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Show I CASH RTTNS LIGHT AT NIGHT. Business Men Generally Prepared for j ' Visit of Hold-TJps. "Nowadays I empty tho cash register every hour or so," said a well-known sa- loon keeper last night. "1'ou see there Is no telling just when those hold-up men will pay us a visit and If they do come 1 we want to part with as lltllo money as I ! possible. I either put the money In some obscure placo about tho building or bank It, so I never havo moro then $10 or $20 on hand at any one time." While tho man who answers your or- I der of "draw two" was making a Scotch highball for a customer, someone camo in J and announced that a small store had Just ; been "held up." V "How much did they get?" was the first 1 question asked, and when It was nn- I nounced that less than ?3 was secured, j tho man behind tho bar was compelled f to a,dmlt that there were others who wcro keeping "closo to shore." 1 What the saloon man and tho grocer I had done, dozens of others havo adopted- ; as tho only safe method of handling their m cash. It Is getting to be a common thing for one or two stores or saloons to bo j robbed In an evening and tho proprietors 'J seem to prefer to donate In a small way r j rather than take a chance of offering re- 3 slstance. ft "It-'a different with us, said tho man- la! agcr of a largo jewelry store. "Wc are compelled to have valuables In our show cases at all times and unless wo were 1 prepared to shoot at tho tlrst false move, wo would never feel safe. Just take a glanco along the back of that show casb and you will see several six-shooters In a convenient position for a clerk's hand ' to drop onto without making a suspicious 1 move. They nro always loaded and should a fellow como In and attempt to hold us I up, It Is almost certain one of our men 1 jjk would get a shot at him. Suppose, for Sn- IE stance, a man comes In and asks to see a tray of diamonds. Wo arc naturally thinking of making a salo and wo do not 1 ; hesitate to allow him to handle tho pre- ' clous stones. Not onco in a good many thousand times do we wait on a man who ! i , would steal, perhaps, but wo must al- t- ways bo prepared. Ho may attempt to . Ret possession of several stones at tho 1 J samo time. Then, while pretending to ex- 1; amine them closely, ho may be figuring on a chance to slip ono In hla pocket, depending depend-ing on our losing track of the number handed out. This, however, rarely occurs ij put whon it does, a six-shooter Is mighty I handy to lovel at tho fellow while the dla- I mond Is being returned," |
