The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-10-02
Six Who Made Away
With $40, 900 Object
OF Grim Police Hunt
Robbers Scoop Cash From
Tellers' Cages Into Pill
low Case and Flee
NO TRACE OF AUTO
SEEN LATE TODAY
Police Comb Roads Be-
lieye Men Transferred
to Larger Auto

(By Democrat Staff Reporterl
Wallingford, October 2
Later this afternoon the six
men who escaped with more
than $4,000 from the Wal
lingford Bank and Trust
Company after a daring noon
hour holdup had successfully
eluded state police and the POI
lice of western and central
Connecticut communities. The
bandits, with the $4,000 in
pillowcase, made their getaway
in black Ford sedan with yellow
wire wheels, heading for South
Meriden, where roads lead to
Cheshire and Waterbury, Not =
single trace of the car, bearing
Massachusetts, markers of which
the first two numerals are 10, had
been reported from any source
since the bandit machine roared
down William street, this city.
State police this afternoon began
combing the territory from Wall
lingford and Meriden to Water
bury, Cheshire and Prospect, be-
lieving that the bold criminals may
have sought hiding place to await
the coming of dark. Another
theory was that the robbers had
switched cars on the Meriden-
Cheshire road and fled in larger
machine.
The bandits raced from the bank.
after thew had forced employees
to lie face down on the floor and
had scooped up the money, without
touching a large amount OF secur1-
ties in the vault. One OF the
men had asked X, B. Reynolds,
vice president, Where do you keep
the securities?" but the other neu
had gathered in all available cash
from the grills and vault by that
time and he ran out with the 9TH
ers, while two men covered the re-
treat with a machine gun! Five
of the bandits were in the bank
while the sixth stayed at the wheel
Of the car.
With the bandits temporarily es-
capped this afternoon, police be-
lieved that the next development,
unless the men were stopped on
the road, would be the finding oI
their abandone car.
Wallingford, Conn.,, Oct. ?
(UP)-Six bandits, armed with
machine guns and revolvers,
robbed the Wallingford Bank and
Trust company shortly before
noon today and escaped with more
than $4,000.
Five men entered the bank while
a sixth remained at the wheel Of
their automobile, parked outside.
with the motor running.
Waving their guns menacingly.
they swarmed through the door.
shouting:
Everybody on the floor. This is
a holdup."
A half dozen employees and two
depositors dropped to the hoor,
face down. The bandits stationed At
strategic points stood guard while
two of their number went into the
tellers' cages and scooped up al
the cash in sight
A woman carrying a baby enter
ed while the holdup was in pro-
gress.
. Were bank examiners, lady"
one of the bandits told her quiet
ly. Well be through in q minute.
Took Two Minutes
The entire episode took about
two minutes. The two carrying
the cash passed through line
formed by their companions and
settled into the rear seat OF the
waiting car. The others. covering
those in the bank with their guns.
backed out of the building. ran
few feet to the machine which was
thrown into gear and sped away
So quickly was the robbery
staged that passersby in the street
were unaware of the incident until
the men backed into the street.
guns in hand. Pedestrians raised
a shout of warning as the car dis
appeared around a corner but the
bandit machine soon was lost 20
sight.
G. elk Up Loss
A checkup of the loss was being
made by bank officials. 1t was un-
derstood the Bank was cleanse
out" of all available cash.
Authorities were of the opinio4|
the robbery had been carckt1IT
planned and the bandits were H.
miliar not only with the routine
but knew of the heavy balances
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