The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-03-30
GREAT RANK RoRRERy

On Monday morning, 2lst inst, the Clerks in
the City Bank, on opening the Safety Vault,
found that 1t had been entered, and an immense
amount of bills taken. The Bank was closed
on Saturday afternoon at O'Clock, and again
opened Monday morning at 9 o'clock. AT
some period between the closing and opening
the robbers must have entered through the
front door with false keys or picks The
amount OF bills taken is about two hundred and
ten thousand dollars. Several individuals who
had placed their trunks IN the Bank for safe
! keeping, found them opened and robbed. Ii
appears that the robbers selected Bills of the
City and other anks, and left the specie, Tex
cept 200 doubloons,) and negotiated notes, un.
disturbed. The loss of s. & nj. Allen, taken
! from their trunk, Is 5000 that of the City
Bank is about $4,000; that of the Morris
Canal Company in bills for safe keeping, about
! $26,0OO; that of the Lansingburg Bank about
$4O,00O. The loss of S. & NJ. Allen consists
of $l4 zoe in notes of the Newburg and Or
srge County banks, 50, 600 bank of Rutland,
( VT, and $4,000 of the State Bank at Morris,
M Two hundred douboons, belonging to a
mercantile house, placed in the bank for safe
keeping, were also taken.
| We understand that another bank in Wall
street was entered short time since, but the
villains were unable TO open the vault, and re-
tired without taking any thing. We believe
this is one Of the largest robberies that has
ever been committed in the United States, and
the perpetrators must be of the most 'sklful
character, as they left every thing closed and
locked after them, that there was not the
slightest suspicion created, until the first teller,
Mr.. Burng, opened the vault, to take out his
money for the mornings work. A watch is
kept by the various banks, whose duty it is to
walk from house to house, but it appears in this
instance, the precauton was not etfectual A
reward of $4,000 is Offer ed for discovery of
the property.-N Y Daily .4duertiSer.
RoBBER TAKEN. Ono of the Robbers of the
City. Bank in New York, above mentioned, has
been arrested, and $165;759 of the money re-
covered. The deficiency, still missing, is &c.,.
242, making total of tloO hundred and forty
etght thousand dollars. The robbers name is
Edward Smith, an Englishman. He was sus-
pected from the first, but was not discovered
till Sunday morning last, a week after the rob
berry. He probably had accomplices
MASSACHUSETTS FINANCES. On Wednesday
last, the Treasurer of the Commonwealth, in
compliance with law passed at the last ses-
sion of the Legislature, invested in notes OF
seve raj of the Banks of this city, the sum Of
taco hundred and cighty-ene thousand dollars
The State has, therefore, this large sum OF
money now we'll invested, at high rate of in
terest
We hope this fact will be borne in mind by
the people, when attempts are made by design
ing men to excite them to dissatisfaction with
the present State Administration, by represen.
tations that the Commonwealth is on the road
to ruin Let it be remembered that the Com
monwealth has now 1921 900 well invested
| and has, besides, revenue enough to pay all its
expenses. We do not believe under ordinary
circumstances, another State tax will be neceS.
SGry for many years, and upon its expedency
the people will be able to decide by their Rep
resentatives.-BoStOn Patriot