Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-12-30
noLp DAYLIGHT RoBBEnx,


All tho Funds I'm Chicago Bank
secured by Highwaymen-TheR Rob.
bers Captured After an Exciting and
Desperate Chase-Taken Only at the
Point of Shotguns.
CHICAGO, Dec. ga few minutes past
noon to-day three men entered the Mer-
chants Exchange bank on Commercial ave-
nue., south Chicago The cashier, Mr.. Viii
ner, and the bookkeeper,, Walter Willis,
had gone out to lunch, leaving Frank Lynn,
about twenty years old, the assistant CASH
Ter, alone. Two of the men took stations
at the windows in the bank railing and the
third one walked to the rear to the locked
wicket which divided the cashiers apart
ments from the Office proper. The man at
the first window said to young Lynn:
aHand out the cash you've got there" at
the same time putting up two revolvers for
him to look at. Lynn hesitated an instant
and the man at the second window dis
played his armory and said. Now just let
that fellow in back there, and be quick
about it.n Lynn nervously unlocked the
door. The robber entered and without a
word knocked Lynn down with terrific
back-hander and then kicked him in the
stomach. Leaving the clerk on the floor
the assailant unceremoniously entered the
vault and took from the safe three $500
packages of bills and about $50 in change
besides a tin box containing deeds and
mortgages.
After securing this he walked out. and,
picking up Lynn, threw him into the
vault and turned the lock. As the rob-
bers were leaving the door they met Book
keeper Willis who, supposing them to be
customers, passed them and went back in
to the bank. The robbers walked out, and,
taking buggy, drove down the street.
Mr-Willis, amazed at finding the, vault
locked and no one in the bank, hurriedly
opened the safe and out fell Lynn, bloody
and groaning: willis, the banks been
robbed
Willis at once gave the alarm and q
patrol wagon with five officers, two OF
them armed with shotguns, was soon in
pursuit. The long race was continued un-
til the buggy got to the corner of South
Chicago avenue and Cottage Grove avenue,
where it stopped and the robbers de.
serted it, going into Charles Mullins
wagon, which continued to run. Neal
Sixtieth street the officers came within
range and fired their first volley. The
horse to the meat wagon had about tagged
out and the men jumped out and separ
ated. The officers, leaving the patro
wagon, followed the nearest man, who
surrendered, giving his name as John Cor
bert. Lieutenant Jenkins now came dash
ing by with a fresh patrol Wagon
and overlook Mullins delivery wagon
Mullins protested that he had driven tn,
fellows at the point of the pistol, but hi
was handcuffed, just the same, in jiffy
The other two highwaymen were found
in a barn at Fifty-seventh street ant
Woodlawn avenue. They opened fire ant
Patrick O'Brien, Waterman, who joinet
the hunting party, was hit in the thigh
The shotguns were too much for the rob
bers, however, and they surrendered, Civ
ing the names of Frank Bennett and Henri,
Featherstone. Featherstone, who was ap
parently the leader, is tall man with
sandy moustache. His name on other oc
casions has been Hennessy. ALI the boot
was captured with the robbers. They ar
all stock-yard toughs and are undoubtedI
| the same men who a fortnight ago COOL,
robbed the Office of the Allerton packing
house within few feet of hundreds of Al
lerton's butchers, armed with cleavers an
| knives.