Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-08
WAS A SOFT MARX.
Aea"k That Was Left Unguard.
ed at Midday.
ABOUT $4,000 TAKEN BY Rossrss

"so N'ss Have Carried on sis, 900
M"sr. nss wsre Not Mors,,s-A IA.
"es ""s d Easy ss Lying. .sd No Gu,
I'VE SHARPE That Executed III, Gam.
| ""s S"sssag That Would N. Son.
Nsssea ssd Faded Away.
SOUTH BEND. Ind. Dec. s-The Sop,b
heaa National bank, one OF tn. lagos.
banks In northern Indian. h,. 49,,
'oooed OF oves $ia.0yo. The bold deed wa,
committed in broad dayligh. while hun.
"reds OF people were ON the street. and .b.
robbers succeeded In getting AWAY Nth
'he'r, rich boo,y wi,hou. I-nvinp ,h.
slightest clue. Chief benjamin Rose wc.
a' once informed. and set his officers NJ
WORK immediately. but so far TO clue of
eiy reliance has been obtained. Ev.rv
'F"n or other means Of leaving the city ;s
carefully watched. and the officers hope to
obtain some tangible clue soon. Chief
Rose beiieves there were no less than four
rien In the gang. and possibly more.
1hc Cashier Flick. TIP Ch,.cl.
cashier Myrin Campbell remained st
she bank. which Is in the heart of the
c!'y. until ail TIE employees were gone.
he then. NJ he supposed. locked the middle
t.oor OF the biz vault and left everything
IN the usual shape at the noon recess. Ii
was hfteen minutes after I2 o'clock when
hc lett. At ten minutes of one he returned.
entering by the front street door. He
passed down the corridor alongside the
| cashiers, collectors and othe. desks and
turned to his left to enter the door omen.
ing back Of this line of continuous desks.
As he was ahcut to enter the door his foot
struck chisel. He picked it up. but
thought nothing of the matter rs the
plumbers had been in the building and
| had passed by where he found the chisel.
he thinking they had dropped it,
He suti:lcnly ''smeiis u Mice"
Ten minutes later Assistant Cashier
Brown called his attention TO the chisei.
Mr. Browns suspicions were aroused to
| such an extent that an Investigation WINS
| immediately instituted and the men found
rear window open. the back door un.
locked and the door between the directors
room anti the counting room mu;ilated
| n rush was then made Cor the vault The
door was rs Mr. Campbell left it. They
swung IL back and examined the safe
within. A glance showed that money had
oecH taNtn uul tHcy CouIu not tell how
much. The police were at once notified,
and during the afternoon business went
on about as usual. No particular effort
was made to determine the exact amount
sosil the days balances We're made up.
Aud the Boodie Was S15, 300.
And then Il was developed that tho
robbers had secured sl5.gyO There is
little doubt but the bank has been
watched for several days. perhaps weeks.
Il is located on North Michigan street.
aud has an immense plate glass front.
The cashier Is located less than ten feet
from the front and his desk books and
currency are always in plain sight: from
scro<> the stree; one tan see clear through
to the directors room and all over the
! counting room. the vault doors being in
plain view. AT the doors aud windows
arc heavy curtains. hut these were up at
isfWe-S(,Shr robbery and every portion OF
the larke counting room was fully cx-
posed. with n stream OF people continual.
ly passing oa either side of the street.