The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-04-05

"A New York paper gives additional particu-
lars of the daring attempt made ON Monday to
rob the Central Park Savings Bank. At half
past II three young men entered the bank, the
cashier being alone in the bank. They were
clean shaved, able-bodied young fellows, and
wore good clothes-pea jackets, dark panta-
looms and waistcoats, and low black hats. They
stepped in quickly and shot the bolt behind
them. In an instant they were before the
counter, two in front OF the two openings in
the railing, and the other at the corner. In
another instant they had sprung upon the
ledge, and iu another they we're on top Of the
astonished cashier. Not wore had any of the
three spoken and all their movements were
made without noise. Mr.. Ellis was thrown on
bis back before be had time to cry out, and be
tore re could even realize his position one of
the robbers whipped handkerchief from his
pocket and tied it across the PROSTATE cashier
mouth. Another handkerchief YVES frightened
around his throat, almost choking him and
preventing the possibility of uttering q sound
Two pieces OF new rope, each about three feet
long aud knotted at the ends were then drown
forth, aud two of the ruf1ians bound Mr.. Ellis
hands and feet, while the other held a revolver
to his head. All this had occupied but a few
minutes and had been done SO adroitly as to at
tract no attention from the street. At length
the binding was finished and the money drawer
was cleared of it's contents, the bank officers
say about $3.50. The robbers now went for the
safe. At this moment DR.. Alex. MADDEN drove
up to the euro in his gig. He advanced to the
door and to his establishment it was bolted.
ne peeped through the glass door and took in
the situation at once. He shouted police. and
Kicking in the large pane of glass In the right
hand door sprang through the opening, At
this the thieves rushed out through the open
door behind into the private room in the rear,
and thence through the iron plated door into
the hallway and out into the yard, then over
the fence into the adjoining yard, over another
fence into another yard and out into Fortv-
Sixth street. They then leaped into a wagon
winch stool by the curb, whipped up the horse
river. Meantime nearly two thousand men,
women and children, attracted by DR.. Had,
deus cries and the smashing of the glass. as
sembled in front of the building Seeing the
robbers escaping in the direction of one Of the
side streets they broke into two bodies and
ftarted around Forty-ffth and Forty-sixth
streets in hot pursuit. Two or three police
men Joined in the chase. Arrived at Fourth
avenue the wagon stuck in the railroad track,
and the thieves, fearing capture, jumped out
and abandoned it. The whole street was filled
with workipgmen, but not one Of them had
the presence OF mind to attempt to stop the
robbers, who scattered in various directions
and escaped: The neighborhood was thor
oughly searched by the police, but no trace of
the ruff1ans could be found until about an hour
afterwards, when it was ascertained that one
OF the desperadoes had taken refuge in q closet
in the rear yard of Nc. Is Guilford place, East
Forty fifth street. He had on q brown coat.
The women of the house was so terribly
frightened that they locked all the doors, and
did not dare move until the intruder. abeut
threequarters Of an hour afterward, Jumped
over the fence into the adjoining yard and
coolly walked out through the hallway and
down Forty-fft street and Third avenue, two
doors from the bank. He stood q moment
looking around him, and seeing clear coast
quickly .lounged off down the street ana disap-
peared,