, 1873-01-02
EANK-DURGLA3S.
Vault OF tho Eirat N1,tional, OF E1a1.
ti,ags, N1i1lA1., Opened.


From The ST. Paul rrfas, Dec %.
-, On Friday night last, moat eulacious, do
mado to rob the First National Bank Of Hug
story framo building, in the heart Of tho city,
wns provided with double door vault. inside Of
which WAS Bafo, and n clerk slept III tho store.
1t seemed to DO quito reasonably uafo from rob-
valuable pacltuges by dopoaitors. Through tho
second ntory Of tho bank building runs long
hail. and the burglars oiTccol an entrance to this
hull aud sa"od through the floor aperture about
TWO feot square, go oarly oyor tho vault that in
getting into tho bank itso1f they could stop up
On tho vault aud from thence to tho floor, 1Iav-
ing thus effected IN ontranco the burglars tools
wero handed down. Those wcro curious little
aaws finely tempered, drills, puncloa, clliHelH,
wodgohof Various sizos, 'jimmy'a,' OF baro with
crooked, yharponcd points, hammers, slodgos--.
ono Weighing twonty-four pounds, caBes FOR all
of tlose-that for tho throo-foor jimmy being SO
made that When carried it had tho exact appear
anco of lcathor gun caso With gun in iii thoro
wore caps for tho drills aud wedges to
doadou tho sound OF blowa; fuses to uBo In
blowing, i it became ncccnsary, in short, z full
outfit of tho most ingenious articles used by Co.
perioncod profouBiot,al craciBnon in operating
on bank satoa ard vaults. The mon aid tools
safely lanlcd, work wns begun tho vault
doors, aul both tho outer and inner onos, of hard
iron, wero opaned. But now they had como to
thoir heaviest work, TINT Of opening tho eafo,
hnvnl,enn r;nh nT1zo in lin cnnld thar
have oIaineti It. Tlo insto Of tho vouit Inn:
worry contracted plsco for swinging nocyy s1odceu
and working wodgea and drills. and 30 tho rext
stop taken WAS to carry ont all OF tho books papers
boxoB, etc., tho ahclses Of the vault and then
to tnko out the slolycs themselves, and thus
mako moro room. This waa nceonnliaho;I n,'i
only the Bafo door remained to bo ol,enoa, WHOM
NJ, Interruption OCCURRED, Of n startling nat1,ro
u the operators. 1t was now about II o'clock.
uw,1ug on its hinges, disclosing to tho oyoa oF
tho stnrtlrd worF,onn thn 1ivnrn NJ tho rlerIr
who slept in tho bank, A momeut'n digrnsa;on
in nccensary horo. This clark lad boon out
to o social or something OF this sort. neur
tic bank, and wns iuat returning, How it
perfect in ali it's ollor details, aid evidently bo
Inc cIecuted by "urofossonala' shnuid 'havo
omitted to Cuard a!ainat a surprise. seen1a ynrv
ntrange, aud iH only to 10 accounted for on tho
suppoaitou that tho outsido '.pul" always en-
ployed in these robberioB iu % %tho ostromo % cold 1
clerks movements woro too nuck Tor him. Al
all oyonts, tho clork oDoued Tho door and aaw
before him, in tho ba,lk, the shadow OF a man,
II tho burglars were startled, tho clorl
wns certainly amazed, aud Immediately
demanded, '5WAo'a there? Who's 1hat ~
No anHwcr, but tho man dartod
toward tho clerk. Az quick uB q lasl tho door
was closed aud locked by The cerk who had
dartod outoide, mud who now gayo the alarm by
cries OF "polico!" "Durglars!" &C., u..l tho
bank wan saved.
Oi1!cors can1o!and citzonB turned out, apl tho
burglars dropped nil too!s md rau from u back
door, tho clork catching glimpse Ut two Of
thcr was soon or them, hnt they Wero tracked
acsoss the river, bnt made goou the'r oacape. II
eeeuh 70 nase peou tHo nFss tuousht OF tAo
burglar who wss accoasosl by tho clark, to Bacuro
n HF1Ar rHt tSf%y7E3