The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-27


deposit vault section of the Omaha Ma
tional bank has been robbed and in
so dexterous a manner that no clue to
the manner in which the work was
done is obtainable. Large sums of
money have been taken from boxes in
losses cannot be known until all have
been examined.
The discovery was made more than
two weeks ago and every precaution
has been taken by the bank officials
to keep the matter close secret.
Chief of Police Seavey and one of his
detectives have been working indus
triously on the case and j. H. Willard,
president of the Omaha National bank,
has given the largest share of his time
since the discovery to an effort to I'M
ravel the mystery surrounding the
case. He has even made a trip to Chi
cago for the purpose of making spec
ial investigation into the workings of
the safety deposit systems in that city
to discover, if possible, whether any
important precautionary measures had
been neglected in the Omaha vault
system.
The principal loser is William Glad
ish. Mr.. Gladish has been the lessee
of a box in the vaults of the Omaha
National for number of years Last
March he placed in his box the sum of
5000 in gold. On Oct. he discovered
that about $1,000 of the amount was
missing.
He at once notified Mr.. Willard and
the investigation commenced. Mr. Mil
lard called in Chief of Police Seavey,
and detective has had charge of the
case ever since. So far, however, all
EFFORTS to discover the manner in
which the money was lost have failed.
and the bank authorities, as we'll as
the police, are as much in the dark as
ever
The discovery of the losses has over
whelmed the Omaha National bank Of
hcials withs perplexity. They place
every reliance upon the parties who
have any connection with the manage
ment of the vaults and are Thoroughly
in the dark as to how the losses could
have occurred
Another party reports that three 500
bills have been taken from a box.
President Willard stated that the re-
port OF the losses came to him as one
OF the greatest surprises of his life.
The vaults are under the MANAGEMENT
OIL very estimable lady, who is in ev-
cry way fitted for THE responsible posi-
ton she occupied. No shadow of sus
picion exists that the losses have oc-
Cured through her knowledge or con-
nivance. The safety vaults are con-
structed in the basement of the Omaha
National bank building, near the corner
OF Thirteenth and Douglass streets.
Ihey are modelled after the best sys-
TENS in the country, and the private
boxes are surrounded with every safe
guard that ingenuity or science can de-
wise The lessee of a private box is
hrst required to write his signature in
a book and also upon a card, together
with his residence, etc He is then
given private password and no two
individuals have the same password.
IL is suggested that a person not en-
titled to open any given box may Sc
cure possession of the keys surrepti
tlously. But the possession of the KEYS
alone will not enable stranger to open
box. He must, upon presenting him
self at the safety vault, present at the
same time written order signed bv
me owner of the box, and he must also
give the private password. The bank
officials and detectives offer no explain
alton other than the declaration that it
is not due to carelessness of the bank
employees.
All deposits are guaranteed by the
bank.