Show A ef M U I 1 three sacks of gold con I 1 fifteen thousand I 1 dollars secured portland dec 7 the east side bank located at least washington 1 1 street and grand avenue was robbed atsie at six by three unmasked men it Is understood that they secured three sacks of gold containing over the cl erica force of the bank was just closing the days business when two men armed with revolvers entered the clerks were ordered to hold up their hands and while the receiving teller was under the cover of one man his confederate crawled through the cage window passed passe dout out three sacks of gold and crawled back into the foyer through the windows A third man guarded the entrance eitran C e the men made their escape in a buggy before an alarm could bo be sounded from the neatness with which the job was wag done and the expeditious way vay in which the robbers made their escape the police surmise they must have had other assistance or had a cache somewhere in the vicinity of the bank As 19 soon ag ae the frightened clerks recovered their senses an alarm was sounded and the police were notified but it was too late both sides of the river are being searched by a corps of police dolice and detectives but it will not be an easy matter to apprehend the criminals the crime was perhaps p the boldest ever committed in this city and caps a series of murders for robbery arid and a general reign of ter terror which a gang of egg inen has created in portland for trie past three months president henry 11 newhall made the following statement of the robbery to the associated press we were preparing to close up for the night when the robbery occurred the bookkeeper mr air colton had just gone out to post a lotter letter and my son roger and myself were completing tho the details incident to the closing of a bank when an unmasked man entered lie ile had a big automatic revolver in his hand and ordered us to hold up our hands wo were in no position to make any defense and immediately m edia tely complied compiled almost in an instant another man entered and a third was standing outside the first man protected protect edby by his confederates then crawled through the tellers window always keeping 11 us r covered and commenced to hand out coin and currency r to his companion the third man entered and between them they took away a bag of gold containing a package containing mostly in large bills and a lot of sliver silver coins they had a receptacle ot of some kind and dumped a portion of the loot into it having secured practically all the coin there was in tight flight the robbers made a hurried elbit my son roger and myself cacci securing a revolver ran out after tiem mein the robbery will not affect tho the banks stability in any way we vo have ample money on hand to meet all requirements quire ments |