The Republican journal., 1872-11-14

would 60 to the safe, repeat the move
ments and endeavor to get at the secret.
after weeks Of experimenting Kindt sue
ceeded in mastering the difficulty, and the
open sesame of the combination acquired
he stood gazing at the treasures within the
stronghold. He then closed the safe. tried
the combination again and again to make
sure Of it, and was about to close it fur the
last time, and to leave to make arrange
ments for getting away with the contents
when he was seized and handcuffed and in
spite of the day and hour (four O'Clock on
a Sunday morning) marched to his resi-
dence, No. 25 State street, where his
wife was secured and search begun for
the property supposed to be secreted there
Every nook and corner was ransacked
without success, and Tilley was about as a
matter of form, to sound the plastering
above the window, when the sill on which
he was standing gave way, and he thrust
his leg into an ingenious contrived recep-
tacle, in which, carefully slowed away,
We're about S17 900 worth of gold watches
and gold bars, which were identified as
forming partof the proceeds of both the
1867 and 1869 robberies
Kindt declined to state if he had ac-
completes, and denied all knowledge of
the robberies with which he were charg-
ed, and in July 1870, he was sentenced to
serve team of three years in State prison
| The convict was too clever to remain
long at Sing Sing. Adopting the tactics
which he had observed while in the EN-
| ploy of Wheeler Il Parsons, he gained the
| confidence of every one he was brought
in contact with, and was not, after few
weeks, subjected to the rigorous survelli-
ance imposed on other convicts Having
obtained from a visitor watch spring,
| saw and other tools, he cut away the bars
of his cell on the night of February ),
| 1871, and made his escape. kindt must
| have reached Hackensack the next day
and in pitiable condition, the weather
being terrible. His clothes, however.
were such as worn by workmen on Il
a tramp, and his arrival excited no sus-
| picion, for on applying to Mr.. Thomas he
was Immediately given employment, and
does not appear to have made himself
prominent in the factory till last August,
when q safe lock having become derang
| ed he declared himself somewhat of n
machinist, and volunteered to set ii right
| While doctoring the safe he procured Il
| piece of soap and took the impression Of
the spare key, which was placed on \.
ledge inside the safe. and lost no time in
making and fitting false key. On Mon
day night he is supposed to have gained
an entrance to the office, opened the safe,
abstracted $4,000 worth Of jewelry and
money, and to have closed the place rs he
| found it. Mr. Thomas wisely resolved
on consulting the New York police, and
on telling Mr.. Kelso about the robbery
Tilley was sent for, who produced a por-
trait of the convict kindt, which was
recognized by Mr.. Thomas as that OF one
of his workmen. The detective accom-
panied Mr.. Thomas back to West IIarken-
sack and Wednesday morning was placed
in such position as TO enable him to see
all the workmen, from among whom he
singled out kindt, who was arrested as
an escaped convict. Tilley then ascer-
tanned that kindt kept lager-beer saloon
in Hackensack, and on going to the place
began Il search which proved almost fruit
less, till Detective Heidelbrrg, OF the
New York police, called attention to
about 5000 cigars slowed away III boxes
on q shelf. In the second or third box
that was opened was found II pair of ear
rings, part of the stolen property, and
after opening all the boxes about $4,000
worth of jewelry and 81, 800 in money,
the proceeds no doubt OF Il sale OF part Of
the stolen goods, were recovered. kindt
was committed to answer Wednesday bv
Justice Zabrskie.