New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-09-02
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

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rur pIrRGLARY AT THE BOOK CONCERN
~,,,rrrS THOUSAND DOLLARS IN BONDS STOLEN
yROM THE MISSION ROOMs-THE ABSURD |
yAsRICATIoEs OF A HERALD REPORTER.
The Methodist Mission Rooms, at No. 800 |
r,oadway were entered on Tuesday night by burglars
no opened the large safe and took from il about $1,000
worth OF "Jersey City War Loan" bonds when arc |
worthless 10 them, small amount Of fractional cur
rency and some silver spoons The burglars en- |
aoayored 10 enter the Book Concern hoon"s,
which the saine building the MARKS on an"
around lock showing that they had attaeHeo It,
Failing here, they tried the Mssion-rooms o"or WIN
success The safe in these II OF large nbe anu
r.ed chiefly for safe keeping Of records, though small
amounts Of money and vaIuabee have been sometimes
ssposted 10 IT, II has several drawers and sinai IRON
safe within all OF which locked. The nam door OF
enc safe If fastened by combination lock The strange
mart of the robbery the fact that the burglars
opened this lock without breaking ia feat
which IT would seem, could only be accom-
phshed by knowledge Of the combination. The
asawers small safe, and TIN box were pred open
and much broken carpenters chise such as n used
drawing nails, and wooden malet, were USED Tor
ihs purpose The chise left lying the safe but
the maet put back chest of tools in another
part Of the building after being used The use of the
ralet traced by small piece broken out of If in
STRIKING which left in the safe and corresponds ex
setly break in the maet. The burglars got
Vtxy little 10 repay them for their trouble. The
bonds are Of no them One of the tin boxes which
labeled private papers," contained valuable gold
watch they did not think il worth while to waste
time breaking open tins box The total losses beside
the bonds, do not amount 10 $500 The bonds are the
property the Rev Or. j. y. DurhIu The robbers had
provided themselves with sandwiches and other eatabes
appear 70 have taken lunch in the intervals Of
their work leaving the remnants the table neal the
safe.
TIE police are actively engaged in ferretng out the
robbers and with good prospect Of success The Inys
sefy OF the opening Of the combination lock without
breaking IL the subject OF much conjecture No keys
sre the combination lock The same formula has
turning the knob for long time, and only
three persons been acquainted with TINS, the
Rev Dire Durbn and Harris and the Rev Mr. Terry the
tesIetares of the Missions Board, all Of whom occupy
The rooms There was one means, however, by which
q knowledge of the combination could be obtained;
Tut ar explanation of would embarrass the detectives
m surveillance of a certain person, II is not made
public though stated privately TO the reporter OF the
THE TRIBUNE The facts of the robbery were promptly
made known TO the police but for the obvious reasons
eatfd IL regarded unadvisabe 70 allow the de
TO be published at Three men were noticed
loungDg about the premises IN suspicious manner Oh
Tuesday evening by the officer on duty at that point he
tory answers he ordered them away. private watch
them toward midnight at the same place one
0fthem carried acOmpact vase and wore ast OF BLACK
strong indication that they operated IN cOu
with person employed in the building ana the
0tbfbNte art DOW NoIhlnt up bho NaSS uIVb 'nio
The Rev Dr. Harris states that several reporters called
1ng day and that he requested them 10 delay pubcaOn
on the subject Al the same time he declined to give any
details regard 20 the rObber, leaving them 10 OBTAIN
information, If they could, from the police ..,
There appears 70 be doubt that some one entirely
familiar with the building and its inmates took part in
thle robbery yet his information must have been Inn
sted to money transactions in the rooms, or he would
have known that very little kept the safe The
officers Of the Society were naturally reluctant 70 make
she facts known m detail until an investigation hsd
been made and in this view OF the were supported
hy the advice Of the detectives employed The result
hight has shown the ungsdOm Of such efforts Wild rn-
public by unscfuFupus Journalists place of the truth
the Embellishments with Tl1eh the Jew anu SIMPLE a.
'ertained facts were served Cn were 60 att
hnd absurd 10 have been highly aUr1 slhg II not
Hinged with malevoen insinuations against ne s
entitled, Great Robbery" as it has appe~-t
Inc Father 81 Lies Himself has turned ms hand 70 re-
porting IN this city, The following sample OF untruths
are gwen by way Of Illustration That the Methodist
Book Concern trouble more" Nhe affair does
not touch the Book Concern That sl00GO ia money
and valn9bles were taken Ihat large leather wallets
and bilbOOks" were scattered about; that "a large
number Of registered U. s. bonds were thrown aoont
that clue TO the perpetrators Of the robbery was
found that "sma wallets containing the lifetime say
an1s az humble preachers" were taken; that
.,iareer ones well cd with the surplus Accommodations
o fortunate and fashionable pIeates were takcn ha
s any are swept away that any OF the reverend ge
iJemen grew Insulting, saying nngentemanly tnDes
e. derble before any exact estimate Of the loss
van &c maze out that the figures gwen were The est,
that any of the property taken belonged 10 "cergymen
and persons who absen; missionaries oolporteurs
special agents, and on their Midsummer vacatiOn-n8ny
ii them in Europe distant States and that Is
understood that general rule no record was left by
with the Concern as 70 the value o. the several
deposits severally made by them 80
The following letter Is sent TO TIE TRIBUNE foI publ
ration:
~ the EdtOf o Tr}buAC
We little and account OF
tn Great Robbery The Methodist Book Concern Tie
" ocated ~ The
,tem4es of which opened -
property Concern" hut the Mission
The Only los Of importance falls On single
eat Of The Soe About $1,000 bOnds bis prop
yane to oler and will ID all probs-
bhy speedily The of all Other losses det not
Only connected With The Mission Rooms
hs~ o fahtgi and BIZ os " O importance a. m'V'It tD
bteDsakes a to- family Dot for IT. Intrinsic worth
J p DUBLIN.
W. L. H. 4Hu Cor. Sc
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