Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-15
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New westminster. b. c.. Sept. H.
Three hundred and fifteen thousand
dollars was stolen early this mornino
from branch OF the Bank OF Montreal
in this city.
Five burglars entered the hank by
the front door. broke thru the thin
metal coating OF the vault. blew The
safe by charges OF nitro-glycerine. and
got away with their booty without 6Gs
Ing seen except by a Chinese cafctak@
er. They probably escaped down the
Frazier river In launch or BY auto
mobile toward Vancouver. TheresW WAa
in all $4,000 In the banks safe.
Couldn't Garry Il All.
Chief OF Police Bradshaw believes
the men would have taken 1t all II they
could have carried 1t. As It was they
took all they could carry. leaving all
tn" silver and notes and small denonni-
tations as we'll as damaged S610 and
$40 bills lying around on the noor.
The first known OF the robbery waA
when the Chinese caretaker appeared
at the police station Mt 5: 30 o'clock and
gave the alarm.
He had managed To work his bounds
loose after the robbers had departed.
From the thoroughness OF the job ana
the tools with which tho work was
done the local authorities believe the
same gang which has been at work IN
Vancouver did the work hero.
Left 100000.
1t is presumed the men entered the
bank about 4 o'clock this morning. for
when the Chinese tanitor, arrived
shortly after o'clock he found tho
three mon had been doing, . little
cleaning up on their own account and
before he could give the alarm he was
sandbagged and tied to q chair. Then
the robbers left the building some time
before o'clock. taking morn than .
quarter OF million with them. ieasanQ
about 100000 in the vault.
isas : Abandoned Auts eeund.
That the robbers are still IN the We
clnity Is apparent by the finding Of nm
| automobile stolen from garage
broken down In front Of the 7. ~. G. A.
building. It Is thought the robbers
started to get away IN the machine
which later failed them.
Chong koh, Chinese caretakers
about 6 o'clock came running to the
police station, which is less than twen-
ty-tive yards from tho bank. crying
that the bank had been robbed. Tho
Chinaman says he opened the door ae
$40 He had no sooner set foot in-
side than he was seized by large man
and two others came a moment later.
Thrsatsnsd With Death.
IF you make a noise l will KILL
they said. Two smaller men gagged
the Chinaman with his own handker-
chief. They tied his feet and hands
and took him to the basement, where
they tied him to post. 1t was two
hours later that no managed to free
himself. He says he saw only the thr
men, but he believes ut least two Others
were engaged In the robbery. 1t IL
certain that the vault had already been
blown before the Chinaman arrived SC
the robbers must have gotten in shortly
after midnight.
BY means of pick they tore away
hole thru the bricks that composed
the sides OF the vault. and the same in.
strument was used to break thru thS
thin cast iron lining OF the vault Tht
latter was not heavy and 1t could nos
have been more than twenty minutes
work before the robbers had got into
the vault In front of the great stees
door. which was then blown open.