Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1905-10-10
NihiII & MalCOlm'S Safe Crashed By
fxperts--OnIy $26 is Secured
By Robbers.
THERE IS NO CLUE LEFT BEHIND
Robbers Evidently Looking For Bank
Roll of Citizens Bank of Moore
Note Left to Cashier.

"It's a shame to take the money"
was the message left by the two scien.
fists and experts in chemicals that
blew open the safe of Nihill & NAL
colin, where the Citizens Bank Of
Moore has it's temporary quarters,
Sunday night; nevertheless, these two
shameless marauders looted the safe Of
the money and everything else Of val
ue it contained.
The Citizens Bank of Moore, one OF
the substantial evidences Of the pros
perity of the Bench country, is hav-
ing a handsome stone building erected
for it's use in the town of Moore, and
until the completion of the structure
is using the real estate office OF Nihlll
& Malcolm for the transaction of it's
business. This bank also uses Nihill &
Malcolm's safe during banking hours.
This safe was never intended for use
in bank, being a % calibre, short, in
size.
RECOGNIZING the fact that this little
child's size safe was not safe depos-
tory for the funds of the bank at
NIGHT. Cashier Shafer, with his usual
caution and prudence, quietly stuffed
the bulk of the funds Of the instltu-
tion in his vest pocket at the close OF
business Saturday evening and pro-
ceeded to place the money where 1t
would be beyond reach of the sordld
ayarice of such persons as visited the
place Sunday night. However, he lett
s26 in chicken feed, and few papers
in the safe and these were secured by
tn two safe-blowers.
It was probably between II and 2
O'Clock Sunday night that two men ef-
fected an entrance to Nihill & NAL
colm's office, with all preparations
completed for opening the safe. Every
evidence points to the fact that the
cracks around the door of the safe
were carefully filled with soap, an op-
ening at the top being left for pouring
in the necessary quantity of nitro
glycerine. The explosive having been
properly introduced, ready for the
blast, a green steers hide was tied
around the safe to deaden the sound OF
the explosion, and then several old
wagon sheets, thoroughly saturated
with water, were thrown around te
further mutf1e the sound. Every bi' OF
the work shows IL to hay, becii most
scientific in character, and worthy OF
greater pecuniary reward than $2'
in chicken feed. The men who did the
work were undoubtedly very expert
Not a soul in Moore heard the explo
sion, and so perfectly was every pla1
carried out that the only clue to thu
perpetrators is the single tool tina
they left behind them. All the tool
used in the work were found hiddel
under the Nihill & Malcolm building
all of them having been taken from tn
new bank building, except a pip
wrench which is stamped with the let
ter I'll" No one of the workmen ol
the building knows anything of thi
wrench.
OF cource, since the robbery the usu
al number of recollections of SUSPECT
Gus characters being around town ha
been resurrected. but up to date n
direct clue has been discovered
" TIL prudence of the cashier in re
moving the funds to a place of satet
saved the bank a large loss, and I'll
work of the safe blowers places ther
we'll up in the Jimmy Hope class; tn
irony of the little message left for tn
cashier may we'll be forgiven when W
think of the measly $26 for which a
the skillful efforts were expended.
Deputy Sheriffs Silverthorne an
Tullock went to Moore as soon as til
affair was learned here, and are no.
working on the case.
If any clues that will lead to the a,
rest of the burglars have been discov
cred nothing has been given out up
noon today.