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Two Brigands Rob A Bank

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Day
16
Month
April
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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Yonkers, N. Y., April 13.- Snoruy ai:er noon yesterday two men entered the Tonkers Savings bank on Getty Square, in the heart of town; held up Lyman Cobb, the aged cashier; stole $4,400, and escaped. About 12:15 o'clock, when no one was in the bank but the cashier and Treasurer Williams, the latter in an inner room, a young man, cleanly shaven and dressed in a light suit of clothes, entered and engaged Cashier Cobb in conversation, telling him that he expected to meet a friend there who would make a large deposit. Theyoung man turned to go, and the cashier returned to his desk, under which he noticed something black which he at flrst thought was a dog. The black object sprang up and moved toward thecash drawer. The startled cashier turned to the window, expecting assistance from the young man with whom he had been talking. The young man, however, covered the cashier with a revolver. The man inside also held a revolver to the cashier's head while he transferred packages of bilis to his pockets, dropping a $500 package in his haste. With his revolver still covering the cashier the man on the inside backed slowly to the gate, opened it and passed out, walked through the narrow passage in front of the executive office door and around to his companion. The men hurried out of the door, keeping Cobb covered with their revolvers to the last. When Cobbb recovered from his surprise he grabbed his revolver and starled after them, but they had disappeared. ■ Fallare in Wholesale Ijiquors. San Francisco, April 14.- Coblentz, Pike & Co., Wholesale liquor dealers at 213 Battery street, have failed with liabilities oL $100,000. The firm was composed of the late Joseph Coblentz. and Boaz D. Pike. Nominally the assets exceed the liabilities, though their real valué can be established only aftí?r the expert appointed by the creditors shall have submitted his statement.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Democrat