The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-02-16

sixth precinct California steamer ready 10 SAIL IL
u alleged that the Is under bail
BY .snsaS OF $50 ooo rsnaaa Youua and Jo1gasn
and detectives Gilmore, Keso aud Radford recovered
the money No one arrested that could DO unidentified;
JAN 10. 1866 messenger OF Farmers aud Citizens
Bank OF Williamsburg Knocked down In broad day
iIgh of William street. and robbed OF wallet
Sill 900 IN treasury notes AID 81 00o in
cheeks The robbers jumped into a cart and drove OF.
Moro than dozen persons were arrested suspicion
o( being copesrusd 10 this robbery Que VAS partially
Identified, "but gas not hed ~ The magistrate Want
OF sufficient evidence" SC
JAN ~. Is66.-porter OF the Greenwich Savings
Bank robbed by bogus policeman Cafmiue street. Uf
box containing Sll2 10 Ia checks aud about 900
bills. Perpetra Or never found opa $1,000.
MARCH 10, 1s3e.-Iort bond robbery 81 500 600
stolen from safe OF Rufus Lord, in Exchange place.
Captains Young and Jourdau aud detestyei Elder,
McCord, McDougall and Gilmore arrested JACK Rand
Hod Ennis Howard and Pettenslil suspicion. How
ard and Pottsngl are now enjoying State Prison fs.
The detectives found the bonds in all parts Of ths ceun-
try and in Eureps All b., about s4a 600 recovered m
Madison avenue robbed Of tin boz conaining aoont
$500 O00 500 600 OF which was ia United states bends
Mccord Keiso and Radtord got large portion o. the
amount from jsweller in Hudson street, who got hem
and dhe s sud Two s @
charged by magistrate-"want OF sufficient ev'-
deuce &c.
APRiL 10 1s8s.-Assstant to nrst teller OF the hank
OF America knocked down in Treasury building aad
robbed OF gold certificate and S. 900 IN Treasury
notes Mysterious Affair and no one ever unprecedented
MAY IL lse6.--cashier OF F. r Higgins l. Co., Broad.
way was knocked down in Forty street and robbed
or $4,000 No arrested who could DO identified.
MAY 20, 1904 clerk IN the employ OF Duncan,
Sherman Co. was arrested on suspicion OF embezzling
$40 600 OF his employers funds Committed In default
Of $40 900 bail II Is alleged that the clerk is now under
bail, but has not been brought to trial
Stuart brokers' robbed in Custom House Of 81 600 in
god. No one arrested.
AUo Is, ls6o.-Chares Reiphart Rose robbed 40 i
vas alleged, Ignatious Rue, OF Broadway of 645 In
Sonds Held IL 81, 900 bail; but he evcr tried
AUG: 20 lsss 90 Wood = Co.. south stree.
ssneak" affair, and tho firm commended the money
had been placed the Marine Bank before the robbery
aud the bank contendsd otherwise. mysterious At
SEPT. 25, 1906 Messenger Of National Broadway
notes BY one Jos. H. Clinton. Clinton prosecuted
and sent to the State Prison for five years.
@ re- q Ssn scs psisc
tives MacDougali and Gilmore obtained the money In
Montreal Canada; but owing 10 treaty between this
NOT DO brought 10 the States G. Parks has a stand
ing reward for the apprehension of the thief.
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persons arrested suspicion None Identified.
Nov %, l8d6.Charlss d. Cady, bookxeeper to Riksr
h Co., Broadway, ran away with 100000 In mining
bonds, which tho detectives say worth about ono
cent on tho dollar. Proved to be crazy, and sent to
DEC l. 1865 Bank messenger OF Nassau Bank rob-
bed al the Post Office OF 600 ia United States Treasury
notes Dan Noble arrested on suspicion and az il is
alleged identified and has been since, Is al
legged, under indictment for the robbery
DEc. 10, 1855 Royal Insurance bond robbery;
$500 600 bonds stolen from the oce IS Wall street
Two ncp named Griffin and KNAPP seized in Canada
on suspicion aud partial idsnuacation $4,000 got
detectives MacDongan and Gilmore had an oxanaina-
iion, and was discharged on ground OF want OF
sufficient evidence" &c.
DEC IT, 1896 Clerk OF Jno. Munroe h Co., bankers
Wall street. robbed by young clerk OF $40 900 in gold
Two boys. ]. Packard and ! . Clark, arrested, prose-
cued ana cent to State Prison for three years.
Livingstone forged Commodore vsnderollt's name TO
a cneck for 200 tho Bank or tho state Of New
York He was prosccuied and sent to state Prison
The had recovered some $4,000 or 81 900 Of tho
sum-
JAN IL, ss7--Por,sr of Martin Mas Co.. Exchange
place, robbed Of Sl0,lS7 in gold certificates man
named Hoyt was arrested aud, IT is alleged is sti under
bail
from Leonard Jerome's office in Wall street. No one
ever arrested.
5000 600 in checks Checks sent TO auperintendent
Kennedy two men arrested suspicen not identified
fully and discharged by magistrate,
bonds stolen from Bank OF Republc $40 600 recovered
named Murray and Weed arrested by detective
Farley: some OF the bonds found on Weed; Murray
under bail and Weed committed in default Of bail.
BANK DErALcArIoNs
Nov lssachsriss W Windsor paving teller %o Of
Windsor went to Europe. Bank sent officers twbo fol-
lowed him. Tried on civil suit in England; certain
amount Of the money recovered.
AUG. 10, 65-Pnenix Bank defalca,ion, $3.50 900.
Henry b. Jenkins arrested and while awaiting trial died
Aua 10, lse5-Edgar Ketchum BY spsculations in
gold and forging firm names TO gold certificates sde-
falcated" 70 the extent OF $S0ooooo Or az
Notwithstanding the fact that tho losers did not want 70
prosecute the criminal and exersd themselves accord
ipgy. State Prison for four years and half
AUd. 16, 1876. 4. Baker and J. Arnold, paying
and receiving teers Of Tradesmen's National Bank,
arrested suspicion OF embezzing 500 600 OF banks
funds. Both under bail "awe'tng" trial.
JAN. IA, ls6s.-The City Bank Deialcation Of about
t49s OO0-tnese figures beng the precise sent TO
superintendent Kennedy by the bank officials in notify.
ing him OF the deialcation. Ievsrioh, the alleged
defaulter has not been found the bank sending word
that tho detectives were not wanted to hunt him up.
FKB IL, lS6S.--Amercan Exchange Bank vutec
dsfauI,ed to about 500 OOo Has not been arrested.
cases that OF the whole number only I'VE persons,
who were arrested charges OF larceny were prose-
cuted their alleged onces that fourteen extensive
robbees occurred Of which no person arrested could
DO identified the perperator, and out OF the whole
number only five were arrested aud identified In tue
case of the robberes, especially those committed by
sneak thieves II II easy thing to get hold OF the
thieves for II the money stolen be not bonds but ord
nary bills and thoy be taken without any one seeing
the thief IL requires small amount Of skill for
person 10 lay hi. hands on any man IN
merely, for in the suspicon alone there would DO
legal evidence that would hold him. II Is account OF
this that the District Attorney often elects not TO
prosecute for n robbery who may have been ar
rested by officers who feel confident that the il tn
psrperator Of such aud such robbery. II the prose
cutting attorney snouiu EeTbst ~ ~ iih
he would do with the certainty Of the man being dis
charged and then the accused enjoy good crow
ing time over ths officers OF the law II IS however.
quite different with banks and firms whose clerks en-
bezzle large sums who have been robbed by
persons whom they discover, but whom they
refuse to prosecute on condition Of receiving
as much Of the stolen funds tho thieves oonsent TO
give back. The law on this point " so explicit that
here can be but one Interpretation OF its meaning and
intent the open violation Of u which have boon 80
frequent for tho past few years has caused sort OF de-
orszaon 10 creep into all the bakns banking insti-
tutons in which there are one or more aspiring and
dishonest CLERKS II IL strong temptation 10 young
man with a email salary and very small scrupes an
a bank constantly TO see under bis hand
100000 or $780, 900, which no can en-
bezxie and stow away In secret place,
and then run away to some nsgoboring town, from
which he can demand bis own terms OF tho BANK on
condition Il will no. prosecute himf5 600 or nothing
II the law on s'compoundng feiones wers strictly
enforced q man would thnk lwics before losing name
position and hopss tho future for the cold aud inc
vabs exchange OF State Prison CELL Would u not be
we'll for our rsslonaries who talk 30 much about saw
ing heather souls TO work and save the souls and
mouev OF soue oil our bank ocais and bankers a. the