New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-02-13

FopTy TuorsASp DOLLARS WORTH OF DIAMONDS
AND JEwELRY ALMOST IN THE HANDS OF rHk bcR-
cIARs-A very extensive robbery came near peing
carried 20 successful termination on Monday night
the circumstances of the discovery OF when are as ioi
lows:
Between 10 and IL O'Clock p m, private Waterman
Csvanah observed something unusual IN the arrange
men,s of the window shades Of the jewehy office OF
Henle Brothers, situated in the third story OF No 70
Maiden lane, corner Of Nassau street. Cavannh I'M
mediaely communicated this fact to Officers Troy and
McDonough of the Second Precinct and having pro-
cured key they proceeded to the premises Arriving
o, the door Of Henle Brothers Office they found 1t
firmly barred, which aroused their suspicious
the MORE Cavanah proposed TO consult the
owner and went away for that purpose, leaving Troy
to guard the Office door, aud hcDonough the street
door. In few moments the two burglars inside be-
coming alarmed, and having no means OF escape, TOOK
away the barricade from the door and made rush out
One Of them, who gave his name as Charles Crooks,
was caught by Troy Just be springng through the
Office door. Officer McDonough, on hearing the scufiie
above thinking there might be Of them, held the
outer door; but when he beard some one against II,
he opened the door and drew out young man, who
subsequently gave his name as George Turner.
The two thieves were taken 10 the Station-House,
iron KEYS, paten-ever silver hunting watch, marked
Thos Yates No. 4,6s2' with silk chain and ordinary
KEY, and slO254 in gold key fitting the outer door,
large skeleton key uscrewng al the top 20 thai any
| kind Of ward can be put on, and two of Adanss
fye-barrel revolyers, each Of the ten barrels loaded
On Crooks were found gold watch and snake chain
three quarters and fve-cent piece, lock-pck, and
| one of Colts revolvers loaded.
,bo fcuuda an
ment Of burglars tools consisting of iron drill, with
three bits-two for iron and one for wood double
master-key; bthande, shaped like an suger-handlei
screw driver, with a nipper TO work screws out;
jimmy, two packages Of powder and coil Offnse, and
blow-ppe to blow the powder into the safe he,
and stout jimmy, which was bent
The young men said ti'y entered the Office with
skeleton key little af r. six O'Clock. The room in
which they operated il bout twelve by fourteen feet
while in the nEde Of c'oset in was one Of
HerrinQs safes about four feet square, which II took
Elk men TO fix in position on platform foot and one
half high The burglars had taken large quantity OF
straw boards from room above TO form an inclined
plane for the purpose Of moving the safe ont TO work at
il the more conveniently The safe showed that they
had confined their operations TO the back side, the
lock being powder-proof The burglars evidently ex-
! peCtt0 10 De dDlt 10 uhtTcW blc DuN hHt
possible the screws being rusted In by acids unless
they cut through it,
! Crooks is a stout built, bulldog looking fellow.
Turner is shorter and sharper featured than bis COM
panon and does not appear to be naturally depraved
They are both single men, and % years Of age. Tur-
ner says be is an Englishmap and baker by trade
They were quite jolly the affair indeed they
would seem TO have taken lessons from the Artful
Dodger himself. When Mr. Henle Last night at the
statioD-House remarked to them that they had been
very unfortunate, Crooks replied "Yes, we were I'M
fortunate; but you id fortunatei if We bad
got through with the job last night, you would have
gone to the lunatc asylum to-day The safe contained
$40, 900 worth of diamonds and jewelry. They were
taken to the Tombs yesterday morning, and com
mitted for trial by Justice Kelly. They are both
strangers in the city and entirely unknown to the de-
tectves.