Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-13
AQUEER BANK ROBBERY STORY.
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Recovered sI5O,OOO In Notes and
Securities.
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A robbery occurred at the City National
Bank Thursday, the particulars Of which
were kept very quiet during the day, and
only leaked out Yesterday. IT created much
talk upon the streets, but as the facts could
not be obtained from the bank officers and
1t was difficult TO find another reliable
source, little was known beyond the story
told by rumoF. The facts appear to be that
on Thursday morning man Was observed
by Mr.. A. G.. Morgan, a clerk at
the hat store of Mr.. Hiram Shaw, sitting
upon a trunk on the pavement. He
had been sitting there about an
hour or two when he was joined
by boy, and they appeared to be in
earnest conversation. The boy sfterward
entered the hat store and bought hat, Civ
ing his name as Harper. They remained
In conversation for about three hours more,
and Mr.. Morgan, suspecting their inten-
tons to be dishonest, kept hisseye on them.
About o'clock the man left his seat, passed
the bank door on Main street, looked In,
went on to the corner of Main and Mil
streets, and pulling piece Of paper from
his pocket, placed 1t upon his cheek. The
boy Immediately removed a newspaper
from his pocket and applied 1t to his cheek.
Then the man crossed over to Jaeger's
fruit stand. The boy left his seat on the
trunk, and, crossing over to the bank cor
He disappeared suddenly, and in q moment
appeared, running down Cheapside to Main
street with box under his coat. Mr..
Morgan, leaving his store unprotected,
ran over to the bank and told
Mr.. Scrugham, the clerk, that the
bank had been robbed and described the
thief. The clerk also had seen the boy run
ming out of the back room through the side
entrance. What was stolen could not at
first be ascertained. Mr.. Morgan went back
to his store, but sfterward went to the rail-
road depots to see that the thieves did not
escape on any Of the afternoon trains. He
also went to the fair grounds In search of
the man or boy. While there he was sent
for and brought back to town to
recognize the boy, who in the mean
time had been arrested. He was
recognized and detained. Now comes the
strange part of the story An hour later a
carriage drove to the cemetery containing
the cashier of the bank, a policeman and
the boy thief. 1t turned aside from the
entrance to a clump Of pines, near the
grave of the late Gen. D. 3. Goodloe, and
there the box was found unopened, as the boy
had described it. When the carriage return
ed 1t contained only the cashier and the po-
liceman. A reporter for the Press waited
upon the cashier last night to ascer-
tain the facts, but he declined
to give any, further than to say
that If the box had not been discovered #
would have given the bank q good deal of
trouble. 1t is understood that the box COD
tanned about $3.50, 900 in notes and collateral
securities on local merchants. There was
little that could not have been replaced, but
1t would have cost the bank much annoyance
and expense. The box was not upon
table when taken, but was removed from
the great iron safe. The young thief gave
his name as Harper, of Montreal, and said
his companion was from the same place,
but had come from CoVington that morning.
The thief is gone, the bank has its money,
and that is the end of 1t.