The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-07

A LARGE asul Frustrated I'm Jersey
Cftv-Ths Burglar Caught I'm the Act.
About one O'Clock yesterday morning, Captain
McHorney, OF the First precinct station OF Jersey
CITY, aided BY eleven policemen in citizens
clothing besieged the First National Bank
in that city, situate just block from the ferry,
owing to information received that certain
picious-looking men were engaged In breaking
the wall OF the building adjoining the bank.
The captain having posted his men in such
positions that the siege could not be raised
advanced with Sergeant McKeag aud two patrol.
men into the building and arriving at the door OF
the room occupied by the suspected parties
knocked for admission No answer was returned and
sudden crash followed. One of the officers had
torn the door from its hinges and was face to face
with two men who were stripped and actively at
work on the wall. One OF the men raised q re-
volver and howled at the intruder but was met with
very disagreeable thrust from the muzzle OF a
similar weapon across his right jaw. The upshot
was that three OF the operators, giving their names
as Frank DENIM. Joseph Foley and Charles j. Proc
They were brought up for examination, but
waiving that they wore committed for trial
pPns s s 81 M sa %0ne
the bank, and the Suspicious 81 NE lady
who keeps the Upper noor for boarders,
as mechanics, who entered the building and
settled In these rooms at late hour OF the night
part OF the building heard OF this and had che
courage to penetrate into the dark recesses OF the
burglars habitasion; groping his way ttn he came
a s Ms osf s ana ySr aiS which
WAS stored complete set Of tools for the breaking
Mr.. A. II. Wallis, President OF the bank, in his am
davit sets forth that he received information that
the hack rooms on the second floor OF the Cadmus
building had been rented to man who represented
himself to be scuptor-that the persons who CO.
cupcd 1t were seen to enter very late at night and
go away, at four O'Clock in the morning, and
that trunks were seen to go In there. This
wSo s usSn q as Ds
who entered the room in question through
window yesterday and removed a ward
covered that portion OF the brick wall had
been broken away. That was reported to our
Soans SnS H 70 M
bered up into a room over the vault In which the
safes are kept and found piece Of paper pasted
site the hole which they had been making In the
wall and which could only have been put there
pressed the paper and found that one Of the bricks
slipped. He made no further examination. We
then informed the Captain Of the First
went In after the arrest made. The wall Of the
space. The wall of the bank building was
also perforated into the room over the safe.
inc top OF the safe Is covered with granite,
and pieces OF It were broken OF. They had
g, trunk IN their room which was partially
filled with these pieces Of granite. There
large wooden box, filed with brick and mortar,
also In the room, and what suppose to be
These tools were brought to the station house.
The bank building is occupied dwell
ling house by the janitOr and his family, Peter
Lewis. Mrs Jane Beemer was the one whe gave
the first Information. She lives in the Cadmus
House. The rooms were hired from her by the
thieves. There is q large amount OF money, sccuri-
ties, &c, In the bank vault belonging to the bank
and to others.