The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-03-16
BANK BURGLARS.
They Make an Unsuccessful
Attempt to Rob the Corder
Bank "Wednesday Night.
DAMAGE THE VAULT ABOUT 81 1000.
But Get Only Seventy-tive Cents anu
Cashier Groves Revolver for Their
Pains-NO Clue to the
Perpetrators.

About two o'clock last Wednesday
night, The Corder Bank was entered by
burglars, whose mission it was 10 break
the iron doors of the vault and to carry
away and convert to their W use all
the gold. silver, green-backs, silver Ger
~tilicates and coin notes therein con
tanned.
The peaceful citizens of the little city
of Corder we're all asleep. The night
was dark, the weather very bad. and for
such an GRAND the burglars could not
have chosen il better occasion.
The Corder Bank has II of the best
vaults in the county, and 4 sale which
was Thought to I've burglar proof and
50 it proved, at least for this occasion.
> The thieves entered the bank building
bv breaking n lock off of Il rear wlndow
and raising it. Loving thus gained
access 10 the bank.~ l that was lett Tor
them Ia do was to break open the great
iron door of the vault and then the
several iron doors of the safe. They
broke the iron knob off the door of the
vault and put powder IN the hole that
had been made Ivy breaking the iron rod
that held the knob several inches in the
door. The explosion shattered the
vault and opened the door. Mr.. James
Y. Brand, who lived Il short distance
away, heard the explosion, but paid
little attention Ia il as il did not sound
very loud, and was not of such a nature
as Ia arouse his suspicious. The bur
glars then broke the knoll of the safe
door, and tried to gain Abundance to
the treasures as they had To the vault.
The explosive, however, did not work
successfully. They finally gave up in
despair, and c~ontented themselves with
taking seventy-fve cents that was left
in "A box on top Of the safe, and a fine
revolver which belonged to the cashier.
Cashier Groves, not aware of the
attempt to rob the bank, boarded the
early train and started for this city to
transact some business. When he
arrived at I~ligginsyille he received a
telegram from Andrew LivengOOd. the
book-keeper, informing him of the bur.
glary. He went back to Corder and
found a condition of affairs as above
related.
There is vet no clue to the perpetra-
tors. The tools used in the raid were
taken from the section house OF the Z.
Il A. Railroad.
This is not the first time robbers have
visited the Corder Bank. On August
81. 1891, Cashier Groves entertained a
couple of gentlemen bent on the same
errand. Then he had the pleasure of
seeing the money in the vault carried
away, and was privileged TO inspect the
revolyers the gentlemen exhibited. lie
was then held up in broad daylight, a
privilege that is not interesting to
experience. This time he was at home
asleep. Then the robbers secured about
500, half of which WAS recovered.
This time they secured nothing, but
damaged the vault and safe to the
extent of one thousand dollars, none of
which will ever be recovered.
One of the men who committed the
crime on the 3lst of August, 8l, was
captured and hung under orders from
Judge Lynch. This time all the perpe-
TRAITORS are at liberty, and it looks as II
they will never be known.
Cashier Groves was in Lexington,
Thursday night. He stated to an IN
TELLIGENCER reporter that it would
take several days To straighten out the
papers of the bank and would cost over
one thousand dollars to repair the vault
and safe.
The INTELLIGENcER trusts that the
robbers may be captured and be made to
pay the penalty for their crime.
G.. A. Frerking, the grain man, is
president of the COrder bank.