Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-11-01
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SEEN LATE AT NIGHT

ne expected Sensational DEVELOPMENTS |
in the robbery of the First National
bank OF McGregor occurred this after
noon in the arrest of sam sewell, as
sistant cashier and son OF the the
president, A. J.sewell. The Gazette
correspondent visited MeGregor today.
During the morning. everybody SEEM
ed to wear an air OF mystery and SEEM
ed unwilling to discuss the case. The
facts developed are as follows:
Shortly after daylight . ,idf a'rday
morning the front door I'd giving.K was
discovered by n passer-uscle zoe open.
This fact was at once IS ported and
the discovery of the robbery quickly
followed. The vault where the explo-
sion took place was examined by
local blacksmith. The plaster of the
walls was blown off, and marks of
the violence of the explosion were
everywhere visible.
The steel safe was unlnjured on the
on tslde 1t had not been drilled, and
there were no marks anywhere indi-
ca ting the use Of dynamite on the on'
side. In facr. from the examination of
the safe it is certain that the safe
Wshs lIsl OpeHeu, tne Explosive pldctu
In II, and the door then closed. the eN-
plosion following. The manner In
which the inside of the safe IL torn Is
ad ditlonal proof OF this. The bolts
were wrenched and bent and the IN
side smashed and bent In all shapes,
| while the outside nowhere shows the
use OF explosives from without.
| About 10 O'Clock last night Frank
| Henry. a well known character, living
| six miles from McGregor'in the direc-
| ton OF Coryell county. was arrested
| by Sheriff Blair. Henry is black
smith and he had gone yesterday
| morning Into Coryell county. He was
and then arrested. Some blacksmith's
| tools We're found in the vault. a mon
| key wrench among them was identi-
| fed as the property of Henry, and
the other tools are thought to be his.
Henry formerly lived in Waco and
his father now runs blacksmith
shop in this city.
1t is admitted that Henry must have
had an accomplish who was very IA
mil lar with the bank. as he certainly
| could not have done all the work him
self. The front door, through which
an entrance to the building was gain
| ed, does not show much sign of priz-
Ing 1t might have been priced open.
| and the marks could have been made
| after 1t was opened. The amount of
money secured was $4,000 and OF this
amount the bank viii lose $1,000. the in
surance covering but $4,000. The cash
| Ter, Charles Is. Smith. returning to
| McGregor from Dallas. reached there
| at z o'clock yesterday morning, about
| twenty minutes before the robbery. He
went directly home. The time OF the
| rob berry IL exactly determined by .he
large clock over the vault door. which
| stopped at 2:2O O'Clock. the stop be-
| Inv nv the HNplOEl0u. The
shock of the explosion was heard by
| several people In the town. but as II
was storming at the time the noise
was thought to be thunder.
sam Sewell assistant cashier of tho
bank, was asleep In his room over the
bank when the robbery was dlsoov-
cred. 1t was necessary to pound on
the door OF his room and Kick It many
| times before he was aroused. To your
representative Sam sewell said
II only heard slight noise. and
paid no attention to IT.
Asked II he had been drugged. he
4 said: mo, awokc feeling all light,
and experienced none OF the effects
that would follow druggng.
Cashier Smith was asked about the
matt ter, and he declared he knew NTH
ing of II, and II he did he could not
tell 1t now. The prisoner Henry vaii;
Il am not ready to tax now; VIII do
50 later on. and will show that l am
all right In the matter"
At 3 o'clock this afternoon Sheriff
Baker held a conference with the 9TH
er officers, all OF whom wore a mys-
terious air which naturally led to the
nclusion that they were on the trail
OF something of Importance, II is said
that the combination of the vault and
safe doors was known only to the
roresi dent, cashier and assistant cash
Ter After the conference OF The 9TH
GERS, Sam seweIl, assistant cashier. v as
ares ted. He was subsequently re-
leased on bond of 5000. with his ia
t her, A. j. Sewell. VIM. ogIesby and
l.. G.. Bachelor as yuretes. Tonight
Sheriff Baker arrived mere md Iiaced
Henry in Jail. After his arrest seweil
said TO your correspondent;
II am confident viii come out all
right. Everything Is mixed up now.
and while suspicion points TO me, /
viii come out all right"
Sew ell is 81 years old. and has been
In the bank over two years. he In well
knowri in this city, where he frequently
visits. and is considered to have very
II vely temperament.
Sheriff Baker stated tonight that II
has been shown that for several weeks
mast Sewel has been asspniated very
frequently with Henry. and last Sun
day evening drove with the latter to
hts home near Oglesby. The cashier
pt ated tonight that when going to his
home yesterday morning about an
hour before the robbery he aa.S Sewell
| and Henry near the bank. and the lat
! tor ha-d a wrench and other tools In hia