The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-08-19
1 Daring and BLOODY Effort 10 Rob
The state Savings Bank.
Two Men in Broad Daylight TRY
to Murder Mr.. u. II. Grubrr,
the President.
Struggling with Two DcspcrhiOcs 81
NIIlnIny FoiIcd nundrod
Odd Dollars Only Kissing.

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State Savings Bank, was sitting at the
desk, two men entered the bank and,
springng over the counter, grnppled
with him, when he got to the counter,
one Of them striking him blow with
a pistol on the back OF the head, par
TALLY stunning him. He made brave
and desperate resistance and held on
the money he had in his hands. The
men grabbed up II handful of cur
rency, II few hundred dollars only, and
ran out Of the back door toward and
over the fence in the back yard, one OF
them presenting Il pistol at Master
GIuber II lad of about fourteen years
of age, who pulled the door shut he
tween himself and his murderers pis-
toll. The men must have had their
plans well laid, rs they mounted their
horses, one II bay, the other n sorrel,
and rode oil; the one on the sorrel out
Lamar street with Il pistol in his
hand, the other, it is said, went down
Commerce toward the fridge.
a pistol and part OF II false beard
were picked in the back yard. One OF
the men--the one who wore u long,
black, false beard-is described as
thicl-set, with dark eyes. He rode the
sorre horse.
Phe robbers went out through the
Cedars, on Ervay street, towards Brow
der Springs and the Central Depot, fol-
Lowell by party in pursuit,
Mr. Gruber received painful but
not dangerous wound IN the back of
his head, cutting through the skin to
the skull, about an inch in length, with
"A bruise in the face, all of which bled
prolusely. The moment the robbers
! jumped the counter, he saw their OBJ
ject was robbery, and MURDER proba-
bly,. Unfortunately, they happened to
get between him and the place where
his pistols were, otherwise he might
have killed one ~ both Of them. Mr..
Gruber is n small man compared to the
robbers, but he mede most gallant
resistance.
A gentleman who had rushed in
found him Needing pro(usely, and
somewhat faint, with the loss Of blood,
but still held the money grasped in his
hand lie was taken into the Direc.
tors room of the bank, and had his
wounds dressed by Drs. Holland,
Storey, Locke and other gentlemen.
A lady who saw the robbers after
they came out of the bank, says that
their horses were tied in the vacant
lot near the engine house, which is inn
mediately in the rear Of the bank, and
separated by seven foot close board
fence. One rode II sorrel horse and
drove grey and bay In front, evident
" the horses of the robber who went
into the bank, and the one who staid
outside and had been taking notes of
the situations few minutes before
the robbery, by pricing millinery in an
adjoining store. The man on the sor-
rel horse rode out of the lot into Com
merce street, turning into Lamar
street. Before doing so the other two
men must have mounted the grey and
bay horses, as the one on the sOrrel
horse was seen alone, going out Lamar
street, pistol in hand, near the COM
press, 10y Mr.. Joe. Record, and after
wards to pass the colored school house
beyond.
Mr.. Gruber states that when the
robbers presented themselves at the
counter, he was sitting at his desk,
and looking up he saw them, and
while approaching the counter they
drew down on him with their pistols,
and scramhling over the counter closed
in on him, one of them knocking him
down with his pistol. He thinks the
shot was the result of the blow given
him, or one of the men may have fired
at him while down. He thinks they
struck him in the face, hoping to bind
him, and that they did not anticipate
any difficulty in affecting the robbery,
when they leveled their pistols at him
and climbed over the counter.
This is the most daring robbery ever
J committed in this city, In broad day
J light, in the business centre of the city,
, two men enter bank, and terrific
: struggle, regular death grapple oc-
ours, and ii is not seen on II great
thoroughfare. People were probably
passing at the time, but the plate glass
windows in front covered with signs,
and the bank counter, aud glass panes
prevented any one from seeing what
was going OH behind the counter,
when the struggle took place.
Somes days ago Hugh Stapp, noto.
rious desperate, was arrested here and
lodged in Jail. 1t il surmised these
robbers may have been friends of his
and part of the John Wesley Hardin
gang. AS yet no clue has been discov-
cred as to who, the robbers are. An
other theory, based on the robbers
perfect familiarity with the suburbs,
trails In cedar brakes, country roads
and short cuts, is that they belong ia
the Younger-James gang, the Young.
ers having once resided In this county,
near Haught's store, east of this city.
The affair created intense excite.
ment ut the time, and the streets were
crowded with men for hours, discuss
ing the extraordinary daring and
audacity OF the robbeis.
4 Sheriff Moon returned last night
from frultless search for the bank