Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-10-19
Daring Bank Robbery.

The Peoples bank of Manchester,
Mich, was entered by burglars on
Tuesday morning, the 10th inst, and
over SO, 900 in currency taken from it's
vaults. From al the particulars
which The Times correspondent can
ascertain this burglary is one of the
most daring ones in the annals of
crime. 1t seemed as though nature
herself had conspired to assist the des.
peradoes in their desperate work.
The night was dark and dismal, and
a high wind had been blowing till after
m dnight. This, added to the fact that
the town is a small village OF about
1900 inhabitants, with no night watch
man, gave the robbers almost absolute
immunity from interruption. The fol-
lowing is description of the bank
building and particulars of the burg
larry, as near as can be ascertained:
The Peoples hank is located in brick
block, on the main street of the village.
That contained what was supposed to
be an extra burglar and fire-proof
N2lllt. located in the ceuter Of the bank.
between the cashiers Office and the d1.
rectors' room. The front of the of.
fee is lighted by two large plate-glass
windows also, two doors in the rear
and one in front give access to the
building. Within the vault was a
large safe, supposed to be fire and
burglar-proof. Now to the theory of
the burglary. The burglars entered by
the rear door, probably using jimmy.
Thence they passed to the front door
and loosened the lock, giving ready
egress to the street. The vault was
thus approached, and the strong brick
wall, Is inches in thickness, was CHS
eled through and an aperture made of
sufficient size to admit a full.siZed man.
The inside vault door was opened from
within by uncapping the lock, but the
inside door. made of strong iron and
firmly secured, was as yet unentered.
The burglars then drilled into the safe
door and introduced, it is supposed,
nitro.glycerine cartridge. The mine
was now ready, and soon a loud con-
cussi0n started the quiet burghers in
their beds. The shell of the safe door
was riven and torn from its hinges. the
outside vault door blown open. despite
| it's locks and bars, and the large plate
| windows, 25 feet further on, shattered
into thousand pieces. The clock on
the wall was stopped at 10 minutes OF
"A. NJ, which was the time of the ex.
plosion. Shortly after second explo.
sion tore away the other obstructions,
and the safe was open. The iron cash.
box must soon have given away before
the wedges which were driven into it,
and the rich booty was secured. The
books, papers, and notes were uuntoch-
ed, and the robbers. after turning the
bank card to the street so as to read
sshank open,'' departed unmolested.
Both of the explosions were distinctly
heard by the citizens. One. person
who was sleeping near the bank saw
three men enter after the first report,
but dare not for his life raise the
alarm. There is no clue yet.
Married next week, hear, chg
remarked a friend, slappinga good
young man of Burlington in a congrat'
ulatory way on the shoulder erich
girl up from Davenport, hear!'
well, no, said the young man. Sitting
a little sigh, s'things was all arranged,
, but I've kind o had to put the wedding
off a little while, like it might be. ,
..What's wrong?" asked the friend II
sympathetic tones. .'Old folks d0w1
on the match!'' sswell, not exactly
. We see she has no parents, and she''
her own boss, like, but 'tGirl didn'
, throw you, did she! Didn't go bacl
on you!'' '.Well," said the youn,
man, hesitatingly' "n-no. not exactly
Ye see two of her husbands kind o
happened to find her and come in o.
her together, sort of unexpected like
aud I've Just sort of thought we.
kind of put it off like it might be-
| And the subject of conversation wa
5 delicately changed, like. s