Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-02-19

DARING BANK ROBBERY, AT
QUINCY. ILL
The let National Bank Broken
Open and Robbed Of
| $50, 900.
THE RORHERs ESCAPE WITH THE
BOOTY.
The most daring and successful bank
robbery On record, wa. committed al
Quincy, on Thursday night. We con.
dense the particulars from tho WAie
of last evening:
The city was startled early this morn.
Ing BY the report that the vault Of the
First National Bank had been broken
open during the night and the safes
robbed Of their contents.
The discovery was made by VIM.
porter. who cnteraJ The hu hapL sho.,ss =
after 4 o'clock, H., ;mmpi;atelv nn.;
fed the hank officers and attaches whr
arrived before 8 o'clock. After going
TO the second story of the building 4
was found that an entrance had been
effected through the top Of the vault
from The upper floor. It being i'm.
possible to enter the vault by the door
attaches Of the bank were ,i;rects5 H. -
4 10 down from, tha ton and ;nvest;@otn -
They desccnded thrpurh An anertnre
| n the aoor ana fonnd that thc hr;.t'
work over tho vanlt had haan S ra,,,nre., DeS
and 4 norton of tha van,t ,uh;ch l.
made Of boiler iron. had been removed
They entered the vanlt ana fonnd tbss
the doOrs Of the safe. in which thc
funds OF the bank were ken,. had beer,
blown Off and ina entire cnnter,S ~
movod. IN fha varIt were ! iaroo
number of tools ;ncInd;nw sind ga ha -
mers. avs. files. 4 nnsntitv Of rnhha,
tubes, seyeral powder TASKS. some fnse
and 4 pistol.
Tho yauH ia directlv under tho h.l,.
wsy. whiol, rms tho entiro length ~ 3,
The eecond foor Of the hn;ii;n~ a
norton Of the fioor in the haIiv.v :
directly over the vsnlt waa taIa.
/ mn and an anertnrc made largo aronrh
q enable : man ~ crawl thr5urh
Tho hnrrlsrs. IL an,,ears ertcrca
with their toOIs' ana flnfing IL too his
! lob to hresk n thc door Sasorns,na5
On hlovin0 tha mfc onen pnwJc,.
was ainad n ernnr1 ~ dcors 81 !
fuso IN. throuoh : rrIIso, s,,he ~ -
the SECOND Noor And ant to IN ~. ~ st.;r Il
wav. The isrce safe vss anrb,c . ~,
18th to Y 49, ~ '".0 WIS ooooic ons'
The erplosion forced both door. "a.
the donhin saSn crscsad the hs;on -.
walis AZ INA vs,,t srS kroclod ~ IN
nlssserinr ar ths ca;i;ng lin &c - ro",,, enr or
the sontS .ida ~ ~. ha;,J;n~ ~ "" w
''I = 49, ~. ~. s..0 =, w D"llutng. ..u
..c.5oa -. s~.. "a Il Ap.vsaoM .nc ~. laIs uc-
~ ccr.a..s ~" as .sv ~ saa.. sc auo a.ncIcu VI
sac...os,.I o 49, =. ~; a:.. ~ e.yn.s
w Thns~ w.sa .ss.ssS - .s ~ Ia ooa anu currency:
hor ~ sn.,, mi - nnS sno Ssule aree nun :a;
80 e.s.sa;S - M vusnk ~ o..i,
hn ,.... e,.:as uooc pap.I aa9 y
Whsn -" s al, ~ wmo1 III ae WIZ Saaeu . oa
80 49, ro .~I @L:.s = s oPcMcu pIs'
~ NJ 80, MI.0z uvneTu " WM.
:. 80 ~.,,ssra.;a s,., STuI - aa, .wu. upoe MasiDg
49, ensaa.o. 20 III Ma,. scyeaa' were ioanu on
er ~ = h.os,a,, .oI .sn.n n,, 10y sney aaa oeen
,r"sad 49, aop"r,, H h ,e
snail small 49, x,.son o ss-o nas can.a ~ l",m
The iocE ~ sha ~smi, Sonr = as a"Is az
trrhoI - T <, = .ha 49, c,nn.a;o, suas m Tss uas.
Ehe - nr,sroa ~ ~ ~ = : - nesch;n,.; T Thn aI aous :.
~ ~ ~. II - g. hsd - =. 60 W. :.
| ths ssms - -sv Tron IN - arow:r;rr E .h;. =
safa fhe csntanfs mnatIr hends ~
were fouud Ia hc nnd;stnrhed
Upon Jcarnina the exact Condition n
| e6airs, mr.. FenfleId stsfed 10 ths
crowd in the bank that about Ss0SdS
OF tho fundA Of the bank had beer
stolen, but businesa would be transact.
ed as usual.
l The job was done IN . skillfal man
ner and was the work Of professiona
bank robbers. Different opinions ar,
offered as to the time occupied Ii
| working into the vault, many being o
the belief that the work was in pro
gress for several DAYS. while others in
sist that the whole Job was accom-
plished last night.
The bank Is located in the mos
prominent part Of the city, only ON.
block from police head dquarters, and j,
passed every few minutes during th,
night. No one has been found whc
saw any parties about that corner OF
about the building, and how th,
nartfes escaped with 90 many hoxe
without being seen is puzzle.
The parties who could manage
\ robbery so skiIlfnlly, were shar,
.wough TO ,ssYe no clue behind
Nothing could be -aiped from an OK
emfuation Of the tools sd apparatu
| thew left, in she vsnls n. quo saw
thom about tho bnilsl;ng =. ,..,sa:
after they had pecured the hno,r ~
suspicions chsrscters left ~, tba - ~
| ina trains. No na~t;as ,vho wo,.iJ LA i.
suspected az committ;ng - % hnId =. !
robbery SO sncressfnllv hevs 49,. u -
| in the CITY for seyersl dsvs AM and ~ M
officials 81 The hank. .s ~, 1 ~ az ~
authorities. IN their nttamn, - hrn, t
down the ruiItv nart;ss hsrs ~ ~n.h;nn u
to Commence On. y
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