Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-18
A RICH LITTLE OHIO TOWN
Has -Four National Banks and Only About
1000 Inhabitants
Cadtz Is the WeaIthiest Town of Jts
Size In the World a
Robbery story.

| Cadiz t0hIol Corrosp ondcnce Chicago Post
This is the richest town ~ its size In tho
world. With barely Goa inhabitants and
not manufacturing industry Of any sort.
| IL has four national banks and four pros
| porous loan associations. with combined
| capitalization OF Sl21a.o00. Il has more
financial institutions than 1t has churches
| and schools. Although II is one Of the
smallest settlements IN Ohio. there are only
| four cities in the state which do more husi-
hess with money than # does Cincinnati,
Cleveland. Columbus. Toledo and Cadiz Is
the way the list runs.
The isolation Of the place naekes fits posi-
ton as money center all the more re-
markable. There IS no waterway or nayi-
gable size nearer than TWENTY-FIVE miles
| ana wholly hopeless travcsty Of a branch
| railroad twists and wrtgeIes up steep hill
! SIDES and through ravines 10 the main line
| OF the Panhandle. Situated on a eroup of
| nils, with crooked. ill-kcpt streets and side
walks, II Is typical sleepy country village
| But II has the money. borrowers from
| every state In the Union and from some II
| IT'S dependencies pay interest for The funds
| OF these banks ana give up the gflt-.lgrd
m.and
| Figures concerning the banks Of Cadiz are
| rather interesting. 4 recent report shows
Uat their combined capitalization is but
H,f.p,"n, while they possess surplus and uu-
clNlded profits of SlTl}j9 The deposits
amount to 81, 30 az and tho ,iieco,l,,te r,,,t
| up Sl,J9i. SO. Considerable money 200 has
| been earned for the stockholders since their
| Organization. With a Capital stock ,r S1pa =
| v'V' the Flrst National has paid in diyi-
| bends since 1888 the sum of S.;5iS5T Tho
| Farmers and Mechanics organized Ia tSSn
| has paid out about $4,000 on a capitaliza-
! u"n OF $4,000, and the Fourth National in
| the SIX years OF its existence. has divided
$4,000 among the holders of Sl2B.npn stock
Since 1866 the Harrison National has dis
u1Duted S304.uo on observation-disclosures
and-dollar capitalization. Thus IL will b.,
| seen that. counting the undivided profts
| the banks of this olIt-of 1 hs-waN count ~
settlement have earned for their owners
more than $loon.oo0 on an investment Of
about one-third Of that amount I,aaNirE,
out the 400 colored inhabitants the d.ros-
It's average about 81 800 per capita
Besides being able to boast about banks
! the people here can tell YOU about "A bank
| ROBBERY that takes rank among the foras-
| most feats Of craftsmanship on. summer
| nHSht sool after the war was over iva
| daring desperadoes invaded the village
pound ana gagged a goodiy proportion OF
the population. and after unlocking one or
the old-fashioned vaults in the Harrison
Brahch Bank. carried away with them a
| little more than a quarter II a million dol
| lars. Newspapers in those days were too
| BUSY solving the problems Of reconstruction
| TO pay much attention even to a S25pupD
nank robbery. so at that time little was
printed about the affair. This may bu an
excuse for telling something about il now
lew weeks before the robbery good
looking young woman applied at the resi-
cenCe Of Cashier NJ. }. Brown for tn posi-
| ton OF gOVcrneSS for his children Excel
lent recommendations secured her the place
and she soon won the confidence Of the
family. But she left suddenly one NIGH
without giving any eNplg 7at."n. The gov
erneSs had discovered the hiding place OF
| the vault keys htd secured a plan of IN.
banking house ami had made list Of every
| person who would have to Ice made help
| less temporarily in order TO allow her con-
| ieuerates to do their work.
| 1t was about o'clock i'm the night when
the cashier and his wife awpkc and looked
| into the mUzz!es of TWO reviewers. They
| and the rest of the family submitted quiet
] ~ Whlie gags were fastened between their
| teeth, and they watched the robbers rip I'D
| the carpet and get the KEYS. Before the
VISIT was pail to the cashiers house the
| robbers had put quietus the town con-
| stable, and nearly every person who lived
| In the vicinity of the bank When they
/ entered the banking house they Killed the
watchman's dog. and after tying the watch
| man himself. threw him into a vault on a
| stack of silver. Then they sorted out the
currency and bonds and the gold and nll,d
their satchels. The silver they did not
| touch. Before the alarm was given they
were miles away.
The next morning COuriers were mounted
| on horses and dispatched through the coun-
| try shouting the alarm, The bank is rob-
bedr'
The men escaped on hand car. They
were traced to We.lsburc. about thirty
miles away, and two weeks after the rob
| berry posse of twenty seaTchers found
| them on the bank of the Ohio river pre-
pairing To embark in a skin for the Other
side. Both sides Immediately opened FIRE
and in the skirInish one Of the bandits WAS
wounded and all We're captured.
search Of the capJiVes brought To light
about SlJu.ooO. The rest Of the money tad
been hidden. For years after packages Of
bank notes were found under barns and N
hollow trees in the vicinity OF ;he village.
Fifty thousand dollars Of the sum stolen
was never recovered. The men were all
sentenced to the penitentiary. each tor
twenty years. After they had served a
year or two the governess reapPearrd in
CadiZ. She was still handsome. In three
days she had secured the signatures Of the
judge. the jurors, all the hank officials and
most of the citizens to petition for "A par
don, and her cOnfedeUates were liberated.
Nobody even suggested having her arrested
As accOmDliCe.
This robbery is the only ripple in the
course of banking in Cadiz. There has
never been "A run. neither has there been
rumnr that any of the Institutions was UNI
stable. The bank officials arr conservative
and Shrewd men. although they trusted not
wisely in the value of western farm securi-
ties not long ago. None of them. no mat
ter what his wealth, possesses a carriage
There isn't butler la,key Of any
sort in the town. Although the people are
cultured and well informed a rule, there
are but two university graduate in the
place-the common pleas Judge and he
Presbyterian preacher. The young women,
instead of going to college, have a culture
club where they eat cake and where tho
most stupid girls read brilliant but strange
ly familiar essays on Shakespeare" OF
George Eliot" This plan is cheaper
About a month ago a wandering tool
sharpener'' drifted into the town. drilled
an oil we'll in one Of the fertile valleys in
the neighborhood. and struck "A paying pool.
Since then the farmers have been receiving
ia BILIOUS bonuses for their lands and A
dozen large fortunes have been made.
There will have to be another bank in Ca,
diz soon.
The Human OdOr.
From the Indian Lancet.