The morning call., 1895-01-05
TWO BOLD CROOKS
Rob the Ontario State
Bank.
Bio BOOTY IS SECURED.
Cashier Stamm Was First.
Knocked Senseless
AND LOCKED UP IN THE SAFE.
Pair of Ex-Convicts, Believed to Be
the Robbers, Have Been
Captured.

ONTARIO, Jan. 4-The boldest aud most
successful bank robbery that ever occurred
in this part of the county was perpetrated
this morning about II 80 O'Clock.
The Ontario State Bank. G. T. Stamm
president, was the scene of the robbery
and almost double murder. Fred Stamm
is the cashier, and while he was alone In
the bank at the time named two strangers
drove up with single horse and light
wagon.
They went into the bank unmasked and
in a way to create no suspicious Of their
Intentions.
Suddenly, as they reached the counter,
one of the robbers pulled zig 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. P. Sibley. proprietor of the Ontario
Cannery, entered the bank.
The robbers quickly left the cashier and
attacked Sibley In the same manner as
they did Stamm. clubbing him about the
head with the butts of their revolvers and
soon rendering him insensible, injuring
| him more than Stamm.
1t was fully twenty minutes before Mr.
| Sibley recovered consciousness, and at
least half an hour before the alarm was
given. A large crowd soon gathered.
Cashier Stamm's voice was heard in the
safe, and by his calling out the combina-
tion In a loud voice to those outside the
door was opened and he was released.
Stamm painted for breath and be was in
| very bad way.
AS soon as Sibley was knocked down the
robbers looted the bank of what money
they could find outsideof the safe, and it
is believed that 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 $4,000.
| The robbers deliberately walked out TO
| the wagon with their plunder and escaped
without anybody outside of the bank. see
| ing them or suspecting their movements.
| They jumped into the vehicle and by
circuitous route reached Spadra
The telegraph wires had. however, been
kept hot with news of the robbery, and
from the description sent of the TWO men
the Spadra telegraph operator recognized
the outlaws, who boarded the o'clock
train for Los Angeles.
He wired this information TO the autnori-
ties in Los Angeles, and four detectives
started out on special and Intercepted
the Ontario local few miles from town.
The men, who were in the smoking
were placed under arrest and proved TO be
Frank Conway and j. Steadman. two no.
torious Eastern crooks. When searched
at the police station $35 was found on Con-
way and SO on Steadman.
1t is thought the men buried their plum
der before reaching Spadra. A watch was
found on each of the men and the one IN
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.