| Show ANK ANI ROBBERY RO Y HERE HIRL I IS STILL fl A 1 MYSTERY RY L H TO THE JUL DETECTIVES S Respite four weeks ecks of the best kind of detective ye work ork on D the part part part-of of three Pinkerton detectives and the officers of the Utah National bank the theft of over from 1 the vault of the bank bauk remains a mystery That the money was vas s stolen oIen between between January 3 and January ary 7 there is little littie question Ion That it was as taken by an employee of the bank is considered a certainty The workings of the bank vault arc are such that the money could have been heen stolen only during during during dur dur- ing banking hours horns or at some sometime time when hen the outside vault was va open The vault is controlled by a time lock and can only be opened at the set time tune TI THE E COMBINATION TO THE STRONG BOX WAS VAS SUPPOSED TO TOBE TOBE TOBE BE KNOWN TO ONLY TWO TWO PERSONS PERSONS PER PEE SONS BUT THROUGH AN OVERSIGHT OVERSIGHT OVERSIGHT OVER OVER- SIGHT ON THE PART OF OF ONE OF OP THE EMPLOYEES OF TIlE THE BANK IN CARING FOR THE COMBINATION IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR OTHERS TO HAVE RAVE HAD ACCESS TO THE MEMORANDUM MEMORANDUM MEM MEM- CONTAINING THE COMBINATION COMBINATION COMBINATION COM COM- TO THE STRONG BOX The theft is the lar largest est most daring and post most mysterious in tho the history of I banking in Utah if not in tho the entire tire That over could be car ear fried from the bank and ani not a trace left jIB 18 is what is puzzling Dazzling the officers of or the bank as well as the detectives Of or the amount stolen a IRr large e part was in in gold old Five thousand doll dollars rs in gold cold old weighs Ius than twenty pounds It would not be for a n man to put twenty pounds awa away in n his clothing without attracting at at- attention when no noone ono one was s suspecting him of or wrongdoing Suspect Employees W. W S. S McCornick president of the bank an and 1 its heaviest stockholder frankly admitted this morning that employees em em- of tho bank had been and were cro still diU under suspicion We have hac nothing else eIse to do do but to suspect some one connected with tho the bank bank bankhe he ho said 80 So So far however cr thero has been nothing to confirm any of our suspicions against t anon anyone The only onty t thing in that we know is that the money is is gone Joseph Nelson second cond vice president of the tho bank said There is no question in rn my ray mind but that the robbery robber wae was committed by someone connected with the bank It could not ot have been committed by br anyone anyone any any- one else The outside vault is controlled by bJ a IL time lock which so controls the combination to the vault that the doors cannot be bo opened until the time set These doors are ore only opened during banking hours and for a short time on Sunday when whon some of tho the employees of tho the bank are working The Tho idea that the tho robbery might ht have havo been committed by someone on tho the outside e is is out of the question No Xo o one could get int into the vault much less into the stron strong box unless some ono connected with the bank was present In Vault January 3 I That the robber robbery was committed between be bo tween January Januar 3 and January Januar- 7 is now almost certain January 3 Cashier Casbier Nelson Nel NeZ son haa had occasion to go o to fo the tho strong box to take out ont from the reserve fund for ut use le in the bank Tho The reserve fund amounted to o lr over and at itt the time Mr Ml elson went for forthe forthe forthe the it was apparently intact thou though h lie ito did not make a careful cx ex On tho the morning mornin of ot January January Janu Janu- ary UY 7 Mr tr Ir Nelson again had occasion to open the strong box He found that the combination would not work He lie thought little of or it at the time and called caned in one of his assistants Still the lock refused to work The matter was then reported d to President Pros Pres ident McComick Still little was thou thought ht of ot the tho matter it being beins believed beHoved that some somo mistake had been ben made in trying the tion Other officers and employees of tho the bank took a n. h hand handin nd in in tho the matter but despite their efforts tho the combination that should have opened t tho o box would not work rom Prom January 7 7 until Saturday January 11 employees of ot tho the bank tried time tune and again to work tho tion Still there thereas was as no suspicion cion in the minds of President McCornick or Cash ier that anything was wrong except cx- cx ept that tho the combination would not work Monday January IS Mr r. r Me- Me Cornick Comick decided to secure tho the services ices of a safe expert The expert had been beena a at work but a short time lime with the com corn furnished him before ho announced announced an an- that there was was' something wron wrong It mi might ht bo in in the fi figures figure r I furnished fur fur- or that in turning the combination tion one ono of the tho little steel balls had slipped After working for several hours th the expert announced that be he could not open onen the door and that tho thing that he could I would be to force a I. I way into tho box bore Ho was told to go 0 ahead and get cot the tho thoi II i box ox open in in some ome way Tho nex next morning morn morn- t Ins ing the export expert appeared at the o bank and commenced his work of getting into the box in another way than through the door Tho reserve fund box was the lower of two other similar box boxes boe The 5 second cond box contained notes and th the tho up per one other valuable papers Without a partida of trouble the com corn I to tho the second or box was worked and the box bor removed Thou Theu ho tho commenced the expert work oC of relieving r. r re Pc novin lieving tho the ply three stool partition between be- be be be- tween t-een th the tho second and third boxes boxell It was no tasy task but after over two hours hours' work it was accomplished and ni tho exp export expert rt announced that the tho Itron strong box was open Lost Lost I P Pr McCornick was notified and io be no went at nt once to the bank Tho money CY was taken out and counted It was a little over o short dent McCornick and Cashier Nelson Kelson were stunned for tor a n moment They left the bank together held a consulta consulta- tion Within an hour a tel telegram ram was sent to the headquarters of tho the Amen Ameri can enn Bankers Bankers' association Before Defore the day was closed dOlled three expert Pinkertons train from three different cities worn on their theira a way to Salt Lake City to investigate ate the tho robbery The American Bankers association of which the thir Utah National bank is a 3 member is the tc most powerful or organization organisation aniD tion of it its kind in the world It Its membership morn memo embraces all nil of ot the principal banks of tho the count country Ever Every bank pays a certain fcc fee which 50 goes S into a 3 general treasury after necessary sary expenses are arc deducted The surplus In Ia held heM 8 as a tI reserve fund for just such cases as all this one Eve Every member of the association is il ii provided with a neat little littie lit lit- tIt tie sign eign which reads reads Member of kz- kz Dj American Bankers Bankers' Association This little sign n about eight inches long Ions and three inches wi wide e. e is hun hung in ever every bank that belongs to tho association Warning to Robbers i It is a warning to expert safe crackers crack crack- ers era ani and bank robbers for lor thero there is is not one of that proe profession sion but knows knoW's that that little si sign n means that if that bank is robbed there will Till never ne bo bG any letup letup let let- up on the tho work nork of running run down the guilty person It lt Ala maj- maj ay take a n. day a year or oi twenty years ears but the work of huntIng hunting hunt hunt- ing Iris the criminal never ceases until ho lie is either dead or in prison Backed by an I almost unlimited amount of funds tho the association is is' abie able to employ the best detectives at a moments moment's notice and no matter if it has taken a 1 months month's work in the present case caso without apparent ent r results it is is safe safo to sa say that there will be HO no letup and that every man who may be under suspicion will be watched until the case is cleared up Ul While it is true that some cases baffle the thief hunter for months and years it is also true that in a cas case or or ol this kind there is never nover any letup as is also true of tho the theft of from rom the Chica Chicago o treasury sub a year ear ago aso That robbery robben is ig still a sten mystery to the public but it itis is nevertheless no ss a fact that more than ono one of the best or ot government experts ex ox- ta are arc ill s r ill working on the case Watching Suspected Men Mon v That every ever man connected with the tho Utah National bank who might possibly possibly pos pos- sibly sibl have had bad any knowledge of the combination to the secret drawer has bas been watched and is still till being watched was admitted this morning That cery every ev cv- ery cry man nina under suspicion will bo be wat watched until there is no lon longer cr reason to watch him him is assured His His' every ery movement and action will be bo carefully noted not only for a week or a 1 month but if necessary necessary essary for years Until last September the tho only roan man who was supposed to know the combination combi nation to tho the stron strong box was Joseph Nelson then cashier Me He was called east on business and before leaving gave ve the combination to the strong box in a 1 scaled en envelope to his first assistant assist assist- ant Alvin C. C Strong with instructions that if he needed an any of the reserve funds to break the tho seal and get ct the corn com Mr Strong placed the en en- elope containing tho the combination in inthe inthe inthe the upper one of tho the three boxes Later the state bank examiner visited tIme the bank an and Mr Stron Strong opened the tho envelope en en- to get et the combination to let him hun see the reserve funds Doesn't Affect rom From the report of the bank Lank examiner examiner exam xam iner iner t the tho funds of the strong box were intact at that time It is alle alleged ed that when hen the combination was returned Mr Stron Strong uc neglected to put it in a sealed scaled envelope through an oversight ht and that i while it was as in his desk it could have I been seen by other employees of ot the tho I bank who had access to the tho desk The theft of or the in n no way wa- af af- af Leets the standing of th the bank As 8 s soon as the loss was al discovered an I equal amount was wag placed in inthe the reserve reser fund the and bank continued to do b business busi siness si- si ness as though nothing ha had 1 happened I had hoped that we e would catch the guilty person before the tho story got ot out out sa said d President McCornick this mornin morning but lt n we havo bavo not dono done so yet The depositors nor anyone nono doing business with the bank will lose a sinS sin gb gle le c cent nt Ever Every dollar that is ig- missing has bas been replaced 1 by other funds and the bank is toda today as sound as it eera ever eer was a r which bich means that it is as sound as it could coul be bo |
