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"Seven Outlaws in Search of a Bank" Sidewinder Recoiled - Game 5
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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 4632031" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chapter 23, “I could wear a hat”, Thursday, July 26th, 1882:</strong></p><p></p><p>After Sally indicates interest in doing another robbery as ‘One for the Road’, Tony says, “Listen folks, me and Kitty are hard up for money and want to get revenge. You guys must be flush with money after pulling off the biggest bank robbery in history.” Sally says, “Well, actually, because of that whole being thrown in prison and breaking out we’re actually a little on the broke side.” Pamela sarcastically comments, “Yeah, they don’t give it back to you during your prison escape. That is so inconsiderate of them.” Bennett declares that he wants nothing do with a robbery and heads outside to the stables to take care of the horses. </p><p></p><p>Sally asks, “So what do you propose for this gambling hall? Robbing it or burning it to the ground as your revenge?” Kitty interjects, “Can’t we do both? But it we’re limited I say we go for the money. I have an awful lot of fun with money. So what is with you guys, shouldn’t you be planning on going to hide somewhere?” Pamela says, “We are, out of the country.” Angus interjects, “But right now we’re doing what is called hiding in plain sight.” </p><p></p><p>Tony says, “Okay, let’s do this. There are one or two issues though, it seems that people would be suspicious if either me or Kitty were to walk in there, they might recognize us. We will also have to wait a day or two anyway, it’s a members only club that has only small crowds on week nights, a fair sized members only crowd on Friday, and Saturday as the big night. That’s when members can each bring a guest.” Kitty adds, “But, of course, none of us are members so we need to work out a plan.”</p><p></p><p>Angus asks, “So, do you know if they store money there of it goes straight to the bank?” Tony replies, “The banks aren’t open on Saturday nights so they have to store it there.” Pamela suggests that maybe they should wait until the well-guarded money cart is being delivered to the bank on Monday. Kitty points out that it is a very heavily guarded money cart. </p><p></p><p>“Seems to me like Sunday might be a good day for this then,” Angus suggests. Kitty says, “The problem with Sunday is that they don’t have guests on that day, and most of the employees and owners live there so would still be around.” Kitty suggests, “Late Saturday night when everybody is tired or drunk might be an excellent time. The lead dancer used to work for me and does a very distracting dance, that might provide us an opportunity to get in and around then.” Pamela looks at the guys in their group and says, “Unless the men in our group become equally distracted by her.”</p><p></p><p>Kitty says, “From what I’ve seen these people running the place aren’t stupid. We might want to figure out a way to get in Friday night and scout around, see how things go, get a good look out.” Angus says, “Any chance of convincing the doorman that we’re members?” Tony says, “No, the door is usually manned by an owner who knows who is a member. His name is Richard and he’s the head of their security. He can’t be bribed. Guests are also required to spend time in the large lobby before being admitted into the gambling hall, giving lots of time for scrutiny.” </p><p></p><p>Kitty asks, “Any other plans?” Mongo says, “Mongo want to go to town.” “What town?” Kitty asks. Mongo says, “Mexico. Go to town of Mexico.” Pamela replies, “Yes, but it might not hurt to have some spending money when you get there.” Angus asks, “How hard is it to become a member?” Kitty says, “They check your background, but we might be better of impersonating somebody they already know. We’ll need disguises either way.” Mongo states, “I could wear a hat.” </p><p></p><p>Angus eyes the ladies and suggests that whoever is good at making friends should be a key part of this plan. Looking over the crew Kitty says, “I’d say that of the six of us we have a few who might be able to make friends with people who could bring us as guests.” Tony says, “Alternately, we could try to impersonate somebody.” Mongo interjects “I could wear two hats.” </p><p></p><p>Angus points out that until now he has never been to Arizona, so the chances are that even without a disguise he probably won’t be recognized. Tony says, “Maybe he could apply for membership.” Kitty says, “Well, there is that background check problem.” Tony suggests, “We could come up with a fake background for him.” Pamela says, “Yes, except they would use the telegraph to verify it.”</p><p></p><p>Sally says, “We’re over-thinking this. Why don’t we just find out if any members are going to be out of town this weekend. We could break into their homes and use their own clothes as part of the disguise.” They decide that the plan has merit. Pamela suggests to Kitty that she just go and apply for a job there. Kitty points out that the owners there don’t like her so she is unlikely to be welcomed. Kitty suggests that they should be able to get several of them inside. </p><p></p><p>Angus asks about getting sidearms or other firearms inside. Tony says, “No dice, they won’t let anybody come in armed.” “So we’d need to find a way to get concealed weapons inside,” Sally states. Kitty says, “They do let armed bodyguards in, but they aren’t allowed any further than the lobby.” Angus says, “Okay, that would at least get some weapons into the next room.” Sally considers dressing and passing as a man so that she can bring in her shotgun. </p><p></p><p>Pamela asks, “Exactly what are we going to do once we get in there.” Kitty says, “Get the money, that’s why we have to get in Friday night to figure out where it is kept. Angus says, “We will need to impersonate members then to get in on Friday.” Sally points out, “Yeah, but members would also know the place on the inside, which we wouldn’t. Whoever goes in would have to be very careful.” </p><p></p><p>Sally points out that given Kitty’s past association with ‘working girls’ she might try to seek one or two who work there out and engage them in conversation. The problem with that is that most of them live there, so don’t just wander around the streets. Kitty also points out that there is a risk there too, as they could report the conversation back to the owners, which could put them on alert. Mongo adds, “We need to get in there. They serve beer. I like beer.” </p><p></p><p>They then talk about the former ‘Water Hole Saloon’, a small run-down building that is closed when the Three Gods Meeting House opened, which is physically attached to the back of the larger building. They consider that maybe they could break into the smaller building to get into the larger one. They consider going and looking around there to see if that is feasible. </p><p></p><p>The group splits up and then make some inquiries around town. When they get back together Tony and Kitty have determined that there are two professional gamblers in town who are members of the club that appear to be currently out of town, who could apply for membership. Looking at Black Angus they conclude that he is a close enough match to a gambler known as Black Jack that a disguise could be arranged. The gambler is from Mississippi, which is an accent that he thinks he can bluff. Kitty describes what she’s heard, that he walks with a bit of a swagger. Tony offers to teach Angus a few tricks about poker. </p><p></p><p>While Tony and Kitty work on transforming Angus into Black Jack, the other trio of Sally, Mongo and Pamela go to check out the building. They find themselves looking at a massive 100 by 60 foot four story building. The only public entrance is on the sixty-foot wide street side, which has multi-colored stained glass windows about the ornate front doors. From the outside it resembles a cathedral rather than a gambling hall. The sign about the door reads “Three Gods Meeting Hall”. </p><p></p><p>Heading around the Meeting Hall and looking close they do see one side entrance near the rear of the building, probably an emergency exit of some sort. The only windows on the first two stories are the stained glass in the lobby. There are windows on the third and forth floor. Pamela suggests that they go and get some dynamite in case they need to blow the place up. They see electric lines going to the building, so assume the first two floors are lit by electric lighting. </p><p></p><p>They check out the former ‘Watering Hole Saloon’, seeing the windows are all boarded up and there are no doors, the only door apparently attached to the back of the Meeting Hall. They are unsure why such a fancy new building would want to be attached to such a run-down shack, unless they perhaps turned the old building into a big vault. Upon closer examination they find a side door to the shack that also appears to have been boarded up with the doorknob removed. They suggest one plan would be to get in at night by climbing up to the roof of the shack and from there up to a third floor window. </p><p></p><p>Kitty heads off to gather information and discovers that there is a gentleman in town named Robert F. Bates who is a prominent Tucson attorney with club membership and has only briefly visited there twice before. He is currently away at the Arizona Territory capital of Prescott. He also has a girlfriend from out of town called ‘Cat’ Anderson who has brought as a guest. Kitty finds out his address and contemplates paying a visit. She decides to head back and confer with the others.</p><p></p><p>They decide that the break-in might be a good idea but that they shouldn’t risk blowing the new Black Jack’s cover with his participation, nor do they think that bringing Mongo would be a good idea. Kitty, Tony, Sally and Pamela head off to take care of it. They head over that way. Pamela says, “This will only work if this guy looks like Tony.” “Or unless he’s a real ‘Girly Man’,” Kitty comments. Pamela replies, “I don’t know, Sally can pass as a man.”</p><p></p><p>They manage to break into his house unseen and locate a photograph of Mr. Bates and his girl Cat. They conclude that it is a close enough match to be able to disguise Tony and one of the women to pass themselves off as the couple. A search of the building also finds clothing for both of them, which they bring as well. They then debate which of the women will portray Cat Anderson. They conclude that Pamela might be the best one to play Cat. Tony still likes the idea of dynamiting the place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 4632031, member: 8530"] [B]Chapter 23, “I could wear a hat”, Thursday, July 26th, 1882:[/B] After Sally indicates interest in doing another robbery as ‘One for the Road’, Tony says, “Listen folks, me and Kitty are hard up for money and want to get revenge. You guys must be flush with money after pulling off the biggest bank robbery in history.” Sally says, “Well, actually, because of that whole being thrown in prison and breaking out we’re actually a little on the broke side.” Pamela sarcastically comments, “Yeah, they don’t give it back to you during your prison escape. That is so inconsiderate of them.” Bennett declares that he wants nothing do with a robbery and heads outside to the stables to take care of the horses. Sally asks, “So what do you propose for this gambling hall? Robbing it or burning it to the ground as your revenge?” Kitty interjects, “Can’t we do both? But it we’re limited I say we go for the money. I have an awful lot of fun with money. So what is with you guys, shouldn’t you be planning on going to hide somewhere?” Pamela says, “We are, out of the country.” Angus interjects, “But right now we’re doing what is called hiding in plain sight.” Tony says, “Okay, let’s do this. There are one or two issues though, it seems that people would be suspicious if either me or Kitty were to walk in there, they might recognize us. We will also have to wait a day or two anyway, it’s a members only club that has only small crowds on week nights, a fair sized members only crowd on Friday, and Saturday as the big night. That’s when members can each bring a guest.” Kitty adds, “But, of course, none of us are members so we need to work out a plan.” Angus asks, “So, do you know if they store money there of it goes straight to the bank?” Tony replies, “The banks aren’t open on Saturday nights so they have to store it there.” Pamela suggests that maybe they should wait until the well-guarded money cart is being delivered to the bank on Monday. Kitty points out that it is a very heavily guarded money cart. “Seems to me like Sunday might be a good day for this then,” Angus suggests. Kitty says, “The problem with Sunday is that they don’t have guests on that day, and most of the employees and owners live there so would still be around.” Kitty suggests, “Late Saturday night when everybody is tired or drunk might be an excellent time. The lead dancer used to work for me and does a very distracting dance, that might provide us an opportunity to get in and around then.” Pamela looks at the guys in their group and says, “Unless the men in our group become equally distracted by her.” Kitty says, “From what I’ve seen these people running the place aren’t stupid. We might want to figure out a way to get in Friday night and scout around, see how things go, get a good look out.” Angus says, “Any chance of convincing the doorman that we’re members?” Tony says, “No, the door is usually manned by an owner who knows who is a member. His name is Richard and he’s the head of their security. He can’t be bribed. Guests are also required to spend time in the large lobby before being admitted into the gambling hall, giving lots of time for scrutiny.” Kitty asks, “Any other plans?” Mongo says, “Mongo want to go to town.” “What town?” Kitty asks. Mongo says, “Mexico. Go to town of Mexico.” Pamela replies, “Yes, but it might not hurt to have some spending money when you get there.” Angus asks, “How hard is it to become a member?” Kitty says, “They check your background, but we might be better of impersonating somebody they already know. We’ll need disguises either way.” Mongo states, “I could wear a hat.” Angus eyes the ladies and suggests that whoever is good at making friends should be a key part of this plan. Looking over the crew Kitty says, “I’d say that of the six of us we have a few who might be able to make friends with people who could bring us as guests.” Tony says, “Alternately, we could try to impersonate somebody.” Mongo interjects “I could wear two hats.” Angus points out that until now he has never been to Arizona, so the chances are that even without a disguise he probably won’t be recognized. Tony says, “Maybe he could apply for membership.” Kitty says, “Well, there is that background check problem.” Tony suggests, “We could come up with a fake background for him.” Pamela says, “Yes, except they would use the telegraph to verify it.” Sally says, “We’re over-thinking this. Why don’t we just find out if any members are going to be out of town this weekend. We could break into their homes and use their own clothes as part of the disguise.” They decide that the plan has merit. Pamela suggests to Kitty that she just go and apply for a job there. Kitty points out that the owners there don’t like her so she is unlikely to be welcomed. Kitty suggests that they should be able to get several of them inside. Angus asks about getting sidearms or other firearms inside. Tony says, “No dice, they won’t let anybody come in armed.” “So we’d need to find a way to get concealed weapons inside,” Sally states. Kitty says, “They do let armed bodyguards in, but they aren’t allowed any further than the lobby.” Angus says, “Okay, that would at least get some weapons into the next room.” Sally considers dressing and passing as a man so that she can bring in her shotgun. Pamela asks, “Exactly what are we going to do once we get in there.” Kitty says, “Get the money, that’s why we have to get in Friday night to figure out where it is kept. Angus says, “We will need to impersonate members then to get in on Friday.” Sally points out, “Yeah, but members would also know the place on the inside, which we wouldn’t. Whoever goes in would have to be very careful.” Sally points out that given Kitty’s past association with ‘working girls’ she might try to seek one or two who work there out and engage them in conversation. The problem with that is that most of them live there, so don’t just wander around the streets. Kitty also points out that there is a risk there too, as they could report the conversation back to the owners, which could put them on alert. Mongo adds, “We need to get in there. They serve beer. I like beer.” They then talk about the former ‘Water Hole Saloon’, a small run-down building that is closed when the Three Gods Meeting House opened, which is physically attached to the back of the larger building. They consider that maybe they could break into the smaller building to get into the larger one. They consider going and looking around there to see if that is feasible. The group splits up and then make some inquiries around town. When they get back together Tony and Kitty have determined that there are two professional gamblers in town who are members of the club that appear to be currently out of town, who could apply for membership. Looking at Black Angus they conclude that he is a close enough match to a gambler known as Black Jack that a disguise could be arranged. The gambler is from Mississippi, which is an accent that he thinks he can bluff. Kitty describes what she’s heard, that he walks with a bit of a swagger. Tony offers to teach Angus a few tricks about poker. While Tony and Kitty work on transforming Angus into Black Jack, the other trio of Sally, Mongo and Pamela go to check out the building. They find themselves looking at a massive 100 by 60 foot four story building. The only public entrance is on the sixty-foot wide street side, which has multi-colored stained glass windows about the ornate front doors. From the outside it resembles a cathedral rather than a gambling hall. The sign about the door reads “Three Gods Meeting Hall”. Heading around the Meeting Hall and looking close they do see one side entrance near the rear of the building, probably an emergency exit of some sort. The only windows on the first two stories are the stained glass in the lobby. There are windows on the third and forth floor. Pamela suggests that they go and get some dynamite in case they need to blow the place up. They see electric lines going to the building, so assume the first two floors are lit by electric lighting. They check out the former ‘Watering Hole Saloon’, seeing the windows are all boarded up and there are no doors, the only door apparently attached to the back of the Meeting Hall. They are unsure why such a fancy new building would want to be attached to such a run-down shack, unless they perhaps turned the old building into a big vault. Upon closer examination they find a side door to the shack that also appears to have been boarded up with the doorknob removed. They suggest one plan would be to get in at night by climbing up to the roof of the shack and from there up to a third floor window. Kitty heads off to gather information and discovers that there is a gentleman in town named Robert F. Bates who is a prominent Tucson attorney with club membership and has only briefly visited there twice before. He is currently away at the Arizona Territory capital of Prescott. He also has a girlfriend from out of town called ‘Cat’ Anderson who has brought as a guest. Kitty finds out his address and contemplates paying a visit. She decides to head back and confer with the others. They decide that the break-in might be a good idea but that they shouldn’t risk blowing the new Black Jack’s cover with his participation, nor do they think that bringing Mongo would be a good idea. Kitty, Tony, Sally and Pamela head off to take care of it. They head over that way. Pamela says, “This will only work if this guy looks like Tony.” “Or unless he’s a real ‘Girly Man’,” Kitty comments. Pamela replies, “I don’t know, Sally can pass as a man.” They manage to break into his house unseen and locate a photograph of Mr. Bates and his girl Cat. They conclude that it is a close enough match to be able to disguise Tony and one of the women to pass themselves off as the couple. A search of the building also finds clothing for both of them, which they bring as well. They then debate which of the women will portray Cat Anderson. They conclude that Pamela might be the best one to play Cat. Tony still likes the idea of dynamiting the place. [/QUOTE]
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