The Republican journal., 1877-08-16
Gigantic Bank Robberies,

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Soon after this robbery. the robbers began to
| scour the country for weak banks One Of them
| spotted the Second National Bank of Elmira,
and, after thorough Investigations found that the
| only way theE cooht work was through the toor
~ n w ouhg ven 'hl1Sliah ASS"elaflon room
Wheh was olFectly over me vault OF the bank
but 1t uilieul!N presented ltScl' ne door ol TINS
room was an IRON ohc ana locked with a Hal lock
| IL was HeoesSt! 10 De '!pe 10 open TINS lock III
| some way every niSht ID order to work at the
| vault anu 'heS uld not KNOW now u Hall lock
| eouiu pc opened nor could they learn. They de
cIu9" 1llaI III some way they must ger thc secret
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eu WIN husoil' y salesman OF hGrrlngs SAFES Ed
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i'ii ioch toulo nc oPei'e" Nolefs S"' some one
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qullns aoouI sues, ana Us was expected Eusoll
m''s acn' !" ~ re- ,.'ou. II. ne "tht 10 hlllr1 ~
was asieeo tlat scout should put paper Wiid INTO
t1e nan lock 'nat hlght so nat IL would not WORK
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b bo "i.u ,As aoiI" iieie III tii'
sup'lps olio was represented DIS eLe "lle Oh !.
hian VIZ Mits away great deal ne mousse was
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| n'.'t '"n"''S '',' -''hn n'rrE SH''' 'h'F days.
S"lls 1.lt ~ llSht only ana lhev We're never seen
lhet hNeu .nefe sN weeks, every nlght thev
ven 10 the l. NJ. !. a. room unlockea tnt uoor
tooh up tne ilooiln "ii' went :" "orh i'H re-
moved ION aiter '"h OF stones ana carried them up
~ !" lilr lol' ~ .e pptl' nous punching III tShH's'
iHe!t we're louf ltet oi Soliu masonry 10 oc 0HS
a laver of railroad iron and plate of Il inch steel
| They GOT through all of this but the last plate
but one night President Pratt of the bank having
9uesloA ~ :" iliao ny I N'iu'' "a" lN eI ~ VIII
uus' VI tre no"', ne S"scc'eu sollle'llnS' anu
| and all cot away but Berry They had expected
to get some 800 O00 in grecnbacks and s. 900 900
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| pump They going by different routes, met Dun
| lap in Quincy Ill., Here the Baltimore woman had
| hired a house and in it the gang lived and from
| it went to work Getting access to the room over
! the vault they took up the flooring every night
and at last rot down to the safes upon which they
| expected to Use the air pump Scott and puulap
| after taking off the brick TOP, went down into the
vault Then the seams of the upper safe were all
puttied up, excepting a little hole al the top and
| bottom On ii piece of paper was placed tine pow
der and held to the little hole at the top of the
vault and the air pump was applied to the lower
hole; and thus the powder was sucked in. Then
a little pistol was attached to the upper hole load
ed only with powder a strin.r attached to the ri.r-
ger and at a safe distance DISCHARGED but there
was only pun' Another ATTEMPT was more suc-
| ccsstul and Sl20 600 in money and some 500 600
| in bonds were taken
In the fall of 1874 their money rave ont and they
began to look around for a fresh Job After a while
| it was learned that the First National Bank at
| Coyington Nv had a great deal of money in its
vaults, and was good one to work" Scott Con
! ners Red Leary Jim Draper and Others went to
| Coyington but Dunlap was not included in the
| party on account OF a quarrel with Scott The
| vault of this bank is under the Opera House Con
ners fitted up a KEY to the Opera House door The
| ra1,r went in every ni.rbt removed the orchestra
seats took M the floor and easily took off the tom
| Of tbe vauh When all was ready ,onnrrs staved
| outside to watch. Scott and Learv went down in
to tile vault and charged the safe with powder.
The explosion was a terrific one. as a little nitro
! plycrrlnr was used The ceiling of the bank fell
| and there was a bio shower Of bricks ,Iust and
mortar. The noise was SO loud that Conners was
! frightrned he cave an alarm and tbe RANG fed
LEAVING behind : 100 600 IN rrprnbnrEs and i 500
! oOO in GOOD bonds
! M. po.,,illn Cam R,nI, ,vas rrvt nir4I,, Il
unon Thry hal mo- tronhlr in %.ttinr irto thr
room avon, in. hank ana n, thn first nj ,eLt tn,Ind
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