The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-03-18
1fHa From the New Lisbon Patriot, JAN 49,
TREAS. QUINN VS.. SALEM BANK

is ia The rcnF" -Bankers bound oper
Il Court! ,a,.i., u., T,& ,ls,ao
j. The public mind for the last two Q
T. three weeks has been much excited Ms 1
Z what would be the fual result of tn
: efforts ofthe County Treasaref,' in til,
e collection of the taxes OFF ths Salem
y Bank, and the obsiinacy ofihe sflcer
b OF the Bank in resisting the payment o
4 said taxes. Tie success Of the Treasur
b er in his last attempt has finally se,iloc
: the matter, so far as bis indiyidualrespoH
! sIb>ilty is brought q in question; aud :
, brief account Of the affair may now be
: interesting TO our readers.
On Monday, the Sd inst, the Treasurer
company with Geo. Best, Of Hanover
and Samuel Shawk;,i OF this aplace, went
! 70 Salem, and called at The bank and
, demanded the tax due BY that institution.
: Considerable excitement snon manifested
among tile officers of The bank and
4 a determined resistance was made by
\ brandisbjng 3crowbars and other deadly
weapons. During this time "a large
crowd had collec Q outside of, The house,
4 A proposition was then maee by S neon
Jennings,,be President Of the bank, 10
I Mr.. Quinn, that if he would tiesist and
4 give them time 10 hold aRa ELECTION for
4 Directors las that was the day oc election,
as soon as they had finished they would
i adjust The matter amicably.. Mr.. Quinn
! took them at their word, believing they
weresmen of integrity aud might be re.
lied upon in good faith, Mr. Quinn,
I tlIercupou, took a seat upon the, counter,
aud patiently awaited tlieir return from
the back room, 20 which they had retired,
apparently for the purposes above sug-
gested BY Jennings but in truib. for The
object otmore efficiently aiming them
selves, by tHe aid Of their minions,
through the back window. Having ac-
complished theiripurpaSe, 1.-THE first init
nation Mr., Qninn had nfztheir lreachery,
was being confronted by a sci of despe-
radoes, fully armed, with Jennings at
lholr head, threatening destruction 10
the Treasurer aud his companions. BY
,thistmeaas ihey elected cihe Treasurer
and bis aids, not qhowepr, until Mr. :.
Quinn assured them that he would get
The money or raze tlieir building to lhe |
ground. 'H--','"7
An interval Of some days trnnspifed, |
before the second attempted the Treas,lr,
er TO collect the tax: during which, time,
MIR. Quinn was quietly "lnying the
topes," for another call, Having his
plans fully lEotured, he left on Thursday I
the @'1th, for Salem, unknown TO any but
a few friends, and his chosen aid, who,
apparently, casually came to Salem. A:
The hour appointed, Mr.. B. K. Roach
went in TO get some money changed; Il
soon after James Burbeck called TO mike
a deposit; then MIR. james Scott, o. Knox
township, had business in the Bank
This all occurred within a few minutes.
During which time, however, MIR. Camp
bell, clerk in the bank, several times
went to the door as if suspeciing some
hing. His vigjlapt eye caught, sigh, of
Mr.. Quinn before Ire could effect bis
entrance, and instan,anoously he threw
the bars across the door. The three
gentlemen above named being inside,
one Immediately rushed TO The door and
unharred it, whilst the other two seized
the cashier aud clerk. MIR, Quinn having
got inside, the disarning of the cashier
was effected by the admittance Of An
drew Roach and one or two others. Mr.. 4
CoTnwell, the cashier, they say, fought !
nanfuly, and had ii been in a just cause c
Ton!d no doubt have redounded to his c
credit, lie made pass at Mr.. a. Roach i
With Scott" who evaded the blow and (
lisarmed him, when he called TO his |
,lerk, Mr.. Campbell, to get his Revolver c
>ut Of his breast pocket. In effecling !
his it dropped on the floor, and Mr.. B.
<. Roach soon was master oft. About
his stage o'the conflict the watch dog S
seized Mr., Roach but was soon queted a
,y blow from an iron poker in the t
lands of MIR. ]. G. Scott. During the p
hor, time that this was going on inside,
large mob had collected on the outside, 3
ONE Ct whom closed the outside shutter n
nd placed a plank against it. Mr.. h
Quinn with the aid Of crowbar soon |;
pened tho shutter, and Gfiing the win Ii
ow called To his men on the outside to il
cme on, when a dozen or more of the
rawny shouldered b'hoys made their
ppearance and leaped in. Al this stage "a
{ the conflict some Of the mob attempted m
D force the door with plank; this Mr.. m
luinn preceiving soon made a stop 10,
y the presentation OF areyolver out of IN
le window, after which some of his men
n The outside took possession Of the
oor and kept il during The balance of,he Ip
me, the mob making no further effort TO Il
aid and comfort those who had bv !"
lis time become thoroughly secured.- W
earch was then commenced for money, EJ
nd S. Shawk, with his sledge, and the |
d OF bars in the hands Of few others,
ION effected an entrance intuthe vault.
he smile that played uponthe counter. ol
nee of''he cashier, SO much of it as was tc