The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-04-15
BURGLkRT ExTRtonpIly1RY.
KWslI-Armed Hama OF ,Burginrs wake
a Raid ON the First National Bank OF
Covfngson, Kentucky.

n W r1-OFLutM 4tUma or AuEKImrs Mskt'
a Raid ON the First National Bank Of
CovtngsOn, Kentucky.
\ TFrOm the Cincinnati Enquirer, April 81
The orderly city ofCevington was treat
ed TO a sensation of the highest order yes
-teEday, in the skillfnlly planned and bold
" executed burglarizing of the vault OF
the First National Bank situated In Odd
Fellow Hall nor the&sE corner Of Filth
tie bank are usually entered from fifth
Street, and extend from Madison along
Fifih TO the main entrance of the hall.
An ordinary lbankcoupter runs the entire
length Of tfie- counting room, , on either
side of it is door leading to the room OF
the bank officers. In the face Of the parti-
ktiDn separating the rooms, and inside the
counter,is the door of the large Are-proof
vault within which is the safe containing
the deposits, general and special books,
etc. The vault runs back into the officers
r9om, and against its rear wall Is the CASH
ier's private desk. The vault is about ten
feet kighs the 't5pd beng sb0ut 1ax feet
from the floor of the concert room above.
Immediately at the rear of the bank is the
entrance to the ball. lodge-roOms, etc.
The diseoyert Of mischief was made by
the porteri 4 eolored mafl named George
WIN OJtUcu DdIlh ADOub Wv
q. m. for thepurpose of sweeping out, etc.
Opening the door to the officers room, he
WAS surprised to see a great quantity Of
tplastering on the floor and Sdesks; going
thence into the bank Quantity lime-ddst
MAS observed by him about the door OF
The vault. He then. supposing that an at
tempt al burglary had been made, went
I INTO, Che cellar bbt s;sw nothing to con-
firm his suspicious there. His next
Brought was thai there had been ball
up stairs, and that perhaps the
6incers had enjoyed the occasion
| 50 heartily i3s[td Kick IhA plaster off
\ below them. Nothing further was OBJ
l,served by him except peculiar smell
About the room, for which he could not
i account. A patient waiting for the COM
! ing of the officers being all that he could
do psxt- Haskins sat down to wait the is
sue. MIR. Allen, the teller, came IN about
$50; and -ifHHaedistelF commenced inYes-
legations. Haskins drew his attention to
the smell, asking If it>were peculiar to
banks, receiving negative answer:
.'Tbsn,r says !, giving Georges Ian,
I gusge, mir. Allen, that ar am apowder
fsmefl.',I Mr.. Tom Brooks, secretary of
bedmmoned, with the keys in his possess
sion, came over. and, fitting TtheTkey to
/ the lock on thei Fifth Street doorto the
| hall, was surprised to find the door open.
The party then proceeded upstairs, find
ing the inher doors all open, A single
Glance at the fieerof Gre hall told the
FYhole story. The -bank, had been bur-
iblariZed, but to what extent? Al" the
| base of the raised Hoofing in, they hall,
! about fifteen feet from Eth Street, fine
flooring, for a length of twenty and
J breadth of ten feet, had been sawed and
lifted out, Piss ana adj The president
and other officers having arrived, q more
! thorough search was had. A light show
ed the bricks and Cement forming the
roof of the vault torn out, and that the
tburglars had effected their entrance in
that way, LIN where the safe stood, scat
tered around, was large lot Of the tools
used; all of them being, according to ma
chinists -afterward present, of the most
excellent material and. finish procnrable
kSnelbaker.. Chief ,sef the. Cincinnati Po-
Lice. who had been Summoned, and the
Others Of the police present from the city
and Covington, The most scientifically
contrivea apparatus fer, that purpose they
ever had seen. Their value is estimated at
from 500 to $500. Among them are six
saws, several Geld ehisels, files and spatu-
las, a dark-lantern, twenty-five feet Of rub
her hose, some center-punches, fifteen
drills, Jacks, combined ratchet stand and
twist drills, and a pneumatic pump with.
.appuFtSanAnces eff the greatest strength
and most elaborate pattern and finish. BY
meanss of the Inst the air is eKhausted, and;
powder forced in the. safe as NAV be de-
sired. There were also four common oil
cloth sacks, commonly called !carpet-sacks,
ya.large hot of putty, fivegor six powder
TASKS, etc, etc., with powder of the finest
quality. Finally, there was q bucket of
water for possible fire, and twisted rope
by which the thieves provided an escape
through north secohdsstoFy window.
Getting within the vault tie appliances for
bursting open the safe doersSwere brought
! into requisitiun. The powder was driven
in, and things made ready for the
grand effort, which was to reward The ras-
Gals for the skill, labor and expense In
Cured in their attempt. 1t is supposed
that during the ignition of the blast the
burglars had gone upstairs into the lodge
rooms for safety. What curses, long and
deep, went muttering out ON the fright
elled night air. viii never be known but
that the unsuccessful issue provoked a
small tornado ofimP Eecatery CALCULATIONS
may be imagined The might had gone,
and the coming daylight left them to
ybope for nothing, :! Escape was an they
Gould expect, and escape they did, leaving
their tools behind them The. blast vas
started between and s I'm etfis morning
according to the statement of.Mr. H. j.
!Steinborn, living on Fifth, a few doors
east OF. the hall, who was awakened By, a
noise, which he thought was the wind
tearing his awning off about she time IN
dicateG His wife, also, was awakened by,
the report, She thought. it was thunder,
but says it, had a riimbIing sound, as
Though avery heavy wagon were being
Griven along the sidewalk
AS the, news spread through the city
men were at first disposed to treat it as an
April joke; but it had TOO serious an air
for that, and very soon excited crowds
gathered on the corners near the bank,
discussing the matter, Offering explana-
tons OF how, when and why it was done,
who did it, and how it-would not have
! happened if such and such things had beer
or had NOT, been, how RHea the banllhad
lost who were the depositors, etc. etc
Col 6nel Snefb&kerT r Captain Welch, Detee-l
tives Ampthauer and Mead, and Officer
Duffy, from Cincinnati, came over about
$780, and made an inspection of the prem
ises. inc0mpany with Marshal Bolan, and
deputy Marshal Goods0n, Expert lock
I smiths from HALL &Gd.'s.t Cincinnati. and
StAtoder, of Covington, were also at work
on the safe door Attempting- 10 OPEN the
door which concealed frpnrthe ofiicefs afill
deposjters the tknowIedge th6y -xeftkeF
hoped or feared for until that door; was,
topeh no]ohecbhla say with oerts 81 ii Mtiaa
thad ibeeh tbs Snecess on failure. Of die Dur.
l-glarF and the loss of the bank. -, President
Amos Shinkle aanhsd About UaFAfE and
I quietly, replying as ce4Eteously as he
ecu u be expected to QAdeg ther ciycppI<
stanees, q. B. StepheAs fhfoftably Seat.
ed himself on tablerand phlosophically
viewed the Nfeek.o lGoEffn6F FisE W s
,sphinx1ite as usual, and Cashier Fry be-
!: tFayed just the iea<t bit OF aiNefyi II The
lssmiths worked on, and the people outside
wait diH-fe~erisiri mpatience forrhe result,
l,-'fIt cometh ~nekiTtbsE said lagSin ard
! M. and, the city. WAS reliaEea toO tindst3mt
the Ret result of profit to the burglars was
the loss of thetn rHg, toolS andyS6bd
Etemper. the seotching ofth LADS holding
the nickles, and the damage done to the
safe Only that andnbt4fiTTp more. ex-