CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - Robbed Hesse’s Bank ==================================================================== NEGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the NEGenWeb Archives by Carol Tramp. Permission granted by: Rob Dump, Editor, Cedar County News ====================================================================== CEDAR COUNTY NEWS May 26th, 1916 Robbed Hesse’s Bank Former Cedar County Man is Twice Robber’s victim At the point of a gun a young man robbed the Farmers and Merchants bank on west Seventh Street in Sioux City at noon last Monday. The bank is owned by John E. Hesse and E.W. Hesse, sons of Anton Hesse, who lives about four miles southwest of Wynot and is well known all over the county. John Hesse was formerly engaged in banking business at Denver, Colo., but went to Sioux City about two years ago and started the Greenville bank which was robbed by the Ford gang, the last of whom was recently sent to the pen. The Hesses organized the Farmers and Merchant’s bank about six months ago. At noon Monday a young man walked into the bank while the cashier William Zechman, was alone. He asked if he could get a check, cashed and handed through the cage a note which read, “Don’t say a word or you will be shot.” When Zechman raised his eyes he was looking down the barrel of a gun. “The money, all of it,” said the man holding the gun nodding at the currency on the counter. Zechman shoved all that he was in sight, which is estimated to have been about $100, over the counter and the man quietly warned Zechman not to make an alarm, slipped through the door. He then ran to a back room where E .W. Hesse was seated and informed him what had transpired. It took them only a minute to reach the front door but the robber was not in sight. The police are working on the case but have not yet secured a trace of the robber.