The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-06-27
was confident that all was not right

WoS ScAhoShS tAot 0ii as iCs AAoAs
there.
As stated by President Elliott of the
First National bank on Friday and Sat-
urday. the 18th and 18th of the month,
he had thorough examination made OF
the sub-vault of his safe, by means Of
moving all the old books and rubbish and
sounding the walls and flooring There
fore up to Sunday the 14th, the hole had
not been cut through the floor or the
arched foundation room of the vault,
1t was on Monday, June 18th, that the
saloon man, Fred w. Jones, disappeared
and on Wednesday, the 18th. the detec-
tives first crawled through the hole and
found the exit into the bank vault. Since
that date, day and night watch had
by the police and only given up on
Thursday. the 26th. when 1t became evil
dent that the thieves had taken the
alarm and skipped.
In regard to the claims of the sheriff's
office that he had been dllatory, negli-
gent or bull-headed, Chief Glass ex-
pressed himself strongly.
Last Monday, the 22d. Under Sheriff
Clements came to his office and, ap-
preaching him In mysterious manner,
said that he knew of the big bank case
and that the sheriffs office wished to
work in harmony with the police in the
matter From his conversation he had
apparently had an inkling of the truth,
but knew little or nothing, merely sur
missed.
The chief was not giving away any
thing and merely acted as listener.
saying nothing and saving wood. After
some conversation Clements departed,
reiterating the good intentions of the
sheriff's office in the matter and of being
willing to do what he could to assist
in any capture Then, according to the
chief, the trouble began.
Clements had assured him confiden-
TALLY that the only men who knew of the
case were Mr.. Elliott, Mr.. Gibson, De-
tectives Hawley and Brndish. Deputy
Sheriff Marsh and himself. The fact Of
the matter was that for five days the
whole detective force had been working
on the matter. since the 18th. Patrol
men Lehnhausen, Reynolds, Phillips and
Sawyer and Sergt, Gus Smith had all
been laying in wait night after night
in conjunction with the detectives in
an endeavor to catch the men in the
cellar or tunnel.
On Monday afternoon Deputy Sheriff
Marsh entered the saloon in company
with three or four other men and, under
pretense Of wanting to buy the place,
looked around. They discovered moth
ing save that officers were watching the
place. All Monday night. Tuesday and
Wednesday night Marsh staid in or in
front of the Bouquet saloon, opposite,
piping off the place. If any crooks had
still been hanging around they would
have taken the alarm from his actions
and decamped.
All the talk made by the sheriff's dep
uties about what they could or would
have done was rot. They were too late
in the game and could accomplish moth
ing. If they knew as much as pretended
why did they not step In and nab the men
who were well known to them. The fact
of the matter was that 1t was prob
ably thro IGN :hel Interference CT bUng-
ling of the deputies and certain private
detectives or watchmen that the crooks
had taken the alarm and made their es-
cape. During the time that the detec-
tives and officers were watching the
bank and saloon on several occasions
when they emerged from one or the other
place these officious busybodies would
pass remarks as to what possible BUSH
ness could be on foot causing their pres
ence there.
If the sheriff's office would attend clos
err to the business that concerned them,
say, for instance. looking up the high
waymen who some nights since robbed
old man Fletcher near the Soldiers
Home, to which, so far as he could learn,
no attention had been paid, they would
do better all around. The simple fact
was tnat the ponce had done their best;
with what measure of success subse-
quent events must show.
AS to the claim of certain evening
newspaper CD that the whole matter was
known to them ten days ago the chief
characterized is as absolutely false, es-
pecially that they had known and been
requested to suppress the matter in
order that the chances of apprehending
the burglars might not be lessened. The
news was not given out to any reporter
and no one outside Of the officers knew
of 1t until the raid was decided upon on
Thursday afternoon at o'clock.