The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-14
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was stolen. This is probably the near
est to official that can be made at this
time, as he has talked with Kearney
Wornall, the cashier of the bank and
only survivor of the attack, in every
conscious period Wornal1 has had
since he was taken to the base hospital
at Fort Riley.
Bank Owners Locked Out.
Federal bank examiners and mill
tary investigators under the direction
of Lieut.. Col J. r. Packer, judge adj
vocate Of the Eighty ninth division,
are balancing each account and COM
piling the records of the bank to as
certain how much money was on hand
Friday night The cashier and teller
of the National Reserve bank at Kan
sas City, c. B. MoCluskey and Henry
P. Boyle, who were sent here by the
owners of the Army Bank of Funston
to check up the loss, are not permit
ted to assist in the first accounting be-
ing made
A count of the money remaining in
the bank was very easily made, but to
get a balance on the bank funds is
found to be a very difficult task, as
the bank had an enormous volume of
business, was not able to have records
as well cared for as customary, on &C
count of lack of space in the bank
building, and as there is no one among
the men making the check who has
the clerks Of the Army Bank of Fun
ston, for the manager and clerk are
dead and the cashier will be unable to
leave the hospital for many days.
Left Bundle of 81, 900.
Colonel Packer made the statement
today that several days would be re-
quired to determine accurately the loss
and would make no estimate as to the
amount missing.
A large amount of liberty bonds,
gold and silver was left undisturbed.
A drawer full of gold totaling several
thousand dollars was in plain view,
but was not taken.
According to Major Smith there was
one bundle of currency containing
$4,000 that was taken and bills of
large denomination.
Wornalls statement made public is
that he watched Whistler take an
empty sack from Beneath the counter
and fill it with bills of large denomina-
ton, but any statement he made con-
corning the bundle of $4,000, if such
statement was made at all, was not
made public by the intelligence de-
partment.
Some Think Nothing Stolen.
Statements have been made by sew
eral staff officers that it is their be-
lief that no money was taken except
the small amount found shortly after
the robbery. This is not considered
by many to be authentic, however, as
the bills found were 81 bills and are
thought to have fallen from Whisler's
pockets after he had first era ahmed in
the larger bills. Thirty-five or forty 81
bills were found near the hostess
house where Whistler evidently went
after the robbery.
The money stolen has not been re-
covered WhiSler's quarters and the
buildings which he frequented are be-
ing searched closely. The walls of all
of the camp buildings are framed on
the outside and covered with heavy
paper board on the inside. thus MAX
ing an excellent hiding place for small
packages by loosening the inside paper
board. These are being taken off in
all of the buildings in the expectation
of finding the money hidden there.
Whistler Knew He Was Suspected.
Whisler's suicide as means of
maintaining the honor of the army
was given further credence today by
the knowledge that Wornall had
identified his man and the statement
of an intelligence officer that Whistler
-ould have been the first of the cap
tains to be taken before WornaH had
he not committed suicide
According to meager reports leak
ing from the investigation of the bank
funds and from statements by Wor-
nall, Whistler took only currency from
the bank vaults and trays A large
amount of money in gold and silver
and many liberty bonds. in plain view,
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