Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-16
THE CITY.
BURGLARS Ar WORK.
safe Broken Open sn the Night.
Niue Hundred Dollars and Valuable
Papers Abstracted. ~

One of the most daring, skiilful, adroit
and successful burglaries that has been
committed in this community for a long
time, was perpetrated on the night of the
18th inst. The offenders, whoever they
may be, are cracksmen of their nefario us
craft, accomplished in the criminal work
and have all the tools and appliances for
its successful prosecution. 1t is suspected.
and very reasonably, that they do not live
IN these parts, although they must have
different places spotted or resident accom-
plices, as they must have known of the ex-
istence and place. of deposit that induced
the midnight raid alluded to. The burg
larry was committed upon the store and
safe of John p. Oromie & Co., ice dealers,
No. 81 North Cherry street, between the
hours of II and o'clock on Thursday
night While the city was ia repose, after
the moon had gone down and when no po-
lioemen were in that vicinity of their beat,
these fends were pushing their devilish
work. They had evidently guaged the
premises before, and were aware that the
sum of 5000 had been left il the safe on
that particular night, as il is very seldom that
valuables of any description are left in tho
store, and the establishment, though it
does thriving and legitimate business,
with its surrounding, is one of the last
places that burglars would enter upon a
venture unless they knew that valuables
had been left there. They secretly ap-
preached the front door and by means of
a Jimmy" or a short crowbar or some
other instrument known to the vocabulary
of burglars, they priced the door open, by
inserting the end eff the instrument be-
tween the shutter and the facing, and
forcing the lock. The entrance being eff
fected they began systematic operations
upon the safe They bored. through the
outer door of the safe Just above the lock,
with some powerful instrument tearing
pieces from the iron door and making a
hole ragged as if torn through a piece of
pasteboard. The rivets on the inside were
then cut and the bolt of the lock broken.
This accomplished the outer and inner
doors were priced off, and the contents of
the safe lay open to their grasp. The
sum of 5000 in greenbacks which had been
put in the safe the evening previous were
abstracted and transferred to the pockets
of the thieves.
They also took some valuable papers,
such as notes, deeds and insurance papers,
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the rogues might well afford to return, as
they are of no earthly value to any one ex-
cept Mr.. Parker himself, as payment on the
notes have been stopped through our adj
verifying columns. The burglars were
evidently discriminating villains, as they
left half dollar counterfeit shinplaster
and a lot of nickels in the safe. After
pocketing the contents of the safe they
noiselessly and secretly made their exit
with their booty, leaving no sign.or trace
as to who they were or whence they came.
The burglary was discovered at an early
hour on yesterday morning though not the
slightest clue has been afforded to the per-
petrators. From signs and indications of
almost an unmistakable character, it is
quite clear that band of adroit and cum
ming burglars are in the city, with every
appliance of their trade and schemes and
designs upon other institutions and bust
ness houses. We would advise our citi-
zens to be on the alert, as eternal vigi-
lance is the price of property as well as of