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Show I LUNATIC SCARES BANKERS. Threatens to Blow Up Omaha Bank With NItro-Glycerlne and Lands In Jail. Omaha, Nob. A bold attempt was mado Tuesday morning to rob tho Merchants' National bank nt Thirteenth Thir-teenth nnd Farnum streets by a man, who, although at first thought to bo a desperate criminal, 1b now believed by tho poltco to bo a lunatic. Tho man, who gavo his nnmet as L. L. Feo, formerly of Hockford, 111., walked Into tho bunk soon after it) opened and menacing Vice-President Luther Drake with a bottlo which ho said contained nltro-glycorlno, demanded de-manded $5,000 cash. Mr. Drako, though bollovlng for tho moment that his life and those of his fellow officials of-ficials and 0' Dioyoos of tho bank might bo In . mlnenl danger, con- ferred calmly v h the would-bo robber rob-ber until other ficlals called the police po-lice and tho man was taken Into custody. cus-tody. Tests by tho pollco seem to show that tho contents of tho bottlo were harmloss. |