The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-03-12
DESCRIPTION OF THE STOLEN BONDS.
Two Hundred Thousand Dol
lars Reward.
THE RECENT GREAT RoBBERIEs.
INGENUITY OF BURGLARS.
ke. &e. 10.

In yesterdays HERALD gave brief account Of the
robbery Of million and half Of dollars In
securities which distracted from the
safe of Mr.. Rufus L. Lord, the well known capitalist
real broker and Of the late Stock Exchange
whose Office located No 3s Exchange place. in this
city.
The discovery Of the robbery made on last Thurs
day morning, when Mr. Lord, making unusual
inspection of the interior of his money safe missed the
two tin boxes containing the stolen bonds At first he
perfectly nonpussed, and sat down in silence 10
deliberate what to adopt to secure the stolen
papers and the arrest Of the thief thieves He was
not long in arriving at conclusion-namely, an mme-
date visit TO the police headquarters In Mulberry street.
and there inform the proper ocer OF his loss The case
was Immediately placed in the hands Of Captain John
Young chief of the detective force, who summoned
number Of his most expert men to "work the case
up" Mr. Lords statement very brief and he could
give no information whereby the officers could get
clue could he give the Of single person TO
whom he attached suspicion. Captain Young at once
visited Mr. Lords office II Is very unpreentious one,
the street dsor and near the herchants Exchange
Its furniture IL OF very plain character and certainly
bore indications OF its beng place where large
the amount stolen would be deposited The safe
from which the bonds taken Is tho ordinary old wall
bank safe secured by very simply constructed lock
Within this another safe in which valuable papers
The lock safe has been Of order for
time 20 that II could not be bolted. Captain Young
made an examination Of the safe, and was not
long in arriving at the conclusion that IL
was rather = poor place TO keep valuable papers,
any unpofessiona burglar bank thief could open
IL without any extraordinary skill effort Mr. Lord Is
eighty years OF age and Is said that OF late he has
been apparently somewhat careless to the safety Of
his personal property The following is told by way Of
exempIfying his want OF due care:ft Il said that
short time since no took from his safe largo guam
tty OF bonds and then cut o the coupons
placing the latter In his pockets and going home leaving
the pile Of bonds lying loosely upon the table In his
Office When be had gone the porter noticed the bonds
lying there and not knowing exactly what TO do IN the
case finally decided 10 put them his handkerchief
| and take them home to Mr.. LORD On handing the
suadls TO him. he mr. LOr) asked the porter where he
70, them ana oe being told remarked quietly that be
did not think he had Dope anything like that before
IL also stated that on the lays when the interest
ths stolen bonds he would lake the lin boxes
containing them and taking In 6s ONCE near The
window there occupy the greater part n the day in
cutting or the coupons When tho detectives requested
Mr Lord 10 furnish the numbers and decr pon VI the
stolen property he could not give them, and it was only
by personal OF Captain Young that the list
embodied in this report obtained. He did tbs by
visiting the Office OF the Sg Treasury aud there examn
ing coupons which Mr. Lord procured the interest
ON the last payment day. It is further stated that Mr.
Lord has been repeatedly known 10 leave his safe
locked when going home that recent occasion he
did So when carefully locked by the anor Of the
building who returned him the key the following
morning. that smother occasion the ianitor found the
safe key in the wash hand basin. On the morning Of
the discovery Of the robbery, however this not the
case the door OF the safe locked and the
key ia Mr. Lords pocket The first theory Of the
detectives that person who acquainted
with Mr. Lords habits Of going IN and out q his Office
during business hours got impression u the safe key,
from which duplicate made, but subsequent
events have dspclled this do or the million and
half dolarS worth OF bonds stolen million
was the property Of Mr. Lord and the balance belonged
TO friend Of his Whose has not TRANSFERRED Il
was in Nr Lords Office not for bushes purposes,
but merely Tor safe keeping Thorc one fact
connected with this robbery from which II may
be- inferred that the committed Nth
haste On shelf In the saie, the from
which the tin boxes were taken upwards Of
million Of dollars worth Of American railroad
securities Mr. Lord canno, positively state when he
last saw the bonds There h. therefore, possibility
that II might have day before tue robbery
and as bonds negotiable probably ere this the
thief has reaped benefit Of this supendous piece Of
rascalty.
The following Is = list Of the stolen property Bro
kers bankers and dealers government and other
rites are requested ~ any Of these bonds offered
John A. Kennedy, Esq, superintendent Of Police, No
200 Mulberry ars,t, New YORK -
IMPORTANT
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