, 1873-03-17
BANK-ROBBER.ES.
Robbery OF the E'nlls CIay tobacco
Bank, Mt Louisville, Ky. - Some
S300,O00 Xufkens

s30O,O00 Tuikcn.
| Frous Tho L1usrillc Ledyty, 1MaycA1l.
| Yesterday morning, when tho Fall8 City To-
bucco Bank, cornor of Main aud Seventh atreots,
| opened for business, the tot1or wont to tho
| vnn]t to get Ills currency, aud unlocked 1t With
out my trouble; but, WHOM ho attempted to
draw the bolts buck, ho found his efforts una-
willing. All tho officers OF tho bank tried to
open the door, but woro not ablo to do 30, and a
messenger was sent around to enead Il Co., who
had manufactured the vault, for AL expert to OK
ert his power.
Tho suspicion occurred to AIr. @. $. sncad,
who was present, that somo ono was inailo, but
tho bank officers thought that t1e door had only
boon accidentally fastened, Ut IL sometimes tho
after drilling through tho door and driving
back tho bolt, that tho true situation revealed
itself, Tho 1oor OF tho vault was covered with
papers Of all kinds, and fragments Of brick
| was blown open and riiled; md loss irroparablo
atarod tl,e oiiicors in tho faco a smaller safe,
OIL tho emit aldo; Of tho vault, WA untouched.
piccp Of the cast-iron ceiling OF tho vault, about
| two feet square, Which had boon drilled out OF
tho southeast corner OF tho chamber. Getting
through. this aperture, 1t waa discovered t},at
hoo had been cut in tile floor. six fcot above tho
brick work, oyor the vault, leading to the Office
Of K. ": Smith Il Co., .agents for the Mutual
Reneat Life Insurance Company.
Tho floor Of Smith d Co.'s Office proaontcd an
11nllstnrboa appearance. In tho nortbeaat cor
nor OF the office, directly over tho hole III tho
vault, Il large pile Of insurance books stood,
which bad been thoro TOR year. RoRaoying tho
booka and mating unler them, it waa discov-
erod TINT tho plallhs Of tho floor had boon cut
about two feot square aud replaced. Taking tho
piccos up, the mothod of gatt,ng into tho vault
was discovered.
Tho vault il il feot 2 inchos by feet inchea
and feet 6 inches high. It is nude Of cast-iron
one inch thick, mixture Of Teuaosaoe and Ala
ba1nn iron, being hard material, as evident from
the drilling in tho ceiling iron showing
dull surface when tho drill peuotrates, ind hard
the iron vault il a narrow chamber, tllen thir-
toen-inch brick will then space seven inches
wide, and ton on tho east side Of tue streot-wall
Of tho building, twentty inches in thickneap,. q
corresponding wall being bnilt on tho west aldo.
Tho burglars, however, chose to got in from
above, and accomplished their work worry thor
oughly. Tho ouly obstacle between tho floor Of
Smith l. Co.'S Office md the ono-inch cast iron
ceiling OF the vault sas brieh arch, nino inehea
in thickncss with q spaco si1 Or acven feot high
between it and tho floor of the Office above--
fully largo enough Tor gool-sizod man to stand
III.
Tho floor Of Smith q; Co.'s offlco Was bored
Of some weeks standing. After getting through
tho floor, 1t waa onsy work to remove the aght
hrleh l; aseh and them came tlo difficult part ot
tho iron coling to take out square Of two fcot.
Tho foreman OF snoad & Co. says that not ono
Of them could have been bored in less thun
twenty minutes, which would make tho whole
time nearly sixty-four hours. That thoy haYe
been at tho. Job . long time is very evident.
months; though Tie actual labor of getting into
tho vault MAY hayo boon performed in few
nights. It a probable TINT tho nnl wedge was
driven into the boEings Of tho ceiling on Sunday
night Tic bolts Of tllo o,,tor door had bcon
wcdged up to prevent them from boing opened
from the outside, aud II anyone had gono to tho
vault on Sunday night they could not hayo
Long pecco Of cord were found which Ind
evidently boen used as signals. They were
doubtless hung from tue ofltco window Of Smith
& Co. to tho street below, to signal tho coming
OF my one. Tho door Of Smith d Goa Office
could be entered at my timo by tho burglars by
the uso Of the pick, aa 1t bud ~ ordinary lock,
to tho OPERATORS aa well as the hablta. Of every
individual IN tho bauk and buildinga. Trag-
monta Of food were found IN tie chamber above
tho brick ereh, anti ~ old alirt and oyeralla
side Of tho yault aud tue Arat wall to prevent
tho piecos Of brick aud wood from fa1llng below
and alarming my one. One Of tho cligela was
turned at the head for t1'e purpose Of fitting on
q copper cap to deadon tho sound OF tho Blodge
hammer. The tools found giyo evidence tliat
Tie most finished aud sklfuf operators in the
country were at work.
From tic Loufaritle Lttiger, ataret IT,
a Ledger. reporter visited tho Directors Office
II tue falls City Bank building this morning.
gentlenlon connected with tho bank, woro slowly
examining Papors with naturally respondent
attending a funGrul.
"How fa9 have you got, gentlemen, In your
labors," said our reporter.
1--WE can tell very little about 1t. Wo do not
know what tho special dspositors Ind to any OK
tont, and 1t will be a long tme before any cor
roct statement can bo maae,"
Tue loas In special deposits and collateraln