New Orleans daily crescent., 1857-01-28
4sh NrI,aus pailp Crescent,
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FSAvr BANK ROBBERY. Yesterday morning
yy sdd John sHnss employed sumner n slie Bank
e ss os, robbed thar Of s6 paper money
ud made hs escape fo The city n e steamship cahaHna
xhicl ieft 1t O'Clock for f1nssna and New York
VI sse informed af the yopng bad been living rather
fs II his fendsto expsnsive uppers at the res
sur4nss e For wcek he had been buying shirts At
pSalss On ST CHARLES ata each s
Il ~ dirty then buying one On Monday night ne
called ii spsoues with Friend also fast young man. and par
chased They had two new revolysrs wIspped pp
= il iust uvtsAad sorekeeper concluded they were
dyenturers about Nicaragn They loft the ar
cs thsrs stasiag ihey call for them HI the morning
Esy Yesterday msng s.nger went to the store IT. and
vsed IL sch pstiercs for his friend who arrived Is he
~ yuss "a tho leaving They len together in great
Il d hs oSnsHy ii e bank " are informed that stringer
on Monday night got the duplicate key Of the which
Father ne book keeper the bank had in his keeping
epretence had laery been rather laggar i'm
discharge hts duics runner lie wished early
START yesterday morning Going to the bank early
- opened by the porter he unlocked
she took the tray which the receiving teller
had the be placed hs and checks received in
packages according the usual The tray contained
se mostly in checks the money amounted $751;
0 Tht seeing snger lake the tray out asked him
whit be the day He replied that lie had
unusual number Of sight drafts collect and compelled
10 begin early The porter suspecng anything went
the back part Of the bank in the discharge Of his duties When
he returned, N stringer The tray
closed and ecked and the suspected the
robbery. tas ss
robbery was until officers Of Bank
arryed and found snge missing with the key Of the
tray Thesgony Of the young mans fasher discovering
how bis coddence had been betrayed described having
been terribe The Chef Poicewas notified the
robbery he received the young
in crime and his companion eamng down the river
the Cahawbs. Az W M z8
It discovered that they purchased passage tickets
Havana the steamship agency, Under the essumed Of
Codren something like ~ and Matthew's They
the landing and snssr ssenon board the Ca
hawba before she sailed
The move course. telegraph The Baze to
have the boarded but the line down. and
soon reported ha the wires had been cut soe mile.
side CutoH Col dispatched two men
on horseback Tic coast the steamer at
the Cutoff the telegraph officers down with
as order telegraph to the Balze from the point
where the line yAs cut
being sufficient by any means the
officers Of the Bank authorized Col Fono
he might deem proper " their expense The Colonel
procuring towkos and q length secured the America
board 81 this boat be dispatched officers Howard McFar
hand With the documents stop steamer ut sea and
make seia among her passengers. Cahawba left AZ
Abont O'clock. the about IL The towboa is
rspued 70 faster than steamship and If so may
have caught up with not far from the Balas and now
he on her way back with the fugitives.
Tho robbery evidently time previously planned for
It speedily and well executed and suspected that the
emitting of the telegraph attributable to some
confedsrse in the busne The affair no little excite
mens about yesterday idpgs Of the America are
ansously awaited BY everybody.
Pts i9o'clock last night telegraphic dispatch was re-
ceiysd from the Bn announcing the capture of striage and
bis acccmplice The with the hand battery
the break the wire opened conmunca
son with the Baize but in intercept the Caawta or
the AmerIc which different passes As
was received however revenue cutter stationed II
the Balze spread sail and chase ovefaed the
hawba before she had got far fugves were sur
Millandon.