The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-04-17

By Two Robbers, Who Escaped With
Six Thousand Dollars.
DIED DEFENDING HIS TRUST.

The Crime Committed ut Midday in
Crowded Section of Now Hamp-
shire City-The victims Throat cut
From Eor to Ear.
somersworth, n. H., April 17.-Whne
resisting the entry of two desperate
and determined robbers, and during
a heroic futile struggle to protect $780,
600 or more I'm money and securities I'm
the compartments Of the open vault
Of the Great Falls National bank, Of
Somersworth, yesterday afternoon, the
cashier Joseph A. Stickney, was struck
down and brutally murdered near the
desk which he had occupied for years
After killing suckney the murderers
ransacked the vault and fled with all
the cash It contained, with the ex-
cepton of q S5 gold piece. As near as
can be estimated about $4,000 was
taken, but It is possible that the loss
win considerably exceed this sum, as
no one but the dead cashier knew the
exact amount that was in the institu-
tion at the time. The robbers after
knocking Stickney down with black
jack cut his throat.
The most remarkable feature of the
robbery Is the fact that S1OO, 900 in bonds
of the United states which vvere lent
I'm one Of tbe drawers of the hie vo,,it
and which the robbers evidently eX-
amlned hastily. were not taken. Neither
was any of the negotiable paper and
/ securities of the bank, in fact nothing
is missing except the cash.
No one was aware that there was
anything wrong at the bank until
,nurderous work was done Tbe ner-
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