Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-04-30
Bank Robbery.

the 22nd says at little past noon to-
day the unusual quiet of this quiet
town was disturbed by the announce
ment that the National Bank, situated
on Lands avenue, near the West Jer-
sey Railroad, had been robbed in the
most daring manner. The robbers
could not have selected mere favor
able time 1t being the dinner hour
the streets were almost deserted and
the bank itself had but on occupant,
and that the cashier, Mr.. Thomas H..
Winter. The teller, Mr.. w. + Virgil,
and the clerks employed in the ipstitu-
ton had just gone to dinner. Mr..
Winter was seated at bis table writing
a letter when a gentleman came in and
asked for a draft on New York. He
bad been there but short time when
another man came in and he was fol-
lowed by still another The cashier
took down his draft book and had fin
ished filing out the blank form when,
as be turned to find the paper knife,
he discovered man standing in the
door of the vault with package of bills
iu his hand.
Mr Winter inquired what he was
doing to which the man coolly replied
"Mr., you lock Ike 9iIl Mann, the
Philadelphia srationer." Dir Winter
then thought 1t was time for aggressive
action and made dive at the bills in
the robbers hands and wrested from
him a package containing $4,000 IN
bank notes The villain then dashed
through the back door and out into the
street. A man, supposed to be the
robber, was seen to walk briskly to the
corner of Wood and Sixth street, about
sixty rods from the bank, get into a
wagon which had been standing there
for some time and drive rapidly away.
Mr.. Winter yelled vociferously, but no
ose being on the street his alarm was
not answered. lie then closed the door
Of the vault and stepped out on tie
sidewalk and met the teller returning
from his dinner. The robber secured,
however, $500 in bills Of the Vine.
land Banks issue aud bag of silver
containing Sl00.
Soon after the robbery Mrs. Morrill,,
who lives about a mile north Of this
village, noticed man throw something
from the wagon in which he was riding
into the field alongside. Mr.. Parma,
lee, farmer, searched the spot where
the parcel was thrown and found the
silver freely scattered about and the
bag which had contained it. This bore
the marks necessary to identify it a:
the stolen property of the bank. The
silver was gathered up aud counted and
amounted to sixty dollars. This has
fnInisbcd a clue as to the direction
which a. least one of the men took after
the robbery.
The robbers we're noticed driving
about town early this forenoon they
had splendid outfit and weic taken hy
observers to be well-to- do gentlencH q
leisure, probably from Millv'iie OF
Bridgeton. A few OF our citizens no.
ticed, however, some queer actions on
the part of the strangers, while Mrs.
r. G. Sykes. who resides in the second
story of building nearly opposite the
bank (.he very room, in fact, in which
Carruth, the editor, was murdered four
years ago., heard men talking on the
stairway which leads to the Sykes resi-
dence, and was able to understand
enough of the conversation to furnish,
it is thought, clue as to the plans oi
the robbers. This knowledge has not
been made public, but has been given
detective as valuable Dase for bis
operations. kilograms have been sent
to different points where it is thought
the thieves may have gone, and every
effort will be made to capture them.
Mr.. Viater is sure that one of the men
engaged in the robbery has purchased
frequent drafts on New York at this
bank during the past few weeks. He
is not able to furnish any detailed de
scription of but one of the robbers,
and that the one with whom he had the
encounter.