Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-12-31 | Page 4 | Slipped Up

SLIPPED UP The n OBt carefully la d plans of rob bers as well as other people often m b carry and upBet all previous calcula t ons The fellow who locked the Bmg ham bank staff m the vault with the r hands tied could not foresee that such a cont ngency had been prov ded for by placing a lamp and tools in the ault and that the leceptacle for the bank, s cash was also sl ghtly vent lated Xe ther co Id he know in advance that the boy messenger although bo nd would be able to extract a kn fe fron h s pocket and sever the bonds of the man Ij ng next to h m Not being aware of these things he tooj; h s time about mak ng h s escape and was eas ly capt red Asm lar m scalculat on cost one of the men who Tobbed Wh tworth s dr g sto e h s 1 fe wh le the othe has st been g ven a long sentence to the pen tent ary They d d not foresee that Wh tworth would el n b p the elevator shaft fro n the cellar and gi e the alarm before they we o two blocks d stant from the scene of the r crime and that they would be confronted by a pol ceman q ok on the t gger There ha o been numerous robber es an 1 murders n th s e ty and county n whi h the desperadoes have made their escape w thout leaving a trace Luck seems to have changed bo fa as robbers are concerned an 1 there s m ch ea se for congratulat on all around The B ngham bank offic als must also be g ven credit for their shrewdness in p eparing in advance for what actually happened to them l few more such fiascos as the rob bery of Wh t vorth s drug store and the Bingham bank job ought to render desperadoes more wary of ply ng the r murde ous vocat on in th s vicm ty