Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1870-08-17
DETAILS OF THE SCRANTON RoBBER'

! DETAILS OF THE SCRANTON ROBBERY.
The Scranton Republican of Au-
gust I'd, says: One OF the boldest, most
adroitly planned and successfully man.
aged burglaries occurred in this city
yesterday afternoon at the Merchants
and Mechanics Bank (John Handley
il Coz The street on which the bank
is located Lackawanna avenue-aside
from being the main thoroughfare of our
city, was crowded at the time with per-
SONS looking at the miners procession,
which was just passing the bank. The
cashier was alone i'll the banking Office
Mr. Handley, as well as the errand boy,
having stepped out but a short time be-
fore. The construction of the building
is admirably adapted to scheme of the
kind.
The vault stands in the centre of the
room, on one side, and in the rear of
which is an entrance way leading both
around the vault into the space behind
the counter, and also back to the private
Office of Mr.. Handley. Aside from this
public entrance to the rear of the build.
ing, there is also long hall opening into
the street, and communicating with
wide hall leading into Mr.. Handley's
office, and also into the back part of the
bank. All of these Railways and doors
were open yesterday morning, afford
ing inte,lopers unmolested range of the
building.
1t seems that a gentlemanlyappear.
ing person entered the front door of the
banking office about ten o'clock and en-.
gagged the close attention of Cashier Full
Ter in financial discussion of the rela-
tive merits of the several interest bear
ing securities. simultaneously with the
entrance Of this man a boy. apparently
about sixteen or seventeen years of age,
wearing slippers. entered the long hall
way from the street, and quickly and
quietly passed around into the banking
Office, and slipping unnoticed behind the
cashier, gained access to the vault and
took from the safe several packages of
currency.
Both the doors to the vault and the
safe were standing wide open. The
young man, or little man, having quick.
ly abstracted the greenbacks unnoticed
and unmolested, packed them away in
a satchel which he suspended by strap
carelessly from his soulders, and then
stepped ont of the vault. At this mo-
ment the cashier turned around, espied
the intruder, and sharply asked him
what he was doing there. The response
was cody given that he was looking for
Mr.. Handley.
THE cashier directed him back to Mr..
Handley's private Office, where he ap-
parertly went, but really took advant-
age o.f the little incident to make his
escape. The thieves made haste across
the avenu e, and, hurrying up Wyoming
avenue to spruce street, ran down, Penn
avenue. whe re a man awaited them in
buggy, and all three drove across to
HYDE Park, after which all trace of
them is lost. At late hour last night
nothing further had been heard of the
robbers, and it is likely that there ever
will be.
The amonnt lost by the bank was va
riously stated upon the street yesterday,
and is not publicly known. We are in
formed by Mr.. Handley that it is not as
great as it might have been, as consid-
erable sum of currency and bonds were
left untouched. The robbery will not
in the least impair the strength OF the
bank or the confidence Of our community |
u the institution.