The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-12-22
100000 IN CASH
SEIZED AT DENVER
FederaIR Reserved Bank Guard
Held Up By Gang
ESCAPE in AN AUTO
Money Transfer From Mint To
Financial Institution When
Robbery Was Staged.
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch

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ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.l
Denver, Colo, December a.
| Leaping from an automobile
which had drawn up alongside
| of federal reserve delivery
| wagon at the main entrance of
the Denver mint. and shooting
| toward four federal reserve
| the building carrying 100000
in IS bills, two bandits at 1o:40
this morning shot and probably
fatally injured Charles Linton,
one of the guards, seized the
| entire consignment Of money,
| sprano into their motor car and
fled. The third member Of the
bandit group remained at the
| wheel of the automobile. One OF
| of the bandits is believed to
have been shot
Denver, Colo, December 1S.-
Three bandits today shot and prob
ably fatally wounded Charles Lin
ton, a Federal Reserve bank guard
and escaped with about $500, 600
which was being loaded on to
Federal Reserve truck in front Of
the Denver mint. The funds were
being transferred from the mint to
the local Federal Reserve bank.
| The robbers seized the money
and sprang into large automobile.
AS their car sped away armed gov
| eminent guards inside the mint
building fired from the windows of
the mint at the robbers.
The entire Denver police force
quickly was called into action In an
a. L1
| In Broad Daylight.
The robbery occurred at 10:40
o'clock, a few minutes after the
government employees had begun to
load the money into the federal re-
serve truck.
While the loading was in progress
an automobile drew up in front OF
the mint building. Three masked
robbers sprang from it. Before the
government employees knew what
had happened, the bandits opened
fire from high powered rifles.
Havenor fell at the first fussilade.
The government employees returned
the fire but the robbers acted quick
ly, sprang to~the motor truck, grab
bed the bags Of cash and fed.
according to witnesses, second
automobile touring car loaded with
masked men, armed with shotguns
and rifles stood twenty feet from
the bandits car, apparently ready
to give aid should the bandits need
assistance.
Sheriffs in nearby counties were
quickly notified by the local police
in an effort to apprehend the rob-
bers.
Took Entire Consignment.
| At 1880 a. m, r. ]. Grant, direc-
tor q the mint, announced officially
that the bandits had escaped with
the entire consignment Of 100000
bank. Director Grant said that the
money was in fifty sacks containing
$4,000 each. 1t was in denomfna-
lions of SIS, all IN currency.
The holdup occurred in West Col
fax avenue, directly in front of the
main entrance to- the mint The
mint building is bounded on the
east by Cherokee street and on the
vest by Delaware. 1t fronts on
West Colfax avenue.
Bandits Worked Quickly
So quickly did the bandits work
that persons in 1.-THE immediate rici-
nifty were unaware Of what had hap-
pened until guards from within the
mint rushed to the windows and out
| of the main entrance firing at the
escaping highWaymen.
Linton, who was assisting in the
guarding of the currency, fell at the
! first shot from the bandits guns.
The bandits, described by guards at
the mint who saw them, were appar-
emily about twenty eight years OF
age.
Every policeman in Denver has
been armed with riot guns and an
extensive search of the. hospitals of
Denver and suburbs is under way in
an effort to locate the bandit who IS
believed to have been shot as he
was entering the waiting automo
bile. All roads out of Denver were
guarded and word of the holdup was
sent to all outside counties. The car
bore a Colorado license number, 3d.
Dol.
| Money For Two States
The money was the property or
the Federal Reserve bank and was
being transferred from the mint to
the main bank office here for distri-
button to Denver. Colo, and Wyom-
ing banks, according to r. j. Grant,
| director of the mint
/ The fundsNo of the reserve bank are
held in vaults at the mint for the
bank because of the lack of Secure
banks vaults in the headquarters OF
the bank, 1t is released to the bank
on instructions from the secretary OF
tho treasury. The time for transfer
of the money is very irregular, ac-
cording to-Direetor Grant, some
times three and four releases being
made in a week and then again no
Z money being released over a period
of two weeks.