A Bold Piece Of Work

Tlie usually placid and quiet village of Dexter was all stirred up last Thairsday morning over as clean and bold a robbcry as ever oeeurred in Washtenaw county. The Dexter Savings Bank, of wliicli Mr. H. W. Newkirk is cashier, was the suíferer. It was the custom of Mr. Orla C. Gregory. the bookkeeper and general asslstant, to go down to the bank at about 7 o'clock in the morning, sweep out, empty the ashes, give the sbove some fresh coal and get thimgs in readiness for business at about 8 o'clock. Thls he did as usual that morning, and as he stepped out the back door to empty the ashes he was confronted by two murderous looking revolvers pointed at hls head and held by two men wno had their faces covered with black masks. He was then requested to return to the bank and open the va-uit, hfe he dld, belng very obliging about it, oí course. The men then helped themselves to what there was wlthin and started to depart. Gregory attempted to iollow them when they tumed around, sandbagged hJan into insensibility ehucked him into the vault, closing but not locking thO door. He did not recover until Mr. Newkirk found him a half or three-quarters of an hour afterward. The thleves thus had an abundance oE tiime to make good their escape, and lef t no chre for any one to folio w up. Mr. Gregory öays one of them was tall. the other medium size, and both wore dark colored overcoats. "ü strangers had been seen about the village, and how they carne and whence they departed is a deep mystery. There was same 25 pounds of coin taken, so that they must have had a couivenient hiding place for their moraey, for they never could have taken It away with them without being detected unless there was a hor.-e and carriage in waiting, which would surely have been noticed by soune one. Since writing the above a most astonishing revelation has been made. It being nothing less than a confession by Orla C. Gregory that he was the roibber. Tlvls can hardly be belleved by Mr. Gregory's friends. He is the last perso'ii in the workl whoni the peoiüe of Dexter would suspect, and it has struck them all dumb. But suc-h appears to be the iact, as unpleasant as it fcs to everyone. The coin stolen has been recovered, concealpd in the bank, and the balance of tile money ha been returned by Mr. Gregory. Te affair taken altogetber is one of the greatest sensations Dexter ever had, and will be the subject of comment for days to come. Why the young man should have attempted the deed is a deep mystery, and can only be accounted for by temporary aberrattan of mind. He has always been eiesnplary in his comduct, never given to tast company or to excesses of any sort, but living a life that was the pride oí bis family and lus village. He has been treasurer of the village, treasurer of the Congregational church, treasurer of the Odd Fellows, and in each and every poeitioia been strictly honest. Fui-therinore he has never been in financiai straits. His father Hon. John V. N. Gregory, and his grandfather, the late Hon. C. S. Gregory, have always seen to it that he had plenty of money, and hLs OWB tastes never lead hdm into an extravagant use of No person in Washtenaw county could have obtained better financiai backing than he. Then there exists the fact that he has a young wife and child, which, U' no otiier reaeon under heaven existed, should have held him to an honorable, straightïoi-ward course. But in a weak moment the tempter carne- the devil, arrayed in sllver and gold- and he teil. In a breath is swept away his good name, the happiiifss of liis wlfa and child, of his motlu .nul tather, the confldence and respect of friends. Thls is one of the saddest articles that we have ever wrltten. Would that it could be blotted out and no mentían of it ever more be made.