The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-12-27
4 Bank Clelk Assaulted ana eDoea OF
So zoo 500 IN Checks and Notes.
FroIa the Sew York Tribune, Dec. II.


From The Sew York Tribune, Dec. ii.
At about 10 O'Clock yesterday morning,
Louis j. Kingsley. employed IS cierk Ia
the bank of the State OF New YORK, was
returning from the Clearing House With
back leather bag, containing -. ~, 3V0
worth OF cheeks, and $500 IN BANK notes,
and when near the intersection OF " imam
and Wall streets. his attention was at
tracted by handsome Portland sleigh
and bay mare which faced the street IN
stead OF being drawn ZIP beside the Waik.
As the young man came abreast the sielgn'
an unknown person Struck him on tue sac
of the head seized the bag, and jumping
into the sleigh, was at once driven OH at
high speed by one OF the two who occu-
pied il. kingsley, still holding fast to the
bag with one hand, and chnging to the
sleigh, was dragged nearly block past
the back building IN which be is employed,
his assailants all this time striking him on
the head, face and hands to get him of. AT
length he relinquished his hold, and the
party, after driving through several Of the
doBn-to town streets, dashed mp Peral street
and vanished. Neither the boy nor any
Of those who witnessed the assault can pos
itiyeIy identity the perpetrator OF the out
rage or his abettors, so rapidly was 1t
done One OF the fellows, IL his fight,
lost his hat, and this may possibly lead TO
the detection Of the owner aud his accom-
pliccs Young Kingsley suffered some
painful Commissions on the face and hand,
but is not seriously injured. He had taken
/ to tae Clearing House about S5,000,0O0 IN
! checks upon various banks, and consider
cradle sum in bank note. Of the received
by him return, 3 100000 were certified,
and the remainder noa-certlhed Had the
robbers committed the assault when the
messenger returned from the bank IN the
afternoon, they might have secured a very
+, large amount in bank notes, as the bank
differences are then paid IN cash. The
robbery having been committed, every
/ known detail was at once telegraphed to
the police central Office, and thence com
municated to all The precincts and to the
police Of the country but up to late
/ h0ur last pieht no arrests had been made.
/ The various banks, whose checks had been
stolen, were alse notified, and payment
was stopped. 1t is hardly probable how,
ever, that these artistic highwaymen VIII
present for payment. 1t Is supposed that
( the robbers are the same That robbed the
/ Williamsburg bank teller in Williams street
seine time ago in broad daylight, Of a bag
containing money and checks tc the value
! of 1900; the same probably, that rob
/ bed the chasher OF Higgins 4 Co, dealers
/ in carpets, while he was on his way with
! a CARPET bag containing $4,000 with which
! to pay the workmen Ia Higgins and 20. 5
4 factory. La that robbery they were driving
| In a cart and leapcd theretrom, knocked
! the driver down and robbed him, after
which they very hastily jumped into the
! vehicle, and drove of at high speed. 1t
| is also coniectured that these are the fel-
lows who attacked the cashier for the firm
of Roach Sons, iron founders, while he
was walking in Rlyinst ton street, with a
/ bag containing SIS, 900 IN bank bills. In
this last attempt however, the thieves
] we're unsuccessful their intended victim prov
| ing more than match for assallants,
| despite the severe wound which they inHlct-
| ed on his head in the beginning Of the en-
counter, In each case the mode OF attack
ana fight has been the same in case hey
have been made in broad daylight, and IN
each case so rapidly has the deed been con
sunatcd that no one Of the party has yet
been positively identified. The practice OF
! intrusting the transmission OF large sums
| of gold and bank bill to the custody OF
Youths is practical invitation to robbers OF
this class Nothing Is more common than
to see boy passing along the street with
bag of gold or a large bundle OF bills
carelessly carried under his arm, and moth
| ing c0nld be easier for q thief than to snatch
the treasure and vanish in the crowd that
| surges through " all street during the bus
lest hours Of the day.