Show 1 IDI DIc TUNNEL INTO DANK AND CT LT 1 n I Cra Cracksmen Overlook a I Suitcase of i I Wall One Foot Thick Thiele I Battered by Bandits Bandit I i Ii I By International News New Service Ill Dec 20 HT I O Cracksmen enry today tun- tun ita ed through 11 of lb-of of the t I vault of the slate bank I and imd escaped with The money was contained in two suit cases caBes one one holding and the tho other The robbers robber overlooked a bag containing containing containing con con- which was concealed underneath a tier of at safety deposit boxes I Gaining entrance entrance to the Wank by prying open a rear window the rob rob- robI I bers bets used a sledge hammer and heavy I crowbar to break through tho brick wall of the vault null and amI then burned the th thInner inner steel casing with an acetylene torch In the north wall of the he vault they battered a te hole largo enough forone for forone forone one of th them m to crawl through This wall isA is i C foot ot thick The robbery w was s s' s discovered discovered at S E o'clock when th the bank was Op opened A watchman said he found everything ng allright all an allright right at a. a a m. m No one saw tho the robbers enter or leave the bank A rifle squad of detectives has been sent out from Chicago in an effort to intercept the robbers who are aro believed ed to be heading a 0 Chicago rendezvous rende ren ren- de A ce In connection connection tion with the robbery robber Is that II H. Kilgore Kil- Kil gore president of tho the Summit bank also Is vice I president of the La Ln Grange Orange state bank banle which was robbed a week ago of by automobile bandits who escaped The money obtained by the bandits was In mostly lay py envelopes having I been received yesterday from the National Na National Na- Na a- a City bank of Chicago Unless something is done at once every bank bani in Cook county outside of oC Chicago may have to close It Its doors on account of this reign of terror Kilgore KIl- KIl gore goro said Raid The village authorities have havA nave done aone i t t po The have havA nave done aone i t t po The crooks croos come from Chicago We Ve cant can't stop them Its a terrible situation to be sure said Chief of Police who announced ho was going to confer with Chief of ot Detectives Mooney at once to see if some measure to combat the robbers cant can't be taken Chief took occasion to protest against the plan to release for- for ty five convicts from the Joliet pen for tor a Christmas pr present sent God knows we have hae enough of them at lar large e now he commented 1 Captain J. J 11 II H. Alcock who assumed office as as first deputy superintendent of or police today faced the to task k of ot di directing directing directing di- di the tine activities of oC the police de department department de- de to st stamp mp out the c epidemic o of f robberies which has attacked Chicago and vicinity Alcock asserted he would make the prevention of robberies burglaries bur i bur I glories and assaults his chief concern |