{"id":2445775,"date":"2019-06-27T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=308578"},"modified":"2019-06-27T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T16:00:00","slug":"aspen-history-aspens-first-bank-break-in-sort-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/aspen-history-aspens-first-bank-break-in-sort-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Aspen History: Aspen\u2019s first bank break-in \u2026 sort of"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One b\/w glossy photograph of the Cowenhoven Building, 1939. A Model-A Ford has just been backed into the door of the building by Erma Rogers. At the time, it was the location of the Aspen State Bank. The man at the far left of the photo is identified as Jens Christiansen, and the man third from the right is Joe Uhlrich.<\/strong>
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\u201cFord driven into Aspen State Bank in freak accident Saturday evening,\u201d reported The Aspen Times on June 23, 1938. \u201cWhile two-gun sheriffs and G-men have fixed John Dillinger, Jesse James, the Younger Brothers, \u2018Machine Gun\u2019 Kelly and other notorious \u2018bank buster-inners\u2019 either behind bars \u2014 or with their toes straight up \u2014 Pitkin county officers were forced to turn their attention to another kind of \u2018bank-buster\u2019 Saturday evening \u2014 a Ford, no kiddn\u2019\u2014 the kind that Henry makes. Fords are well known for the many things they can do, but this is the first time in history (as far as we know) that one managed to break into a bank, and what\u2019s more \u00ad\u2014 get out without even a scratch. At any rate it really sounds goofy \u2014 at least that\u2019s what every Aspenite thought when he first heard it \u2014 but when he saw the real thing with his own eyes \u2014 he just had to believe it. It was Aspen\u2019s first bank break in \u2014 and the whole town turned out to see it. And how did it happen? Well, that\u2019s hard to say. Everyone has a different tale, so here\u2019s ours. Mrs. Irma Sallee, of Main Street, borrowed a Ford coupe from a friend, Glen Gillespie. After completing her shopping she attempted to back the machine a little from the curb before driving forward. The car lurched backward and the driver evidently became confused with the controls \u2014 and stepped on the gas instead of the brake. With the motor wide open the machine dashed backward, cut across the street, over the curb and right up the five bank steps and thru the heavy doors. When the car came to a stop the front wheels were on the first step leading into the bank with the rear wheels in the bank lobby. Courtesy Patrolmen who investigated the mishap arrested Mrs. Sallee on several traffic counts and she was fined $37.50 in justice court. The car\u2019s owner was ordered to pay all costs of repairing the bank doors.\u201d<\/p>\n

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