The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1866-03-01
The Great Concord Bank ROBBERY.


Langdon W. Moore, alias Charley Ad
ans, David Kinney and Thomas Bouton
have been arrested by the detective po
lice on charge Of having been concern
ed in the robbery of the Concord Nation
al Bank, on the 10Th Of September last,
when nearly $780, 900 In bonds and bank
| bills were stolen.
The robbery was effected by burglars
between the hours of II and 2. NJ,
during the absence Of the paying teller of
the Bank, Mr.. Cheshire, who had gone
home to his dinner. After entering the
Bank by means Of false keys, the burg
lars had to open seven doors before they
could reach the safe in which the stolen
bonds were deposited. The key to the
safe door, which was secured by patent
combination lock, was found by the
thieves lying on shelf With this key
they unlocked the safe and stole the en-
tire contents, which they did up in a
small bundle. The burglars having Sc
cured the plumber, then re.locked all the
doors and escaped.
On the return Of Mr.. Cheshire, the tel
Ter, from dinner, he found that the key
Of the safe was gone, and Immediately
concluded that robbery had been COM
mitted. Mr.. Haywood, the President,
who was the only person who had dup
lieate key, was in Boston at the time
He was Immediately telegraphed to, and
on his arrival the great loss Of the Bank
was discovered.
Mr. Haywood Immediately laid the
facts in the case before Colonel Kurtz,
Chief Of the Boston police. That officer
directed detectives Heath and Jones, of
the Boston force, to work up the case
Superintendent Kennedy, Of New York,
was notified of the robbery. That gen
tleman made the case known to number
Of New York detectives, who were set to
work to recover the bonds and arrest the
daring thieves.
Captain Jourdau remembered that
Charley Adams" a well known counter
feiter, lived twelve miles from Concord
Mass, and he imagined that he might
have been instrumental in committing
the robbery. He repaired to his resi-
dence, but Charley" had flown. A sus-
picious looking character, who visited a
house in 54th street, in New York, vas
next arrested, it being thought that he
communicated With Adams. His name
is Bouton, and at the time Of his arrest
he had 81 900 in counterfeit currency on
his person. On condition that he should
not be prosecuted, Bouton Informed the
police that a man named David Mckin-
ny was in communication with Adams.
Through the instrumentality Of Bouton,
Mckinney was arrested after supposed
visit to Adams On his person was found
1000 in bonds on the Concord Bank
The President of the Bank, however,
could not identify them, and the prisoner
said they were his. Mckinney finally
told the President if he would not prose
cute him he would tell where he got the
bonds, to which Dir. Haywood agreed.
From information Mckinney impaired,
to the officer, on the 18th ult., went to the
village of Paulsboro, near Camden, New
Jersey, and made decent on small cot
tage on the banks Of the Delaware
Here they found Adams, but could not
discover any money or bonds. After
paying several visits to the house and
searching it, they came home without dis
covering anything. Capt. JOurdan and
detective Elder, however, went back again
a few DAYS afterwards, and tore up the
floor and dug up the earth beneath, and
at last discovered a glass jar, hermetical-
ly sealed, containing 100000 in bonds,
which were identified as a portion of the
stolen property. They next visited a
water gate on the banks of the Delaware
river Digging down four feet, they
found tin box, Theoretically sealed,
which contained 10000 in U. s. bonds,
also stolen from the Concord Bank. The
property was brought to New York and
placed in the possession of Superintend-
ent Kennedy That officer sent for the
Bank officers, who identified the bonds.
Since his arrest, Adams has given the
following history of the burglary:
Charles Adams, Henry Howard, alias
English Harry, alias Henry Hook, were
eight months in perfecting the robbery
One Of them happened to pass one day
and thought what good Bank it would
be to operate upon. He went in to get q
bill changed, but Cheshire did not like
disappearance, and refused to give change
A week afterwards Adams went into the
Bank to purchase some bonds, and dis
covered where the money was kept, &c.-
The burglars then spent fifteen nights IL
getting Impressions of the outside dool
lock. They afterwards fitted Keys to sew
en- other locks, working some seventy o.
eighty nights on them. Having gained
access to the safe, they found the lock
combination one, and the key taken ava,
by the officers of the Bank. They thel
made preparations to blow the sat
open, Fearing that they would awaken
man who slept in an adjoining house
the burglars calculated to blow open tn
safe on night during the equinoctia
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