The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-06
GET LITTLE CASH
BUT TWO KILLED.
Daring Robbers Scared Out OF
Bank But Use RevolverS
to Purpose
TRYING TO SAVE MONEY
CASHIER is SHOT DOWN
General Manager Pursues Thieves
to Door and Under Flash of
Lamp Light is Siain-Sev-
eral Suspects Arrested.

PITTSBURG, PA. April 6.--With
seven suspects under arrest, the police
are not yet satisfied they have the
men who last night held up the VIC
tor Banking Company's Office. at Nc
KEGS Rocks. in custody. Private de-
-teetf~es, deputy sAefiffs and Ptttsburg
officers searching al-of the-suE-
rounding country with orders to ar
rest all who cannot fully account for
themselves. The task of apprehend-
ing the bandits, however. is admitted
ly hard one, as none of those alive
who witnessed the hold-up secured a
good enough look a. the quartette
of htghwaymen to positively identify
them IL they are arrested. =
Both of the two wounded-Robert
King, shot In the groin. and Thomas
Neary, shot in the breast-are doing
nicely to-day and will recover. The
thieves secured, 1t was ascertained to-
day, only $500. Last night 1t was
believed the got away with $4,000, but
when the cash of the bank WAS count
ed to-day most of the money was
found intact.
General Manager Samuel Friedman
and Cashier Ignatz Swartz died mar
tyrs to duty. Realizing that the four
men who entered the bank came to
loot It, and apparently not believing
they would shoot, Swartz started TO
draw the money in front of him into
the cash drawer. which locks automat-
cally. As he did 30 the foremost rob-
ber fired. the bullet crashing through
Swartx's brain Friedman grabbed
his own revolver as the men reached
through the wire partition and grab
bed at the cash on the counter. The
lampiigbt flashed on the polished bar
rel of the revolver and the thieves
turned To fee.
Friedman followed them into the
street, and as he stood In the doorway.
In the light, the leader Of the thieves
fired and the bank manager fell dead.
The sound of the shots attracted the
attention of crowd OF men in front
OF the Greens Hotel. block away.
They were fired on by the thieves and
King and Neary fell wounded. The
crowd made no further attempt to
stop the robbers. who mounted horses
they had tethered near the bank and
rode away toward the open country.
Had Dynamite Handy.
Two dynamite horabs. each weigh
ing between eight and ten pounds,
were found under O'Donovsn's
bridge. near the bank. early
day by two boys. The police be-
lieve that the bombs were placed there
by the bandits TO be used In case they
failed TO gain an entrance to the bank
in any other way The explosives were
equipped with fast fuses. Most OF the
banks customers are foreigners EN-
ployed by the Pressed Steel Car Com
pany Fearing that their savings had
been taken. large crowd OF men and
women gathered sn front OF the bank
this morning, crying and wringing
their hands.
Detective Muth this morning said
that no clue had been obtained re-
garding the identity of any of the yegg-
men.
Chief Muth to-day received a re-
port that a horse and buggy were last
night stolen from a farm west of here.
and IL is believed that the robbers may
have taken this means OF escape and
are now en- route to Steubenville. Ohio.
Two additional suspects have been ar
rested.
At the hospital at noon II was de-
ciared that King was In serious con-
diticn, but it Is believed he will re-
cover.
According to report received from
New Castle Junction. Pa. four foreign
ers were seen to get OF train there
tins morning and the authorities are
searching for them in the hope that
they rnay be the ones implicated In the
hold-up.