The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-09-02
GREAT ROBBERY OF THE
lIErHoDlsTB OOH. .coNcERN'
The Safes oflthe BoAId Of Missions
Plpndered.

The Safes, qfIthe BQ1d OF Missions
.rnu noIljP P9lHpRdered' : En- Cd
One Hundred and Fifty. Thousand
" !",s i,o1s Dollars StOlen.' %. u,
NEW York, September !.
Yesterday morning it was discovered
\ that tho great safes ln tho rooms ,qE the
*IBoard Of Missions Of The Methodist Book
Concern, NO 805 Broadway, had been
robbed, and property 10 thg amount Of
4 $3.50, 900, was carried away. On entering
the room in the morning, Iaseeue Of con,
fusion presented ITSELF The floor was
thickly strcwn with papers, large leather
wallet, bill book, and Lhere and there
q tin box Aforced open, and emptied
of Its contents ''a' Among iei papers
thrownl"a about !; the! room were iOund
| 10 be n large number Of registered
limited States bonds No clue 10 tho per-
petratOr or perpetrators Of tic robbery
seemed to present itself to tnnyof the
the safes were found to bereIhptied Of
every thing oEa negotiable value, includ'
ing a,service OF silver plate hbGlongingItO
Rev. Mr., pcpew, and otleEl articles Of
silver ware, the property Of clergymen
who had used the facilities offered by tho
two large sdfes as u sort OF safe deposit Of
small wallets, which contained tho
savings Of life time Of frugalitY
and economy by humble parish pFedch-
ers and others, and The larger ones
were well filled withthe surplus! accumu-
lations of fortunate and fashionable pre-.
latcs. Such OF the bonds US were regis
tered were quietly thrown on the floor,
and those which were payable to bearer
were invariably removed. The largest
single loser Is one Of the Secretaries Of
the Missionary Board, who was robbed OF
SIS 900. Itseems very strange 70 o casual
observer that tile robbery should lGve
been successfully performed by any one
not well acquainted with the arrange.
ments and familiar with the place, There
are two night wNtchmen, one outside ot
the building and one, on. the, inside, and
the only persons, having rooms OIL the
floor, with the exception Of an artist and
one other person, are churchmen connect
cd with Methodist concerns. The money
Of tho, Society was, deposited in dlherept.
place, antl that ofthc Book Concern 'was /
In sale in another part Of the building.
it Is therefore only individuals WHO lose
now, though that loss may be almost ir.,
rcparable to them, and wipe away. the,
savings Of the best part Of their lives The
officials of the concern, are very retiCent,
and stated to reporters yesterday Tint they
did not choose 10 disclose anything in re-,
gard to the alTair for publication at the
present tune, and that they had been ad- l
yisetl Gy1detectives to withhold all !intOt.
nation for some, days. They also demanlI
cd The suppression Of the above statement |
There is some reason to suspect that If
the robbery was not perpetratcd by parties
in the employ Of the Book Concern It was
accomplished, at least, by expert burglars
as they were sllreWd enough not TO apprO-
pirate any Of the registered United States
bonds.
l The Book Concern burglary rather
changed. The circumstance OF the deprO.
dations is that the safes were in no wise
injured, but were opened by. keys, and US
they were fitted with combination locks,
to open them, the thieves must have O6.
t,ined combination numbers or characters. |
The safes were Of Martins make, and
were considered first class of their kind. \
Tho robbery Of the Methodist Book
Concerns sQfo was elected Tuesday even.
ing by burglars who entered the building |
by means Of tnlsc keys, and after an TN.
succostulattempt on,thc'saie Of the Book |
Concern continuing Gsu&l two hnna red 1
thousand dollars in notes, bonds and silver
ware, succeeded in opening n small safe
from which they obtained about $3O0Gasll
and bonds amounting 10 $l6,O00, Jersey
City war loan. They were the property
of J. c. Durbin, Of Jersey City. The
Methodist officials decline any assistance
from the police officers or detectives in
tcrretipg q9t t4e tltIexss' Sn q
Excursion over The kansas-PGciGc
j Railway.
LEAvENwoRTI1, KANSAS, Aug. 81.
y The excursion party which arrived lcrp
about t'lialt.past,fOur, were receivedfastIe
depot by large number Of citizens who
furnished their private carriages, and
drove the party tol:FOrtl 15eaRcnwortli,
where an inspection OF the officers quar-
tcrs, barracks and government, buildings
was rIadc.l The tlriyS- -%as' then extended
along the beautiful bluffs surrounding the
city, and NIL the notable places in the city
were visited. The entire party arc de+t
ligktedw IeavenwOtth, 0pd are,tnll ofE
,bFdisc Sfthe gchetous' 'ktndncsssot rs 'ciH. |
zens. A splendid smoking and writing
car, and Onf6lditionGE eoinmiEslfy was
added to the train Mt Kansas City, and
the train now exceeds in splendor,
comfort and convenience, my train ever
made up in this country. Tho party will
Iea7c'here about s o'clock tor Lawrence
LAWRENCE, Sept 1st,
The Kansas Pacific excursionists ar
rived about one O'clock last night It
was their intention to cross over US soon
US they arrived butA fearful thunder
storm prevented them, and they passed
the night III the cars AT au icGtly hour
this morning carriages conveyed them
through the city. They were screnNded
by n baud. Alter which they took yietH
Of tho Ffdt !E&hibitiOp'or Of drouthy KIM
sas, arranged for their benefit, md made
somewhat abrupt. exit for the depot,
owing to their train being behind time.
They have had splendid time thus fhr.
Theylelt at abput1 90 o'clock tor the great
desert e. Etfl. ta tt. 3E
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