The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-05-25
rouleaux Of gold and escaped through


rouleaux Of gold and escaped through
the windows.
Every morning the hank supplies
each roulette table with 10000 francs
anil each tse,.te ct qNarante table with
100, 900 francs, Of which 100000
francs are in notes and the remainder
is in coin. As the bank had won q
large sum before the explosion took
place j considered that the robbers
must have got about $4,000 francs.
In about three or four minutes the
officials Came struggling back and
began relighting the gas. gathering
up the remaining gold and-locking
the stable door after the Loaf steed.
But there was certainly ample time
and opportunity for one or two men To
have cleared of three out Of four Of
the tables in the main saloon. That
only one table was robbed is evidence
to my mind that the number OF con-
spiralors was limited to two or three
at the most.
VIEWING THE RUINS
l found the heavy clock blown
about ten feet forward into the
room the candelabras and japanese
vases were shattered into pieces !; the
great mirror was strewn in fragments
all over the room ; the glass root was
one third destroyed {; the walls and
ceilings much Scared. and many
windows AMI cher fixtures were
shivered ~ ii bv q stroke Of light
Mug. As the gas was relighted the
full extent Of the damage became
visible. Owing to the cartridge, or
bomb, having been placed behind the
heavy clock, its force was expended
vertically instead Of horizontally,
and to this trivial circumstance is
due the fac, that many lives were not
lost. The shattered ceiling, where
solid plastsring was torn OF in large
quantities much further from the
point Of explosion than the table was,
but the clock evidently protected
people standing ON the same level ard
the blast was thrown upward. Never
theless about q dozen persons were
more or less seriously cut by the
falling glass others were crushed
and bruised in the crowd some hurt
themselves in jumping from the
windows and many women went Cd
into Mysteries as q matter Of course.
I could not but admire that provision
of nature which enabled q woman to
escape from the scene of danger be-
fsre she goes into Mysteries.
But two poor women are now lying
in peril Of lite from this dastardly act.
They were in that state sometin es
called an Interesting condition" and
last night it was feared that one would
die within an hour, To-day size is
better. but neither OF these women is
out Of danger.
IN SEARCH OF THE CCLPRITS.
The first question naturally Is,
"Who cnuld have done it," The adj
ministration-thst is. the managers Of
the Bankruptcies to believe that it
was done Is an act of vengeance
instead of robbery. and they claim
that no nj iey' Was taken. The
hypothesis Is absurd AMI the claim
false, tor l myself saw q considerable
amount taken at least three or TOUR
minutes after the explosion. IL il
natural tina, the administration should
wish to discourage the idea Of robbery.
81 a. not To encourage any repetition
Of the affair The croupiers AMI
other employees are not 10 he blamed
| for running away, for several Of thee,
were badly cut. and "a they are Rot
paid to have their heads blown off. il
is ONLY REASONABLE that thew shouid
have stood not upon the order of their
going.
The idea that any man, even
though he had lost his all. would risk
the lives Of the great number Of
people to revenge himself upon m
anonymous body Of stockholders in
the company IS too ridiculous to he
held for moment. Plumber Was the
object. without any doubt, and the
only question is whether the attempt
was successful to great OF small
extent. The truth will never be
known, since the administration will
never allow it to be revealed; hut ]
stick to my FIRST opinion -namely.
that large sum was obtained the
instant after the bomb exploded.