Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 302, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 April 1923 — Page 8

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THE LEEDS BANK J] *£/ ROBBERY IS BY E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM t j\j\MlcwwW copyright, 192*,'by E. Phillips Oppenheim |¥ iltl Vo * At Arfgt. NpA Service, Inc. lr

MICHAEL SAYERS, arch criminal of many aliases and disguises, was about to be arrested by the one police-officer who could recognize lum. when his maid-servant, JANET SOALE. shot and killed the officer and thus saved him. Thereafter Janet, a girt of strange beauty, became Sayers’ accomplice. The forces of the law also received important reinforcement when SIR NORMAN GREYES, formerly of Scotland Yard, went back to his old calling and sought , to pl.-k up the trail of Sayers, whom he had known under the alias of Stanfteld. How he accomplished this in told in this story, related at first in Sayers’ own words: IT had taken months to collect all the necessary Information and make the preliminary arrangements, but the moment had arrived at last. At twenty minutes to twelve on a Friday morning I descended from a rather shabby automobile exactly opposite Bailey’s grocery stores at the corner of Menwood Rd., 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 factories close at hand are empty; but at this particular hour of the day, when the children are at school, and the men, and many of the women, are still in the mills, <t shows signs of something approaching desertion. There was a handsomp gray touring landaulette containing two passengers, a man and a woman, drawn up on the other side of the •way, apparently to take advantage of the shade of some tall billboards while the chauffeur filled up with petrol. Otherwise—as a careful glance up and down the street convinced me—not a soul was in sight. I walked along a hot asphalt path and turned the corner Into what was known as the Boulevard, almost unnoticed. On my left was a stretch of waste-ground, black and with malodorous refuse, empty tins and bottles abandoned even by the children as an undesirable playground. On my right were more houses in course of erection, but today deserted because of an opportune strike amongst the masons. The only inhabited edifice 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 convenience of the huge factories, which dominated the neighborhood. With my hand upon the swingdoor I glanced around. My luck was certainly In, for there was still not even a child to be seen. Inside, behind the counter, both the manager and his clerk were busy counting out bundles of treasury-notes. They looked up Inquiringly as I entered. Strangers In such a place, I imagine, were rare. Such a stranger as I was a rarity which they were never likely to experience in this world.

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MT PANAMA HAT WAS PULLED OVER MY HEAD. A REASONABLE PRECAUTION WITH THE SUN AT ITS HEIGHT. My plans were cut and dried to the last detail. I wasted no time' in any silly attempt to hold the place up, but brief though the seconds were, it was amazing how my brain chronicled a host of varying impressions. I saw the bland smile fade from the manager’s lips; I saw the dawn of suspicion in his eyes, the gleam of terror followed by the spasm of pain as I shot him through the right shoulder-blade. His assistant had not the courage of a rabbit. White-faced, gasping for mercy, he stood there with his head and his knees shaking. I am convinced that if I had left him alone for another five seconds, he would have collapsed hopelessly without any Interference on my part. I was not able to take risks, however; so, leaning over, I struck him on the point of the jaw. He fell In a crumpled heap behind the counter. I then helped myself to seven thousandodd pounds In bank and treasury

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notes, and in about a minute and a half after I had entered the bank, I strolled back again the way 1 had come. At the corner of the street I looked back. There were no signs of life about the bank, no one apparently on his way toward it. There were a few children playing about the unoccupied houses, and behind the windows of the cottages in the street where I now was, were women Intent upon various domestic duties. One woman was scolding her child just outside the door. She glanced at me only In the most perfeunctory fashion. My Panama hat was pulled well over my head, a reasonable precaution, with the sun at its greatest power. A man was bending over the open bonnet of the car which I had left at the corner. I 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. I took my place by the side of Janet, unrecognizable 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 Chapeltown Hill, and very soon we were racing for Scotland. Janet passed me a silver flask soon after we had passed out of the suburbs. I shook my head. “You know that I never take anything until 1 o’clock,“l reminded her. "Why should I drink In the middle of the morning?” I fancied that I caught, through her veil, a gleam of that almost worshiping fidelity which had led mo to trust this woman as I had trusted no other In my life. “What a nerve!” she murmured. “I have no nerves,” I rejoined; “neither have I any fear. By this time you ought to realize it.” “All went smoothly?” she asked. “Absolutely according to program. A chance customer would have been the only possible disturbance, and the ppsitlon of the bank rendered that unlikely.” “What happened?” “I shot the manager through the shoulder-blade,” T told her. “The j heart would probably' have been { safer, but the blinds of the bank ! were all drawn to keep out the sun, I and my' Panama was as good as a i it ask. His clerk was almost dead! from fear before T touched him. I didn’t have to waste a bullet there.’’ ! "And how much?” she Inquired. “Only just over seven thousand pounds.” I admitted. “It seems a pitiful amount for so much planning ard risk. Still, something had to be done.” We were up on a stretch of moorland now. well away from curious eyes. Janet and I were busy for some ten minutes, making three par cels of my stock notes. Then she looked at the map. “Arthington should be the next village.” she remarked. I nodded. We descended a steep hill. Halfway up the next we came upon a small motorcar drawn up by the side of the road, the bonnet thrown open, Its owner seated in the dust. The latter rose to his feet as we approached. I handed him the black bag which I had been carrying, in which were my Panama hat and one of the packets of notea. He raised his cap nonchalantly. “According to plan?” he asked. “According to plan,” I replied. We sped on for another twenty miles, and then an almost similar occurrence took place. A man seated by’ the side of his motorcycle rose to his feet as we approached. I handed him the second packet. “All well?” he asked. "Perfectly,” I assured him. We were off again in less than ten seconds. Our third stop was at the top of a hill forty miles farther North, j after we had partaken of a picnic ’ luncheon in the car. A man was j seated motionless in a large touring- J ear, headed in our direction. He had j out his arms as we approached, and glanced at his watch. “Wonderful!” he murmured. “You are three minutes to the good.” I handed him the third packet. He j waved his hand and started up his i engine. Soon we left him, a speck behind us. I leaned back and lighted a cigaret. “I have now,” I remarked, “only cne anxiety.” "And that?” Janet inquired quickly. "About the greens at Kinbrae,” I eonfldede. “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. “I am not sure,” I went on, after a moment’s hesitation, “whether I do not sometimes regret it.” “Why?” I looked out across the heatherclad moor to where rolling masses of yellow gorse seemed to melt into the blue haze. It was a very wonderful day and a very- wonderful country Into which we were speeding. “Norman Greyes has made life inconvenient for us for several y'ears,” I said. “One of our best men has had to devote the whole of his time watching him. Xtt have been obliged to stay ?*va.y from places which I very mticb wanted to visit. He has that Absurd gift—he always had —of being able to connect a particular undertaking with a particular person. For that reason we have had to remain idle until we are practically paupers. When we have paid the expenses of this coup, and paid the staff, there will be barely enough left to keep us until Christmas. If we could get rid of Norman Greyes we could seek wider fields.”

"Why not?” she asked indifferently. "He Is only a man like the others.’ I pretended to be deep In thought. Asa matter of fact, I was studying Janet. No creature or servant in this world could render such faithful service as she has rendered me: yet I am one of those persons gifted with instincts. I know that she has a strange mind, a strange, tumultuously passionate nature. I have so far been the man of her life. If it were not TANARUS, I sometimes wonder whether it might not be a Norruat! Greyes. ' (Continued in Oar Next Issuo)

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SPAIN CHANGING NATIONAL SPORT MADRID. April 30.—The sport of Spain is changing. The change was strikingly shown recently when two teams of Spaniards struggled over a

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THE OLD HOME TOWN—By STANLEY

football instead of with a bull. For years it has been known that Queen Victoria, when she had to .attend a bullfight officially, looked on through smoked glasses. Her presence at the football match, which took the place of the traditional bullfight at the Seville Fair undoubtedly strengthened the trend of opinion which is gradually replacing ancient sport with modern and ousting bullfighting from its once popular place.

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The Queen entered the fair at the head of a cavalcade of fifty of the most beautiful women in Spain, all mounted on ponies and wearing gaily colored dresses and broad brimmed Andalusian sombreros. The cavalcade which also included the Queen's children, created great enthusiasm among the crowd, where every one, even foreigners, wore Spanish costumes. The Queen's ladies were pelted with flowers all along the route.

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'HE-MEN' DEPUTIES ASKED Okllioma Sheriff Has No Need for Cigar et Smokers. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., April 30. —Cigarette smoking by his twelve deputies was forbidden by Tom Cavnar, sheriff of Oklahoma County, because it was “too effeminate." “My deputies must be gun-toting he-men, with a shooting iron on each hip, a corncob pipe, a four-Inch leather

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cartridge belt and a pair of huge revolvers. “Now do your stuff like a real Okla homa sheriff,” he instructed. “And the first one of you I catch smoking a jelly-bean cigarette must go. Cigarette smoking has become too sissy.” U. S. NOW MUSIC CENTER CHERBOURG, April 30.—f-Ameriea has ousted Germany aa the world's musical centre, according to European

MONDAY, AFRHj 30, 1923

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artists just back from New York on the Homeric. Casella. the pianist and composer, declares New York has taken the l;.ee of Merlin in the musical world. Kurt Schindler adds American orchestras are the best interpreters of modern works. Leon Bakst, art decorator, however, deprecates the tendency toward imlta tion in the United States]! He sees great possibilities in a deeper study of native Indian art. -