The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-25
The Trenton Rank RobberS---Assos.
lug Particulars OF tho Afair--A ~"Rs'
S,.sry Prepared viilasny.
Wow, tho Vow York Herald, January -.

~ IN 7, nolicc. called upon Captain lrv'
ing OF the detective force, Yesterday moilllnt
81 ercnor,t q robbery of one hundred THOUSAND
dollars in the Trenton City Bank r.on
The statement made by the officers 10 I'1p.,.
lryjug. it appears that on the 81 Oh '. a',Ia;
;Ercc men went to Trenton, VINO lic"ncu
,:,av warn ~sui.crcrs by tho Chicago nte,
and had come to that city for tue pun t'S' ''
GOING into business and locating 'l'ci n,,;,,;,,
TEnv selected small wooden nu'N.."
,,o,.t Gnor n the Trenton Bank rs tue sc.' "
49, r,,,,.rc cncrationS. The occh shl' -
49, hn,,sn was a NEGRO, and they rch'ca u"
,iicc from him for two years. l, PA ,,e,,rt,
tr,,art FPS money III advance. nv u ~ ,,,ace
rrru,cd for some time 10 give up 10; 80. t.,I,
Iut tho "s;f,rrers told Silcn i'. ,t,o ol,
and pressed the case 50 'o,r ,...snai nccntiye
man welded at last. An NV zero in TN,
WIS given the movements Oh ~" ront and tho
III W. ", han at last to enter upon
THEIR NEW VENTURE.
They started the rumor through t"e NV,
,,,at thcy intended going INTO TIC ,l'nna
,r,s;rcss. and apparently tc8lh 10 lin fI -,
n1rat;ons for carrying on that coiiiuiuts' ~. W
N extensive scale. In reality, ho"Gst;, tn
..su,TnrcTS" had design on inc l''''oa a.,
vaufts Of their ncighbor, ana to"aiu' $500 $500
rn,srs4ion Of Il large amount OF lNcSc ~ M,
funds they were making rai'la si,,'''s. M
rf the fist steps toward shcccssi'''iS gu w,
VA Wv. ,,.,,.l, If rol,lerv was TO establish :
perfect line Of COMMUNICATION "'''' '''0
rior of the bank, so that
.wArcu COULD BE KEPT Up
cufei,lc while the thieves were AT WIN
mon tbe safe within. The nE't'er oi So't'n
;nf, the establishment never see'hc" ~ , n
s,,,. any difficulty, for they apie'tsu =" "., ,,
lnni.rd ,,Don that rs tn'ii5 sI''r" ,tnrr,,tn,.
nf accomplishment. Before w, ra,i ON.
- enter the building inc lihc''I i;' III ~,
t.rn,;.,i. The wall of tic plilk' anu ".
r,j,rtratipu- made to put I'll lcc2l|'' w." ,ro,'
finn, VA. TO serve as inoh'''i ~ cav " ttn
while they were getting possession VI NV ~,
property in the building. IL i an'r no ia,,i
me notice that the thieves c'i'c'e'' '''o
on SUNDAY MORNING
If about 4 O'Clock, and commcnccu op,
liam. NJ the door leading INTO til'' , r.ui-'
L'nri of the number went on tilio cApoGi'. W.
va The fifth was left behind 70 m"teh tl'
e.rne. and rive the alarm iii case VI az! ~, ~
d,r, or interruption from the outS!"c. ~
nam who was left behind III Tue lo''e. ~. ~.
ioiI,in~ the bank, took up a posAion ~ w.. .i'
front window that coInmanl'cu Il WV ". ~,
street. By this means nc couIo p.,,''i'
.,,I,. ono coming n the direction of the banh'
.,nI y.as ubl,. at once to signal his contrerc:
~ work in the building of the approach o,
.',, dnn,,rrolis ncrsons. OF course the 1lrst
t,';r,r dnnr on gaining the inside OF the hanF
y..s 70 settle the means by which TINS tcic-
.,r.,,,ir communication WAS TO be KEPT up.
The hole, that had only been
PARTIALLY CUT THROUGH TIE WALL,
WIS fully opened, the wire passed t.'i !,
and small bell tied to the end OF h' an ar,
h,,n.. lust over the head OF lllc ln'hCli,
",,,rncr." The other end OF TINS tclcsl"p.
wire the lookout held III his iE'iiu' "i,u' -
n prcyio,slv-conceTted signal, nc wa, "nt. ~
stan In, work 1T will and again set II eoll~
C,nroin irving saws that his impression /,
from what the Trenton police tell him about
tl,r auncarancc of the place ana the VallouS
imulc,ncnts left behind by the thieves, tfi
they must have been interrupted scVeFu
times willie they were trying to break open
thp door of the vault. While TWO Oh lhe
men we're working" ut tile door TWO othcIs
were opening the private boxes III the oa!'h
and securing the contents. lie thieves Sci
TITO tie building by the rear entrance, ana
tbp;, settled the door in such manner tha'
Al tie least alarm Of danger from the slrcel
side
THEY COULD SAFELY ESCAPE
b. That way. As the affair finally tl!rne4
ont, this was the very way 10y Whlcn ''t
burglars cot of, At about lla!l-paSt 9o,cioch
on Sunday morning one of the Watchmch
who WAS to remain on duty during the da!
cin,n towards the bank. His approach was
duiv tclegrauhcd to the men WORKING INSIDE.
They stoppcd their labors, and when the
waiclImuu OR. s;Wecn) was mounting the
stcp, another signal told them who and what
he was. knowing perfectly we'll that to deny
this man entrance to the bank would be 10
alarm the town and completely defeat the OIL"
iect they had in coming to the place, MI.
Sween was quietly permitted to open tn"
several doors and get into the place. lie
was no sooner within the threshold, how
ever, than he was suddenly seized, gagged,
and tied. and thrust into chair, entirely
unable to interrupt the work that was gong
forward. The second watchr,an OF the place
made his appearance some time later than
Mr.. Swecn. This Was
COMMUNICATED TO THE THIEVES
IN the same manner as the arrival OF Ar.
Swccn, but one of the party, more impetuouS
than the rest, jumped at him with pistol
too soon, and the noise Of the ScE1llc WAS
heard by a lady who was coming down the
street. The thief had attacked Mr.. BaylcS
almost at his entrance to the bank, and that
gentleman made such a desperate fight to re-
gain his liberty that the noise reached the
earo Of the lady coming towards the bank.
Size gave al alarm, and policeman at once
RUSHED TO THE BANK
only to find, however, that the burglars Lad
escaped, carrying with them about one nun
drel thousand dollars worth of United States
and other bonds belonging to depoSltors. Inc
POLICEMEN then went to the adjoining house,
and arrived just in time to grapple the last
escaping thief. a terrific struggle ensued,
but the thief. who was fighting for his liberty,
WA, better prepared to meet the policeman
tbau the policeman was to encounter such 4
desperate antagonist, and the thief finally
cot away from him, escaping through the
rear window down the gardens ut the back,
and through the fields
INTO TIE WOODS,
where he was lost AS well as his companions.
The most curious part OF the robbery is that
none of the people in the town have yet been
ublc to give the police Il description of the
thieves. One of the policemen who came to
New York Yesterday described one Of the
men as being tall, powerful man, with 4
bald head, but that was all the description Of
the thief he could give.
Charles Dickens---kEow he Was Man OF
Genius and had Not the Manners OF
Gentleman.
Conclusion of the Review of Forstcr's first volume
in the London Times.
We have now faithfully followed Mr..
Forster through his first volume. We have
seen Charles Dickens, born of needy though
respectable parents, precocious, puny boy,