The evening world., 1888-09-29
LAST edition.
S5,8 90 ST0LEN n.
Taken from the National Bank Of
the Republic.
All the Employees Thoroughly
Searched by Detectives.
The Mar Who Stole It Said to Have
Been Discovered.
PRICE ONE CENT.

Been Discovered.
THE EVENING WORLD is again the means At
bringing TO light another bank robbery. 1ha
amount stolen is $5, 800 and the victim the
National Bank of the Republic. The great
est care has been taken to keep the matter
secret.
The bank Ia located in the First National
Bank Building, at 2 Wall street, on the sec
ond floor, and is q large and
furnishing institution, with o capital Of
81, 800, 900. Its President is John ]. Knox;
Vice-President, Oliver s. Carter Cashier.
Eugene II. Pullen, and Assistant Cashier.
Charles II. Stone, clever gentlemen and pop
ular among the Wall street fnanciers and
business men generally.
Mr., Knox was at one time Comptroller Of
the United States Treasury under the Repub-
hcan regime, and his name Ia as familiar a.
any in financial circles.
The bank was opened for business OF 9. 30
o'clock yesterday morning.
Many thousands of dollars changed hands
in q few minutes after the vaults were
opened, and the tellers and receivers were IS
busy as bees counting and ~recounting great
piles of bank notes and passing them out to
customers or from hand to hand in the bank.
.Trinity's bell across the way rung out 10
o'clock, when suddenly 1t was discovered In
the bank that Q package OF $500 In small
One of the teliers asserted that he turned
the money over to another teller.
Cashier Pullen immediately, proceeded to
recover the missing money, and the detective
at the door was warned of the loss. Little
was said for q time. but every man in tho
bank except the leading officers was under
close scrutiny.
A Pinkerton detective was sent for, and
came in immediately afterwards and aided In
the watch on the employees. Every avenue OF
escape. If suddenly contemplated by any OF
the tellers or clerks, was cnt of.
Where could the money have gone ?" waa
the question discussed in whispers by PreGi-
dent Knox and Messrs. Carter and Pullen.
They gave up the search In the big
strong. vaults where most of the money is
kept, but were convinced the money was
still in the bank. Through the advice of the
detectives the bank officers remained quiet
while the former took another course.
Noon came and still the missing package
was not found, though every conceivable
place where it might have been put, either
surreptitiously and with telonious intent or
carelessly. was searched by the cashier and
his assistant.
Some OF the employees, who usually 60
out to lunch at II O'Clock, were about TO lay
down their pens and put, on their hats and
every one me behind the long counters should
stay right at his post and continue his work.
The bank Is closed TO the public at 8 p. N.
each day. and the clerks and tellers are
usually kept busy closing u~p7aocounts, &C..
The MISSING money was not recovered
when the Inst mentioned hour arrived and
the employees were all informed. that they
the two detectives searched every
one of them from top to toe. and gazed into
every nook and corner in the small compart-
ments divided of by o network Of brass
straps.
None of the tsllers or clerks objected to
what some Of them considered an indignity,
for their honesty had never been questioned
in the several years they had been employed
But still the missing money did not ma.
t~eralize. The officers of the bank wero
greatly annoyed about the matter and began
to believe that the lost funds had IN soma
the part OF ono of the employees and some
outside confederate, gotten out Of the bank,
and they concluded to charge it to profit and
loss.
The detectives continued their vigilance
and are said to have to-day found the missing
package under circumstances which cast sus@
picion on the honesty OF q man who Is
detained to await a close examination by re
bank officers before any severe measures ara
taken.
When an EVENING WORLD reporter called
at the bank to-day he was ushered BY the
venerable argus-eyed detective through an
IRON barred door into the presence Of CashieA
Tullen, whom he asked for information cona
corning the loss of the $5, 800 package.
Mr.. Pullen laughed gleefullv after he saidI
:" We are used TO losing money, every day. I
haven't time to tell you anything about it.
You better go across the room and see Mr..
Knox. our President"
The reporter was let out Of the cage IN
which Mr.. Pullen has his desk, and careA
fully watched by the detective. he intro
duced himself TO Mr.. Knox and informed
him that Mr.. Pullen had turned the reporter
over to his tender mercies for the desired in-
formation.
"Oh, it is only a small matter. We are
not at all worried about 1t. / think We viii
find the money before the day is out.
The S5, 800 package was missed imme-
diately after one employee had. according to
his statement, turned 1t over to another em-
ployee. We know the money could not have
gotten outside of the bank and may have
been mislaid somewhere.
- was in q country bank once In the con-
trail part of this State when $500 dtsap-
peared, and a long search failed to discoveR
the money. 1t was finally found In the copys
ing-pYess, where it had been placed by
clerk for the purpose of strengthening y
But how spout the searching Of al thG
employees 2" was yentured.
81 don't propose to say anything about II;
I can't see what interest that is to any ONO
outside of the bank. / think we ID
find the money, but l can't tell yod
anything about the manner In which IL has
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