The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-21
HEAVY BkNN ROBBERY.
PARTICULARS OF THE ROBBERY OF THIRD
NATIONAL BANK OF BALTlMoRE-LOSs,
s7ooco-ARTlsTIC JOB BY BURGLARS, &C.

s5O.GGo-ARTlSTlC JOB BY BURGLARS, &C.
One Of the most bold, daring, wellplanncd,
yyrlcXccutcd, and successful bank robbrricS
that has ever been pcrpetratcd in the United
States was accomplished in Baltimore be-
tween the hours intervening from The close
nr business iii Saturday and daylight of Mon
,ily morning nj the Third National Bank Of
his city. which is located ON The cast side Of
South street near Second street. The amount
Of rlundrr secured by the "artist>' was
about $4,000. We copy from the Baltimore
papcrS the particulars Of the robbery:
On the 18th of June two preposscs>ing-
looking Young men. apparently Engiishmcn,
rented from John :. Cuttings, Esq, the lower
floor Of hi> building. adjoining tue bank on
the north side, ostcnsihly for the purpose of
conducting Il grain and commission business,
paving three months rent 5000 in advance.
They furnished the Office i'll good style. and
10 all appearance were doing Il thriving and
legitimate business. 1t noW tl.rno otit that
the nslr,,,i|,lc hi,sintss OF The tlru, which
Went under The name Of Stabler d Co., was
merely a blind. and their real Object was to
rob their ncIghbor>. the Third National
Bank. The watchman of the bank, Michael
Barnett. was on duty at night, but so adrolty
and noi$e,Cs>ly Wl> their work conducted
that no Sound-not the slightest--was heard.
THE BREACH IL THE WALL.
The breach in the wall of Mr.. Gttings'>
building, Us Designated nn the diagram. Il
nearly four and litf feet >ttlarc on the otitpr
edge. the width Diminishing slightly aS it
al ,,l hp M
ton of the iron platin. cut away measures
tWrntv-two and a half by sixteen inches.
just hclr the burglars made Il luiScaculation.
No doubt they intended that the orcning
through the inner brick wall of the vault
should he of the same dimensions, but they
carried their drilling operations through the
iron a little too far eastward. so that it cN-
tended few inches beyond the inner line ot
the east or end wall of the vault. Thus their
opening into the vault through the inner
ci.ht-iucl wall wlS necessarily contracted III
size TO the mcagrc dimensions Of nine and Il
half by twelve and Il halt inches, >tI.gc>lir,
OF rather IL tight place for II man to work his
body through and but for the fact that the
operators were men Of small frame the thing
never could have been done.
I'm the back private office of the building
occupied by the burglars, in the side wall to.
ward the lank. the robbers commenced orc-
ratio;rS by breaking away the wall ut Il point
about three fee; from he floor, making ;ln
orcnin. about tour feet square, through six
courses OF hrickwork, until they arrived ut
the iron wall of the bank yauIt. IL being
necessary TO proceed very cautiously and
quietly with this work, no doubt many weeks
were occupied III its prosecution, IL all the
surroundings show. The robbers had laid
ol! the size Of tn" opening, and had provided
:: large cotton cloth. which they seem, be-
tween the intervals of their operations, to
have pasted securely over the breach III
the wall. aS the cloth WAS found with the
evident marks Of paste 0l mlcila9c, and the
edges of the wall around the breach were
also similarly marked. over all this, as il
further cOnc,1llnlrnt, Il very large map lladnO
doubt been hung, ;l> Il nail to support such !!
screen had been driven in the wall. and the
map WAS subsequently found in the vault of
the robbers office. All these preparations
for coucramCmt having undoubtedly hccn
used and the evident care with which all the
broken plaster aud bricks hld been removed
from the locality, confirm the theory lhtt tie
work Of breaking through the bank wall was
Il very tedious affair. and must have lpen in
progress for Il long time. The private office.
II, designated in Our diagram, w;ls entirely
shut on from the street hy Il thick wall and
closed doors. but WAS lighted by Il large win.
dow which looked out upon the yard Of the
small house on second street, which Is cccll.
pied as Il small rctrp>hment saloon.
TOOLS USED BY THE BURGLARS.
The tool, USED by the burglars in their Ia
bols upon the walls, iron shcathing of the
Nauit. and the Miller safe, are of the finest
>trcl. and exhibit Il wonderful nicely OF
workmanship. each tool evidently having
been constructed under the personal super
vision OF M experienced burglar. 4 nest OF
lilies. evidently never having been used,
ranged in size from the eighth of an inch in
thickness tn the regular triangular-shapcd
implement. At the marslals office last night
one of the smaller files Was brought to bear
upon bar of iron one and n hall inches in
thickness. aud in half II minutes time the bar
was cut into to the depth of thrcc-quartcls
of an inch. Then there were augcrS-witll-
ont handles, II powerful Brace of peculiar
Workmanship, several ingenious tools for EN-
ln@ing holes in iron, three short pieces OF
rubber tubing-at the end of one piece was
Il small silrcr.patcd perforated cap. and
which upon being un>crewed was found to
something new TO The detectives, they being
unable to assign it TO any duty within the
range OF Il burglars exploits.
PROGRESS OF THE w0%K--BORING THROUGH
THE IRON.
I'm boring the holes through the iron
shelthing surrounding the vault the bur-
glars had erected a framework of wood, the
back OF which was Il piece of timber about
eleven feet in length, with both ends mui-
fled with muslin. This piece of timber was
hraccd against the wall and directly over the
hole lcadni" to the vault, and placing one OF
the drills in the centre of the timber and the
Int against the iron plate, the burglars had Il
leverage sufficient TO cope with iron of any
Thickness. This drill could not be found
Yesterday, and ;ls il must have been Il weigity
article the detectives are puzzled to know
What disposition was made of il by the bur
glars after they had finished their work.
sMoTHERlSG WORK.
After the robbers had gotten into the vault
they must lave had Il fearful ordeal in their
confined quarters with no other ventilation
than the small opening which they had made.
l-3 by 99 inches. Sunday, as all remember,
Was one OF the most sultry days Of the sea-
SOD, aud ii is 4 matter Of wonderment how
mere human nature could lule endured tue
oppressive, sitting atmosphere of the con-
lracted bank vault long enough to have per-
formed the tatiguinG labor of forcing open
the door OF the iron safe and ranSackng
boxes, shelves, and drawers after negotiable
paper.
REMNANTS. OF TIRE ROBBERS LUNCHEON.
The counters of the mythical firm of Sta
bier q Co. presented yesterday morning
many fragmeDtary evidences of substantial