The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-07 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY BURGLARY.

The most extensive robbery which has occurred in
Glasgow for a long series of years, and one perpetrated
under most daring circumstances, was brought to light
just on the eve of its successful accomplishment. It ap•
pears that during the night two thieves, who must have
long contemplated and planned the robbery, found ac-
cess, by means of previously prepared keys, to the ware-
house of Messrs Campbell and Co., in Buchanan-street.
Immediately below was situated the shop of Mr. D. C.
Reit, whose stock of jewellery is, perhaps, the most ex-
tensive in Scotland. They first cut up the floor of the
warehouse, but here the progress of the burglars was
arrested by strong iron plates, inserted as a means of
security between the floor and the roof of the shop below.
Foiled at this spot, the thieves proceeded to the fire-
place, and by dint of great exertions, lifted up the hearth-
stone, after which they sawed through the joists, broke
in the plaster, and then by means of a rope ladder,
descended to Mr. Rait's shop. Here, by means of a
dark lantern, they had ample time to snake a
selection of the most precious articles in the shop
—which they did—consisting of diamond rings,
bracelets, gold chains, brooches, lockets, and other arti-
cles of a like kind, to the value of 3,0001. The plunder
was carefully deposited in a japanned leather handbag :
and they had ascended from the shop by the rope-ladder
which they left behind, had traversed Campbell's ware-
house, descended the stairs, and were close upon the
iron-grated door leading to the street, of which they
possessed the false key, and only required to open it to
get clear off with their booty. It so happened, how-
ever, that the private watchman attached to the court
had, some little time before, opened the iron gate lead-
ing to the stair, and, after locking it behind him,
stumped upstairs (for he had a wooden leg) ; but hear-
ing a noise at Messrs. Campbell's door, which he had
already passed, he returned, and, from a recess on the
stair, the two men confronted him. One of them in-
stantly seized him by the throat, threw him down, and
attempted to cover his mouth with his hand. This the
old man resisted, and bawled out so lustily that he at-
tracted the notice of a day police-officer, who happened
luckily to be passing along Buchanan-street at the mo-
ment. He made his appearance at the grated door,
when the burglars, seeing that their position had become
dangerous, rushed upstairs, and sprang into the
court from a window about 16 feet high. They imme-
diately took to their heels, and, as the streets were
quite still at the time, one of them got clear off un-
pursued. The policeman, however, gave chase to the
other, who dashed up Buchanan-street, thence into
Queen-street, and sprang into a passage, with the view
of getting into Miller-street ; but here he was brought
to a stand by a shut gate, and captured. The little bag
containing the plunder was found on the stair of the
warehouse from which the men made their escape, and
in the pocket of the prisoner was found the key which
opened it. The prisoner is a smart and most genteel-
looking young Englishman, and gives the name of
Jackson. He had been stopping for some weeks in one
of the principal hotels in the city. He has been iden-
tified as having paid several visits to Mr. Rait's shop,
where he made small purchases, and, no doubt, his
lengthened stay in Glasgow, where he is an entire
stranger, had been for the purpose of maturing the plans
of the robbery. His luggage, consisting principally of
fashionable clothing, had been removed to the Caledo-
nian railway terminus yesterday, and he would, of
course, have gone off along with his associate by the
two o'clock afternoon train that day to London, had all
gone well with the pair. There were a hundred chances
against the robbery being discovered till Monday morn-
ing, and by that time the thieves would have been safe
with their plunder in the metropolis. From hotel bills
found in his possession, it appears that Jackson has of
late resided from time to time in Liverpool, Manchester,
London, Southampton, and Portsmouth.

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