The New York herald., 1870-02-20

Daring and Nest AdrOit Robbery I'm a Bank
Nine Thousand Nine Hundred aud Fifty
Pounds Sterling st0len-A Bank Clerk Has
the Money Chained TO His Body, Yet Loscs
u-Ney York meves' Eciat in Danger.
From the London standard, Feb. IL
robbery remarkable Tor Its DARING and
the amount oi piu4iaer obtained by tue thief
took place ON SATURDAY. collecting clerk for the
bank OF Messrs. barnett x Co., Lombard street.
went TO the Biroeck Deposit Bank on business, anu
while waiting tor MS turn put Oil case, contain
ing banh notes lor ~, 800 on the counter II WAS
attached py strong cnain TO MS waist ana ne kept
his hand upon IL. ihe space was Much crowded.
and some person toacned hiH on tue shoulder ana
sad he had dropped u piece OF paper WINCH on
looking, he saw AT his leet. The ruse was success.
ful He stopped 10 i,lck up the paper ana Oh rising
Iancied he saw nanu ,eav.ng the bill case. lie at
once ookeu at IL ANA saw his notes gone. he gave
an ALARM but 1t was too late. There are four ways
Of egress from southampton buldlngs-three into
Hoibofn and one INTO .hahcery iahe, and tue rob
Der thus easily euuea pursuit. A reward oi ~, ooo
is offered for the apprehension or the tnlei.
(From the Louuon Standard, Feb 81
robbery OF @iVJoo III Bank OF England notes.
from London Dana counter Ia broad daylight,
under the very AIS custodian, Is an Incident
winch seems 10 belong rather to the carrier volumes
oi tue annual Register than 10 newspaper record
oil our own day. Ueacrloed In a romance, or repre-
sented on the stage, would 0e SET down as 70
Nance, or, at anJ rate. SENSATION Tue Daring
and deXterty OF the .niei must nave eoualeu, AZ AZ
least anything attributed, automatically or not, to
George Darlington. n c.erk, acting ~ . collector,
has secured " ns ooey, Dy strong cham Diii-
case containing ms large amount ol property
which, ON entering u banKing mouse IN Southamp-
buildings, lie rested on the counter whiie await
ing his turn. Numbers oil persons are present; the
space III tact, Is uuusuaily crowded. Some one
touches him the SHOULDER, pointing TO il piece
or paucr OH the grouud; ne stoops, rises, Iancles
he sees ~ hand ie4ylng ns Dicaseh looks and II
is empty. ihe notes are gone; the hand aud It's
owner nave vanished. NO person near Is OF sus-
pfclUus appcaahcc So ne fusies into tne street;
nobody seems 10 ue Durl nig away but, as nc couid
not look down ioul .Aofuue afes at oace pursuit s
out OF the gu lHe treasure Is as clean gone
AS Ii 1t mao Deen melted AVA. Now, we viii not at
present asa nov tbs uel osttofy OF SO hflch wealth.
70 he 81 easily pitAeo or moralle upon me
upIaultuils deteC.tNe eye, popuary beiieVeu 10 De
eyerl BODY ~ once, III paaks especially; put the
crcuIDstdACe is uAaVuDLGuy calculated 10 excite no
lliue aiarn, - proving nob merely IAat our sup
posed precautions haoe To IAN III manner the
most uuaccuuuGaDle, put also thal We nave sun
among us fingers as il. at a. any immorialled III
the Newgate ca. .GuaAf-fosues VINO can lay thelr
plans to al Instant Va tine, race hundred hostile
chances 10 one, do lner sprlin2 with electric
uuiekneSs ana, Win ceefil, disappear. lnat Is u
say, uuiesS II snott tufH out that some OF the re-
spectabie LOOKING InulViuuaAs wnom tue young man
ulu not SUSPECT, anu Wero lot running away
should prove ailer AL u be the criminals. In that
event the case woud DC none the less extraordinary
since 1t would lnDN an instantaneous command o.
demeanor ani ph, siognony after moment wnicn
must have been one % great excitement ana was
lcerauny one OF sup-elAe danger utterly marVei
ions. 1Dls Is the serJ iegeruelnaln OF robbery. II
allowed ol no proparuliou-she deed mad 10 De dont
quickly or not NJ al. AZ was ne, ana III the lace
o a crowd al the ve.y eiDow Of the. unortunuIe col
leetor, and no trace felnaned The roRues were vi
with Their booty, iedviLS hiin helpless.
DESCRIPTION OF THE MONEY LOST.
IRON the london Hines, Fec. Z.
Meanwhile, the robbery having been COM
mltted Within the Jurisdiction oI the metropolitan
Police, the circumstances were brought under the
notice ol ColUnei henderson, the Cnief 1oaimis.
sioner, and superintendent Thomson, of the Bow
street police DIVISION Is now aiding In discovering
ana aifesttis Tue person by Wnotu the robbery was
cominltlel lne Two Iorces beins thus engaged in u
common obyecJ ana brought under the influence OF
strong eenG oi Professional rivalry, to say 10th
lug oI "A reward In wulcu, we believe, the police az
rule are pIeclhued from participating tile perpe-
traitor o thls daring roooery ought not TO be long
large. WITH TINS Nie", We nave asked as O par
cuiar favor descIpe the stoen notes In order TO
pat people on Their puaru against receiving them
The description vi the notes Is the same AS that
given by advertisement ln the columns Of the uKR.
aLp.l
,Intrimony-DivOrce-A Unfaithful Lover.
Mr. Bewcke, OF Threepwood Hall, was defendant
N AN action Tor slanuer IN tne Court or Common
Peas, Loaaon. The palntin, MT Jones, is ather to
MIR. BewIcAe's wtle, and the latter had obtained a
divorce, upon wnicn MIR. BewicKe wrote sundry
abusive letters to sir. Jones, Whch contained the
passages compiailed oi as "sauderous ana libel
ious." In the course ol the trial, Loru Penzauce
he bench, ana was about 10 be sworn 10 prove the
evidence given IN the Divorce Court, over which his
Lordsnlp plesldeS. AIR. Justice Byie3 W0uid not
allow Lore feuLdnce 10 De sworn scene alat
occurred IN Consequence vi defendant accusing
Justice Byles oil wIsulng 10 ma aiversate justice
gpoH this ne was ordered INTO the custody OF the
install out was lol gwen OH apolOgisng. TIE jufl
rave JHe piasntin -ooJ damages.
A raliruad COMPLICATION case was tried In
,he Bail Court, l. iudUn, the pllintf beng IN,
,uraery uoypruess A. SlIl UIil. near AenaJA, Wa0
gaa lOilIu lnscusIule the iie ahi II was NJ Jne