Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-02-04
ROB CHICAGO BANK
Of ABOUT 100000
Seven Bandits Batter Down
Door Of Kenwood Depository.
$4,000 CURRENCY IS TAKEN
Raid is Carried Out just Before Bank
Was Ready to Open for Business
in Mornino-Robbers Escape
in Auto.

Chicago, Feb. 2.-Seven 'two-gun'
bandits, the combat squad of gang
of at least ten, battered down the
front door of the Kenwood Trust and
Savings bank under the eyes of rush
hour crowd, held up eight clerks who
Were transferring currency from the
vaults to the tellers' cages. and stole
rlore than $4,000 in currency.
Charles e. Ford, president of the
bank, informed Capt. John /. Hogan
of the Fiftieth street station that Lib
erty bonds of an unknown value had
been taken along with between 0,0OO
and $4,000 in currency. The check
was rendered difficult when it was
learned the tellers' sheets are miss
ing. They are believed to have been
taken by the bandits.
Without firing a shot they backed
out of the bank in perfect order and
Joined their comrades in a big automo-
bile at the entrance.
The bank was at Forty-seventh street
and Grand boulevard. only block
from the Forty-seventh street az" sta
ton and in the heart of Kenwood's
business district. The robbery oc-
CURED at the corners busiest morn
ing hour, when hundreds were pass
ing the bank on their way downtown.
Force Lock on Door,
The robbers seemed to have 70
fears of this publicity. They drove
their automobile big, new Hudson
car, without a license plate-up to the
front door of the bank and six Of
them jumped out with ravelvers in
their hands.
As if aware of every obstacle that
would be in their way the men Of the
combat squad launched themselves at
the heavy door, butting it with their
shoulders and kicking the lock. The
ponderous bolts used at night had been
drawn by the clerks on duty inside,
and the door was held only by an or
binary button catch. This yielded
quickly.
The bandits Swarmed inside like
pirates boarding party. Exery one
of them held revolver in each hand,
and the flabbergasted clerks, who had
not been warned by the pounding on
the door. had no chance to offer re-
sistance.
Bank Force at Work.
Leo McVey, A. William Migby and
Eugene Abegg, assistant cashiers, were
working at their desks, with tellers
Frank McGillicuddy and C. Fl. Willis
We're helping three girls carry bundles
of currency from the vaults to the
cages. No one was within 20 feet of
any gun except those which the rob-
bers were waving.
Hands up, and make it snappy," the
foremost bandit said. ave haven't
time for any monkey business. We're
after your cash"
The bank employees could do
nothing but obey. They stood with
arms above their heads while one Of
the bandits pocketed his revolvers and
made a quick tour of the desks and
cages. The robbers collector had been
carrying a limp satchel, wrapped in
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he dumped all the money In sight.
When he had finished his rounds he
ran to the front door. The others fol-
lowed. They set themselves for a
dash, then flung open the doors and
sprinted through a rapidly growing
crowd of curious men and women.
Disappear in Auto.
The man left behind in the automo-
bile had kept the engine running. AS
the bank door was thrown open they
started for the car. Tie gunner scram-
bled aboard on the run and as the last
of them caught foothold TIE car
jumped forward swung into Grand
boulevard with a wild skid and was
off at lightning speed.
Meanwhile the clerks had turned in
an alarm TO the police. Rifle squads
were sent out. Squads of detectives
raced along all South side boulevards,
too, but the bandits trail was not
picked up.