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Henderson Daily Dispatch
Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina
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Five robbers stole $100,000 from the City National Bank in Clinton, Iowa, on March 15, binding 38 employees and customers. The loot was recovered three hours later by farmers John and Arvid Flood on a nearby farm where the bandits changed clothes and abandoned the money during pursuit.
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Recovered by Two Farmers Where Five Robbers Changed Clothing
Clinton, Iowa, March 15.—(AP)— One hundred thousand dollars stolen from the City National Bank today by five robbers was recovered on a farm three hours after the hold-up by John and Arvid Flood, farmers.
The bandits are believed to have stopped at the farm, changed their clothes, thrown away their gun and left the money because of hot pursuit.
38 EMPLOYEES, CUSTOMERS LOCKED IN A REAR ROOM
Clinton, Iowa, March 15.—(AP)— After binding 38 employees and customers in a rear room, five men today robbed the City National Bank of an amount estimated at $100,000.
The men met the janitor when he opened a barred rear door to fire the furnace at 6:30 a. m. The janitor was set at work around the office to allay suspicion of passers-by.
One of the gang stationed himself behind a front door, and as each employee entered, he was ordered to hold up his hands. The employees were bound and held in a directors' room.
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Clinton, Iowa
Event Date
March 15
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loot of $100,000 recovered three hours later on a farm; 38 employees and customers bound but no injuries reported; robbers fled after changing clothes and discarding gun due to pursuit.
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Five robbers entered the City National Bank at 6:30 a.m. via the rear door, bound the janitor and set him to work to avoid suspicion, then bound arriving employees and customers in a directors' room before stealing $100,000. The bandits stopped at a farm, changed clothes, discarded a gun, and left the money behind due to hot pursuit; it was found by farmers John and Arvid Flood.