New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-14
ANOTHER ROBBERY IN WALL-SE

d BANK CLERK ASSAULTED AND kobbhD Vt
S32O0OO0 IN CHECKS AND NOTES
A. oIout M o'clock yesterday morning, LOUIS
Lirl.,, enpoyed as clerk IN the Bank OIL the o'c u
New.York was returning from the Cieailns iiO.'
hlacE leather bag, containing SGOOOO Worlhoi oneA
cd Ssoo IN bank notes. and when near tue hterseo'on
- viuiam and Waists, his attention was attracted
- handsome Portland sleigh and bay mare which
,,ce1 the street. instead Of being drawn mp Desiue
,he walk As the young man came aDreasV INC
sleigh an unknown person struck MN on lho sue
a the head. seized the bag, ana, Jumping ln'o INC
sleigh was az driven OFF at high speed Dy ono VI
the two men who occupied it. Kingsley, sun NOUNS
f,e IN the bag with one hand and clngng 10 the Sleigh
was dragged nearly block past the bank building IL
which he is employed his assaant all tins time sulAs
him Oh the head face, aud hands 10 get MN o ,,
length he relinQuished his hold ana inc P'', hd
driving through several Of the downtown stree' - %
m Pearl-st and vanished. Neither the boy no' -
those who witnessed the assault can poslu'ei' - -
,itber the perpetrator Of the outrage or his HDc'
,oui1l, vas r. done one OF the fellows, IN MS nsn
lost his hat and this may possibly Iet" ~ -, -
Of the owner aud his accompices YOUNG ms
fcrcd several painful Commissions on INC law 81" -,
but is NOT seriously injured He had taken 10 '"o
&c., H. oho,t = oo0 900 in checks upon various banKs'
and considerable sum bank notes VI lhe Clic'ho
yd ~, him in return S32O0OOO were certheu anu tio
remainder nou-certifcd Had the ROBBERS cohhI'ou '
assault when the messenger reterned from inc pdA :"
Tho afternoon, they might nave seCuICu w -N
aount OF money in bank notes. the bank dherehoes
are then paid in cash. The robbery having Deeu col
ted every known detail was ut teegaphed 10 inc
Police Central Office and thence communicated 10 an inc
nreciuct and 10 the police Of the country; bnt up 10
late hour last night no arrests had been made Inc Na
ous banks whose checks had been stolen were also ho
fed and payment was stopped IL Is harOly pIoD"o''
however that these artistic highwaymen VIII present
any for avmeut It supposed that the robbers are the
same that robbed the Wliamsburgh bank teller IN VII.
uau-st some time ago in broad daylight OF bag con-
flaming money and checks the value Of slOOG the same
probably that robbed the cashier Of Higgins Co.. uea
r in carpets while he was his way with carpetDag
containing $1,000 with which to pay the workmen il
Nessrs Higgins & Co.'S factory In that ROBBERY they
were driving in cart and eaped therefrom Knocked e
cashier down and robbed him. AfIcr which they
hastily Jumped into the vehicle, and drove on
AZ high speed. 1t is also eOnjectured that
these are the fellows who attacked the cashier Tor
The firm of Roach & Sons irOnfounderS, While he was
walking in Rivngtonst with bag containing Slt"V III
bank bills IL this last attempt. however the thieves
were unsuccessful their intended victim proving more
than match for his aSsaants despite the severe Wouu
which they inflicted on his head in the beginning Of the
encounter. In each the mode ofattack ana g mas
been the same in each case have they been made IN
broad daylight and in each so rapidly has the oeea
been consummated that Of the party has yet been
positively identified The practice Of intrustng the
transmission of large sums Of gold and bank bills to the
custody of youths is practical invitation TO robbers OF
thsclass Nothing is more common than to see q boy
passuo along the street with bag Of gold or large
bundle Of bills carelessv carried under his arm, ana
nothing could be easier for thief than TO snatch the
treasure and vanish in crowd that surges through
Wall-st. during the busiest hours Of the day