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Theft in the Daily Dispatch & Richmond Dispatch, 1900 & 1920

Personating a Bank Teller

Item

Title
Personating a Bank Teller
Source
Daily Dispatch {VA}
Date
1880-09-22
page
4
Identifier
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84024738/1880-09-22/ed-1/?sp=4
Crime
Theft
Subject
Imposter; Theft; Large Quantity of Money; Bank
Gender of alleged offender
Male alleged offender
Gender of alleged victim
Male alleged victim
Stage of the Legal System
Crime
Location
Out-Of-State; Canada
Length of story
77 words
Description
Montreal, September 20. This afternoon J. O. Padden, paying teller of the Bank of
Montreal, left his desk for about three minutes and during his absence a man, similarly dressed, coolly walked around the counter, picked up a package containing $7,000,
and quietly passed out of the building. The assistant paying teller saw him in Padden's
box and thought it was Paddon. The theft was immediately discovered, but up to this
hour the thief is at large.