The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-04-28
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men l~af evidence % The fad that Ne Job
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hssalan. Aaallorl ieafy wrs Frpai~l down
here a ahagt time aea. he i fftslliad with
having had something ~ 10 with ihs lnaftnl,
The burglars f,Htsd thelf war In,D yaeani
housp on chnfifte sIfsst early saturday even.
Ing, and hefed their way ihfsush ussi dsuf
tfun this houaa tllry attempted " elii lhelf
way through hfist wall inlo The bark, hui
having watk~i Al thk All Saturday without
khcu~n, tllry gave the job np Tiny then
deEsndcd Into the back yard of The hank.
and cut their way through the thiek Iron
DIOR which ied Into thu building This
must have iem done early sunday
night. ~ The night waiehman. r. CautIni,
entered The bank about nine o'clock. lie was
scifed by thre masked lnrn lle rs,lstesl,
but was stfurk Upon the hrad With A sharp
instrument, rendered srn@lcss, and Jagged.
The burglars then attacked the vault and
drilled several holes In IL. Al two oclock
n the monilnE they blew open The Vault,
the explosion being very loud and, "a tau
tint, vino had recovered his senses, declares,
breaking the glasses In the building and estln.
gushing the lights. Within The vault were
Two Safes the hose change Of the bank, its
pledges, and the boscs Of the deposiiors.
No attempt was made 10 opcn these safes,
nor were the pledges touched. The hanks
money, mainly silver, was tied NJ In hags,
but one of lhesc bags, containing II 900,
WINS left IN one romrr o. The building and
another with $500 thrown IN the gutter al
the corner, Altogether the burglars So
cured only $4,000 NJ the banks money, all
IN silver. rii IN the boxes of the dtInslt-
ON they fcaped rich harvest, the
exact amount gf which Is n yet unknown,
and Will be Unknown until each
Of the drpositor has been inter
viewed. There were MY of these boxes IN
the bank, all Of which wefc fanSaektd and
all the yaluables removed fitm them. Tho
boxes were mainly owned BY foreigners
Crcoics and Germans and many contained
large sums OF money. One owned BY
fruitdealef Is reported 10 have had $50, 900
IN cash and $4,000 IN diamonds, and
others arc known ~ have held
sums Of 5000 and $4,000 each.
The loss Is estimated At anywhere
from 5000 70 e2oo, 900. II will probably
be- about midway between the two sums.
The bank refuses 10 give any account, and
will not give even the names Of the owncs
Of tho pbhed boxes. The robbery was very
leisurely and coolly performed, The burglars,
| who where five In number, enjoying a sup
| per In che Presidents room and leaving tho
building about dsybrcak BY the side dior.
The robbery was discovered some houn later
by 4 policeman, who entered The building
and found CaitinI Eagged and bound on
thetioor. cauiinl was roughly handled by tho
burglars, having received several cuts on hid
neck and face. lie Lost half dofsn teeth
and Is injured about hts neck and Iegz. IIis
injuries, however, are pfonouneed not dan
gerpus. The robbery N said 10 be due "a
the pcnnywi~e policy VI The bank, whrt
made Cautlnl perform the duties II porter
runner and waichman. Several suits ar
threatened by depo-ltors who have lost thei
yaiusbles. The bark offers reward o
5000 for tho capture d any of IN
burglars. Tho Iocsfion Of the robbery
central and at the very moment CantInI en-
tered the bulldlng and was gagged severn
hundred persons were standing In front of \