The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-02

Paymaster's Chest and Contents Car
ried OM-Large Amount I'm Drafts and
Three Thousand Dollars in Treasury
Notes L0xt-No Clue to the Depredators.
is often that regular land burglars are SO
cessfu in their endeavors to carry of the safe
tanning the money and valuables that they unable
penetrate TO- But deed Of this character has lately
been committed upon the waters adjacent New York.
up late hour last evening clue of
the thieves had discovered although every scheme
had been tried that end In thus Gar outstrppng
their slowcoac companions upon the shore these
aqueous depredators may congratulate themselves The
crcums attending the case far revealed 10
the navy officials in Brooklyn substantially fol-
lows
Donegal brought to this port tho Of the loss of the
Commodore McDonough. Shortly after her arrival she
the Donega) taken TO the Battery for some pur-
pose where she lay until the early part OF tho present
week when she went to the Cob dock to take in
needed supplies Upon the very morning of her de-
parture for the Navy Yard Brooklyn the asound ng
discovery was that the Office of Paymaser Henry
c. Macette had been entered during the night and his
iron chest, containing draft from Washington for
large amount three thousand dollars in grccnbacks,
number of very valuable papers pertaining To the pay
department OF the vessel and large OF fine
pocket handkerchefs boldly and bodily distracted As
the safe weighed rather heavily 1t fair TO presume
that more than had been engaged In tho affair."
ens;on IN Command il in Supposed that The bnrcIars
have been than usually well posted 10 the
of the Ship and that they worked away noselessy
and effectively while others slept
The commanding officer Of the Donegal at took
such steps lay his power to discover the
and where they had concealed tho chest and It's
contents Every part of the ship closely inspected
every hole and Granny where man could hide away
carefully searched but up TO last evening nothing
had been heard excepting that the safe and the money
had disappeared Payment was stopped upon the draft
that portion OF their booty can be Of TO the
thieves.
Proper sub marine apparatus procured and search
the river bottom instituted in hopes that might be
discovered that the had merely been thrown
board II will prove fruitless task, without doubt
Commodore Gregory has ordered official investiga-
ton into the affair." to take place at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard very distant day. when all that is known of
IL will be made public Even as II Is the officers appear
willing reveal all they know of the matter but unhap
ply they know nothing that will throw the least light
upon the whereabouts Of safe, money or robbers
A similar occurrence 10 the above took place at
Memphis Tennessee in the summer Of 1852, when Pay
master Currys safe upon the ronclad gunboat Baron
Dekalb taken upon the fantl OF the steamer tho
door blown open with powder, or forced open by the
power Of crow bar and It's contents about five thou
sand dollars taken away. These depredators were
caught at Cairo Illinois, by two New York detectives,
and started in irons for Washington, but made their
escape 1t is certainly to be hoped that the operators
upon the paymasers Office of the Donegal may not sue
coed WELL but may be captured and brought to con-
dign punishment