Litchfield enquirer., 1861-11-21

tween It ana the oDl6ct SCrucK, tO OeaQen the
 sound, d,-bits of wooden wedges used in raising
 the wooden floor, and iron wedges used in split
 ting the stone, were scattered around. bottle
 of sweet oil for the tos chain to raise the stone
 &c.,, bits of candle, spirit lamp, &c.,. with that
 unfailing assistantto all burglarious operations.
 the jimmy, made up the kit of the robbers. We must not however, omit mention of the large
 steel bar without which all thls vlllalnous cata- iogue of instruments would have proved unavail- able. The bar used was taken from the Rail- road depot, where it has been used, and was us- ed on Saturday last, to pry and move cars about the track. This was cut of about the middle bv the burglar, by means of a file, and served to pry out the block after drill, gads and wedges 1 had done their part. The difficulty of the rob ned, consisted mainly in the avoidance of suspi- cion and detection, and in this the rogues were eminently successful. The bank buildings in a part of our village where persons frequently pass at all times of the night. No one but Mr. Gid dings had access to his office, and any unusual disturbance therein would have attracted his at tention. Further than this, on the Saturday and Sunday night in question, MT. Giddings, in com pany with friends, occupied his office until a late hour. How all these corners and goers could have been watched and avoided, so as never to awaken suspicion in any quarter, is problem for those who wish to go into similar business. to investigate.
 The N. Y. National Police Gazette, an author ity in such matters, after quoting substantially our account given last week, of the suspicious circumstances of how it was done, the men seen in the woods about Winsted Sc says:
 If the Sheriff of Litchfeld supposes that the men he saw lurking around the village, and camping out were the robbers, then he is vastly mistaken. The men who are charged with com mittiDo this robharv live in nd draco ika gentlemen, and it will be found, if proper inquiry is made in the village, that one of the thieves had only four fngers-four-fnger Jack as he is called. He may have hid this defect by wear ing kids. Young Jack Wright, and old Jack AL len are the supposed thieves. They are blamed not only for this but also for the bank at Low vile, and the recent heavy robbery at Albany If not these parties, then it is impossible to con- lecture who had hand in it, as those that could do such job, which took at least three weeks have either been in this city or had friends in trouble that prevented them from doing anything in the thieving line Possibly old Dick Collard had hand in it, but if he had he kept shady, as he would be easily recognized after having been seen once. Whoever the thieves were they were very daring. The day after the robb5r, one of the party went into half dozen brokers offices in Wall-street, and disposed of $500 on tho Winsted Bank It is said that detective was in one of tue offices not quarter of m hour after the party had left. Such close chase as that, VIC think, the police could hardly fail in catching the robbers, if there was any smartness in them. This robbery has burst up the bank, the bills having been thrown out by the brokers in ths city.
 It was undoubtedly very skillful robbery, but not 50 hard to accomplish as some would suppose. Those who have worked in stone and marble yards are well aware that if few holes arc drilled, even in piece of granite, few taps on the wedges will drive it apart about as easily as if it were dried clay. Two nights, undistur- bed would be all that the thieves required to do the work.
 It will be strange to us if the thieves are not arrested-considering the information in pos session of the police.
 It is hardly necessary for us to say that the bank is still perfectly sound and the bills per fectly good.
 Two men were arrested in Bristol, R. I on Thursday last, and officers from Winsted went down to see if they could be identified as the "mysterious strangers" who robbed the bank, but they proved to be counterfeitcrs and not the robbers.