As the bank watch is inspecting the cellar vaults, where the gold supply of the bank is kept, he suddenly hears the sound of steady strokes on one of the walls. At first he will not believe this to be true, but be soon understands that somebody is trying to reach the gold supply. The bank director is immediately sent for, and at once appearing, he soon ascertains that danger is imminent. In order to keep the case quiet, he does not inform the police, but seeks the assistance of the famous detective, Pat Corner, who promises to take the case in charge. A design of the bank and the nearest surroundings shows quickly to the acute detective that a subterranean passage to the bank must originate from a public house in the neighborhood. He at once sets to work to examine this public house, and in an old barn adjoining the bank he finds the entrance to a subterranean passage
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