The New York herald., 1871-12-16
JERSEY CITY pOsT OFFICE ROBBED.

The Thief Secures $1,000 Postum
Greenc,s stuteu,ent-Burslary Mad,
The Post once in Jersey CITY was .,,.nn, -,
Thursday night by burglar, who CT >sr ~, =, ooo
worth Of stamps and about $o". ,n r,nnov rhe
manner In which the " .e,, vas rerne,rot tod
shows that the thief w.s verv WEI, a.
suaintea with every door, window. dsss,
drawer, and ever, the compartments OF the
sale IN wnicn tne money and stamps were deposited
Thc Key OF 'heSsaie-which, by the way, Is an old
iasnioneo Or that cannot boast OF any OF the hun.
dred intr Jaces introduced Of late years-was gen.
eraiiy posted in drawer and the thief had little
Touo'.< in finding it, After securing the coveted
pre- he left the door Of the safe open with the key
tp.erein not condescending to carry on such cum
tAOus load as five cent nckels in dollar packages.
MOI door or window was forced open not O
lock was broken. The work was carried out with a
simplici,Y and completeness which remove all sup
positions that tue operator was o stranger. The
once Is closed every evening at seven O'Clock, and
the theory relied on is that when Mr. Van Ripper en-
tered az eight O'Clock, with the mails from the New
Jersey Railroad depot, The thief entered also and
concealed himself until the messenger left.
latter seldom locks The door, his stay being
very brief 1t was found yesterday morning thai
were unbarred, so that the thief must have escaped
tnat way. as The windows are barred with pins fas.
key for the door, or perhaps the unIasiening OF the
window was a "blind" to mysufy the detec.
tives. There are many who believe that the thief
had all the necessary keys.
WHAT THE POSTMASTER SAYS
Mr.. Greene, the postmaster, makes the following
Yesterday morning left the Post Oflce to attend
the funeral Of o brother Mason at Pasndeld. was
back to tue city until six O'Clock In the evening,
when went to the office, aad having learned that
everything had gone right during the day went
I
before eight O'Clock, the hour at which we usually
close up: On my way home to supper, while
ing my clothes. By the time had got nome and
had mad q change & o. clothing IT was TOO late TO 60
to that eject. At six O'Clock this morning Mr. Cox,
one OF the clerks, opened the office and discovered
able quantity OF stamps sums Of money In the
sale; put Yesterday was to have paid away 5000
did not get back IN time the money ana stamps
were allowed to remain In the SAFE instead OF being
transferred to the vault Whoever robbed the bank
they must have come In with the mail messenger,
at eight O'Clock In the evening. and secreted them
from the drawer where It Is usually left and the safe
opened. Nothing was broken, but all the papers In
Inc extent OF the Oss After the robbery the thieves
quietly removed the bar from the back room and
oos oy 40 ew into YSrk
The post Ofilce Is located in the basement OF the
HusdOn County Bank, and is entirely unprotected
except the walchnan OF the bauk cast 9 friendly
eye around Tor the benefit OF his neighbors What is
very remarkable about the affair is thai SO much
as on Thursday night The police authorities can.
not he ignorant OF the fact that the notorious
of New York, has been in Jersey city during the
past week at night. He passed q portion or the
night on Tuesday at restaurant near the police
station, and was surrounded by o host OF friends,
Including the prominent bummers Of "Old Three
EngIne' Of Jersey CITY and TWO or three new YORK
very amlcable understanding.