Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-07-25
From the New York World, July 20.

Prom the New York World, July 20.
Another heavy bank robbery has Just
been developed, in which the importers
and Traders bank Of this city, 10 victimizsd
TO the tune OF $50, 900, in bonds and mon
~. The robbery WAS effected In the most
mysterious manner, and ~ yet no clue t.
the thief has been obtained By our dstsc.
tives. II appears that on the I'd inst, the
bank was closed ct three o'clock, and, -
usual, the clerks remained bshind 10 close
up their accounts for the day. Shortly be-
fors o'clock the second teller Of the bank
after bslancdg his acosunta. claims thas be
placed upwards Of 800, 900 10 bonds and
money in the ill Of tbs safe. This safe
has an inner door viii abuselas peoof ia.
middle dses With two Burglar ppoof leelsp.
aud an outer door With combination lock.
After seeing that the msnsy vs. safely dc.
positsd the teller licked The drawer and
went o. The clerks seemed to b some.
what behind In their acoounts. and the La
ones did not leave The building until lsn
o'clock that night. The safe vas closed
and the doors locked, the key Of each lock
being in the possession Of . different ind.i
vidual, SO that il required the presence Of
these five parties to open the safe. The
outer doors Of the building we're also e..
curely fastened after their departure, and
everything appeared secure. Saturday was
the Fourth Of July, and If course the bank
was closed, % it vas also on Sunday, the
9th inst. On Monday morning, 9Th inst,
the second teller repaired TO his desk %
usual. TO commence operations for the
day. The five persons who held
the keys Of the safe were called together,
and the safe was opened, each man
opening the particular lock with The key
10 his possession. The latter unlocked his
drawer. and on opening Il Was astsnished
to find that the greater portion Of the
money and securities had disappsarsd. On
scloser examination, il was discovered that
upwards Of CSC, 900 had been abstractsd. -
Nothing else in the safe Of The bank he'd
been disturbed, nor was there the slightest
evidence Of fofci6le entry. Here vas .
dilemma. The President and cashier Of the
bank we're Of course informed, and at once
bad . consultation how to recover the sto-
len funds. The sum was much too large 70
be rslinquishsd without stsuggls but II
the police we're Informed through the ordi-
nary method. the reporters weuid get held
Of the facts and publish them. This was
not considered desirable, and, In order to
keep the matter ~ quiet % possible, one sf
Superintendent Kennsdy's "rsliabls" de-
tsctivss was sent fer, pledged to secrecy,
and the whole affair Vas explained 10 him.
The astuts detective looked around the
building, poksd bic nose into the safe.
looked very hard into the faces Of oil the
clerks. and psersd impudsntly ct every
person who entered the building during bis
stay there, and finally shook bic head and
left. Superintendent Kennedy and Cspt.
Young were subsequently placed in posses
zion Of the facts. but no clue 10 the thief
could be obtained. Something had to b
done. however, or the detectives wonld
loss their reputation for ssgac,ty, 50 an un-
fortunate clerk employed in the bank was
pouncsd upon. and, in place Of better
victim, was incarcsratsd at police head.
quarters. Here he was kept locked up for
some time, but finding that nothing could
DO done with him, the prisoner was Get
free. Tho detectives are sorsIy puzzled 10
regard TO this case, ~ tho bank officers
offer . handsome reward for the return Of
the money and bonds, although Il is said
they do not care what becomes Of the thief
or thieves.
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