now we even find sashes gathered
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BOBU HOOD'BEST
OFFERING OF SEASON
Poor Audience Present At Rylan
der Theater Last Night To
Hear Opera Sung
If Americus theater-goers had giv
en Manager Rylander as good an at
tendance as he gave them entertain
ment last night, S. R. O. signs would
have been displayed in the lobby—
but the crowd wasn’t there. “Robin
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presented by May Valentine, proved
far and away the best opera of the
season, having all that goes to make
two hours of A.-l musical entertain
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and a number of shapely girls provid
ing an enticing background for the
whole.
Richard Haupt, who portrayed the
part of Alan-A-Dale, probably pos
sesses the best voice in the troupe,
though Glen Law, as Robin Hood,
sang the part exceedingly well, while I
the chorus work was superb through- ,
out. Bertram Goltra as the Sheriff .
of Nottingham, and Clarence Zink J
as Sir Guy of Gisborne, afforded the j
comedy of the evening, and the stag
ing of the play was excellent. Char
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as Lady Marian Fitzwalter, and Em
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mention for their good work in the
presentation.
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TALKS TQ MOTHERS OF FLAPPERS
BY CONGRESSWOMAN HUCK
No. 3—Secret Os Safeguarding Daughters
By MRS. WINNIFRED M. HUCK
Modernism, as expressed by the
cheek - to - cheek dance, smoking
by girls ;ytd other extravagances, is
to my mind foolish, but not neces
sarily dangerous.
Personally Jam not in favor f
women “wooing nicotine,” as the
phrases goes. This from a health
standpoint alone, however.
It cannot be argued that woman,
merely because she is a woman
should not smoke. To admit that
would be to grant that man, merely
because he is man, ought not do
things women do.
This age is setting aside a lot of
foolish Victorian ideas premised on
accepted inequality between the
sexes.
Principally 1923 stands for i
emancipation—though it is to be re
gretted that some few have miscon
strued liberty for license, and thus
prejudice the thinking world against
those who seek to use their new free
dom to good advantage.
The flapper is not to be misjudged
by that type of parasite who exploit:
new manners fo r evil ends.
The flapper may be a bit intoxi
cated with joyful ecstacy of her lib
erty.
Like a captive just released from
long bondage she perhaps rushes
about too glad in her moment of
freedom to realize what it is all
about or to care to. comprehend the
reason for it all.
Give her time and she is going to
settle down, none the worse for her
gambol on the green, but much wis
er and stronger for the experience.
Rouge on the cheek or powder on
the nose is by no means a sign of
instability of the wearer.
Given a good mother, a good home
and right environment all around the
girl or boy entering into the new
fangled world today will very early
learn to discriminate between what
will harm and what not.
Extremes to every fad, to every
epoch, to every reconstruction, are
not good. They are bad. But they
are a negligible minority among our
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I New Millions Are Coming To Georgia
To Expand Your Telephone System
IN a previous advertisement we reviewed the records and plans of the
Southern Bell Company as a whole, showing that the development dur
ing 1922 in this section was tremendous and set new high records;
that the total investment at the beginning of 1923 was forty-eight million
dollars, and that thousands of new telephones were added.
Georgia's telephone growth last year
also established new records and re
quired the best efforts of a splendid
organization.
The gross additions to the telephone
plant in Georgia during 1922 amounted
to $2,462,903.38 ana 20,654 new tele
phones were installed. There were 16,-
473 discontinuances, leaving a net gain
of 4,181 telephones.
There are 108 Southern Bell ex
changes in Georgia with 97,131 tele
phones and connecting with 89,341
telephones of other companies in the
state.
Approximately 800,000’ local calls
were handled daily in Georgia and
there were approximately 3,000,000
originating long distance calls during
the year.
Georgia's telephone system contains
about 300,900 miles of wire of which
42.242 miles are used for long distance
purposes, and there are 218,924 poles.
The telephone plant in Georgia rep
resents an investment of $19,479,136
and is built, maintained and operated
by 3,389 employes whose annual pay
roll is $4,117,166.
These workers all live in Georgia
and most of them are native born.
They spend their wastes here at home
for food, clothing, rent, light, heat and
taxes just as you spend j»our salary*
The plans for the growth and devel
opment of the telephone system in
Georgia for the next live years are
such that the skill and energy of the
telephone organization will be taxed
to the utmost.
SOUTHERN BELL T ELEPHONE
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young folks today.
Let our boys and girls play, I say.
Give them you love and especially
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The magnitude of the plans may be
imagined when it is stated that $12,-
724,000 of new money will be required
in Georgia alone during the next five
years.
In this state it is estimated there
will be a net growth of 37,845 new tele
phones during this period which will
mean the installation of 111,309 new
telephones and the discontinuance of
73,464 telephones.
This general expansion has already
begun. The plans for this year have
been made and the necessary’ capital
arranged for, though much will depend '
upon the ability of the manufacturers
to deliver the equipment and material.
The growth of the telephone system
in Georgia during 1923 will require $2,-
263,000 in new money, to pay for work
which must be done in all sections of
the state.
It is estimated that during this year
21,674 new telephones will be installed,
14,299 discontinued, making a net gain
of 7,445 telephones for the year.
This accomplishment will give Geor
gia a total of more than 100,000 tele
phones and the distinction of being the
first state in the Southern Bell Com
pany to pass the hundred thousand
mark.
The -telephone workers in Georgia
approach their big task cheerfully, con
fident of accomplishing it to your satis
faction.
They are encouraged by your evi
dence of good will in the fair treatment
you have .accorded their company and
the consideration’ you have displayed
in time of difficulty.
THURSDAY, MARCH 8. 192 3
lyour confidence, hold thei r love and
: cofidcnce, and nothing can befall
i them.
Talk with you children; treat them
as pals, rioc as mere subjects to obey
you.
That is the whole secret of the
thing.
You know what was said about a
' soft answer. It turns away wrath —
i and coupled with love makes • mu
’ tual confidants of fathers and moth
' ers, sons and daughters.
See to it that your boy or girl is
: leading a healthful normal life with
■ plenty of wholesome athletic and so-
I cial recreation.
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It’s just fine. Don’t stay stuffed-up
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