Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-10
BANK ROBBERY.

The bank had been robbed Such was the
discovery made by Mr.. E5enezer Grubb, late
pne Saturday night, and tie information
was obtained in this wise: Frank jackson,
Junior clerk, who lodged on the opposite side
bf the street, little distance down, was sit
hng that evening at his window He fingered
bver a quiet pipe, lstlessiy watching the
passers by, and dusk crept on unnoticed by
him. He was about to draw the blinds and
light the gas when two men passed on the
pther side, one OF them pausing and looking
hp toward his window, while the other went
bn to the bank and Knocked al the private
door. The young mans curiosity WIS aroused
npon seeing the one who remained enter
doorway as IL for concealnent; so standing
behind u curtain he watched them.
The dull, gray front of the bank was lit by
street lamp, and as the man who knocked
burned round while waiting Jackson recog-
nized Mark Seeley, the senior cashier. After
little delay the door was opened by the res
dent porter, and he and Seeley entered the
building. In a minute or two they came out
again and the porter went toward a cross
street., while the cashier stood at the door
apparently waiting his return However,
no sooner had the man turned n corner than
Seeley again went In and his companion hur
ried toward tho bank. As the lampGght fell
upon him Frank recognized another of the
clerks, an intimate OF Seeley's named Will
Jams. They reappeared in two or three min
utes, and Williams, carrying in each hand
small Gladstone bag, FASTENED down a by
street and was out of sight before the porter
returned. Then, after a minute, the cashier
took the same direction.
jackson was puzzled to explain these move
nlents, especially as Williams had couple of
days leave, and was supposed TO be far from
OretOwu. Seeley was high and well paid
HiCer, possessing the entire confidence of his
Employers. Frank sometimes thought that
confidence misplaced at all events, he had
reason to believe that both mon specplated ia
gtocks practice which the partners strictly
forbade to their staff.
It was only a few days before that one of
the clerks, glancing through an evening pa
per, cried: "Rallol 'El Dorados' are gone
down to nothing; the affair Is a complete
smash! BY Jove, know follow who had
some OF them" jackson noticed Seeloy turn
white; the hand that held the pen sh, ~, and
be turned round to speak in whisper to
Williams. who listened with dazed look on
bis face,
Frank felt uneasy. He knew nothing GER
tain, and 1t was an unpleasant task 10 men
ton his suspicious TO his employers; bowever,
be determined TO do so, and at once set oil to
seek Mr.. Ebenezer GFu6b.
Hardly knowing what result to hope for;
drcading Mr. Grubb's annoyance, on the one
hand, if his suspicious were wrong, and fear
ing robbery, on the other, Frank accom-
panied the principal TO the bank ilr Eben-
eyer walked straight 10 the strong room, and
opened 1t with his private keys and then
throwing open the chest in which the cash
was kept, proceeded 10 examine It's contents.
q gas Jet lust above them threw a bright
light into the receSses of the safe, and showed
the banker some parcelso Of bonds, a small pile
of silver and copper, and nothing more
The chief clerk, an old man. who. as
well as the porter, lived on the premises was
bv this time on the spot and held open a
cash book
There should be there, he said in an agi-
tated voice, in reply TO Mr Grubb'S question,
'-thiyty-one thousand six hundred and seven
teen pounds eight shulings and ninepence."
There was no sign of force having been
used; and the chief clerk produced his key,
which be ayerred had not left his hands since
the safe was locked that afternoon, when the
money WAS certainly there. Mr.. Seeley often
borrowed it during business hours With
thar exception he never lost sight of it.
The porter returned 10 say that Mr.. Seeley
was not expected homo until MONDAY morn
ing; and the man explained that the cashier
called that evening for something he forgot
In his desk, and sent him on an errand which
occupied perhaps ten minutes.
There hardly remained a doubt that the
two clerks were the culpriJS and Mr. Grubb
at once placed the matter in the hands Of the
police.
Frank Jackson long lay awake that night,
wondering whether Jbe events of the last few
hours would bring him promotion, and If 50.
what effect if would have on a certain cher
iShed scheme Of MS
Six or eight months before he had met a
picnic Mary Grubb, the junior partners
daughter. taiT. wIusc-le little thrE With