Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-01-15
Bold Robbery of q Bank.

At hslf.pas four clock in the afternoon
of the 3Oth ult., the cashier and clerk of the
First National Bank of Independence, Mo-,
were sitting by the stove near the back door
of the bank building, conversing, having
just closed the front door and windows pre-
pa,otory Ear closing up for the evening"
Suddenly the latch OF This door turned. and
two men entered side by side, With pistols
in their hands. One Of them said as they
entered, in low but very firm voice, "Not
word, men, or you will never see your fam
lilies again" The larger man Of the two
held pistol in each hand, nearly touching
the head Of the two officers, while the other
proceeded to close the side windows and
pocket the cash. lie did this very deliber-
atcly, and after cleaning the vault, as he
thought, turned and ordered the officers to
enter the vault, which order they, of course
obeyed. The scoundrels then closed the
outer door of the vault and left, locking the
back door of the building after them, taking
both the vault and door keys with them
The house and vault both being closed, it
was soEc time before the prisoners could
make themselves heard. The clerks wife,
who was up stairs in the bank building, be-
coming impatient about her husband delay
went to the back door two or three tines
She at last prevailed on a gentleman to 30
with her, and on reaching the door they
heard a noise inside, which proved to be the
two prisoners striking the door with bank
seal that happened to be in the vault. The
alarm was then given, the door Of the
building forced open, and the situation of
the cashier and clerk made known. The
cashier had key at his residence belong
ing to the vault, which was quickly brought
and the door opened, to the great relief of
the pent-up prisoners, who was suffering
greatly from suffocation The loss Of the
bank is about ~ 900 and with private funds
and special deposits, it is supposed that the
robbers got about 1900 altogether, about
$1,000 Of which was in gold.
>SSSe
Attempt TO Break into a Bank.
One night last week an attempt was made
by some scoundrels to break into the Phil
l,psburg National Bank. Three Of rhe iron
bars at the cellar window were wrcnched
off, through which they effected an entrance
into the cellar. They then undertook to
undermine the foundation Of the safe, and
failing in this thoy attempted to get up
through the hatchway, by boring out q piece
of the door, but whilst at this they must
have been disturbed for they absquatulated
leaving most of their tools behind.-Eas.
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