The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-09-12
Robbery of the West Toy Post ORce-
Over Foar Hundred Letters Broken


Over Fear Hundred Letters Broken
We Awe the Troy A--1a's account % this burglary
The Pos, once !, IVES, Troy was entered 90 ssiyrsay
night Sunday morning BY burglars. and rAussckd and
robbed Of nearly AL iis contents me Office situated
sory brick huidng rcceaty erected for that purpose
TIE burglars effected entrance At the o. the build
ipg by boring through the window shutter With n,a
auaur hole wAs made large enough TO admit mans
hand the boz, upon the made Vas showed back the win
dow Then prsd down from The TOP and Access s to n.
were all taken out. aud also the dead letters Of
the past quarter, which we're on The shelves, taken
open. Mr. Grsi,an, the Postmaster, iarorms Us that
about four hundred letters were destroyed, great
number Of them oon..nins nonsy ehse., ssd dr.i,.
copsa ming twenty thirty dollars pstase STAMPS 70
The amount Of ses, and package Of envelopes,
by tearing the top Of the envelope and ser examination
the latter torn In long sirp and scattered over the
which the robbers ard not take for fear of dsiectoa but
len them lying the door. The following drafts we're
found an org uhe destroyed istters'-
A dvAn for 81 900 the Phenx Bank 81 New York,
from the Albany Exchange nAak, payable 70 c. D. WI.
able 70 Albert hcsser as the Metres oiitan BAnx.
dram Tor $40 the Bank Of Charleston = o, pay
as.ss ~ ss7 RON spras.rs IAnk csnsohars. pays
bic the Rssk Of the <rubi, tern IN the middle one
part o. which va carried o.
dram for G. from the Uaion baak OF Australia, p&ys
A check for sf2s on the Albany City Bank.
letter contain ng ~ 20 10 money from J. p Maloy
Dvpuiy GATED saes Marshal Of Albany, 70 Levings
was relieved Of ip contents the letter torn IN shrecs
The money receipts Of the oihoe taken. The lock
Of the safe picked from which the robbers distracted
the stamps and stampe envelopes revolver beoaeag
10 Mr.. q, VIVA taken from drawer and carried OF
Ire burglars evidently toox TIER time FOR The
work tary every letter IN the Office broken or~n
and destroy several pieces u candle found upon
the aocr and the chairs drawn W In manner ira
iDdtcafer they were old hands 81 the business. yr
Brisr who keers the Post Once, hearing
no -, While In bed. rrf NJ and hoisted biz win
dow but could not them, 10 very DARK
anc aiming watchmsn whose station was across The
street. 40 rot bear anything Of their operations We
that suspicious characters observed In The
taf of the Exchange Hotel about blcok from the
once. eleven O'Clock saturday night. and that
their prucncs And movements commented upon hy
several citizens n West Troy Oe % them len the hotel
q few minutes after eleven and shortly followed by
bis companion. They strangers, and there Re
no doubt but they the robbers II will be recoloc-
"a thai the Cohcss Po<t ohce shared tate about
q week ago.
Postmaster Graisan hsdthc detectives ~ this city On
the alert yesterday, and should not be srrpr 70
bear Of their arrest
II ia not known how r1uch money taken from, the
opsned letters but must be large amount ~ parts of
leters were found the door Indicating that they
tsined money The frsementsry letters gathered
up aud Win be sent 70 the Department at wsshneon.