The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-03-26
Bxfrsord mary aMd IngeniOas Attempt at
Bank Robbery.

Bank Robbery.
About ten O'Clock yesterday morning extraordinary
and ingenious attempt robbery discovered by
Of employ of the New York Exchange Bank
Of Greenwich and Dey streets. One Of the porters
pears unable ouulock the vault door, and reported
the trouble to Of the officers OF the bank. black
smith sent for but 1t only by tearing away
portion Of the brick work Of the
egress could be obtained. evident that per-
had been tampering with the vault and thu officers
commenced examination Of the premises forthwith
On opening the inner door Of the vault thcv
tonish ID to find hole In the floor sufficiently large
admit q medium sized man. further examination
showed that the cavity extended In the shape OF
mel under the entire bucing; and ended in the base
meDt Of little frame building next door to the bank
The tunuel which connected the frame building with
the bank vault was nlength and must
have ccst an immense deal of trouble to the miners
The safe, which contained between three xud four hun
bred heSsand dollars in noses, specie aud crcu'aton
was found to be intact An attempt had been made to
bore into the outer work. but tho burglars appeared TO
have succeeded poorly and given up the thing in disgust
tin box, containing about 81 900 in uncurrent funds
Belonging broker named A. L. Peck, found to be
nissipg however It hid been deposited in the vaul
merely and Cell easy prey to the daring thieves.
Information of the affair was immediately sent to
the General soperintendents Once, whom detective
ON0ofU were
mako all the necessary inquiries. One of the
oScers by way of experiment. enter ed the frame build
ing adjoining the bank and without much trouble
ed through the sub4erranean passage until he arrived
underneath and sctuasly entered tho vault. the base
meus upon being examined, found 70 be full Of rag
csrpes and judging from the appearance OF the place,
It was evident that taeec carpets were mlnufactured
there Some atty sixty bales Of the Competing had been
,-ped up the Of the basement, with the view no
. doubt Of screening the operations Of the burg
inc their their way into tho next building.
Behind this barrier concealed the earth drawn from
Il was evident that the great bulk OF the rubbish
have been removed TO the street and carted of
The cape, mana'esSy was sS0
the carpet manuiacty on being questioned
: by the police, stated that the basement had for.
!, AIcock About ave weeks ago Aioock sold out to
giving h.s Dame as Thomas Burke, receiving $ta0
for the stock fixtures aud good win OF the concern He
say that Burke had partner the business but he did
know his could he give any description o.
R anal pps in al his wha S
OF Acock, toe fo ner occupant OF the basement,
could not b. asceaned but tn police are on the look
out for him. and hope to be able 70 get some Valuable IN
form alton from him.
10 the carpet store was found between five and Fix
hundred dollars worth of burglars tools best les lot OF
old wearing apparel aud a demohn OF whiskey. ihe
pce took possession OF the different ARTICLES and male
me follow ing Inventory of the same:09e jack screw,
saIued at $50; one email DO valued at sa5 large
crowbsr, one small DO. one compound driver, tvo jim
mics, one iren bar, one large tledge hammer three
hatchet foreplane one hini vice, three
Mes claw BANNER, screvdrvcr, one chsel three
Jaws, one pivot SO drills, two cold chisels two oil
cans, large iron poker, tso spades tSo sboves one
carpenters square, large numser OF wedges, two shtts
two pair Of oyersls, demrohn Of whiskey, aud one
Mr. Peck who appears to be the only loser by the
Z, nsactiou except the burglars themselves, has
rhe stock Of ca PETS and hopes In this way TO
remunerate himself the Of his uncurrent funds.
Be states that he within nee OF putting b3 300 Ia
<ata, irod N dam
been the habit OF leaving his box IN the bank vault for
yeas and on var ons occssions contained pro-
M potter ia the bank Gays he he.rd duh, heavy
noise Ia the basement whom he arrived in the morning,
nut housh nothxg OF the circumstance uoiii he found
ne was unable 10 enter the vault The suspicion then
flashed bis Hind that there was something woog
eoeaydnsv The result Of the President examina,ion
confirming the porter's suspicion s already known.
subseGuent examination showed that IA tunneing 70 the
vault the burglars had TO pass through n heavy
Foundation wall OF stone and also tighter OF brick
The line Of the tunnel was by means regular II was
crooked and a. one pont deour OF eight or ton feet Was
made although for what purpose we cannot imagine.
The way was cut through mass OF sand and made
ground The tunnel found to be capeted throughout
Aud siSewn win books aud papers, which had been
moved from the vault so as TO facilitate the movements
The i'd was long and tedious one but the burglars
worked q, steadily, and had they not miscalcnla.ed
Jte TO The strength Of tho sae they would have been
fldeomey rewarded for their trouble Besides ibecash
1the safe hae was $40 0c0 worth OF railroad bonds be-
longing the President or the bank which could easily
suspicion rests upon two we'll known Eogsh burglars,
~ho wero arrested by detective Keeie about three
rOn,hs ego, and the police are using sveis means
poseS that they belong TO the gang who were On
csges in the celebrated barge Emily robbery, about az
fped In the Toombs another charge. but Il 10 sup
posed that the robbery 81 the New York Exchange Bank
Tustiest followers. The detectives are hard At work
sryng 70 unrRvsl she mygtey AMI expect 10 the course