The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-13
The Hatters' Bank ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
thousand Do1lArs Stolen.

Vm00oanQ U01Aar9 6c0l0ns
IRON tho Hartford Courier Angus! Ill
The New Haven bank received yesterday the following
telegraph despatch -
NxwrowN, Conn.,, August 10, 1855.
The Hasters bank of Bethel has been robbed Of large
amount Of specie and bis Take no bills q present.
We learn the particulars OF the robbery TO be Is fol-
owsThe bark was locked and the vault fastened in the
usual manner Saturday night On Monday the vault
order the sent 70 New York for the maker On
bis arrival he opened the lock- when was discovered
that had been undermined and entered nom the pot
om and 81 900 in specie and 10000 bills and foreign
paper stolen The robbers had fixed the ook on the To-
side for the purpose Of making delay in order 70 give
upon stranger Who stole horse and wagon and asap-
peared from Bethel some time but we do not learn
how well founded they are Therobbers must have been
expert rogues and sufficiently large reward will set the
police after them, with fair prospect Of their detection
FURTHER NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. RAsCALIrY.
From the FdrnNeT Of last evening, which derived It's
. nh ase oop as If 81 oo ~ sos
and silver 81 800 in bills Of other banks and SIS 100
bills of the Bethel Bank. The vault look was opened be
discovered that the bottom OF the vault gone
and so all the money left in it on Saturday night.
The vault Was built, It appears, on stone foundaton
the usual On examination il was discovered that
this foundation had been undermined, dug out aud
moved. On further examination IL found that hole
had been nicely sawed through the floor under the table,
In the directors room. This room was covered with
carpet which had been taken up 10 get 1t the foor under
complete manner U TO leave no appearance whatever
that ii had been disturbed How the entry
was made into the bank does not appear, out
10 supposed it must have been effected
through The front door, by mesns Of q false key.
From the amount Of labor that would seem cessary 70
accomplish such undertaking. and from p complete
manner in which the work was all done, il Enough. the
burglar must have commenced his operations three
four weeks ago The boards cut from the floor so
nicely adjusted with screws and putty that no one
could easily discover that they had been removed
even carpet on the floor the dirt under the
NJ
ton composed, were removed so far away that they
could not incommode him in his work, oostruct his
ipgress egress to the bottom Of the vault.
The obstruction 10 the bolt the door OF the vault
found TO be block Of pine wood which the robbsr bad
adjusted against the lower end and which was smashed
by the power applied to the lock by the blacksmith I'm
I'll this was done. and the coor iopened there was
nothing be IN either OF the bank 70 excite
suspicion that the premises nsd been encroached upon
the property Of the esaolshnent ID the least dis
turbed
The capital Of the bank is 500 Co., which will be So
rousy impaired, OF course, unless The money recover
cd Every boiy should caution takag bills OF
the Hauers' Bank for the present
from the hartford Times, Angus. 10
There two concerned In the robbery boarded
Hotel in Danbury. They well known by persons in
the vicinity, but no one suspected their busiDess
week ago Saturday the one who boarded a. the hotel next
TO the bank left his late in the evening with box
under his arm, and did not return again.
on Friday nsht last the boarder Al foresiers Hotel in
se1 60 ps % spa
vance. The hotel keeper was looking after his horse on
Monday when the robbery was discovered. gentleman
OF Bethel who the person who hired the horse
him driving towards New Haven yesterday, and there
were two persons in the wagon
Deputy Sheriff G. W. Morris, from Danbury, was in this
city to day 20 communicate with the police the press and
the banks. II Is probable that the rogucs In the
buggy went 70 q railroad station and are out Of the
state
The whole capital OF the bank wAs 800 900. The
rogues took $50 900 Of IT, 900 in specie and 81 200 In
bills OF other banks, the balance in bills Of the bank