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Show SNEAK-THIEF GETS AWAY WITH $3800 IN SATCHEL MILWAUKEE. Feb. 15. Grabbing a hand satchel containing $3S00 belonging to a big department store, a daring thief today made his way out of the First National Na-tional bank with the loot and escaped detection. de-tection. The robbery was committed while the nttentlon of a messenger boy for tho department store was diverted for a single sin-gle minute. Discovery of tho loss caused a general alarm In the bank. A hurried j examination was made of tho corridors, I but the Ihlef had vanished. ! Daniel Sulllvnn. nfrfd 2i. the mossoncer. was sent to the bank wllh two chocks, one for $3800. the week's payroll, the other for $300. He had the check for SOSOO cashed. The money wns placed In ; a small hand satchel. Then Sullivan turned to have the chock for ?300 cashed. He allowed tho grip with the cash to escape his attention for a moment, during dur-ing which a stranger grabbed tho grip unrl left the bank unnoticed. James Morgan, rocentlv released front tho Illinois penitentiary at Jollet, was arrested ar-rested tonight at Undue, charged with robbing the boy. Morgan Is snld to have confessed to taking tho money nnd that he had four accomplices. About $600 of the stolen money was recovered. Tho accomplices ac-complices have not boon apprehended. |