Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-05-04
AnnTHER RREAT BAHg ROBBERY.
First National Bank Of Ca6lz Robbed Of $3.50
oO0-Ihres of the Ro5bers Captured.

On Sunday morning at 2 o'clock, a
bold and daring robbery was committed
in the First National Bank, in Cadiz
Ohio, about twenty-siX miles distant
from this city. 1t appears that for sew
eral days past lever since the attempt to
rob the bank In Wellsburg) some sus-
picious individuals have been lettering
around Cadiz. and they have been
watched up to Saturday evening, when 1t
was thought lnexpedlent to watch them
any longer. They had made frequent
visits to the bank, and presented very
trifiing business. About two o'clock yes
terday morning these strange six in
number, proceeded to the residence of
the cashier Of the bank, called him out of
bed. and when the door was opened they
seized the cashier. q" bucked and gagged
him. and then demanded of his wife the
KEYS of the bank, threatening her unless
she Immediately produced them. As a
matter Of course the lady was terribly
frightened. and gave up the keys, when
she was gagged and secured, and the
husband and wife were both left unable
to give any alarm. The robbers then
started to the bank, which Is some dis
tanee from the cashiers residence, and
unlocked the door and entered, and
caught the watchman IN the bank, and
q" bucked and gagged" him, and proceed
ed in a" business-Hke" manner to eX-
anime into the financial status of the in
stitution. The watchman could hear all
their conversation, and indistInctly saw
them. A portion of them were dressed
in soldiers clothes They had some
difficulty in unlocking the vault door
one remarkiBg that id woman has
given the wrong keys after all, but Il
nally the door swung on its hinges, when
the contents of the bank were at the
mercy of the thieves. The first papers
their modest hands fell upon were
United States seven thirty bonds to the
amount Of three hundred thousand dol
lars. the thief who lifted them eXclaim-
ing. My Cd, these are the papers
we want" and they took them. They
then made a descent upon fifty thousand
dollars in greenbacks-and took 1t. They
pitched into the silver and gold. scatter
ing the former over the floor but specie
was too heavy for them to carry, and we
suppose they considered the fuctuation
of the gold market, and upon the whole
they concluded to leave it. The total
amount stolen from the bank was be-
tween three hundred and fifty and three
hundred aud seventy five thousand dol
lars. Before they left the bank they
locked the Watchman IN the vault for
security An alarm was soon after
given, and several gentlemen immediate
ly left Cadiz for this city The robbers
had cut the telegraph wires In two places
when they left They came toward Al
exandria, and when near that place took
possession of hand car on the P G. &
Q. Railroad, and left it near Smithfeld's
Station, taking to the woods, as their
footprints indicated. Every conceivable
effort is being made to apprehend these
men, which, with a reward of twenty
thousand dollars offered, cannot fail to
catch them The country on both sides
of the river is thoroughly aroused, and
a large number of detectives and police
men are on the trail. A force left Pitts
burg yesterday, and this city, and other
places. A minute description of the
thieves cannot be given, but one is de-
scribed as being a tall man, with side
whiskers and sandy complexion another
as a small man, moustache and goatee,
and sandy complexion. There can be no
doubt that there is an extensively organ
lied band of thieves in this part of the
country, who will take 1t by storm one of
these days, unless they are nabbed, and
we have not the slightest doubt but that
some of them will be brought to justice
this time, as everybody is aroused and
working in earnest for their captare.
LATER.-Three of the robbers have
been arrested, one severely wounded,
and $I50000 Of the stolen money recOV-
cred, and there is a fair prospect of the
whole gang being captured.