Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-04-13
copyright. by A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Col
CHAPTER NV.

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The morning of the Goth of August
when the sun arose Cashier White still
sat bound in the armchair in the bank
facing the vaults. He could hear the
football OF early passers-by on the pave
ment on the outside, but could give
no alarm; SO there he sat in agony until
nine o'clock, when the president of the
bank arrived, and, finding the bank
locked. supposed that something I'M
usual had detained the cashier at home,
and with his own key unlocked the door
and entered to find Raymond White
half unconscious, tied securely in n
chair, and the vault doors opened.
"Good God!" he exclaimed; robbery
and ruin!" and with shaking hands he
cut the cords that bound the cashier.
That gentleman could neither speak
nor stand for some moments, but when
he could he told his tale, and concluded
with the words: 1.-THE manager of the
affair was the man with the long, black
beard for whom 1 cashed the checks
on yesterday"
"What, the captain of the slayer9"
"The same; what is his name, or
whom were the checks made payable
TOT"
"The checks were made payable to
Baker & Mills, the auctioneers, and in
dorsed by them payable to bearer"
The president rushed from the bank
to the courthouse for officers to board
the schooner and apprehend it's captain
and crew.
At the courthouse he found all in
commotion. The Jail had not been
opened and the iailer was missing-his
hat was found on the ground at the
foot of the steps leading to the Jail door.
The key could not be found in his
apartment. SO locksmith was pro-
cured and the lock opened.
In the cell of Plunkett and Cobb was
found the jailer. He was bound hand
and foot; the cords were similar tc
those that had for so many hours held
the cashier in the chair.
Plunkett and Cobb, who on the NOR
row would have been hanged by the
neck until dead, were gone.
The jailer stated how he had been
duped into opening the Jail by man
who represented himself as captain of
a vessel and stated that he wished to
have two drunken sailors locked up
until morning; that this man was &C.
companied by several others, among
whom was a large pock-marlled man,
with one eye missing and scar OH his
left cheek like saber cut.
''This man." said the jailer, 81 am cer-
tain have seen in Charleston before"
The description of the man who led
the liberators of Plunkett and Cobl,
tailed with that of the one who had
managed the plundering of the bank,
and 90 armed men, headed by the sher-
i'll. together with the banker and The
jailer, Immediately proceeded to the
wharf to secure boats with which to
board the Ranger.
The schooner was nowhere to be seen.
As they were marching up the wharf
one of the deputies remarked: Sheriff,
speaking of q pock-marked man being
one of them, there's a pock-marked
man runs this bar; jim Holland is tho
name he goes by here; he's been under
suspicion some time"
"We'll go in, then" said the sheriff,
land interview him."
Moll was found behind the bar.
"Where's Jim Holland, my good wom-
an?" said the sheriff.
II b'ain't yer good woman, We guy. /
were Jim Hollands bad 'un, but 'e's
skipped"
"Where has he skipped to, woman? ]
am the sheriff"
"The skeriff? An'what do We want of
Iim?"
"The bank was robbed last night, and
two murderers taken from the jail"
Jim were not there, skeriff; 'e's too
big q coward. e 'ad good bit NV