The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-06-17
A BIG HAUL.
THE NEATEST BANK ROBBERY
ON RECORD.
THE CENTRAL BANKFALLs FOR ss soo

ever recorded occurred in this citv Tn.s
Gay noon. The circumstances of the rob.
Dery and the manner in general in which II
q was done have freshness about them that
makes the ravenous newspaper man rather
happy IN bis reportorial position over the
prospect ofrecording them. The bank i'm
which the daring act was committed was
the Central, at the corner of Market and
pennsylvania street, of which Mr.. J. M.
Ridenour is president, and Mr.. C. B. Cones
! Is cashier. With the information gathered.
the story, which will relate how 81 SO0 in
GOOD money was taken from the desk of a
; , bank in broad daylight, is as fol-
Chicago on the 1. c. & L. road vesteTSav
morning brought two gentlemen and a lsdy
from tie city mentioned. One of the oen-
tlemen told a hackman that he would Want
a carriage at the depot at 1880 to take
the other two persons and himself
TO the Hotel Bates, as they wanted to re
main in the sleeping car while it stood on
the vacant tracks at the end of the denot
until that time. At halt past seven the
hackman took them to the hotel where
tDey registered IN poor hand-writ-
ing the names James Wallace Detroit
D. n. Woods and wife. Detroit - Thay
went into breakfast and from that time nm
I'll the hour OF noon they remained In their
room. At II O'Clock they asked the cIerk
TOR carriage and in few minutes more he
trlo was being driven to the corner
OF Pennsylvania and Washington streets.
where one of the gentlemen aliehted. while
the other ordered the hickman, Tim Hur-
ley, by name, to drive to the Central Bank.
Arriving here. the occupants of the hack
asked Hurley to step inside and ask one of
the clerks to come to the carriage to see |
the lady, making as an excuse the
pouring down rain, which they were afraid |
would iDiure the lady's dress if she got ont |
Hurley stepped into the bank and informed |
Mr.. Israel Taylor, the assistant cashier, and |
MT- Robert Parker, teller, of the |
lady's wish. There was no one
else ia the bank at the time
1t being the dinner hour. Mr.. Parker
lokingly said to Mr.. Taylor: "You are a
ladies' man; go out and see her." Just as Mr..
Taylor reached the lobby at the out
SIDE of the door, he noticed the
hackman standing opposite another gentle
man. This other gentleman afterwards
proved to be the one who had remained
In the carriage, when the third person got
out square below. Passing by them to
the carriage, Mr.. Taylor stepped into the
v 's1 70 keep out ofthe rain, and the lady
MADE known her want to be to buy IS 900 |
worth of London exchange. Mr.. TAYLOR
tolG her that he could not &C.
commodate her, and for a
space OF about three minutes !
be remained in the carriage answering nm
carriage, the man who stayed in the door !
passed Z
INSIDE THE BANK G
20 the counter, and engaged Mr.. Parker in p
conversation. in regard to depositing b
400, which he claimed belonged g
o his sister, and had been real o
zed by a sale of real estate. q
lie was very particular as to the rate of in W
crest the money would draw Mr.. Parker
alked to him with considerable interest
nd begged, as the man said he would call o.
gain after dinner. to wait moment until
Or. Taylor returned from the carriage and
hen he could learn the exact rate of inter q
81 the bank would allow on the kind of %
deposit he desired to make. He dc
7ould not wait, however, and as m
now seems to be, timed his departure m
nth the return of Mr.. Taylor. The latter pI
had stood at the door until he 9,
aw the carriage turn and go toward IN
fletcher 81 Sharpe's bank, where the lady re
sd been told by Mr.. Taylor to purchase m
iondon exchange. Mr.. Taylor returned ov
inside OF the desk, and joined with Mr.. tn
arker in few words of jest about stalking az ~
hack ride in the rain with lady" Iu less 1n
han five minutes afterward Mr.. Ridenour W,
anne into the bank, and the conversation III
lrned Oh the proposed deposit of S47oO W.
-fter few words Mr.. Parker said to Mr. ~ aI
sylor, Where is your money" meaning the re.
honey generally left on the desk for counter we
-ansactlons. Mr.. Taylor turning saw that la
re pile of bills WAS absent, and with con- IN
derable alarm looked into the safe to see if wi
g had placed the money there. 1t could ms
Of be found and you may no no
'st assured that there was WE WE
me CONSERVATION in that bank. The call we we
the $4,000 depositor together. with the an
ther strange conduct of The lady in the POI
sck, were forcibly brought before their tor
inds: Mr.. Taylor remembered that T n1i
e female female, had said she had been
1t he thought nothing of the
definite reference at the time, supposing
Mr.. Williams" was friend of the bank
ne conversation of the would-be deposit c
r came up, and on being looked into nj;
RATHER SUSPICIOUS. tbi
le place at the counter where Mr.. Parker ina
d stood during the conversation was sen
out eight or ten feet in front Mi Mi
the place where the money was. sec
sre then is the theory which gives the ten
ntlemen who first left the carriage, place nnt
take hand in.the transaction. He had fhil
ne In the Market street en- pay
Ince in the roar which opens The
20 Mr.. Ridenour's private Office, ten
I'd coming up to the counter all he S W.e
d to do was to get on the counter and was
len around the screen 10 Wnere the money nou
IS left. or course this had to shes
done with the utmost
-e and the depositing friend had to keen I'M
:. Parker very closely engaged to prevent THE
lection while the other was in o.
ACT OF reaching for the p
re. It was probably when the Or
ney was safe in the hands of the thief -.
4 the thief was again outside the rear -oul
Or, that the two decoys, the one in the per
riape and the one at the front oo,,ntor Colo
,,rRt +hox- ,.ro..,I war
~e" ~. Az just in Il
10" minuteS before the char
S5 train on the 1. @. & L. road going on I
rth left the woman left Hurley's lie r
TX and went into the depot. One of the me
y Hi.o. ioavAns sno panh went 10 tne MOTEL Urea
paid the Dill. and from fhara he <IO