The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-05-02
THE BANK TO CONTINUE
BUSINESS WHETHER
THE THEFT is RE-
COVERED OR
7 N O T.

Last Saturday night was one pregnant
with evil to the people Of Cadiz and Har-
rison County. The most daring aud sue
cessful burglary was then committed known
in the history of crime. Shortly after i'd
night, burglars, to the number of six, OBJ
tanned entrance to the dwelling house of NJ.
j. Brown, Esq, Cashier of the Harri son Ma
tional Bank, aud before resistance could be
made seized, bound and gagged the Cashier,
his wife and two children. By threats they
made the wife of the Cashier confess where
the keys of the Bank: Vault were secreted,
and when obtained they left two of their
number to keep guard over the Cashier and
his family while four of the williams hurried
off to the Bank. They obtained entrance
to the bank building without alarming the
Waterman, bound and gagged him, and
while he lay there helpless, robbed the
Vault and Safe of everything valuable
They obtained U. S. Bonds to the value of
over 7,oo Hundred Thousand Dollars and
about Forty thousand Dollars in Money
The only valuables left was about eighty.
five hundred dollars in Bonds which es-
capped their notice, and a quantity Of silver
too heavy for them to carry. They then
threw the Waterman, bound, into the Vault
of the Bank, and remarked to him that
they had given him the richest bed to lie
upon that he had ever enjoyed. After SC.
curing the booty they returned to the
dwelling of the Cashier, who lives in the
suberbs of the town, and securing him and
his family more firmly, they decamped.
The Cashier, after over a half hours ef-
fort, succeeded in dosing his hands, and
Immediately gave the alarm. This was
about two o'clock, A. NJ. Our citizens as.
sembled hurriedly and in a short time every
horse in the village was mounted and scouts
sent in all directions. The President Of the
Bank, c. Dewey, Esq, promptly offered a
Reward ofTwenty Thousand Dollars for the
recovery of the treasure. Communication
by telegraph was not open on the Branch,
and as it was thought the wires were cut, a
courier was dispatched to the Cadix juno
ton, who dispatched the facts and the Re-
ward offered to every accessible point
Couriers from Cadiz arrived at Wheeling
by 7 o'clock, A. NJ, who started the Wheel
ing police on the track. The whole country
was aroused and the greatest excitement
prevailed. 1t appeared from information
received in the forenoon Sunday that the
Williams had taken a hand car from Conway's
Station, on the Branch, had passed the
Junction before daylight, had passed on to
near Alexandra, had there left the hand
car and struck out through the country
The information received in Cadiz Sunday
afternoon was that the party had divided
and that police from S~teubenville and ci.-
liens from Harrison county were on their
track.
The greatest excitement prevailed in
Cadiz on Sunday. Citizens of the country
and neighboring towns came in in great
numbers, and nothing was talked about
during the day but the great calamity
Banks of Wheeling generously rendered the
Harrison National Bank all the money they
would need to continue operations, which
kindness, the people Of this county will
always remember with gratitude.
This sthe greatest calamity hat ever be-
fel the people Of Cadiz and Harrison coun-
ty. Many men will lose every cent they
have in the world. The earnings of years
have been swept away in a night. Many
men who had toiled till their hairs were
gray to secure a competence for old age and
feebleness, are impoverished by this great
%villiany, and will have, to renew their toll
while almost at the portals Of the grave.
Many soldiers and men of small means who
were preparing what thcy had In the world
to embark in business, have had their hopes
blasted at oneif fell blow. Depositors and
those having claims On the Bank need have