Show DARING BANK ROBBERIES It was predicted when the fellow held up President lIon TT in a Denver bank for 21000 that other daring robberies would follow the success of the Denver undertaking inspiring desperate men to take chances which they would not otherwise other-wise have had the courage to invite Like suicides and murders bank robberies ruin ru-in streaks and there is a similarity in the mode of operation during the period of II certain streak On Tuesday a cowboy went into the little bank of Grover Colorado Colo-rado and getting a bead on the cashier compelled the latter to hand out all the monoy that was in the safesomethingover a thousand dollars We say compelled but perhaps persuaded would be the better word Your freeborn American can be compelled to do nothing but he can generally be persuaded provided the other fellow has the drop on him with a bull dog pistol The situation under such circumstances cir-cumstances are decidedly persuasive the most courageous yielding as readily as the timid Tae Grover incident need not be re gelded as the last to Had its incentive in the Denver affair We may expect moro of these daring robberies until somebody has been caught or killed or a new and novel scheme for setting cash from banks has been devised by the brave and cunning fellows who prefer the profession of the robber to honest toil But what we intended to say is that those who are condemning President MOFFAT for yielding so readily and thus encouraging encourag-ing the thieving fraternity to further desperate des-perate deeds do wrong Mr MoiTATTdidn know that the bottle of nitroglycerine with which the man into whose box ho i had walked threatened to blow up the building and send men and money to eternity was harmless castoroil To the 4 bank man the bottle contained nitroglycerine nitro-glycerine The pistol also with which oSIoFFATT was constantly covered may have i been without a charge and even hammer less but in the eyes and in the mind of the I millionaire the weapon was loaded to the muzzle and one word or one false motion by him would have brought all the uglj contents into his body Now and then there is a man who would resist even under such circumstances Once in a while there is a fellow who will Q submit to a roasting will have his fingernails finger-nails drawn or will be strung up by the neck before he will surrender money But these are misers and cranks You never find them among bank presidents or intelligent men who love life dearer than all else There isnt one man in ten thousand thou-sand the world over who would have refused re-fused to obey as lIOFFTT or the Grover cashier obeyed Rather than criticise Mr MOFFATT for giving up 21000 and saving his life he should be commended for the coolness and selfcontrol which enabled him to pass through the trying ordeal with such circumspection as to save himself The Denver bank president is in no sense responsible for the robberies which will occur as the result of the success of the clever rascals plan in his case The responsibility re-sponsibility lies irith the human nature which inspires men to save their lives at whatever cost in money |