Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1893 — BOLD, BAD BURGLARS. [ARTICLE]

BOLD, BAD BURGLARS.

‘While the Cat's Away the Mice Th* C*«hl«r Eat* WhU* th* ThW B* - - I ~ 77777777“ WWW*yyiwr The South Bend National Bank, one of the largest banks in northern Indiana, was robbed of over $15,000, Thursday. The robbery was committed tn broad daylight, while hundreds of people Were on the street, and the robbers succeeded in getting away with their bbbtty without leaving the slightest clue. Cashier iMyron Campbell remained at the bank, which Is in the heart of the city, until al) the employes Were gone. It was 12:15 o’clock when he left. At 12:50 ~ he returned. He passed down the corridor alongside the desks and turned to enter the door opening back of the line of desks. As he was about to enter the door his foot struck a chisel: he picked It up but thougnt nothing of the matter, as the plumbers had been in the building. Ten minutes later, when John M. Brown arrived, Mr. Campbel! showed to him the chisel. Mn Brown’s suspicions were aroused to such an extent that an investigation was immediately instituted. The men found a rear window' open, the back door unlocked and the door between the directors’ room and the counting room mutilated. A rush was then made for the vault. The door was* as Mr. Campbell"*, left it. A glance showed that money had been taken, but they could not tell how much. The police were at once notified and the afternoon's business went on as usual. No particular- effort was made to determine the exact amount until the day’s balances were made up, when It developed that the robbers secured $15,900. . ■ «*■> ■I.U. M mil ■—■Ml I I »■