The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-12
ROBBERY EXTRAORDINARY,

Bank Clerk KnOcked Down mm@
Robbed OF Mine Thousand Dollars tn
GOld-A Mysterious Affair-"Where are
the POlice?"
One OF the most extraordinary cases of high.
way robbery that has ever startled honest New
Yorke1s occurred on Tuesday afternoon last, in
the very heart of the business portion OF che
city. AT about O'Clock 1--WE are lnformed) q
person employed as porter or clerk in the Bank
OF America, called at the Sub Treasury office,
corner OF Wall and Nassau streets, and obtained
nlne thousand dollars in gold. The specie was
placed In bag, and the clerk LETT the SubTrea-
sury office on his way 20 the bauk.
Two hours afterwards one of the clerks of the
Chatham Bank had occasion to visit the Sub
Treasury office to obtain specie Having accom-
pllshed the object OF his visit, he passed from
the room. AS ne stepped into the ante room, he
stumbled over the prostrate form OF the clerk
OF the Bank CT America, who had lett the build
Ing two hours previously. Examination dis
closed the TACT that the unfortunate man had
been knocked down, stunned, and severely
wounded, and that the bag he had obtained
from the Sub-Treasury Office was m, ,sslng. Mea-
sures were at once taken to restore conscious
ness, but at a late nour on Tuesday evening
these efforts had been only partially successful
Indeed, at last accounts, the unfortunate clerk
was wholly unable TO give any account of the
circumstances attending the robbery, or to
make any intelllgenJ statement with regard to
the manner in which he had passed the two
hours intervening between his departure from
the Sub-Treasury office and the discovery of the
outrage, or concerning MS whereabouts during
this time. To all questions his replies are vague
and unmeanmg. He seemed quite unaware that
he had been assaulted or robbed.
Every person who had occasion to call at the
Sub-Treasury office will remember that the main
room is approached through an ante-r Jom. 1t
was in this ante-room, between the inner and
the outer DOORS and near the former, that the
unfortunate clerk was discovered. OF course he
could not have remained in this room, In the con-
dition IN which he was found, during the whole of
the two hours. The most reasonable theory is
that he went away from the Sub-Treasury build :
ing, was knocked down and robbed some where
in its neighborhood, and after hours of aimless
wandering finally staggered back into the little
ante.room, there 10 sink and lose his conscious
ness.
We are informed that the victim of this out.
race was assaulted in q similar manner a few
years since while residing in New Jersey, and
that his mind received so great shock that he
was utterly unable to speak during several wears
Immediately following. His dumbness, how
ever, passed away in time. 1t is we'll known
that such case did occur at about the time
indicated lin 1868, we thmk), exciting general
attention.
Our entirely infalible detectives need hardly
be informed there is new chance fot glory.
10 be sure, the recovery of the sum of $4,000
can hardly be considered a strong incentive to
those efficient officials whose unimpeachable
integrity and unsurpassed sagacity have en-
deared them to the hearts OF all owners of
greenbacks and national securities At most
under the system which Is understood TO be in
operation, the capturing party could obtain
only $30O0 But 1T may be intimated, we trust
without giving offense to the guardians of our
lives and property, that the robbery, not to say
assassination, OF bank attache, in broad day-
light, in a crowded thorouehfare and under the
very shadow, as it were of official authority, is
not, in these days, and with our civilization,
quite "the thng.n-M, Y. World.