Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-08
TALES OF BANK or ENGLAND



bcrs, ForRcrs and Thieves.
rhcro ls poo Institution that has more
romance attached 90 it than The bank of
England 10 has been nearly ruined ou
several occasions. ID has been bcsct
with thieves sans robbed BE- OF over
Elineo tuirty years aru.furEcry and
frauds hlNo been rractlsed upon % ny
inn most accomplished criminals DOB hif-
tory and yet safe as ine bank or
England is a. snYInE which. Boo spite
of tnc lnsutuuons many ups ana downs
Del true 90 thc letter
Had Do not been Ior "a very smart
russo 600 ihe part ot one OF ihH uiiNf-
tors tho bank would have smashed over
u century uRn. TINS BEL what happened.
A panic Hutung up amuus BANS motto
before aus ono was aware OF Wnat was
happening.
on morning just after Che bank opcu-
cu. au ausfy ana excited crowd tniune-
od tho street demanding cash Tor notes.
There was actually double Che money
lu notes lu the hands of that mob %
what there was gold Boz the bank. ana
tnC outlook was e. bad one Gold huu
Co. be got bon to pay on every claimant
but ihHt took time. So the directors
sent men with notes into tho crowd,
whose claims they attended 20 hrati
ana paid each claim boo slNponces ana
slnluFs over their backs but the time
gained nN this method OF paying saved
tne bank and every claim was paid.
Aftcr tnia The bank decided 10 rcas-
surc its dcpositors by displaying in
the bank windows aud near The cash-
ier- desks sacks oyerhowi ing WIN
soNcrelgus but the public aid not know
that the sacks we're fun OF coal with
only "a layer ~ souvereigns OF top
The man Who gave the bans ine
most trouble was one named tharles
Price and he was given the nickname
of sold Patch because he Oftcn wore
black patch over BITS right csc Iui no
reason save as "a disguise. lie was one
OF tho finest ongravers ln the world.
beating even the bank eugravcrs. he
put forged notes into circulation Win
surprising Skin. and battle rayh be-
gan between him and the bank.
Had he not been master or uls-
guisc. Dee would have been caught long
before be- was. but he managed to
C0O0o before he slipped into the hands
of tho law in curious manner. lte
used a. Dress in long BLACK CLOAK
which gen rally covered the lower par
of bis face. and although De employed
more than dozen agents, none hao
oven seen him out Of hls disguise
NJ was one OF these agents who turned
upon him. Realizing that the man was
making o. fortune he lay lu wait TOT
him and skunk into The CORNER on
doorway when the munlcd figure drew
NOM Then leapinr upon him he tore
away the disguise and threatened 20
| botuy him 60 the police unless ne ar
ceded to certain preposterou erl il.,
Price refused. so his agent carried GUY
! his word and two months later the
] arch criminal was convicted and hang
/ only one man succeeded in breaking
| into the bank and this happened about
| thirty years ago. One day the directors
I received "a letter from an anonymous
| person saying that he would meet an9
| person the hank liked TO appoint ~ the
/ bullion rooms at midnight on the date
/ fixed. but that the person keeping tne
/ appointment must not be armed. Az
/ 8fst It was thought 20 be a. hoax. but
I AS a precautiom detectives heafcneu lue
] bullion vaults thoroughly, ana Wele
/ quite satisfied that under no circum-
| stances could man enter those room 3
/ but they waited all through the hlknL
! and beyond hearing a peculiar scI"pl.s
| noise which they attributed 70 Ia'a'
| thov heard and saw nothing
! A week later the bank directors were
| staggered az receiving box ln whlch itg
| several securities from the bank ITS.
| and enclosed was a note saying that
! M the directors would send a man 10
| the vaults at midnight on the same "a.
| the writer would meet MIN there
after having broken IN from "g i.,,.,, q,
! 10 Inc vaults with lanterns al mldnisht
! aud waited. Presently tneE htaI9 ~
scrapiug noise, and hgnJ tppea,t. y "a "a
| one end Of the vaults which vanished.
however, ON their approach iheu
mans voice coming, u sesihsq' li' y
/ right under their rect loiu tueln ~,
Would appear. They did so with some
| trepldation. and carrying a dark iaulelu
| IA man came upon the sceuN re "a
! MANNED that ne was sewer cleaner
! and had discovered disused drau
| which he found ran right INTO ul'
! hank vaults Tie had stolen notnlhk
! eo fbe bank gave him "a reward, Whlcn
ID was whispered, rem INTO thousaius
for his honesty. .,.,.s ~ hsru
| ever had to deal with WAS bldMeil' ~
| American. who arrived mere WIN w
| gang in 1871 lie distributed ms aseht,
| an over the country buying ~ gen ~, il'
| hills that could be manipulated, hnt
| tbcn Maid into the bank bona nd'
| i'm Of Rothschild's for eAaoO salinl
bat no was going 70 start maklnl
ptiiman cars IN England. FOLLOWING
ms he pald in forged bills 70 the Nalu'
over el02000 aud paid the amounts y
himself under the name OF warren ~
ne continental bank. This great ltau'
might have gone on longer thah =
ala had the delinuucnts not TOT tytsi
| to put the dates ON two OF the plils
vgberetlpou they we're returned U
Nessrs Rothschld for rectlhoaton, ne
iTc fratio was discovered, and m
thieves caught Just as they were SUI
| ing for the continent WIN tholi "f,tl,
When YOU enter the bank by any 200
! eo,tr mains OF eyes watch you, thougl
| ,,o1 arc unaware Of this fact Sltuate'
| ,iose 10 the doors are hiding-places y
! which arc four guardians OF the Dunn
| von cannot see them. but theN cal
| watch YOU with the aid or reheVlnl
, | r,irrors iu which they can see you
| enfrance and exit and every movement
| from the time YOU enter the portals 2
wealth 20 the moment yog ieaNe 'ne"