The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1869-01-28

Windsor:
sThe little town Of New Windsor. in
Carroll county was thrown into state
ofintcuse excitement Oh Saturday morn.
ing last upon the discovery Of tie rob
berry Of the National Bank at that place.
Il appears from the information recelv.
cd Tint for some days previous two
strangers had been 10 the neighhorhood,
who represented themselves as drum.
uers for Baltimore houses. About 2
o'clock on Saturday morning a physician
who was called up to see patient saw
q man standing near the bank building,
aud although It was unusual 10 see any
person on the street at that hour. he
suspected nothing wrong. On Saturday
morning the officers Of he bank went
as usual 10 their places Of business, but
discovered that tho safe could not be
opened. One Of them immediately came
% this city aud called on the indepen-
dent police firm Of Smith, Picrson 4
West, who advised them 70 obtain the
services Of competent man at once
and have the safe opened, as they had
no doubt the lock had been tempered
with. Messrs. Peirson and West pro-
cured o private conveyance and started
for New Windsor, which they reached
before night, They found, the safe to
be one oil Lillia's, with a combination
lock which had been successfully picked
aud the important portions Of the lock
removed. On opening the safe the
whole contents had been removed.
Ninety. nine thousand dollars, in all.
we're the contents Of the saic. OF this
amount ninety thousand dollars were in
the following securities, which were the
property Of private parties, and had
been deposited with the bank for sale
keeping.
United States FIVE twenties Of 1862,
Nos. 1890, 1850, OF Eve hundred dol.
lars each. Uaited States Eve .twenties Of
1864, Nos. 1868, 20,152, 20,153, 20
154. one thousand dollars each; b, 50,-
500; d, 6,395, Of Eve hundred dollars
each; b, 50,s93; d, $685., OF FIVE hun.
drcd dollars each. United States Eve
twenty bonds Of 1865, January aud
July, Nos. b, 64.03f; A, 1851; Il,
III ,342, Of one thousand dollars each
D, 5A,934; B, 7Ol91; B, 57,9S2, Of
Eve hundred dollars each. United
States ten-for,ies, No. 1871, Of Eve
hundred dollars. Central Pacific Rail.
road bonds, FIRST mortgage, Nos. +, q
64S; II, 1861; +, 4,562; G, S,97S;
O, 1881; G, $3.50; G, s,s71; G, s,972;
L, 4,57l; Y, 4.572; y, 1850; +, 7,6ls
Union Pacific Railroad, Nos. 1889,
I, All, 9,419, 8, 416, S,4S7, g, 491, 1858,
Z ,259, 8,4S6, 13,93l.56. Western
Maryland Railroad first mortgage bonds,
Nos. 90, lbs, LOT, Of one thousand dol.
lars each; Nos. AL, "A, 449, 555, 44S,
564, SIS, $50, 526, 566, AL, Of Eve
dollars each. Western Mary
land Railroad second mortgages, en-
dersed by Washington county, Nos. IL,
ID, 7s, 81, I, AZ, as. "A. Of one thou.
sand dollars each; z, 81, sS, go, olive
hundred dollars each; 7I1, $50. OF one
hundred dollars each. Washington
county bonds, Nos. 65, So, 81, 90, 7,
So, OF one thousand dollars each; So,
30, 81, IS, 66, 60, 81, 81, 80, 81, SO, Of
i've hundred dollars each; So, 81, 26, Of |
,ne hundred dollars each. New Or.
leans and 0pelousas Railroad first mort
gage, Nos. 962, 963, 967, 96S, 1908,
)99, 42s, 216, AT, 99S, 1906, I,592,
$40, l,59a 1899, I 40, lSS, 1907,
366, 1904, 972, 1906, 474, 209, 997,
BOG, AIS, of one thousand dollars, and
,thcrs-
The remaining $4,000 were in green
backs Of the denomination Of 81, 900
md $500, aud were the property of the
bank. So far as is known none Of the
lbove securities have been put upon the
market here.
An examination Of the premises dis.
covered that the burglars had but little
iifhculty in gaining access 70 the bank.
The upper part Of the. house was not
and the entrance was effected
through seoond-story window, after
which, with the aid of burglars tools
he doors were easily opened. One Of
The tools, . jimmy, 50 made with screw
thread on one end, b. which il could
be converted into brace, was found on
Ehe premises, where il had been left.
The robbery was done BY expert bur
glars, and & j. supposed that the ar
fer its eonsummation had
been on hand for some time, so easily
md perfectly was ID accomplished. -
Sicssrs. Smith, Peirson and West have
he matter in had, - are using every
possible exertion 70 ferret out the
On Saturday morning . new and ele-
CANT light jaeger wagon, badly smashed,
WA found beyond the lims kiln, close
. Mr. Lawrence Zepp's entrance, near
his city. Mr. WIN. 8. Brown found
lied % his garden fence : very fine
horse, with . set Of silver mounted har-
ness on him. The harness, blankets,
ste-, we're new aud Of costly make. The
impression u that Two persons were en-
ragged ID the robbery and an accomplish
vas to meet them here. The burglars
eff New Windsor 10 hand car, and
ran down with il to within . mile Of
Ihia place, It Hollow Rock Limestone
Qaasriea. Here they threw Il of The
rack and walked 70 this city, and took
he early train for Baltimore. We
link tho estimate Of tho loss given
bore Is entirely 70 small; rpmor says
ron sI25 900 70 $3.50 600 a reward