The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-06
The New Haven Post Onice Robbery.

From the New Haven journal and Courier Sept. 81
robbery was perpetrated in the Post Office in this
city on Saturday night early on Sunday morning The
robbers entered through the premises of Mr. Brewster
on Chapel street, and passing round back Of the house.
entered the yard back Of the Post Office through the gate
opening from Mr. Brewsters garden. They cut out the
lower panel Of the back door by boring holes with bit
close together, making hole of sufficient size to enter
through the bolts of the door being situated that they
could be reached in other way AS the front shutters
to use light, so they drew what bags they could find
the open door, cut them open and picked out all the letter
packages they could distinguish These they carried to
the prvy the of Mr. Brewsters house and opened
them, and searching yesterday morning large num-
Der found torn open the floor of the prvy They
have been gathered up by the Postmaster and far
practicable the enclosures have been restored to the en-
veopes and forwarded their destination with crcu-
lar explaining the circumstances.
Fortunately New Haven letters were contained in
any of the bags opened any letters in the office
moested. The bags opened by the robbers mail
mails for the offices on the New York and New Haven
Railroad and the Danbury and Norwak Railroad and
another containing the same mails from other sources
but in none OF them were any letters from for this
office.
On any other night there would have been ten times as
many letters within reach of the robbers The safes were
not disturbed but all the drawers ransacked
such as were locked broken open but nothing Of conse
quence was obtained. small amount of counterfeit
money only was taken few bank letters were doubt
less taken but these offered booty, and it be-
lieved the williams obtained sufficient repay their labor
though the number cannot be accurately determined.
According to the bills there very few letters miss
ing, and Mr. Postmaster Thomas has teegraphed to the
ocers from whence the mails came for all information
possible In the results Of the robbery the robbers. Of
poetic turn Of mind may recall Bainards verses on the
stealing of a newspaper mail bag.
The robbers must have worked long time to get in
as there were some fifty auger holes bored the door
taking out an almost square piece 1t was done in a
bungng manner, and three different sizes of augers
used The robbers had the whole Office omen be.
fore them, and had they dared or had they been
acquainted with their business, they might have swept of
all the contents Of the office, except what was in the
safes. Persons sleeping in the ncighborhood heard
noise Of talking and of the boring about two or three
O'Clock in the morning. but their suspicious were not ex
cited by it. AS was was most fortunate escape for
our people and all who had any letters in the office
The only letter found, opened by the robbers which
indicated that contained money with eight dol
lars in bills and postage stamps The money and
bills found safe in the letter yesterday morning and
must have been overlooked by the robbers themselves