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Show 'PLOT OF BOLD BANDITS FOILED 81 DETECTIVES Seize a Satchel Containing $5,000, But Both the Men and Money Are Captured Cap-tured by the Officers. Philadelphia. Ono of tho boldest attempts at robbery In a long time occurred Friday, when two men tried to get away with $15,000 which they had seized from a bank runner In tho United States sub-treasury. Both wero arrested and nil tho money was recovered. recov-ered. Tho two men had been hanging around the sub treasury for sovoral days and wero being watched by bank detectives and sub treasury watchmen. P. J. Cronlu, n runner for tho Franklin Frank-lin National bank, was handed sovcral largo bundles of money by a paying teller In the sub treasury. Ho placed $1,000 lu a bntchel and walked to a bench near b with tho remainder., amounting to SI 5,000. Ho laid tho money on the bench, Intending to open tho satchel and place It with tho other monc At tho same moment ono of tho men being watched, and who was standing In front of ono of tho Bub-treasuiy Bub-treasuiy watchmen, raised a newspaper news-paper uh If he woro looking for something some-thing and obstructed tho view of tho watchmen. Then the other grabbed tho $5,000 Ijlng on the bench and started out of the fiout door. Tho bank runner Instantly gate chase, raising tho alarm as he din so. Tho Tho runner was close to tho thief when tho man who held tho newspaper news-paper stuck out his foot and tripped him tuiQ tried to escape. Ho had only gono a few feet, however, how-ever, when tho watchman captured him. Others In tho sub-treasury started after tho man with tho money and ho was soon captured. |
