Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-06-24
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The following additional particulars re-
sppecting the bank robbery in Maryland,
we copy from the Baltimore American OF
May 27:
The FREDERICK COUNTY BANK ROBBERY.
The Frederick Examiner Of yesterday,
has the following particulars respecting the
recent Bank Robbery in that city:
The Bank was entered, tits thought, on
Saturday night last. A key was found in
,he Creek, near the City Mill on Sunday
morning. A. dark lantern Of rude con-
a,ruction was also found. The key was
filed of and filled up till it was made TO
fl the lock of the exterior door Of the bank
quite as we'll as the key which belonged
10 it,. The lamp does not seem as If it had
been the production Of workman and
looks as lift had been in service before
We understand that two men were seen
taking box to the corner ofthe bank and
seating themselves upon it for the purpose,
doubtless, OF keeping watch while the rob-
bers were progressing with their work.
A spur with the strap broken, was found
In the vault.
The progress of the robbers was obstruc-
,ed .by seven locks, some Of them OF the
most complex constructions. The street
door must have been entered some time
since, and the Williams have been at work
doubtless, for some weeks in discovering
the secret springs Of the three locka in the
outer door of the vault and Of taking i'm
nreee;ons for the purpose of making suita-
bic keys. -, =,
vault, were taken without any discrimina-
,ion-including some Of the issues of the
Frederick corporation, notes that were LAID
aside as unfit for use in consequence OF be-
ING worn out, &c. OF the silver, none OF
which was in the chest, they took bet ten
dollars. -
This is one of the boldest aud largest
robberies that we have ever heard of, and
the excitement and commotion which 1t
has caused in our quiet town is such as we
have never seen here before.
Many persons suspect, and there are cir
cumstances which justify the suspicion,
that the robbers have gone to the south
west. 1t would be we'll that the police in
that and in all directions should keep a
careful lookout.
The doors Of the bank were immediate
" closed upon the detection Of the roobe-
~. The capital paid in was Sl75,0OO
and the amount Of funds Of every descrip-
ZION taken is a few thousand dollars more
than the capital paid in. 49,.
TO THE PUBLIC.
To afford all the information inmy pow
er, in reference to the robbery committed
on the Frederick county Bank, ! have
,hought It proper 10 submit the following
statement, on oath, as to the manner in
which have kept the keys to the bank.
HENRY DOYLE, cash.
I have been engaged in the Frederick
County Bank as Teller and Cashier ever
since iis establishment, which was in the
wear 1913. have always had charge OF
the KEYS Of tue Banking room, and the
vaults Of the Bank, since i have become
Cashier, which was ia 1888. 1t has been
nv inyariable custom to conceal in private
places in the Bank and Vaults, all the
KEYS except my key to the outer door OF
the house and two of the keys of the outer
Vaults, which commands the entrance TO
,he vault ia which all the funds and valuT'
able books, papers and deposits are kept,
and on which outer vault door the great
est reliance for security is placed. These
two KEYS to the outer vault / always took
home, Immediately after closing the Bank
al the usual hour in the evening, and lock-
ed them up in a small drawer 10 the faml-
IL sitting room Of my residence. The key
ofthat drawer kept myself, and the room
was always carefully secured at night
The kew to the outer door Of the Banking
House, I at all times kept about me in my
pocket. On last Saturday evening after
closing the Bank. the keys were disposed
of by me as usual. 81
On Monday morning l unlocked the
drawer in which l had deposited The keys,
and found them aohere and as had put
them. l went up to the Bank according
to custom, and when ] entered every thing,
to outward appearance, was as had leftit,
on closing the previous Saturday, the keys
in the vault where / had put them, and l
was not made sensible that robbery had
been committed until opened the iron
chest in the inner vault, and found that its
whole contents were gone, l would also
mention that the Bookkeeper, and the por-
ter to the Bank, each keep key to the
outer or front door Of the Banking House,
as we'll as myself will further add that
I have never missed out Of my own pos
session, or from the places in which have
deposited them, any of the keys of the
Bank under my charge.
-, HENRY DOYLE, Cashier.
On the 25th day Of May, lS4l, Henry
DOYLE, the cashier Of the Frederick County
Bank, appeared before the subscriber, one
of the Associate Judges ofthe Fifth Judi
cial Dislric. of the State of Maryland;. and
made oath on the Holy Evangelisls of AL
mighty God that the aforegoipg statement
is true, Ab m. Sr1hlFEh'
The Steam Ship.--Mr. Cookman.---lt
;s stated in one of the New York papers
that the whole number Of persons on board
the steamship President (probably los.)
was 136.
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