The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-06-25
4 COOL PIECE OF WORK.
The Louisville, KY, Bank Robbery
During Exploits Of the Thieves, &c.

Daring Exploits of the Thieves, &c.
From the Louisville, KY, Journal, of Satur-
rday last, we take these particulars Of the dar-
Ing bank robbery in that city last Friday after
noon:
Mr.. Henry L. Pope, who for the last twenty
five or thirty years has held the position OF
cashier of the Mechanics Bank, occasionally
cially during the busy season, to count the
cash, post the books, and finish up the busi-
ness of the day. Yesterday. Mr.. Pope went to
dinner, and returned to the bank o little after
Jpn. He sat down in the cashier's office,
looked over the daily papers for few minutes,
and then opened the vaults and cash
drawers and commenced counting the
money He had been buslly engaged In this
manner for some time when suddenly two men
advanced upon him from behind The fore
most of the two men had huge knife In his
hand, and as he suddenly came upon Mr.. Pope,
made menacing movement with The knife;
and said, IF you make noise will Kill you,"
and at The same time threw handful OF snuG
into Mr.. Popc's eyes. The other man then
rushed up with heavy woollen shawl ana
threw it over Mr.. Pope's head. The two men
then seized hold OF him and dragged MIN into
the back room and locked the door. they
then hastily gathered mp xhat money there
was in sight and made of. The cash belonging
to the bank was in the cash drawer and IN
small safe IN the large vault, both of which were
open. They scooped the small safe clean, but
when they came to the cash drawer they were
more particularly, only elnptyins the. com,
partments containing large bills. Scrip anu
one and two dollar bills were thrown aside
with contempt. They were evidently in a
great hurry, and grabbed up the money hasli-
". as one package containing one thousand
dollars was found lying on the floor inmedl-
a,ely beneath the cash drawer. How the rob-
bers rot into the bank is q mystery, but the
most reasonable theory Is that they slipped into
the building during the dGy and secreLcd
themselves In the back room until Mr.. rope
returned from dinner The first discovery Of
the robbery was made q few minutes before
O'Clock last night. Mr.. W. N. Lewis,
young man WHO sleeps iE the bank, went
there at that time last night, and upon enter
ing the bank, found Mr.. Pope lying in the
stairway, with thc'shawl lying partly over him,
and q bottle which had contained chl0r0-
form near his side. He was insenslbe, but
by the application of cold water was re-
stored to consciousness. A largc glass bottle
had been saturated with chlordOrm, and huge
knife with a blade nearly eight inches long,
were found on the table, Akisty count of tile
cash was made, az 1t was impossible during
the hurry and eXcitcmentto to ascertain exactly
the amount taken, but us far as roulu De as
certancd last night about SEA 600 In currency
was missing Piled on the shelves In boxes
were the special deposits OF tie bank, consist,
inm of cash and bonds to the amount OF several
hundred thousand dollars, which the robbers
had overlooked. Mr.. Pope was made very Ill
by his rough treatment, anu had not fully re-
covered uD TO Il late hour last night. All the
avenues leading from. The city were guarded
last night, and every effort will be made 10
bring the bold villains TO justice. This Is the
second attempt which has been made to rob
this same bank in open daylight. The first at
tempt was q highly tragical affair, and oc-
CURED about thirty years ago
The story. rs well Us can te remembered
now, is about as follows /: Mr.. Parker, who was
the cashier of the bank, had q friend, Il Cap
tain Dix, of Maysvllc, who WaSiu the habit OF
dropping into the bank occasionally. Mr. Fl.
s. Julian, Of this city, was also an o1Acer Of
the bank, which was then located on Main
street, between Second and Thirl. At the din
ncr hour Julian would go 10 llfs dilEer and re-
question Captain Dix went Into the bank,
while Julian was absent at dinner, and after
looking over the papers AMI CHATTING awhile.
sipprd llp behind Pilrker who WAS 1T work at
his books, and struck him will Il sllng-ShOt,
KILN" him Instantly. knowing that Julian
would return before he could possibly get
away with the booty, he determined to lay in
wait and kill him also. As Iulal entered the
front door Dix attacked him With slllng-
shot, but the blow glanced, andJulian closed
with him. Dix then struck lin with a
concealed hammer, but without nllicIins scri-
ons injury. Jmtan then managed-r6 get hold
aSf IL Chair, with which he knocked Dix down.
He then ran into the street and gave the alarm.
A crowd soon gathered, but us hey entered,
Dix, seeing that his aulucious scllcmc was Il
failure, anu tllrt the penalty for murder was
more certain than 1t is al present, drew
could seize him. Mr.. henry L. Pope w;ls ap-
poinIe,l cashier in place OF the unfortunate
Parker, and after service Of thirty years
nrarIy lost his life in defending he property
Of the bunk.