Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-01-04
A Farmer Bank RObber Now a Eu-
rOpean NObleman - A Converts

of a police officer went into the Ken
sington Bank of Philadelphia and said
to the cashier: II am Lieut.. - OF
- Precinct. There's plan on foot
to rob your bank tonight. want you
to have your Waterman here and will
have nv men to assist. Do not say
word. and by to morrow the game will
be bagged." The cashier extended his
hand and thanked the officer, and lett
all in his charge. The night came, and
the Lieutenant, with his men, were adj
mitted to the bank. There was par
lev, and three of the officers and one
watchman of the bank were detailed to
take walk to shadow some OF the men
outside, The Waterman was sent back
after q certain time had elapsed, and
when he returned he found his partner
handcuired and tied, the vaults open,
and $500. 900 in negotiable paper and
money gone. When the cashier came
around he found out that there had
been O robbery, and then he suddenly
remembered that he didn't know the
Lieutenant--iid didn't even know his name.
The Kensington Bank never recovered
dollar.
In 1872 three men went to the owner
of the Third National Bank in Balti-
more and hired room adjoining the
bank. Gentlemen" inquired one Of
the bank officers, "what are you going
to do with it?"
'We are spectators now" they said,
"and if We succeed in our business we
think of opening bank" The papers
were made out, the rent paid, and bust
ness commenced. In two weeks they
did open a bank--the Third National
Bank, next door--by burrowing under
the vault. They left the country with
$400, 900, not dollar of which came
back.
The vault OF the Ocean Bank of New
York was opened by one man--Maxi-
milan Shinburn, and robbed of $780,
600. He frequented the bank until his
acute ears learned by the peculiar click
of the combination precisely how to
work it. And he made it, after listen
ing for months, the very first time. He
fed to Belgium, where he purchased o
title, and is now living there as one of
the nobility.
About eight years ago several men
hired room under tho Boylston Bank
of Boston, opened business as the trio
did in Baltimore, and dug up into the
vault at their leisure. The amount
with which they dug out was $3.50 900.
The men who did this work were Adam
Worth, Ike Marsh. alias "Big Ike"
Charlie Billiard, alias "Piano," and
Bob Cochran. They got away to Eu-
rope with 5000, 900 of negotiable paper.
Worth is living the life of prince over
the water still. Marsh came back,
cracked another bank, was caught, and
is now serving out seventeen years in
Philadelphia. Ballard went to Paris
with his portion, and opened a boutfet
at Rue Sc1ibe, said to have been sim
ply magnificent. He remained in the
city d. & the siege, and might have
been there yet, had not Chicago de-
tectivC who happened over there spot
ted him. The Paris police were noti-
fed of his character, and in short time
s they detected him in piece of crooked
work, for which he fled the place. He
came back to America, was arrested,
and about ten days ago he escaped from
the Charlestown, Mass, prison. Coch-
ran alone tried to be straight. He went
to Canada, bought farm, and in about
six months died there.
The Beneficial Savings Fund of Phil
adelphia was robbed of 81 600, 900 few
years ago, by forcing the cashier to give
the combination. Every dollar OF the
amount was recovered by negotiation,
and the craftsman retired on compe-
tency.
The Northumberland vaults gave up
their treasures on account of visit
which masked men made to the CASH
ier's residence, where he kindly handed
over the combination, ana went to tho
bank with them, because he couldn' t
help himself.
The First National Bank of Whining
ton, Del, was entered, and the attempt
to rob it was precisely the same rs that
worked on the Manhattan on last Sun
day morning. The cracksmen went
into the janitor's room and gagged him
and his family. An old colored woman
crawled under the bed, but one of the
men dragged her out. A door CHANGED
to be left open and through it she man
aged to escape. She was chased almost
to the police station, and her flight
saved the institution.
1t was reserved for the cashier OF the
Chamsbersburg, Pa, Bank to DO bull
dozed by two Chicago men, Louis
Claremont, the expert, and Abner
Wicks, his brother-in- Flaw. Claremont
had the vaults opened up for him, took
the treasure, assisted by Wicks, got
away, was captured and taken back and
convicted. All of the money was re.
4 covered.
It sometimes happens that many Of
the bonds aid papers taken by these
experts are "raised" and passed, or sold
to wildcat" spectators. This, how
ever, is not 80 common now as il has
been. So few have been able to do it
successfully that it has been almost
abandoned.
There is an old man who is now sery-
ing out his time in the Eastern Peni
Tertiary at Philadelphia, named Jack
Canter, who was the most remarkable
man in this respect that ever lived.
But he failed at last. He was detected
in raising bonds which he had sold 10 q
wildcat insurance company. He was
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