The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-01-14
POMEROY'S TRUNK.

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We yesterday published the full particulars of the
discovery of this trunk, and the arrest and commit
tai of Lachner. The amount of available funds
found is SAG 7Ol AZ, while all the letters are safe
Several of the packets untouched, though
many of the drafts are missing. However, the
Mayor has every reason to believe that they have
not been destroyed, as was reported in some of the
papers. The trunk and its contents have been de-
posted in the vaults OF the Bank of the State OF
New York, until the cashiers of the banks at Alba.
NY and the brokers' arrive here to identify the
several packages The examination OF Lachnei
has been postponed until Tuesday His wife has
been committed to prison TO abide the result
She is charged as an accessory after the fact
Throughout the community there is but one OPT
Mon in relation to the robbery, and that is, thai
when Lachner stole the trunk, he was ignorant Of
its contents. He is but recently from Germany,
and speaks the English language very imperfectly;
he even denies that he can read it, This strength
ems the general belief, nasmuch as the name of
Pomeroy 8. Co. on the trunk was not erased, and
it can scarcely be believed that man, perfectly
conversant with what the trunk contained, would
Park his shoulder, and actually pass by the
Tombs on his way to Rivington street, He.took no
pains to conceal it, and his subsequent conduct
shows clearly that he either knew nothing of the
reward offered for its discovery, or that he must
have been most egregious Ounce to have suffered
the trunk to remain on his premises, without in
some way other defacng it,
| But who is to receive the reward! There are
IL, al, ~ Tall e Ma
chants Bank-Messrs. Drew g. Robnson--Mar-
shall Clarke, who arrested the prsoner-a half do
zen police officers Westchester, the Creek and
half dozen steamboat runners. The matter will
of course be submitted to Chancellor Kent, which
is the only course to ensure proper division.
However the spoil may be divided, there is much
praise to be given to Mayor Morris for the ndefati-
gable manner in which he has prosecuted the
search
Now that the truth of this most strange robbery
has been fairly presented, we are more than ever
at a loss to understand the motive which could
have prompted the circulation of the rumors impli
eating Messrs. Rush. Banks, and other gentlemen,
whose character and integrity have ever been re-
garded as beyond the breath of the slightest SLAM
der. That the information at first came from the
| west, is beyond dispute But how came the charge
on the IOUoWlIS IHOrnlilb TIE ITt0uWc, anu
| especially in the Courier and Enquirer? Who
was the informant, and why is he screened from
| the public? The information came evidently from
the same quarter, and with the same diabollcal in
tent We did not receive any such information
What we published twas taken from the Albany
| papers and at the time we expressed most decided
y and emphatcally, disbelief in the charges
| and insinuations then made We knew the parties
| II
| Mr.. Rust we knew personally, and his character
we knew to be unimpeachable, and we so declared
conviction Of his innocence, and the malicious
| ness of the arrest. But why hesitate in this mat
ter! Has the public no interest in exposing the
concoctor Of these damnable attacks upon men Of
character and standing in the community? WHO'S
| SAFE if the sanderer securely shield himself,
while he hurls so deadly blow against the honor,
the virtue, the life, the reputation, the freedom of
| our fellow citizens Let the Messrs Howard call
at once for the name of the individual individuals
| upon whose authority such SANDER has been is
sued by the Courier and Enquirer If, as wasasserted
in that paper, the information came from business
men let us know who these business men ale,
and let them abide rho issue among their fellow
business men, We know not what to attribute this
attack to- unless it done for the purpose of ex
torting money! worse, for the purpose OF revenge.
In some quarter there exists deep laid conspira-
cy to ruin and destroy these persons for can
not think that the officers, upon mere rumor,
would have proceeded to such lengths with men OF
the standing and influence OF Mr.. Rust and MI.
| Banks. Information must have come In some tam
| gible shape, and we ask that this matter shall be
| cleared up fully. In the Madisonian of the llth
| ut, there is letter signed R., dated from this city
on the 9th, which is evidently the work of the same
hand as that in the Courier : the writer there as
sens that he has good reasons for fearing that the
individual referred to is guilty of the robbery
| Cannot something be traced in this quarter
1 II is due TO ustice--it is due TO the community
that this matter should be sifted TO its very core
II is due to the conductors OF the press that the
who could so grossly impose upon them to serve
| their own damnable purposes, should be exposed
We call upon the Messrs. Howard, Rust Banks
upon the Mayor apd every rlgh-mnded citizen, to
| demand-to arrest-to bring to justice, the author
of these most foul and extraordinary accusations.
Above we present a faithful wood cut of the race
of the indefagables, !" headed by Justice MatscIl,
who came gaining possession of that trunk
that he actually had hold of the handle but just
he was in the act of pulling it off the back of the
| flying German, Justice Taylor who was en- his
way to the Mayors Office with his staff, came in
contact with him, and in the collision the handle
came off and both went down. In the melee the
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staff of Bob Bewyer strikes Alderman Tilou in the
mouth, as he is in the act of declaiming against the
nefficiency of the Police department. The Ger
man gains in the confusion, and applying his thumb
to his proboscis, points significantly to the sign
post, which had been erected by certain fnan-
cer who had g Gone to Texas" but by the broad
grin on the Duichman's face, is TO be interpreted
in this case, I've "got the trunk" In the distance
is seen grave countryman holding that basket Of
| eggs, marked with care"
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