Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24
ORETOWN'S BANK ROBBERY.

The bank has been robbed! Such
was the discovery made by Mr.. Ebene-
ger Grub late one Saturday night,
and the information was obtained in
this wise: Frank johnson, a junior
clerk, who lodged on the opposite of
the street, little distance down, was
sitting that evening at his window.
He fingered over quiet pipe, list
lessly 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
other side, one of them pausing and
looking toward his window while the
other went on to the bank and knocked
at the private door. The young mans
curiosity was aroused upon seeing the
one who remained enter doorway as
If for concealment; so. standing be-
hind curtain, he watched them.
The dull, gray front of the bank was
lit by street lamp, and as the man
who knocked turned round while wait
ing, jackson recognized Mark Seeley,
the senior cashier. After little delay
the door was opened by the resident
porter and he ard Seeley entered the
building. In a minute or two they
came out again. and the porter went
toward cross street, while the cashier
stood at the door. apparently awaiting
his return. However, no sooner had
the man turned a corner than Seeley
again went in. and his companion hur-
ried toward the bank. As the lamp
light fell upon him Frank recognized
another of the clerks, an intimate of
Seeley's named Williams. They reap
peared in two or three minutes. and
Williams, carrying in each hand
small Gladstone bag, fastened down
by-street, and was out Of sight before
the porter returned. Then, after a
minute, the cashier took the same di-
frection.
jackson was puzzled to explain these
movements, especially as Williams had
a couple of days leave, and was sup
posed to be far from Oretown. Seeley
was high and well-paid officer. pos
sessiugs the entire confidence of his
employers. Frank sometimes thought
that confidence misplaced. At all
events, he had reason TO believe that
both men speculated in stock, prac-
tice which the partners strictly forbade
70 their staff.
1t was only a few days before that
one of the clerks, glancing through an
evening paper, cried: Halo! Eel
Dorados' are gone down to nothing;
the affair is complete smash BY
Jove. / know fellow who had some
of them" jackson noticed Seeley
turn white; the hand that held the pen
shook and he turned round to speak
in a whisper to William, who listened
with dazed look on his face.
Frank felt uneasy. He knew moth.
ing certain, and it was an unleasant
task to mention his suspicious to his
employers; but he determined to do so,
and at once set of to seek Mr.. Ebenezel
Grubb.
Hardly knowing what result to hope
for. dreading Mr.. Grubb's annoyance
on the one hand, If his suspicious
were wrong, and fearing robbery OF
the other hand, Frank accompanied
the principal to the bank. Mr.. Ebe
nezer walked straight to the strong
room and opened it with his private
keys, and then, throwing open the
chest in which the cash was kept
proceeded to examine its contents
gas Jet Just above them threw brigh
light into the recesses of the safe, anC
showed the banker some parcels Of
JULIUS, q SLllhll pllc VI ollftE anu cup
per, and nothing more.
The chief clerk, an old man, who
as we'll as the porter, lived on thu
premises, was by this time on the spot
and held open cash book.
There should be there, he said
in an agitated voice in reply to Mr.
Grubb's questions, 1915, 000.n
There was no sign of force having
nd hn chi nfr oil rlg
duced his key, which he averred hai
not left his hands since the safe wa
locked that afternoon, when the none
was certainly there. Mr.. Seeley oftel
borrowed it during business hours
With that exception he never los
sight of 1t.
The porter turned to say that Mr.
Seeley was not expected home unit
Monday morning, and the man ez
planned that the cashier called tina
evening for something he forgot in hi
desk, and sent him on an errand whic
occupied perhaps ten minutes
There hardly remained a doubt tina
the two clerks were the culprits. an
Mr.. Grubb at once placed the matte
In the hands Of the police.
Frank jackson long lay awake tha
night, wondering whether the event Q
the past few hours would bring hin
promotion, and If so, what effect
would have on a certain cherishe
scheme of his.
Six or eight months before he ha
met at picnic Mary Grubb, the junic
partners daughter, a fair, winsome Iii
tie thing, with dimpled cheeks an
eyes soft as those OF fawn. She ha
Just returned from school, and befol
Frank knew who she was he admire
her. Upon learning that she was MI
Ebenezer's only child he was keenl
disappointed, for the daughter Of th
wealthy banker was, he feared beyon
his reach. In spite Of this his after
lions were not diminished, and befoI