Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-16
The Cisco Bank Robbed in Broad Day
Light of Between Four and Six
Thousand Dollars.
Three UnhIssked Men make She Cashier
and Two Customers Hold Up ThaIr
Hands While Fourth Robs
the Bank.
Ehe nIaTshal with a Strong Pesse In Hot
Pursuis-A Bloody Encounter Anttc-
ipated Near the Town.

CISCO TEx.J FEB. 10. - One OF
the boldest and most daring
robberies ever committed in Texas WAS
committed at this place this afternoon.
At about 1850 O'Clock man entered
the Cisco bank and asked Mr.. z. C.
LeVsax, the cashier and treasurer to
change bill, and as Mr.. LeVaux
stepped to the fEout to do so three other
men walked in, and enc OF them pre-
scented large pistol at his head and ss,d,
"Thls is the kind OF change wsps."
At this time T. r. Blake and ri. 3.
Owens, who were in the bank, got up
and started out, but the robbers halted
them and marched them with Mr.. Levaux
up IN one corner Of the bank, where three
Of the robbers guarded them while the
other went through the bank and tosk
every dollar in 1t, gold watch and other
valusbles deposited there for sate keep
ing.
Alter they got everything in the bank,
they made Mr.. Levaux open TWO doors
th.t led out Into the back yard and then
marched the men in the bank ont into
the yard and climbed + high plank fence
into the allsy, where the robbers climbed
another fence into q wagon yard where
their horses were hitched.
Mr.. LeVsns was little slow in getting
over the fence and they went over and
lett him, and he ran back through the
bsuk and out CT the front door and gave
the alarm.
Mr. Owens did n& move up into the
corner as fast IS they thought he ought
to and one OF them struck him on the
head with his pistol and fened him to the
aoor.
His wound is painful though not seri-
Gus.
The robbers when they entered the
bank did no wait or make any attempt TO
get the doors to the inclosure on the in
side openy but climbed over the iron
railing which is seven or eight feet high.
Mr. Blake also scaled the iron railing
, for their amusement.
He started out when they Arst msds
Mr.. LsVAu1 throw up his hands and
they hurried him back and fol-
lowed as quickly as they could.
Mr.. Lssaux reported to THE GAZETTE
reporter that the robbers got from e4oAs
to $4,000, 5000 IN silver, $500 in gold and
the rest in greenbacks
After the robbers got out on their
horses and 200 yards from the bank, they
drew their pistols out and fred some
four or FIVE shots, which alarmed the
whole town, and in ten minutes Marshal
j. 1. Thomas and several Of the
citizens were in hot pursuit.
They went Of in 8 northwest direction
and passed near The Wallace school
house, about three miles from town.
Parties from out near there reported
bout o'clock that Mr.. Tnomas and
posse were in sight of them and seemed
to be gaining every jump.
1t is feared = desperate agnt will take
place in case the officers should run them
down, in which case the officers would
fight at great disadvantage as they are
only armed with pistols.
The men were not masked and the par
ties WHO saw them describe them IS fol-
lows: Big, rough-looking fellows, one OF
them is cross-eyed, ell had mustaches,
three light and the other black. The
cross-eyed msn had dark mustsche, dark
complexion, and is about forty years old.
They were al riding fine horses.
Great excitement prevails throughout
the town tonight and one can fnd crowds
of men discussing the subject wherever
ne goes.
Special to the Gazette.
MOTHERHOOD, TEX, Feb. 15.-Con-
, siderable excitement Was caused here this
! evening when a reliable report was re-
J. ceived that the bank ct Cisco vas robbed
: this afternoon by four men who obtained