The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-12-18
The stupendOus Robbery OF Pomeroy q
Co.'S Express OF nearly Half Million
or Dollars.

We have received the following particulars OF
this great robbery. 1t Is the most extraordinary
affair of the kind that ever took place Much Is
yet shreuded in mystery, but time will reveal all
What will happen next
(From thief A lbany Argus, Dec. l6l
Yesterday our city asounded with the particulars
of robbery more extensive and daring than any tat mas
yet startled the public mind.
The iron trunk containing the money and drafts sent
Pomerov Co.'S Express, on Tuesday, was stolen from
the deck Of the steamboat Utica is supposed alter the
arrival of the boat in the city oil New YORK on
day morning. The particulars are briefly as follows -
The trunk in the immediate charge OF Amasa Copp,
now interested with in the employ of pomeroy < Co.
ceved on board the boat at Coxsackie in the afternoon
Copp placed ii deck, and early IN the evening retired
Scott that he should put it in more secure situation the
landings being frequent he declined to adopt the sugges'
ton At two in the morning. when the boat arrived Copp
left the trunk deck unattended and without charge or
notice to any one, and proceeded to Pomeroy Coz
office where he understood to say that the trunk was
board and in charge of Mr. Riggs, assistant captain
thence after deliberately going to sleep he proceeded at
half past six A. NJ board the boat for Bridgeport and
returned to this city and Troy by the ousatonc ra on
The agent in New York. thinking the trunk safe
until morning to send for it. The porter who accompa
MED Copp to the Bridgeport boat went Immediately to the
Utica for the trunk. But trunk was to be iound nor
could any fthe officers of the boat tell when or
by whom it had been taken away As soon as the loss
was discovered messengers despatched to Boston,
Philadelphia and to this city, with the Intelligence
Thursday
the trunk was brought this city by express from New
York several the parties interested proceeded to Troy
where Copp resides and subjected him to examination
which resulted in nothing beyond declaration oi igno.
his part of any loss OF the trunk or oil ITS where
abouts admission of the careessness and inexcu-
sable Indifference with which trust of such magnitude
had discharged. He not, we believe, taken ut
into custody but with some oil the parties
to New York.
The amount of cash aud vauables in the trunk nclu.
ding the registered notes from the bank department. and
the money drafts from Troy was probably not less
,J,o nd
fifty thousand dollars being cash in bank notes OF all de-
scrptions and denominations and eastern funds
will be available to the robbers-the remainder being
drafts payable to order notes and registered pak notes
unsigned will not be available pay ment having been
stopped. ,,or.oss and letters in the
trunk, from banks, brokers' &c in this CITY as oilows =
Drew Robinson Co. n. Y, containing S27,0l7 III cash
draft for S3l letter from the N. y State Bank ad
dressed to o. j. Cammann Cashier Of Merchants Bank
NJ " enclosing drafts to the amount OF 562 and let
ter from the Albany Exchange Bank addressed to John
Fish cashier containing drafts to the amount oil S9ol0
Eleven packages from the Bank Department contain
ing registered bank notes for the Tradesmans Bank
Y amounting to 600 and the Union Bank amounting
to $l3l OOO also $4,000 of the Farmers Bank OF Malone
81 100 Of the Bank 81 200 OF the New YORK stock
| Bank and Sl2s of the Hamilton Bank.
One package from the Canal Bank containing SS III
cash addressed to Pepoon Hoffman & Ten Brock ~ VI
and letter addressedto g. A. WORTH president oil City
Bank containing $45,569 90 in drafts
One package from the Albany City Bank addressed to
Bank of the State of New York containing sight and
| time drafts to the amount of S47,O757s.
One package from Mechanics and Farmers Bank, adj
dressed to Pepoon Hoffman & Ten Brock containing
s. 1888 in cash. and two letters to the Merchants Bank
and the Manhattan Company, containing drafts amount
ing to Sl7769 q. 49,, a., !.
Jacob Little Co.. New York, containing cash 81 ioo
The following the amounts of which our banks ant
| citizens have been robbed, in cash and drafts