The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-09-22
Where the Money Had Been Placed for Safe
keeping by an Express Company 0nlys
Few Hours Before the Robbery.
Receiving Teller of a Denver Bank Al.
legged to Be Defaulter for $4,000.
he Is Also Thought to Have Been Implicated in
o Bold Theft. Some Time Ago. of $21 900
Forged Mortgages at Terre Haute.


Taken from the Vault of . Bank, Where It
Had Been Placed o Few Hours Before.
HURLEY, Wis. Sept. 21.-One Of the most
daring and successful robberies ever CON-
mitted in the State occurred at this place
last night between land IL o'clock. SSs.-
SS5 being taken from the vault In the Iron
Exchange Bank. The money was sent
from Ashland. and arrived here sbout9
o'clock last night. 1t was intended for the
Ashland and Germania mines. to pay of
their men to-day. The cashier put the
money inside of the iron vault and left
shortly after o'clock.
The second door of the vault was opened
with key. This indicates the work of ex-
perts. Officers are at o loss to know which
way to turn and great excitement prevails
correspondent saw G. A. Alexander,
agent for the express company, but he
could say nothing about the affair. A light
was left burningin the Office. and few
minutes after 9 o'clock man was seen
working at the safe. but he mad on the
cashiers Office coat and nothing was
thought of it by those who passed the
bank. The cashier returned shortly after
IL o'clock. when he disc overed the money
was missing. Active measures were then
taken to find the robbers. but no trace or
them has been found. The express compa-
ny had no receipts for the money from the
bank officials. The large amount of money
sent to the mines every month is tempt
ing plum for the robbers.
Another dispatch says: Every month
about this time the Ashland and Germania
iron-mining companies pay off their large
force of employees, and for this purpose
Cashier Wiley, of the Ashland National
Bank, shipped an immense sum of money
to Hurley, last night, via the United States
Express Company. Upon the arrival of
the money at Hurley the express company
sent it to the Iron Exchange Bank
in q wheelbarrow. Between the hours
bank was entered. and the entire amount
of the shipment carried away by robbers
Only minor coin was left behind. Accord
ing to Cashier Willey's statement 81, 200
was shipped from Ashland to Hurley. OF
this SIS, $50 was in bank notes, S18, $50 in
gold and s, $40 in silver.
The robbers, as there must have been
more than one, had their plans laid most
perfectly. Like nearly every bank, the
inside of it with time lock. As .hemoney
arrived In town at 9:l5 p. NJ. after the clos
ing of the bank; the money could not
DiacedP DH put inside IL the the safs Vault hUws ~s.
ever. and the cashier. w. s. Reynolds.
remained in the bank, taking care of the
large treasure until 10:15 o'clock, when =
friend came along and he went out TO tho
theater with him. When the cashier re-
turned, at $780, he noticed that the vault
door had been opened. Looking inside. ho
was thunderstruck to see that the money
was gone. A large number of silver COINS
were scattered all over the floor of the vault.
and all was confusion. Sheriff Mattson US
hurriedly telegraphed to. but did not ~
ceive any notice of the robbery until too
late to catch the train for Hurley. Not
even the faintest clew was left by the bold
burglars. The door of the vault had not
been marred, and it was opened by some
one who had learned the combination.
There were only two men supposed TO be
in possession OF it, Cashier Reynolds and
Assistant Cashier Leonard Perrin.
The exact amount stolen was $SS. .sS5. The
robbers were evidently In too much of a
hurry to take small silver, and 81 500 was
left behind. The United States Express
Company is the loser of the money. They
did not deposit it in the bank, bnt merely
left it there for safe keeping over night,
where it would be delivered to the con-
signee Manager VIM. u. Lyon. of the Ash
land and Germania mines 1t is likely that
the express company will announce heavy
reward for the apprehension of the bur-
glars.