New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-23
BOLD ROBBERY N BOSTON.

NATIONAL BANK ENTERED on SUNDAY BY
THIEvEs-$GO0,000 TO 100000 STOLEN.
BosToN, Nov. %. A gang of smart thieves
entered the BoylsOn National Bank yesterday. and per-
perated OF the most successful robberes We have
known for many months. This morning the bank officials
on opening the outer safe at the usual hour, we're
astonshed to Gnd hole in the OF the safe. This
hole is about large enough for man 10 crawl through
easily and Is about three feet from the floor The shelves
IN the safe which contained % 10 80 tin boxes, deposited
there for safe keeping at the owners risk were missed
and on looking through the hole their contents
were seen scattered prOmscuously over the moor
OF a room In the adjoining building The steel
safe which was on the left Of the outer safe
and contained the funds and collateral securities OF the
bank was undsturbed The scattered papers were col
ected and carried 20 the Presidents room An eIamna
ton OF what left by the robbers was there made,
and II discovered that all OF the natOual bonds be-
longing to various parties. and 10 very large amount,
had been taken while all the other valuable documents
that the trunks contained had been LETT Two Ylglant
watchmen employed by the Dauk ana YET no bOuha
was heard and there suspicion that all was not
right until the safe was opened this morning.
Want OF time, or the dncuity Oi the "oIh, pIooapy
kept the robbers from attempting 70 Ofce an 70
the steel safe within II appears that about the 2h or
october, giving the name OF w A. Judson bought
out barber shop IN the a4aceht VulunR on ne seco1
Uhe the bank over the store OF George H.
Between this room and the back room are two
walls OF the building, together twenty inches thick
ing that or boarded the boards running lateray The
rogues then work and cut OF front corner Of
Office This little office parallel 10 the location Of
the BOystOn Bank safe the second floor OF the next
building The wanscOt wooden sheathing Of the wall
in the private Office OF JudsOn Co. then cut TO
form a door, behind which the brick wall This
door was six feet high and four feet wide, and was
fixed hinges al the top An old fashioned secretary
was back against IT, 10 hide IT, When the rogucs
worked they doubt hauled away the secretary or
case raised the door, and cnt out from the wall
brick by brick These bricks and the debris packed
i'm boxes and labeled medicine. When tired the door
piece OF the wanscOt was shut down the hinges
being above and the secretary wheeled back against IT,
In this way, by repeated operations, they cut mole
through two brick walls. together 20 Inches timex,
carefully packing the debris they went, iii tho back
OF the lofty iron safe In the next building was exposed
10 view TO work this, OF course, required day
when no one was in the bank. The Sabbath was that
room pulled away the secretary raised the door In the
wainscot ana with drills bored number OF holes In the
back the safe circle OF eighteen inches IN diameter
Then, prOpitous moment they knocked out, or
drew out and bent down the piece ineosed by the drill
holder and thus made hole Is Inches across into the
back safo Through tins they took ont all the private
which ranged the shelves OF the safe broke
them Open selected the bonds and scattered the rest
mortgages papers and boxes the floor. No doubt
they had enough without rBkng detection by breaking
open tho steel box Of the bank IL an easy matter
now protecting the bonds TO leave their room In the
binding No. 425 Westinghouse, aud, locking IT, walk on
In the open streets with the proceeds OF their vaDy.
There an the part OF the bank officials
to give the Of the parties owning the trunks de
posted for safe Keeping and the losses cannot be made
known al present. as many Of the have not made
their appearance. The total loss IL estimated al $4,000
fge