Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-08-07
EAnk RObbcries Of BygOne Days.

For dinner; and, like patience or . throne,
He didn't rave TO find a button gone"
EAnk RObbcries Of ByE0nc Days.
In 1870 man dressed in the uniform o
apOlice officer went into the kensingtol
tank of Philadelphia and said TO the cash
ita. IL am Lieutenant -. Of --- pre-
cinct. There is Il plan on foot TO rob you
bank tonight. want You to have YOU
watchman here and will have my men tt
sssist. Do not say II word. and by 10
morrow the game W II I've 'sggetI" The
cashier extended his hand. thanked the
officer, and left i'll in his charge. The nigh,
came, end the Lieutenant with his mer
were ad;:IItel to the bank. There was
parsey. and three of the officers and one
watchman of the bank were detailed to
take Il walk TO shadow some OF the men
OUTSIDE. The WATERMAN WAS sent back
after certain time had elapsed. and when
he returned he fodid his partner hand
c;lfted and tied. the vaults open. and $780,
600 In negotiable paper and money gone.
When the cashier came around he found
that there had been robbery. and then he
suddenly remembered that he didn't know
the Lienienan!-didh't even know his
name. The trick was very clever. and the
kensiDgtOn bank never recovered dollar.
In 1872. three men went TO the owner Of
The Third National Bank in Baltimore and
hired Il room adjoining the bank. Gentle
men" inquired one of the bank officers.
what are you going to do with it:' I'VE
are Spectators now" they said. ..and il
we succeed in orr business We think of
opening q bank." The papers were made
out. the rent paid. and the business COM
n;enced. 10 two weeks they did open
mnk-the Thirl National Bank, next
door--hy hnrrow in" under the va,llt. They
left the country with 100000, not dollar
Of which came back.
The vault OF the Deem Bank, of New
York. was opened hy one man-Maximil-
lian Shinhurn-snd robbed of S7OO.OOO He
freqnrnted the bank until his acute ears
learned by the peculiar click Of the com
s'inafion exactly how to work it. And he
anade il. after listening for months. the
very first time. He fled to Belgium. where
lie purchased Il title. and is now living
there rs one of the nobility.
About eight years ago several men hired
room under the Buylson Bank Of Bos-
ton. opened business US the trio did in ,
'salfinlo'p. and dug up into the vault at I
their leisure. The amount which tl,ey
dug out WAS $50, 600. The ren who did
Ibis work were Adam Worth. Ike Marsh.
alias big Mike" Charlie Billiard. alias
and Ben. Cochran. They got
away TO Europe with $4,000 worth of
negotiable paper. Worth is living the
life OF prince over the water still. Marsh
came back. cracked another bank, was
'.Pinchcd' by the Pinkerton agency, and
IA now serving out seventeen years in
Philadelphia. Bullarl went to Paris with
bis portion OF the ''swag." and opened a
grand bovfet ut No. Rue Scribe, said to
have been simply magnificent. he remain
q In the city during the seige. and suight
have been there yet had not Chicago det-
,ctive who happened over there ;. got on
o him." The Paris police were notified
If his character. and in short time they !
detected him in piece of crooked work,
or which he fed the place. lie came to !.
america, WAS arrested, and !: short time :
go escaped from the Charles. own, Mass,
'rison. CNkran alone tried to be straight. /.
ie went to Canada. bought farm, and in
TX months. the turn being called upon him
y the +" Hidden Hand" lie pissed in his
hecks. q
The Beneficial Saving Fund of Pliladel- '
ilia was robbed of ST. eco. 600. y few years n
20 by ''hoi,iing up the cashier. who gave +
Ne continuation. Every dollar Of the t
mount was recovered by negotiate. n. and Il
ne clacksmcn retired on CON- potency. II
The Northumberland vaults gave I'M n
'eir treasures on account of visit which t
masked men made TO the cashiers house.
here he kindly handed over the cOmbina-
on. and went 10 the bank With them, be-
'nse he could not help himself. Tie First n
atisnal Bank of Wilmington. DEL, was v
Itered anu tie attempt to rob it WINS pre- ~
sely the same rs that worked on the Man. II
attain on sunday morning. The cracks N
en went into the nitor's room and gag n
ed him and his family. An old niger "
oman rrawlcd under the bed but forgot Il
pull her feet IN. One Of the men drag t.
~ her out. A door Glanced to b. let oven al
I'd through it she spell like creased light !.
Ing. Size Wis chased almost to the police
alton, and her high, save.i the bank.
1t was reserved tor the cashier of the
hallbersburgh, Pa. Bank to be wOed and N
on by two Chicago men. Louie Clare. "
ont, the expert, AMI Abner Wicks. his o,
Othcr-in-ldw. Clarp,non, had the vaults o,
'ened ~ tor him. took the treasure and be
sisted by Wicks. got away. was captured 81
u MS Is well known. was taken back under on
PihSerfon plan and convicted. All the
oney WAS recovered. II Will be rp,,,e,,,.
Ted ''ia' 'iiir'hOni's wife made an effort
rescue MIN from the central station, md
'uii nave sn tz,4itsi i"ul not a certain in. ~
'id' 81 hifet i.'e kid Ia give her away. ~
II eoA'eii.ir.s happens. as detective said ia
Tunes Man. that many Of the bonds ."
papers taken by these experts are ''
a'sed and SOLD to wildcat Spectators. ~:
lis sci'e'ise. however. Is not - common "'
us It has bsen. There is nothing in "'
line OF the crook that requires 50 lluc!l RI
Y work rs this. AMI so few have l,...n abl,.
90 IT Successfully that it has been aIn,os,
lndOned. int
here Is an old man who Is no,v s..,; Co