The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-12-31
BlECHNQUE OF SAFE
RbUILDER IS DRIVING
lOUT YECC BURGLARY
onfear Gas and Tougher Metals
Make Torch or Soup Crack.
ings Too laborious
DEN
sUMMAM METHOD IS EASIER
losses IN State During Year
Comparatively Light; To-
Ri tai $32,1ee.75
aim
sUNMAN METHOD IS EASIER

Ri tai $32,1ee.75
alum
the
~ Fargo. Dec. 31.-Thc ingenuity oil
!lstl9afe and vault builders and the appli-
lorit.ation Of tear gas in automatic pro-
alunection are driving the old-fashioned
youl3ank burglar out Of business. while All
man.ntirely new technique Of robbery has
TfSeen developed. that OF the gunmar
a. tlaylight holdup. according to the
put records OF w. G. Macfadden. Sec
centsetary of the North Dakota Bank
playsrs association. This spectacular style
last II daylight holdup flourishes mostly
GERS n the great cities. where 1t has been
ono 'educed to such al art that some Of
py It's greatest operations have been con-
mak1ucted barefaced at arms length from
Iay he surging traffic OF the street out
to n3ide.
ne But 1t also has been practiced on
playJuch scale In the less crowded por-
snarions Of the country that all Of North
IiDakota's nine bank raids Of 1928 were
al daylight holdups. In 1927 the old
OHatyle still persisted SO that of IL in
ana tAnces. five were daylight operations
courAnd seven burglartes. Going back q
yer ut further, the gradual evolution into
youtSunman methods becomes more dis
aluniinct. In 1925 the four bank lootings
quarAl were burglaries and in 1926 but
70 ;hree out Of the total OF 10 were day.
- eight holdups the Mcfadden records
ter Thow
tnrOa With this change in manner of OPP
lIaration has come natural strength
DISH ming Of yegg organization. Where q
Loenone robber or not more than two or
Sacohree used to stink into town and with
O1@t A.
HaAnk interior, then 60 to work with
Lanenodern bank robber gang is now a
t1oil3 and of generally four to six men.
veil organized as lookouts. driver and
holdup members. ready to tcrrorize
Aiulhe town II resistance is met with.
Siatt Total Loot $32,1S9.75
5ens North Dakota lost approximately
6!oN32,l8o75 In bank lootings this year.
OisoFhe institutions victimized, dates and
Lolthpproximate amounts we're:
hesitate Bank Of Gardner. July
tnoI 10. about ...............$ 5000. 90
First National bank. Bux-
ton, Aug. IA. about ..... 5000. 90
NeFarmers State bank, Fair.
-, su dale. Sept 7. about 80. 100000
LOT Sank OF Garshe, Sept. Is None
f a.. Bank of zahl Sept. Is
8UOuC Observation-Disclosures. 7,UUU.OO
1eoSsarmers Il Merchants bank,
49, Beach, Sept. IT ......... 100000
WN First State bank, 0lenfield,
al Oct. 9 .................... 7se.75
vtrst State bank, Arthur,
Oct. IS ............... 10000
First State bank, Hague,
NOV. 70 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10000
III
Scot Not q Life Lost
This was an average Of $3,57663 for
eAch holdup. not high figure in Mr..
NAcfkdden'S opinion, as compared to
oank depredations in many, other
St.. In these criminal sorties not life
featetAS lost and but one man was injur-'
to l3d seriously. Last year two bank
gymrtashiers, H. N. Peterson. Wheelock
cloSeAnd H. G. Bjone, Verona, were slain
Body holdup men.
first None Of the loot was recovered nor
the ehAve any Of the robbers been appre-
at hended for 1928. Tracking down and
convictions OF bank robber are
irdthings that may not show in an an
-rpual report, Mr.. Macfadden noted. In
fourthany cases the criminal may be ap-
ooprehended years later through cap
scoriture and comparisons Of Bcrtillon
spectt records
point These fellows are generally pro-
Th(eoglonAlS," said Mr.. Macfadden, who
ST ply their trade with slight variations.
C;oetAs proof Of the long reach Of the law
pei.1ke have In our office now, clues that
: H1lnav lead to the arrest soon Of the
= r1Arties guilty Of North Dakota bank
H Ftn6oery In 1922"
Insurance Rate Increased
The increase Of daylight bank hold
nps In this state has had an I'M
mi. favorable insurance reaction. On
,,,s!s Nov. the cost Of insurance against
We. t1aylight bank robberies in North Da-
W. k0ta was increased from 81 per an
;. Ton ,s1n to 43'per $1,000.
=. TO those who might think North
6ani Dakota has had many bank holdups
tho past year Mr.. Mactadden cited
The case Of Texas where q daylight
ReAank holdups were staged this year
timeibetWeen Sept Is and Nov. l. He also
pointed out that the insurance rate
III neainst this form Of robbery In some
IN k1otes ranged from 8 to as high as
l Limo per thousand.
Another interesting change In the
n1MoGn bank robbers technique is
vlf1n8 abandonment Of the protective
- 4n6o mask or handkerchief Most Of
innS de6peradoes today stain thei,
s1pl.4n<1 = has been evidenced by de-
rndsSo Mons Of the bandits by those
In1s1yt = witnessed the holdups. In those
tA1t 49, invariably are such declar-
sss u as dark complexioned, ;
St,d Gthy." weather BEATEN" tan.
ph3c 81 1870 state Protective Body
S11oo VI tne development Of crime II
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