Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-09-09
DARING ROBBERY.
Bank OF Huntington Rob
bed at MONDAY.
PURSUIT AND ESCAPE OF THE
ROBBERS.

here on Monday last. There are but
two persons regularly engaged in the
Bank, and while one of them is at
dinner, the other remains alone. -
THE ROBBERY.
| On Monday while Mr.. Russell the
President was at dinner, two men en-
tered the Bank with revolvers in
their hands and both OF them
jumped over the counter and secured a
revolver lying o the desk. Mr.. Oney
Cash er jumped t. get the revolver,
but they were ahead of him, and
told him to "hold up his hands" at
the same time bringing four revolvers
II bear on him. They then told him
they wanted the money in the Bank,
and ii he undertook to raise an alarm
they would kill him. He began to
tempOrize to gain time; they told
him TO open the safe; he told them
it was open; they then said they
wanted the inner apartment opened.
He told them the KEY was not there
They opened drawer and found the
KEY; and then told him to open it. -
He told them "he would not do it. "
1T Won DO not we will kill you" He
replied III YOU do, know you wont
, get the money. He kept them
temporizing a. long a possible, but a.
last they got tired and told him
"time was up, and he had to open
the safe, and swore they would blow
/ his brains out unless he did. He
then opened the safe and they told
him to hand out the money. He
handed out two packages, and told
them that was all, but one of them
stopped and saw that he had pushed
a package back they ordered him to
hand that out too. They then asked
him how much there was; he told
them and thy seemed disappointed
because there WAS 10 more; they
made him show the cash ticket of
/ the day before and said chat was all
tight They then asked Mr.. Oaey
/ if "anv of that money was his" He
told them yves; his balance was
about seven dollars" They said,
"well, We don't want this little serape
To cost YOU anything" and counted
him out his seven dollars. They
told Mr.. Oney they had been in that
business some time, but he was the
coolest man they had ever come
across.
In the mean tine, jim the col;
orei messenger had come in, they
| sud nothing u him until he got in ;
they asked him if he had any mon
ev amongst the papers he brought
/ from the Post office lie told them
| he did not know what there was ;
they then told him to stand up in
the corner and keep quiet and he
would not get hurt.
After securing all, they took Mr.
Oney and jim, and marched them
across the street, to where their hor-
>es were. Mr.. Russell, tn. President,
in company with Mr.. Ben. Davis
was at the corner returning from din
|ner, a. soon as Mr.. Oney found only
one OF the robbers was pointing his
pistol mt him. he yelled, but thew
Jumped for their horses, and were of
Nh. Ru,sel ran INTO the Bank while
the robbers still had Mr. Oney, to
loak tor his revolver, but it was gone
and he then ran out and gave the
alarm.
/ When the two robbers went into
the Bank. Nr. Powell who lives OPP
paslte saw them jump over the com-
ter. and was about RI sing an alarm,
but lust then, two Others rode up IN
front of his store; one of them Dis
mounted went in. asked for 4 cigar
he handed him five dollar note t.
pay for it. He saw that MIR. Powell
was excited and aSkel him if he had
any fire arms about the house? Al
the same time he got between him
and the back door of his store, and
then told him that chose men in the
Bank were going to take what change
there was there, and that il he under
took to raise an alarm or escape, they
would kill him." thew made him
stand ont ON the sidewalk until the
men in the bank came out with Mr.
.Onev. keeping him under their piS
rolS. The men in the Bank had hitch
al their horses near Mr.. Sanburn
I blacksmith shop; they mounted and
we're in minute riding at full run
toward Four Pole.
TIE PURSUIT..
Mr. Russell came down the street
alarming the citizens and hurried t,
the stable for his horse; Sheriff
smith heard the alarm and started
I bv Mr.. RusSeps direction 10 pursue
the robbers; Mr.. Rus,el was mounted
ON his fleet gray horse, armed with
double barrel shot gun, and in les,
time than il takes To- tell Of II. he
and the Sheriff were going 1T break
neck spec up the IL ON the othei
side OF Folr Pole. Mr.. Ggrlan
, when he hetrd the alarm, shut anc
locked his store, ran over t. the sta
bic and called for horse, and II
, less than two minutes he was In pur
suit; soon Rev. Mr.. Gibson, (broth
er to Capt. f. Gibson MeSSrs En-
, mons. Pollard, Donnella, Stuart, No
bic, Elkius and Others were out anC
p ON the trail. Mes>rs I. ;. Garland
Russell and the Sheriff came 50 cos
f'on the robbers that they dropped (
sack containing $50 in nickels and
certificate of deposit for five thouSan'
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