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Show By Telograi.li. THE PHILAEELP1I1A BANK ROBBERY. Philadelphia, 3. Further particulars particu-lars of the bank robbery represent that the cashier had been notified of an intended in-tended robbery, by a confederate of the robbers, who represented himself as a policeman, and that he (the cashier) gave directions to the watchmen to admit ad-mit the supposed officers. There were two watchmen in the bank, but the robbers sent out one of them to get something to drink for the party, and during his absence the other watchman was overpowered, and on the return of :he second one, he was served the same . way. Three other confederate rubbers were subsenuentlv admitted. and while the gang attacked the safe, one man stood with a pistol pointed at the heads of the watchmen, tEoueh they wore gagged and bound. The burglars were foiled in their efforts to open the main vault, and only succeeded suc-ceeded in forcing the safe containing special deposits belonging to customers I of the bank. |