The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-27
THE BURGLARS ART.
Robbery of the New windsor Bank.


The Baltimore American OF yesterday morn.
ing says:-Early on Sunday morning Inform
alton was received here by the independent
detective firm of Smith, Pierson q West that
heavy bank robbery had occurred at New
windsor, Carroll county, and Messrs Pierson
and another gentleman, experienced in the
working of safe locks, engaged q fast team, and
drove immediately to New WindsoI, srflVing
disclosed the fact that some time during Friday
night the National Bank of New Windsor had
been entered by thieves, and ninety-nlne
thousand dollars in money and securities
stolen. The bank building is two'story brick
ana the meeting-room for the Board of DlIeo-
tors on the upper floor. The burglars had
sss1 70 gaSna sae Ia through sSe
passed down TO the lower noor ana lnto Tue
office. Behind the counter was an iron SAFE OF
the Lille pattern fastened with patent com
binRtion lock- This lock does not opeu with
key, but by means of certain combinations
means Of a revolving knob and circles OF
letters and figures around IT, The bur
Jion to which the lock had been set or had
picked IL, opening the safe and completely
IhatP II Contained, Tbey % then re1ocked it and
forced off the knob, completely closlag IL
against the efforts of the bank officers when
morning. They did not know the loss they
had sustained until General Tyler and his
assistants opened the lock on Saturday after
noon, although the fact of the broken lock
showed that 1t had been tampered with.
Ninety nine thousand dollars, Ia all, were the
contents of the sale. or this amount ninety
thousand dollars were in the following securl,
ties, which were the property of private parties.
and bad been deposited with the bank for safe
keeping,
Here follows list of the stolen securities,
description OF which was given 10 our tele.
graphic cOlumns.-ED. EVENING TELEGRAPH. !
The robbery was evidently committed by
men who were experienced hands at their
nefarious profession, and had besides carefully
calculated their opportunity. They had pro-
baby been lurking about the town and its
studied the. ground. Within the last few
months there had been an unusual number of
strangers in New Windsor and the Immediate
locality, but as the town Is upon the Western
Maryland Railroad, and only nine miles
beyond Westminster, their presence was not
sented themselves as travelling agents for
business houses In Baltimore. About one
o'clock on Saturday morning physician of
New Windsor, who happened to be called
man in the vicinity of the bank building, but
took no particular notice ofhim On Saturday
morning new and elegant light wagon, badly
smashed, and with q fine horse attached, was
found standing near the bank, having evil
IDENTIFY met with an accident while In use The
make. They left behind them no trace but
patent jimmy and screw, which was found
lying on the floor of the bank office. The bur
glars found hand car at New Windsor, which
they put upon the track and ran down with IL
to within a mile of Westminster. Here they
threw 1t off the track and walked into West.
minister, from whence they are believed to
have taken the early morning train on Satur-
day and come on to Baltimore. The matter is
in the hands of Smith, Pierson 81 West, and
covery Of the money and the capture OF the
robbers.