The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-24
LOOT FROM TWO
INSTITUTIONS
ABOUT $4,000
$4,000 Taken From Kansas
City Bank by 10 Bandits,
Heavily Armed
MANY SHOTS ARE FIRED
Employees Of st. Louis Bank
Are Compelled to Open
Time Vault

Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. 24.-M-
Ten bandits, armed with two sub
machine guns, automatic saoteuns
and pistols, shot up the city bank
here today and escaped with loot es-
timated at approximately $4,000.
Despite the promiscuous firing by
the seven men who entered the bank
during the raid, no one was in
jured.
The bandits drove away in two
motor cars. 80
Entering the bank with flourish.
one bandit fired point blank at II.
=. kemper, president, and com
manded the SO employees and 1 doz-
en- customers to lie on the floor
Two men carried submachine guns
and two others with sawed off shot
guns guarded the two doors.
At first the bandits forced tellers
to toss money boxes over the ton nj
the cages. Then two of the men
went behind cages and scooped nm
money themselves.
n. II. Rheem, cashier, estimated
the amount Of loot at $4,000 on the
basis of an incomplete check. First
reports were that about $5O. 900 had
been taken. '>'
Mr.. Kemper said that MANY Of
the boxes tossed over to the bandit,
oy tellers contained supplies instea/
OF money.
The robbers were in the bank six
minutes. Every time any one moved
shot was fired, and one nillar
from behind which an employe ~.
parently attempted to fire at the
bandits, was marked by six bullets.
Ihe machine guns were not fired
Mr. kemper said he had believed
lt impossible to rob the city bank,
All employees are in the open and
most OF them equipped with re-
voivers and in each cage Is 4
burglar alarm ~s.s-.'s -
The robbers entered with such a
flourish. Mr.. Kemper said. that an
parently no one had q chance to act
OF an alarm or fire revolver.
The bank president described the
robbery as "like a trench raid" The
bandits cursed everyone and threat.
ened them with guns. No ATTEMPT
W. was made to cover any individual.
Inc weapons were kept sweeping
the bank.
st. Louis, No., Feb. 24-R)-
Inc Weuston Trust company Of
Wellston, suburb, was robbed at
approximately $4,000 in currency
today by three men who entered
during the night from an office up-
stairs. made prisoners of eight en-
ployes as they reported for work
and compelled them to. open 4 time
vault: The robbers passed up $4,000
in coin.
1t was the fourth robbery Of tho
bank and its employees in four years.
with total loot of about 100000.
The losses were insured.
In escaping. the robbers COM
mandeered taxicab, later transfer
ring to an automobile in which sew.
eral accomplices made belated ap-
pearance.
Crouching behind desks and Gus
toners booths in the rear Of the
bank, the robbers awaited the ar
rival of the employees.
Clarence McGuffrey, negro port
er, the first to enter, was seized by
the robbers. He offered resistance
and was cracked on the skull with
the automatic revolvers which the
robbers carried. He was then taken
down stairway into the basement
and tied with towels and rope.
Oscar H. Hetschel, the trust COM
pany's treasurer, and Leroy Lane.
assistant treasurer, were made to
kneel behind their desks while 9TH
er employees were marched to the
basement. tied up and made to lie
on the floor.