Telegram-herald., 1889-09-24
ALL AT SEA.
his TRACKS COMPLETELY COVERED.
ItssE liability 81 sac oEnasrs - Discover
shs -iislitsst Cls~ - His Iasstls
R-Iks hznks Cashier
ned bis lEs4ess-


HuErx4 We sept ~ No clew has a.
vet oesn disc0Nered regaG aing TIE y hsle-
sbs.lIs ot TIE Softefs who plunoero0 The
Iron ENehGnee bank frlcay nsshI II
he tsfck . CTlFsr 81 IHs~s array 1ne,
picked Lp = nAg containing SloN IL siiFeE
Sunday morning ue4T ~ hele Cashier hey
uo-a cCaG spl lat NS7e lounC ozIQI 1&s
llurnuE Ee taInsa ne money over n
the oUcers IL a part 81 the c@zh taken
from tsls bank and Is suppossd g. have Des L
abandoned on account VI Tie weight On
ceis ale watching every no0A sna corner OF
tAs to@n Night aA1 Cav DGI 81 Tar -
known not tie slightest LrEce - TIE rob
bers tss been foU8d
SupeTi flsaceut Delaney o. the United
States iAIrsss Company. arrived here San-
cey mor4iug With three flnkertOn dc
tecuFeE Al zre bnsliy engaged hunting
ciews II Is generally thought that the job
Was done by expeIiencec crooks. auo tic
neSrness and boioness With which the
money Was taken support this theory. Ii
j. certain that the tIick could not have been
turned by any smpioye Of Isss bank as all
were IA company Win parties who can
prove that they were not near the insglgu-
rion wheL the deed was done.
Cashier Reynolds VIXEN seen. sSid that
NJ oae bur hinself and Assistant Cashier
Perrin had cvsr obtained the combination
OF the vault oOor. The ofsceIs of the bank
held q meeting Saturday. ana after the
most carefnl Inquiry decided that Cashier
Reynolds and the teller could not have
been implicated IN tie affair. IL
was agreed that as the bank had
given 10 receipt for the money and
only accepted the custody without recon-
pense. ia an irregular manner and purely
from accommodation. they could only DC
held FOR ordinary care, which was eKer-
cised when both doors were locked on the
treasure. Consequently the express cOT4
pany must lose the money. The regular
pay day i.or the miners Was postponed until
more money could be sent from Ashland
The original package confined Ssl. 600;
nearly a.. 90 was left behind, either in the
vaults or scattered about tie floors Con
seguently the robber must have secured
s., 900 The weight Of the money Is 20
great that no man could carry IL
on his person any distance without
arousing suspicion. and this leads 10
the belief that the coin has been buried
somewhere at or near the town and that II
viii probably remain there until il is safe
for the daring culprit 20 return and Gig IL
up. The paper money could easily be
carried by one man without suspicion.
but all travellers Will be subjected 10 sc
we're espionage Tor weeks 20 come. Hurley
is always hDnorod with the presence OF
large number Of rough characters Some
times they are men who work occasionally
at the mines but oftener they belong 20
the class that never tolls. These persons
are being watched and every sus-
picious act Il noted II is thought the
regular custom of sending these large sums
Of money from Ashland 10 this city has
been known TO outsiders. aud that they
have been planning this crime for months
They could have secured the keys and
waited TIL the favorable opportunity Of
fered. and to learn the combination would
then be their only task
The Iron Exchange Bank has a capital o.
S25 OOJ and Is oficered as follows. James
c. Reynolds. president; Willis s Reynolds.
cashier 1t is State bank and was In
corpOrated in 1855.
The mines Of the Ashland Mining Com
pany and those OF the Germsnia Ainiag
Company are located here. The Ashlsnd
Mining Company is composed OF the Hayes
Bros Of this place and the Colby Br s oi
Milwaukee. The Germania mine is owned
by the Hayes Bros