Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1901 — Teller Shot; Money Spilled. [ARTICLE]

Teller Shot; Money Spilled.

Philip Schumacker, paying teller of the Teutonia bank, a state institution at New Orleans, was shot in the calf of the leg while at work in the bank counting the cash p'revious to a meeting of the finance committee. When assistance came he was lying on the floor, badly bruised, a pistol near him, and money scattered on the floor. said he was attacked and fired on by two men, and that he had returned the fire. Although the bank is in the heart of the city, the men could have entered and escaped by the rear. The police have been unable to find any trace of the thieves. An examination of the books tonight seems to point to a shortage of SIB,OOO. The bank of Danforth, 111., was broken in£o Wednesday. The steel vault andoSibe fixtures are a wreck. The outer door of the burglar proof safe was completely destroyed. The burglars failed to get the money chest open, though they knocked one layer off the door with explosives. The damage to the safe, furniture and fixtures was about $2,000. The work was evidently that of experts.