, 1866-02-19

TIE 100000 Of tie Concord, Mass..
Dsnk Recovered.

HOaANCK or ROBBERY.
TIE 100000 Of tie Concord, Mass.. !
Dsnk Recovered
Detective khFcwdutsA and Strategy -
Scientific Operations OF the Burglars
Flight ranptbs' Perseverance to Rob
Tic lsank, mid Five aJoushs' Scent
"si the Trail 81 t1s~ Robbers-Confe.>
SLIM Of 1tso Principal Actor.
tFsom the New York Time. 1fth
On the e5th September last the Concord
National Bank, situated in the village Of Con-
ccfd. Macs, was robbed Of nearly S3D, ,0)o In
United stntea coupon bonds, eeven-thirty
bonds, Rhode Island, Maine and Vermont
Londs, ard several Thousand dollars in Ma
'ons nsan bank tlt bearing thc 1amc Of The
between the hours Of 19 and ?. NJ, during
The temporary abscnce Of alr. Cheshire, ths
paying teller Of tho bank, who had, IN accord.
ance with his daily custom, locked up the
bank aud gonc home to dinner. The entrance
into the bank WAS effected bJ means Of false
ing, The burglars were compelled to unlock
mud open sc7cn doors before they reached
The safe. Wheru the bouda. securities
nD1 bank bills were deposited. The
safe door was secured by patent COM
bination lock, and the key to It had been
ly.deposited kcy tho robbers gained the in
terror Of the massiye safb, when they coolly
and deliberately cleared out the eutire con-
tents. aud packing them up Ia a convenient
bundle rclockcd the safe, pocketed the key.
and went out, relockIng as they did 10 ali
seFen Of the intermediate doors bctwe2n the
safo and the street door, The aggregate
vaIue Of the bonds and securities contained in
the safe at the time Of ths robbery, and which
werc carried of By tha burglars, amounted,
as already stated, to nearly Ssoo.0U. Or this
amount, 50, 600 were in o. 8. coupon bonds,
US. 1881 S3l 800 In q. s. coupon $50 bonds;
and Al eo In q. 8. 80 bonds I'll. 200 10 com
Concord National Bank, ind 81 ,55ss4 IN bills Of
the Concord Bank, old lasue. There were
also fourteen 81 600 Rhode Island State bolds;
twofve 81 600 and twelve $500 Maine bouds;
ten $500 Vermont bonds, and fow other
minor securities, amounting In alt to about
$1,5W. A portion of these bonds md se:uri-
ties belonged to the capital of the hank, and
to deposttors whose names appear upan It's
books But tho greater portion Of tie stolen
bouda waa the property Of the 1fldd1osex H.
asituttGA for Savings, the ttusteea having
placed then there for eafs keeping. Nj.
Geosrge Haywood Is tho President Of The Con-
dlese1 Institution for Savings Mr.. George
~. Rrooka Is tho President OF the Middlessx
Institution.
D1scovxny OF rns ROBERT.
When Mr.. Cheshire, tho teller, returned
RON his dinner be found the bank locked up,
and at the first glance everything about tie
bank and Offices appeared Just as ha had loft
them. II was but foW moments. however,
before l,e discovered that the sate key was
nlsaing, having been taken during his ab.
sence, md that he was shut out FROM the safe
and all present knowledge Of the oxtent OF
the robbery Which he readily supposed had
4nf Thn Nf hn h%r[
Mr.Eeywood, being the only ono who could tell
what tha safe actually contained beiore tho
robbery, md having duplicate key, was In
r,ediately tslegraphed for. On his arrival the
extent Of thu loss sustained by the bank
through The bold operations Of the bn1slars.
proceeded to Boston aud 1s,d what fow facts
he had gathered bsforo Col. Kurtz, Chief Of
the Boston Police, and desired his assistance
Tho Chief detailed Detectives Heath aud
Jones, OF the Boston foroe, who took the next
train aud cams Oh to thla city, aud notified
Superintendent Kennedy Of the commission
York Metropolitan Detective Fore, was call
ed h, and he detailed Detect!vea kelso, Rad
ford. Elder and McCord to work mp the case.
The services Of Capt. John Jourdan, Of the
Sixth Precinct, were also called In.
OPERATIONS Or TIE Po1Icg.
The police officers detailed on the case,
from Boston xnd New York, held frequent
consultation, hut Tor some TINA they tatled to
hit upon any feasible plan Of operations.
They, however, were impressed with the idea
that the robbery had been ELECTED BY some
one Of tho employees OF the Concord Bank, ~
the work WIS performed In 10 systematic and
lean manner. In IN interview With the
President ofthe Bank, Str. Haywood. this by
pothests Naa overthrown. as that gentleman
expressed bis aEu conviction that no ene Of
the hank oftcfs1a had any hand In the affair.
The only ono Who could be at all suspected
was the paying teller, Ar. Chcshise, bus that
employ Of the Concord Bank, was cut Of the
reach Of temptation, and bore an irreproacha-
ble character IS n u1nn and an cUploye.
Finding that no suspicion could bc attached
to the officials OF attaches Of tho bank, Cspt.
Jourdan and hi4 asdociate officers we're COM
sketched out, aud try again. While tbs cner.
getic detectives were racking thelr fertile
bruins for clue to the mYatory. Capt. jour
dan, who at this time had begun to take up
the lead which he 80 successfully maintained
oil through tho subsequent Investigations,
happened to remember that notorious coun-
teritltcr, named Langdon ". Moore, alfas
Charley Adams, who was well known to the
New York Police rs most Hucceesinl opara-
tor In e1Asfng mum bcrs on stolen bonds nud
REMEMBERING them, resided at place called
birmingham, tWolvo miles from Concord.
Tie weil.known antecedcnts Of Moore, and
hix Peculiar talents, suggested The idea that
he might haTo something to do with the rob-
berry. Consultation was had, and the result
Of tho conference Was that Uetec!lyes Heath
end. Jones went to Boston, and soon afler
theis arrival Detective uunt. Of tbs Boston
iorco, nas sent to Fralnington to mako layos-
tigsttona: Ho arrived at f1aminEton o. thu
as no trace existed OF bis presence. The da-
tcctlye, however. learned that Moore had
been Ill for some months. Finding tnAt tue
scent was faint, Hunt returned to Boston, rc-
porting his non success.
Search MAS then mada for the suspected
counterfeiter iu this city, Boston, Fa1iadel-
phia and other cities, but With no succoss.
Supposing that. Moore might have gone to
Canada, tho Boston detective, Heath, WAS sent
thero to make ths necessary search. He re-
mnined in the city Of Hamilton several days.
but, afser pezseveriug ellp1t, he found hssn-
sch compelled to EiTa up The chase =. hopo.
themselves thrown Of the trail.
4 NEW TRAP.
At this 1uncture Capt. Joutdan rn1 Detect
Ire Elder became satisfied that g certain per-
son, we'll known to them n = suspicious char
actef, IVES In communication with Moore, and
On watching HIN for a day or 20 they dlscoy-
cred that ho ras In the frequent hahit OF CO.
ing up town, being traced II far rs F1ay-
fourth street, near Fifth avenue. Thny deter
mined to " pipe" him, and, With that end In
riew, the Captain cansed the man to he close
y watched BY officers from his precinct.
From the clo*e Of October to the 18th Of jan
nary tho scrutiny Of tho suspected man's
movements WEE continued, Capt. Jourd2n re-
celrinE each evening written report Of his
dcinzs.
This constant search effected nothing, a. no
knowledge could be cleaned Of hts businesa IN
Fifty fourth street. In this extremity tho de-
"a d.$a ar1,Fned +o fnk kn thn r{ak and non.
c1nded TO azrest tho suspected person. On
Monday, the 18th Of January, therefore, Capt.
Jourdan, Detectives Hunt and Elder, with Of.
1cer Dunn, Of the Sixth Precinct, proceeded
up town. Soon after thor arrival at the cor
ner Of Fi.y.fourth street and Fifth avenue,
thn object Of their Suspicious came up, and he
was immediately arrested aud pushed ioto 4
crrriage that was In readiness, The prisoner
ws4 conveyed to the Sixth Precinct and
searched. Tho officers expected to and some
clue 10 the whereabouts Of Moore, but Tere
somewhat astonIsaed on finding 81 700 worth
Of counterfeit fractional currency concealed
on the person Of their prisoner.
on THE RIGHT SCENT.
The prisoner seemed greatly alarmed at his
prcdicameut, and gave bis maine Rs Thomas
Bouton. He begged tho officers to 'let mp
On him." as he did not want to 60 to State
Prison. Az the fellow seemed thoroughly
frightened. and Of pllablo n.ture, Captain
aua IT ho would help them In their search
come arrangement might be made BY which
be would escape an 11dict1on Of the full pen
alty which the law provided for bis offence.
Partially treasured BY the Capta1n's implied
promise. bonton became more quiet, although
be protested that he did not know where
Moore was hiding, hut be could find ont, and
promised to hslp the officer all he could.
Tbs prisoner was then taken before Justice
Bowling, Of The Toomhs Police Court, hy
Capt. Jtardan, Who requested that somo
associate officers to makc use Of the informa-
tion aud services volunteered By Bouton.
Tho Justice, however, replied that ho had no