St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-15

mentioned bank. 8The money was put
Into small box or satcbel. which was
locked on the right wrist of the porter
OF the bank, negro named j. Ii.
Jacobs. A chain runs from the band
cuff ON the porter's wrist TO one end OF
the satchel. The ley to the box WAS
| handed to the messenger OF the bank,
who deposited 1t in his pocket along
with revolver which is supposed to.
add protection to the money carried,
/ Reaching the First National bank tfia
satchel was deposited OH the floor in
front and little to the left of the re-
ceiying teller's window. The messenger
opened the satchel, and, STOPPING down,
placed four bags, each containing 5000
in gold, ON the ledge in front of the
window. So far the stories of those n
terested seem TO agree.
Lares, the messenger, says he had
placee the four bags on the ledge in
front of tho window and was examining
the clearing house certificate he had in
his hand when he felt his right elbow,
which was resting on the bags, Jared.
He turned to see tall man in Il Prince
Albert coat and silk hat
Taking One Of The Bags |
and putting it under his coat. Lares
says he felt for his revolver aud started
for the fellow, but was stopped at the
door of the bank by a man in brown
suit, who barred his passage for mo-
ment. When he had run down the flight
of stairs which lead TO the bank the man
was out of sight.
j. II. Jacobs, the porter to whose hand
the Satchel was chained, could not tell
just how the trick was turned. He
stood right over the box when the bags
were being taken out, and the first he
knew of the missing money was when
the messenger started for the door.
4 MOmentary Panic.
The excitement which followed the
cry that the money had been stolen was
great. Clerks and officials, together
with the dozen or more customers vino
were III the bank. ran to the door, and
for few moments everything was IN
the utmost confusion. The porter who
had accompanied the messenger from
the Merchants bank ran to the boy
who runs the elevator in the building
and inquired if man with bag of
gold in his hand had gone up the eleva-
tor. LareS, the messenger, ran up and
then down Jackson street looking for
the man with silk hat and long tailed
coat, but without catching glimpse OK
the thief.
The work was undoubtedly done by
professionals, and the plan had evil
IDENTIFY been given great deal of atten-
ton. Three feet from the window OF
the receiving teller is large post, and
this was used by the thief as point OF
vantage. 1t was all easy matter for
him to stand behind the post and, as tho
messenger stopped to take up one of the
bags in the satchel, reach over and Sc
cure one of the bags which had beer.
placed on the ledge in front of the
window.
Plenty of Nerve.
Cashier Bailey. of the First National.
speaking of the robbery, said it was one
of the boldest ever perpetrated in st.
Paul, and the men who were concerned
in it certainly had their nerve with
them. There were fifteen or twenty
customers in the bank at the time, and
the thing was done so neatly and quietly
that it was several minutes before the
fact was known that the robbery had
been committed. According to his yer-
sion of the affair, the money had not
been turned over to the teller, but was
still in the possession of the agent or
messenger of the Merchants bank. and
was on the ledge in front of the reeeiv-
ing teller's window. This being the
case the loss would fall on the Mer-
chants bank, and not on the First Ma.
tional.
Cashier Seymour, of the Merchants
bank, said 1t was question whether
the loss would be on the First National
or the Merchants, but from what ha
had been told was of the opinion that
the loss would fall OH the First Ma
tional. Later, howeyer, it was prace