nine o'clock
Mr. Bone at once stated that there were strong indications that a robbery of the bank had been perpetrated ; that a large amount of currency had been abstracted from the paying teller 's room . Hence this sudden call for consultation ; this , also , accounted for the unusual presence of Chief Andrews and his colleagues . He then called on Mr. Roe , the senior paying teller , to make a statement of what he knew of the matter . Mr. Roe arose , and told that at nine o'clock that morning in his preparations for business he had brought from the vault a quantity of currency and placed it with other moneys on a side table conveniently situate for ready use . And that when , about two o'clock , he had occasion for its use , it was gone . Everything possible had been done to gain a clue , but there was not the slightest thing upon which to hang the faintest suspicion . Major Andrews , stepping in front of the table , then requested permission to ask Mr. Roe a few questions simply for information .