The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-03-23
RUSSIAN BANK
WAS ROBBED

ternal troubles are being circulated
throughout the city and there is "a
general feeling of apprehension that
the Terrorists are again about to
make themselves felt. In fact the ru'
NOR is most persistent that there has
been a renewa, of the rebellion among
the troops and sailors at Sebastopol
and that the authorities there fear a
general spreading of the revolt
against the governor general who for
some time past has been adopting un-
usually rigorous methods to control
the affairs of the city. One report
circulated early tonight was to the ef-
feet that rioting had already begun
in the barracks, where a battalion of
infantry had tried to murder its Of
flcers in revenge for the execution
Of Lieut. Schmidt.
KILLED IN RIOTS.
Inquiries at the war office were met
with eyasiye answers and all at
tempts to secure confirmation direct
from Sebastopol have proven fruitless
up to the present time
Election rioting is reported from
a dozen different sections of Poland,
the worst outbreak having been at
Lodz, where it now transpires FIVE
persons were killed and IA wounded
in the attack by revolutionaries on
the political meeting. The authorities
themselves stated that the trouble
was all caused by disgruntled peas
ants and that the casualties were in
consequential The late advices to.
night, however, seem to indicate that
the trouble was much more serious
than at first appeared and that the
police and troops there are having all
they can do to hold the disaffected
elements in check.
AT Warsaw there were number of
street fights In the suburbs during
the day. two of which required the
services OF the Cossacks to put down
ROBBERY OF BANK.
The sensation of the day of course
was the robbery of the Mutual Credit
Socfety's Bank at Moscow, where
the robbers secured S425,0O0 in cash.
The authorities are all at sea as to
the perpetrators of this outrage, but
fear that 1t was the elimination of a
Terrorist plot to secure needed funds,
as not in the criminal annals of the
entire empire is recorded a bolder
crime which was carried off without
a hitch.
1t was just as the bank was about
to close for the day that the band of
20 men, each armed with automatic
revolvers put in an appearance and
while half of them overawed passers-
by with their revolyers, the others
entered the place and inside of half
with a pistol. All were compelled to |
hold their positions, while two men
looted the cash drawers and outer
vaults. They made no attempt to dis. |
turb the piles of negotiable securi
ties in the various compartments, con,
tenting themselves with cash alone |
At a word of command four of the |
number marched out with the booty, |
while the remainder waited until a |
signal from the outside indicated that
the swag was safe. Then they with |
drew, slamming the heavy gates of
the bank behind them and made their |
escape before a detachment of police |
sent to apprehend them appeared on
the scene.
EXTRA GUARDS ORDERED.
The authorities profess to have q
clue which will result in the arrest
of most of the conspirators and the |
recovery of the money stolen within
a few hours, but this is believed to be
all buncombe.
One report in circulation tonight |
is that the leader of the band was
an eX-army officer who had recently |
been affiliated with the Terrorist or
ganization and for whose capture a |
large reward is offered To prevent
attacks on other banks orders have
been issued by the governors of all
of the large cities to their police |
chiefs that until further notice an ex-
ira guard must be stationed, we'll
armed, inside of every banking insti-
tuition, prepared to resist an attack.