The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-09-16
BY Associated Press.

New West Minister, B. c., Sept. 15.-
Five robbers entered the Bank Of Mon
treal here early today by an unpro-
tected rear door and digging through
the brick wall into the vault, wrecked
the inner door and blew open the safe.
They took approximately $4,000 in
gold and bills, leaving S20,O00 in gold
on a bed where they had piled their
loot, and about $4,000 more unmo-
Tested In the safe. They made their
escape.
The first known OF the robbery was
when q Chinese caretaker appeared at
the police station at $3.50 o'clock and
gave the alarm. He had been tied, but
managed to work his bonds loose after
the robbers had left. That the robbers
are still in this vicinity is apparent by
the finding Of a powerful automobile
stolen from a garage, being run down
in the street. It Is thought the safe
robbers started to get away in the ma
chine and then had to abandon Il.
Three hundred and fifteen thousand
dollars was stolen early this morning
from the branch Of the Bank of Mon
treal in this city.
Five robbers entered the bank by the
front door. broke through the thin
metal coating of the vault, blew the
safe by charge of nitrOglycerine and
made their escape with their booty
without being seen except by a
Chineses caretAker.
They probably escaped down the
Frazier river In a launch or else by
automobile toward Vancouver.
There was in all $350.000 in the bank
safe. The robbers took all they could
carry, leaving all the silver and notes
of small denominations as well az
damaged IS and $40 bills.
Ching Koh, q Chinese caretaker.
about o'clock ran to the police sta
tion, less than twenty-five yards from
the bank crying that the bank had
been robbed. He said he had gone
into the bank at 4:1o o'clock this morn
ing. This statement was corroborated
by a policeman.
The Chinese said he opened the door
at the front Office. He had no sooner
set foot inside than he was seized by
large man and two others came a
moment later.
IF you make a noise I will XIII you"
said the larger man, according to Koh's
story, and the latter did not make a
sound. Two smaller men gagged him.
he said. with his own handkerchief.
They bound his feet and hands and
took him to the basement where they
tied him to a post. Il was not until
two hours later that he managed to
free himself
From the front door the robbers evil
IDENTIFY had crossed the main office Of
the bank and ascended q stairway
which led TO the rooms of one OF the
clerks who usually slept in the bank.
This young man was not there and
there was no one on the premises.
BY means of a pick, the robbers
tore away a hole through the bricks
that compose the sides OF the general
vault and the same instrument was
used to break through the thin cast
iron lining Of the vault
The latter was not heavy and II Is
believed that not more than twenty
minutes was required before the burg
lars had got into the vault In front Of
the great steel door.
The robbers went at the Job like
masters. The corners and cracks were
filed with nitroglycerine and from all
that can be observed from an exami-
nation, II is doubtful whether more
than one charge was used in smashing
the front OF the safe. The hole torn
out and through which they crawIed
into the vault they plugged with the
bedding. This deadened the sound and
no one has been found who heard the
explosion.
Three hundred and fifty thousand
dollars. all in neat piles of gold and
silver and bank notes. was in view
when the robbers had blown the in
terror door. The money was carried
into the sleeping room Of the absent
clerk and there packed up.