The record-union., 1895-01-05
BOLD BANK ROBBERY
Perpetrated at Ontario at 1880
Yesterday Morning.
STOLEN BELIEVED TO BE
AT LEAST $4,000.
Notice Given Tramps by Los Angeles
Citizens That They VIII Either
Have to Toll or Seek Other Chimes
-Four Burglaries Committed at the
Southern City During the Present

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
ONTARIO, Jan. 4.-The boldest and
most successful bank robbery that ever
occurred in this part of the country was
perpetrated this morning about 11:3O
o'clock.
The Ontario State Bank, G. T. Stamm
President, was the scene of the robbery
and almost of a double murder. Fred
Stamm is the Cashier, and while he was
alone in the bank at the time named two
strangers drove up with a single horse
and light wagon. They went into the
bank unmasked and in way to create
no suspicious of their intentions. Sud-
denly, as they reached the counter, one
of the robbers pulled a big revolver on
the Cashier and ordered him to throw up
his hands. At the same instant his con-
federate jumped over the counter and
struck the Cashier over the head with
another big revolver or sandbag but did
not render him entirely senseless. He
struggled, but the robbers forced him
into the vault, and had just locked him
in when r. z. Sibley, proprietor of the
Ontario cannery, entered the bank.
The robbers quickly left the Cashier
anu dLtdCh0u III LIl0 Sdul0 manner
as they did Stamm, clubbing him about
the head with the butts OF their revoIvers
and soon rendering him insensible, in
juring him more than Stamm.
1t was fully twenty minutes before Mr..
Sibley recovered consciousness and at
least half an hour before general alarm
was given. When Sibley recovered he
gave the alarm as soon as possible and a
large crowd soon gathered. Cashier
Stamm's voice was heard in the safe, and
by his calling out the combination in a
loud voice to those outside, the door was
opened and he was released. Stamm
painted for breath and he was in a very
bad way.
AS soon as Sibley was knocked down
the robbers looted the bank of what
money they could find outside of the SAFE
and it is believed large amount was
taken. The officials of the bank could
not say just what amount was secured,
but it is believed to be at least $1,000.
The robbers deliberately walked out to
the wagon with their piunder, and es-
capped without anybody outside OF the
bank seeing them or suspecting their
movements. They jumped into the ve-
hicle and by circuitous route reached
Spadra. The telegraph wires had, how
ever, been kept hot with news of the
robbery, and from the description sent OF
the two men the Spadra telegraph oper-
ator recognized the outlaws, who
boarded the 4 o'clock train for Los An
geles. Four detectives started out on a
special train and overlook the Ontario
local few miles from town,
The men, who,were in the smok ing-car,
were placed under arrest, and proved to
be Frank Conway and j. Steadman. two
notorious Eastern crooks. When searched
at the police station S35 was found on
Conway and SIS on Steadman. 1t is
thought the men buried their plunder
before reaching Spadra. A watch was
found also on both of the men, and the
one in the possession of Conway proved
to be time piece stolen from resident
of Los Angeles few nights ago.
Steadman. who is most repuIsive and
vicious-looking individual, is an escaped
convict from the prison at San Quentin,
and also Joliet.