Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-04-13
YEGGS CRACK VAULT
OF VASH0N'S BANK
Secure About $6eS7 from
Deposit Vault Monday
Morning.

The Vashon State bank was en-
tered early Sunday morning by
ycgg men and cash and securities
to the amount of $66S7.00 and a
considerable amount of jewelry
We're taken from the safety deposit
boxes in the vault.
The robbery was discovered
at about $3.50 Monday morning
when President Hansen went over
to the bank. As he walked by the
north window he noticed that the
vault door was standing open. AS
he was in the bank and opened the
vault Sunday afternoon, the first
thought that came to him was that
he had left the door open upon
leaving. An examination of the
front door revealed the fact that
the heavy lock had been "jim-
mied' with bar and entrance eff
fected. The door Of the vault had
been drilled with an electric drill.
and the bolt broken. The inner
vault door lock had been demol-
ished with few well directed
blows with a sledge hammer.
The inferior of the vault was a
sight. One of sections of the de-
post boxes had been up set and
the doors of a number of the boxes
smashed in The fact that all of
the boxes that had been crushed
in had not been rifed, indicated
that the visitors had been fright
ened away before they completed
their search.
To date, after a careful check
of the losses the bank force csti-
mates that the loss is about $66S7,
although there may be more dis
covered later. The losses are:
Unregistered Liberty bonds,
$2100; registered Liberty bonds,
$50; local improvement bonds of
Seattle, $4500; war saving stamps,
$50; gold coin, $50; small coins in
packages, $142, and a considerable
amount of jewelry and a collec-
tion of old coins.
The banks loss of $4,000 in
nickles and dimes and ON the dam
age to the fixtures was fully COW
cred by insurance and was adjust
ed before Monday evening.
1t is believed that payment on
the local improvement bonds can
be stopped. thus cutting down the
amount of the loss to box holders
considerably. However, it is be-
lieyed that the haul" would
run up to at least $30,000.00 had
the robbers had more time.
Mr.. Hansen was awakened in
the early hours of the morning by
the sound Of pounding and went to
an open window that overlooked
the bank and listened for several
moments. Ii was so faint that he
decided that it was far off. In re.
turning 70 his bedroom he slam
med two doors. When he returned
to bed he heard dogs barking in
an unusual manner, but thought
nothing of it. f. A. Weiss, who
resides diagonally across the
street from the bank, was awaken
by the dogs, and raised a window
and shouted at them. The noise
of Mr.. Hansen shutting the doors
and Mr.. Weiss commanding the
dogs to cease barking is believed
to have convinced the robbers that
the village was aroused and that
it was time for them to leave. So
hasty was their departure that
they left the electric drill and all
other tools.
Two deputies from the sheriff's
Office came over on the first ferry
and made an examination. No
clues other than the fact that the
electric drill was one that had
been stolen from a Seattle garage
about a year ago. The officers
ran down several purported clues
but found nothing of importance.
One theory is that the party of
ycggs was composed of at least
three members and that passage
was made from Seattle with a high
power launch and landing made
at Vashon dock. However, a resi-
don't Of the north end lost a boat