The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-15
ROBBERY OF REAM'S BANK
BY Four Masked Men.
The Robbers Gag Mr.. Ream, and
Compel him to Open the Safe,
And hand over $4,000.

Yesterday morning, between II
and l o'clock, four masked men,
armed with revolvers, entered the
residence of Mr.. w. NJ. Ream, Banker,
in this place, and surrounding his bed,
seized and gagged him, and conducted
him into the Bank, which is in the same
building where ne resides, and with re
volver5 drawn, commanded him on PEN
atty of instant death to unlock the safe,
and deliver to them the money contents
of the same, which amounted to about
SIO,0OO-being all, with the exceptions
Of three or four hundred dollars special
eposits,-the safe contained. One Of the
robbers, stood guard over Mrs. Ream
and her little child, while the others su-
perintended the ceremony of securing
the money of the safe. =.
After the money had been delivered
10 them, they bound Mr.. Ream's hands
and feet, and placed him on chair in
1 the Office, and then quietly departed -
the last one to leave. perhaps, being the
/ one who was guarding Mrs. r. In the
course of Is or 20 minutes Mrs Ream,
who, as might well be supposed. was
very greatly frightened, arose and went
! in search Of her htl-bIpI -fir-t. ho1ev-
ever, arousirg female domestic sleep
ing in an adjoining room. Whpn she
discovered him, houni and g3gg- d, SIT
upon tho floor. The domestic coning
npon the scene, tHcu cut the cords that
bound Mr.. Ream. Buthe was compelled
to devote his attention to his ~ ife before
going into the street 10 give the alarm
As soon as be had placed her in bed. he
went ont to arose the people, and it wa,
with great difficulty and after the lapse
of considerable time, that he was cue
cessful in fully impressing the neigh bors
with a correct understanding of the
situation Of affair.".
In the course of an hour, or so, after
the EObucEiI HuIlDeE VI CitlLelS HAu
gathered at the bank, and dispatches tc
) the chiefs Of police of several cities, and
marshals of neighboring towns, were
prepared, and sent, and other prepara
tions were made to pursue the robbers
but we believe no person left town il
pursuit before daylight yesterday morn
ing.
The robbers were all masked anC
armed, as above stated, and are men o
medium size They wore on their fee
gum shoes OF boots, and among them ha'
one dark lantern. Mr. Ream think
that when they left the bank they wen
in the direction of the Square, and
number of persons living on South Co
: lumbus street, and In the south part O
r town near the New Lexington road
heard wagon passing rapidly over tn
time the robbery was completed. 1t
therefore probable that the robbers es
capped in that direction, and that ther
u we're more engaged in it than the fou
v who entered the house.
> 1t is not known certainly how the rot
bers effected an entrance to the hous,
u but the servant remembers that whe
l. she went to lock the hall door, she hear
noise from upstairs, as of some OF
$ stepping lightly, and it is now the beli
l. of both Mr.. and Mrs. Ream that II
70 robbers came into the house before nil
J. oclock-probably at the time of II
'r progress of a meeting in the bank off
c. of the ladies and gentlemen composir
:! committees for the. Methodist Festival,
J" and that they secreted themselves in OF
Is Of the rooms upstairs. Besides Mr.. al
Mrs. Ream and infant, there We're
,n other parts of the house, Mrs Akin
10 an aged lady. who slept in an up-Stni
rd room, and a female domestic, who wi
Mr.. Rs httle daughter, slept in roo
adjoining his own chamber Bat no
Of these persons were disturbed in til,
slumbers by the midnight robbers, =
50 knew nothing Of what had happen
until it wa~ all over.