The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-08-12
eoID RosszRv OF a BANK.
The Cashier ard Customer Ruth
lessIy Shot Down.


held up st0rekeeper, shot a bank cashier
and another man, go5ble5 sfsoo in cash and
-naae kis escape
About 8 o'ciock this morning dzpper-
looking y0urg man jumped ofs Cincinnati
Hamilton and Dayton train at Columbus
Grove ard went 70 John CaEfOnd's hard
ware store, nea- by, and bought box Of
cartridges. He thea asked TO see some II
volEers. picked Up sEo big ones. and. lad
ing then, presented them 81 the P-op-iefo-s
head TIE latter dOdged behind the cOIn-
te-, and the stranger s;ePped OUT Fron the
store be went to the Exchange Bank, near
by. The latter is owned by s Maple, and
Is thriving institution. His son. 7. J. Ma
PIE. Is Cashier Of the bank he opened up
Es Es1zI this morning
Being Saturday, heavy b1siness wzs ex-
pecled, and he had taken cut si2l0 in green
backs and had them near the paying tellsrs
window. TO pnoteci the moaey laying On
The counter plzte glass about two fsel in
height Is run arounG the topof The bar. Sit
ting O. chair Oui IN The lobby vas A C.
SyEs-t, Big strong fsilo~ and oOuragsOGs-
HIS clair was tilted back As he oOnversed
with tie cashier, who vas not busy, owing
to the early hon- Of tie day.
THE BoLD EosBEK AP9EAEs.
Suddenly thsss appeared in the open door
q The bank man who do1rished in either
hsld monster revolver. his eyes rOved
wildly about tie rocn, snd without word
he began shooting. The first ball few ha--
noniously through The air, and lodged in
the wall above the cashiers head Before
Nr. Maple could make move 70 secure his
revolTera seoonG shot from the robbers re-
Tolver shattered the bones Of his right arm.
Another shot, ana tie cashier fel from his
chair pierced in the right side.
Syfers had been silent witness 10 the ter
rible crime He could not stir or speak. be
expected every minute his turn would come
next He Vas parslyEed with fear. Turn
ins to him the desperate spoke for the first
tine. and, in the foulest language. ordered
him not 70 stir, or he would meet similar
E,e
WALKED 70 HIS DEATE.
At this juneture William NaRdenaTk. Al
old farmer, appeared on the scene He de
Hberztely walked to his death. As be step
ped inside the door the william heard him
The desperate man knew not the old mans
errsnd. and having gone thus far, did not
intend 70 Be bzfied- Without word be
fzcsd the old farmer and lsTeied MS gan At
him The unfortunate victim had turned
lust half way round when the ruflan hred.
The ball struck him in the side just above
the hip and passed almost through his body.
he f-lI bleeding and senselsss, and still Sy-
fsrt sal h0-rified and spellbound.
Vandemsrk fingered until this evening
when be died. With bis revolver the fellow
broke the plate glass. and, showing his arm
through the ragged aperture, rzked up all
the money, amounting 10 about sl5Oo. and
thrust Il into tie side pockets Of his long
sack coat By this time several people had
been attracted by the sound Of the shots
The dezperzdO inside realized i was time
t0r him - be skipping. Again braadishing
bis revolver in true western style he dashed
cut On the street
TX sEooSD gEssE JANE=
There was Wild scattering on the part OF
the people. No one Was looking for thieves
and marderers, and there was not weapon
in the crowd The robbsr fred several
times and shouted In q second Jesse
james r. with appropriate o2ths attached
The last seen Of him was fleeing down an
alley
7. J. Maple, the Cashier, soon recovered
consciousness, and E2s able to keep up long
enough 70 direct the movements Of others.
He has bad arm, but it Is thought the
wound in the eide Is not serious The ball
passed through too near the flesh TO reach
any vital point.
NJ Va1densrk is prominent farmer
living about four miles from the Grove, in
Union township. He had driven into town
this morning with some hogs, and received
Al order on the bank for his mone. He
had just stepped in to present the order for
payment when he was struck down by the
lezden messenger Of death.
sEARcH FoR The xUKDEREE.
Mr.. W. C. Maple, brother Of the cashier.
cane to Lima, and with a posse of the local |
police augmented BY hundreds Of citizens, |
went TO search for the murderer The crowd |
vas Eild, and has been securing the country /
IN al directions-
The individual who has 20 quickly jump |
ed into nOto-iety : described As about feet I
inches tai, heavy ~, with full face and /
small black musi&che. he wore black /
alpaca cap, long sssk coat OF the same ma
terial, blue-striped pants and no vest. He 1
appeared 70 be about . years old
cAsHIER xAPLEs STATEMENT.
Cashier Maple says Two men were in
the hank, mayself and A c. syfert, Al Iny
wicket renewing noies. A boyish-lOoking |
fellow, with smooth face and dark brown /
coat and pants and dark skull cap. came in.
He walked Up TO the wicket and pointing 4
the reTOivers 3, ne, sid II want your
money"
4 thought it was one Of the town boys
making sport, because Of 50 much show Of /
firearms, and made : reply Of some kind in
that line, wheseupOn be blazed away The 1
first shot gave me this wound in the side.
the second the one in my arm, and the third
shot missed I then grabbed my revolver.
which only had one load, and iired. shot
too high. however, and missed my man. He
started out and met William Vandemark
oomingin. He shot once al him, once up
stairway IN the hall where nobody was. once
at man driving by in = wagon, and then 1
started back into the bank. was by this
time standing by the eeliarwsy. held him
al bay with my drawn revolver until he saw
I could not shook, when he blazed away
twice, making eight shots fired in ali. /
do6ged into the cellarEay for protection,
and, with the door partly open, saw the
fellow reach behind the screen and take all
the money be could reach, amounting, IS
near Is I can guess, 70 81 .2Oe, and deliber-
s-ely put il in his poke; and walk out
He Got Life Sentence.
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