Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-01
DARING AND SUCCESSFUL BANK
ROBBERY.
Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Dollars StOIen.EscaPe OTtAe Thieves.

Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Dollars sStOIen-EscaPe Orthe Thieves.
FROM the Pittsburgh Dispatch, 90.
One of the most daring and successful
robberies which has ever been perpetrated
in this section of country took place yes
terdsy morning, about two o'clock, at
Csdiz, Ohio. From information received,
it appears that at the time stated gang
of SIX disguised Williams burglariously en-
tered the dwelling of N. E. Brown, ESQ,
Cashier of the harrison National Bank.
They proceeded to Mr.. Browns chamber
where ne and his wife were sleeping, and
by picking the lock obtained ingress They
reused Mr.. Brown, and with flourish Of
revolvers and bowie-knives demanded the
KEYS of the bank and of its vault. The
bank officer faithful TO his trust, refused
their demand and cried out for assistance
whereupon they felled him to the floor,
and placed a wooden gag in his mouth to
prevent his uttersnce. They then tied his
hands and feet, and securely fastened him
to a chair. They next turned their atten-
tion to Mrs. Brown, who stood pleading
with them to sparethe life of her husband
They swore they would kill them both if
The wife, terrified beyond expression at
tie threats and menaces of the armed vii
lains, obtained and placed in their posses
sion the coveted keys. Leaving a guard
Of two behind them in order 10 prevent
an alarm being given, the other four rob
bers proceeded 10 the bsnk, and having
the keys, experienced no difficulty in get
ting possession of all the funds in the
bank. They secured the enormous sum
of three hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars in Government bank notes and Sc
curities, which had been left the evening
previous in the vault The amount may
be considerably swelled, as there were a
number of special deposits in the safe st
the time Of the robbery, the full amount
of which cannot be ascertained for sever
81 days.
After completing the robbery, the vii
lains signaled for their comrades, and the
entire party got aboard of a hand car
waiting for them on the railroad, and took
their departure, coming this way. They
were last seen ten miles on the other side
Of Steubenville, where they abandoned
their car and took to the dense woods of
that neighborhood. Previous to commit
ting the robbery the thieves cut the tele-
egraph wires communicating with this
city, in order to prevent the news of the
robbery going ahead of them. They
were all strangers in Cadiz, and had gone
there on the hand car in the dead hour of
the night. Experienced detectives have
been notified OF the robbery, and we trust
soon to be able to chronicle the arrest of
the entire party within few days. The
robbery from its bold character and the
amount Of money secured, has created
considerable excitement in the neighbor-
hood of Cadiz and Steubenville. Mr..
Brown, the valiant Cashier, who would
sooner have lost his life than give over
the keys in his trust, was suffering severe
ly yesterday from the brutal treatment
received from the robbers. There is no
clue as yet discovered which may lead to
the detectio of the parties engaged in
the robbery, but with the aid of ex-
perienced detectives they will in all prob
ability soon be brought TO justice.
s1By reference TO a dispatch in the tel
egraphic columns it will be seen that all
but one of the robbers have been arrested.