Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1875 — A Cool Bank Robbery. [ARTICLE]

A Cool Bank Robbery.

The particulars of a recent bold bank robbery in Huntington, W. Va., show an extraordinary amount of coolness on the part of the robbers. They rode up in front of the bank in broad daylight, being four in number, and three of them entering the bank and -instantly jumping over the counter wreathed the cashier’s head with the muzzles of four revolvers. The combination doors to the safe were open, but the reserve-fund drawer was locked. They turned the cashier’s head in that direction and ordered him not to attempt to look any other way, but to open the drawer. He, thinking, to gain time, refused, but they assured him that they knew their man and, notwithstanding his pluck, meant to kill him instantly if he did not comply. The four revolvers pressing against his head were too much to bear, and the drawer was opened. A colored man coming in had a revolver presented to his head and was commanded to keep quiet, which he did. The robbers, finding only $15,000, accused the cashier of having more, saying they expected the bank to have $50,000. _ They asked the cashier if he had any personal deposits, and he answered them no; but while coolly examining the books they saw that he had just credited himself with $7.50. The leader took from the stolen funds this amount and handed it to him, assuring him that they did not wish his money. He replied that if he had got to his revolver they wouldn’t have got the money; but they told him it -wasn't any account anyhow, which, on investigation, proved true, showing it had been tampered with. They then took the cashier out into the street, mounted their horses and, assuring him that he was a gentleman, rode away double quick over the hills and dales to freedom. The town was soon the scene of great excitement, and the citizens with shot-guns arid revolvers started in pursuit of the robbers, but they had not been found at last accounts.