The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-04-03

A bold and daring attempt TO rob the New
York Exchange Bai.k, came 10 hight yeste'ca!
morning The bank WAS opened Tor the usual
business of the DAY, when the cashier tired To
enter the apartment at the rear of the counting
room, where the safe and vault are located III,
.fnrrs 10 do so, however, proved unayaliing, ard
A blacksmith was sent Tor, who, a!.er removing
portion Of the stone wo,k around the lock, sue
ceeded in opening the door A curious s'sht al
once met the ewes ot the spectators. large
hole ya~ned in the middle of the floor, and
mass ot dirt Was piled around. Ii was e'iuei'i
the bur glars had entered the most valuable
locality of the whole bu lding Beneath the
feet of the cashier and the s>tonshed clerks
who croGded around him, Was the aperture,
which apparently led 10 some unknown suo
terIanean region. The bank books, which had
always occupied 4 position on the top oil The safe,
had ink>terioaSly disappeared. while the sale H.
-elt exhibited marks of violent usage AT the
hands of burglars. IL MAS now u o,lo' X, ana
three hours had been spent in opening the door
A mess nge; WAS immediately sent 10 give not CT
| To ;he police % the attempted robbery, and The
valiant blacksmith at once brew himsrl: into
| the hole tor the purpose Il making explorations
| He stumbled almost Immediately upon tie ba'
| books which the burglars hal thrown there Tor
the purpose OF expecting their operations witt
| the sale Without stopping 10 remove them.
| however, he ctswled along the passage. hsrc,
two feet in height. the bottom Of which Vas
hoo,ed with rag carpet, and at lcusth. after
craving nearly seventy feet, he emerged ia ii
dark basement piled up la all directions viii
| rolls OF RAJ carpet Here his view Was greeted
| with a large and select assortment of burglar
| tools, and every 7 Qusiic material Tor eAcasa
F, ton. lie CROPPED around Tor IN Iment. a"d "a
last came IN contact with the door, which b,
found guia>teI Ell UpcHing II aud ASCENDING
several steps he emerged into the street IN tiin'
TO meet CJpt. Jamison of the | hiId Ward, viii
4 squad ut his men. lie az once related his q :
cuyerts 10 tia, Officer, and accompanied by hiu
returned Ia the bah vault 10y the uudrrgroun,
passage The bank books ~,r. now rcm,v d,
tiom the tunnel aud found - br complete. Ih'
only thing tui>sirg 20 Tar ci co!el,d Is a IN
box, the property of Nr. A. l.. frck, broke
| DONG business GA the corner oil h. oad~aN su'
| Maiden Lau the contents Of which we've 500
in gold and $500 III uncurreIt baI.k notes. Mr
Peck has been accustomed Ia send TINS box viii
various suu,s OF money therein 10 the bank 10
safe keeping, for up"nd .. twelve years past
Owing To II. >zs 1t has never been placed ia tn
safe. tut simply laid ia the vault.
Inquiries b. the police developed the fact tina
the lobbefs had been engaged for nearly 81
weeks ia their underground abpr- IL appear
that about SIX weeks ago man giving his nam,
A. Thomas Burke, purchased the basement occu
pied IA "A carpet store, from It's former proprietor
John Alcock paving the latter The sum %. ) 10,
Tor stock and good viii.
Every effort was made by the police to find Al
cock but 10 tar their ohuts have proved unava
ing. Harmony Roberts, keeper of porter hous
over the carpet basement, aud who rented III
latter {" Bake, was arrested GA su- picion. ii.
case will be examined io-iay.
The parties supposed 10 be implicated in III
> robbery are Daniel B,rilett and Joseph Myers
two well known English burglars, who were AZ
rested about three months ago IN this immsdiat
vicinity, but subsequently discharged Wi
of habca- corpus.
The following il list of the burgarious an
other implement. found IN the vault the passage
way and The carpet basement:
large jack screw, small do, large crow
bar, sna! do, compound driver, = mmie,
iron bar, ! large scdgc hammer, 5 braces,
! Ratchet / fore plane, m,let, | hand vice,
files claw hammer screw driver. | chisel,
saws, pivot, 90 drills, : cold chisels, , oil ca..
| large iron poker = spades. = shovcls, l cal
peut.rs square, dem,l ,hn of ~iii-ky
The estimated valJe Of the above implement
ia given as 5000 or $500. They said, b
mechanics, t. be the finest and best finished al
ticles of The kind.
The burglars outlay, it will be seen, has bee
about s., 900, not estimating the time and labo
employed in the excavation Of the undergi oun
passage.
Mr.. Peck puts in a claim to the above invcn
tory, and TO the stock OF the carpet bsseraent {
remuneIate himself Tor the loss of his none,
, and thinks that be will be amply repaid if hi
( claim il allowed.
The safe, which the burglars were SO unsuc
cess'ul in opening. contained property valued Il
$500, 900, $50, 900 of which was in money. an
$50 900 ia negotiable bonds. The remainder
however, would have proved ust les in the hs,d
, of the robbers ~ y Iii6