The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-21
side. which made, with the wall Of Cuttings
& Co.'s building, in which the robbers had
located themselves, a combined wall of
th,rty-nine inches in thickness.


TIE SAFES,
The bank vault was supplied with large
Lilly safe. divided into three compartments.
The middle compartment Of this was used by
the cashier for bonds, &c. The compartment
on the leit-band side was used by the paying
teller. These two compu tmeilts were COM
pletely cleaned out hy tho robbers with the
exception of about $1,000 in fractional notes
and large amount OF certificates of various
stocks, which the thieves cast aside. The
right-hand compartment OF the safe was
made use of by the receiving teller for the
| city exchange lists, amounting to $40, 900.
This was untouched.
| There was also a Miller safe in the vault
which stood In thr south side of the apart
| ment. This safc contained the bills receva.
hle, amounting tb S53S;00n. This safe was
| not invaded, and its contents are therefore all
secure The robbers in forcing the Lilly safe
| seem to- have pursued this process: They
| first pricd oil the knob Of the safe door and
the dial plate. and then placed the base ot Il
| large iack-scrcw against the Miller safe, which
they slewcd round so as to form rest and
purchase in operating the screw against the
| cash safe. Then bringing the screw to bear
| upon what is known rs the plug, which was
| covered by the knob and dial plate, few
| powerful turns Of the jack crushed and
| forced the lock out of its place, and thus the
! door was soon open and the contents OF the
safe within the grasp of the robbers.
THE LOSS OF THE BANK.
The actual loss of the bank in cash and
securities is us follows:
Grerurachs and national bank notes. $4,000
Bond. railroad and Government..'.'-.:-. lS''Oo
Total loss of the bank $4,000
1t was supposed at first to he much more
than this, but some bonds that were thought
to- have been stolen were found later in the
day among the mass of papers strewn about
| the vault.
The cash stolen was Il portion Of the re-
serve fund of the bank. Fortunately about
| l3O. 900 of the banks reserve was in New
| York in the hands of the Union National
Bank: the redccnling agent of the Third Na-
| tioiilI and Thus escaped.
TiiE BANK NOT IMPAIRED.
The surplus and undivided profits of the
| bank amount to SSS.00O, which we are glad
! TO know more than covers the present loss of
! the institution, so that its SoundneSS is not in
| the slightest degree impaired by this dlSaS-
| ter. and under the energetic management OF
| ts officers and directors the business of the
Third National will 20 on a> usual.
HEAVY LOSS OF DEpoSITORs.
In this as in all other banks the custom has
| prevailed of extending to drpostors the ac-
commodaton Of placing their private boxes,
containing bonds and other valuable seclri-
Ties and papers. in the bank vault for safe
Keeping. OF course the bank asslrpcd no
responsibility for the safe custody of such
deposits, aud the losses fall entirely upon the
owners. Tic numerous tin boxes placed in
| the vault in this way received full attention
from the robbers. They were passed through
the opening into their office, where the
money they found was duly cleaned out.
| Some of these reccptaclcS contained large
amounts in railroad, Government, and other
! bonds, and from the best information we can
| obtain the amount of negotiable securities
| thus lost will not fall short of $1,000 and
may 20 much higher. Some reports, in
deed. represent the money value of the bonds
| thus lost mt not less Than 100000, but we are
satisfied that this is Il greatly exaggerated
view Of the matter.
Among the losses sustained by such de-
| po.itors we have heard Jl the following ::
! Mis- Bainbridge, of Louisville, Ky, ii relative
| Dt ThoumS \. Candy, of this city, had ut the
| bank for Salt-kccping SIj,00C i'll LOUISVILLE
Water Board coupon l:onds. The owner,
who was in the city, called at the bank this
morning and had dispatches sent to New
York to advertise the bonds, giving their
numbers.
\. NJ. Carter. ESD, cashier, lost $4,000 in
| Northern Central Railroad bonds and ., 600
| in Northwestern Virginia Railroad bonds.
Mr.. \. i. Medairy, the paying teller OF
the bank, also loses about $4,000 i'll five
twenty bonds.
There are many other reported losses
which we have not been able TO verify, but
we append the names of the owners as they
appeared upon the bonds:
T.. =. Small Il Co., Hellingshead, Srcddcn
& Co., Z. s. Chappelle, Louis DccormuS,
John I. Scott, c. X. w. e. Co.; George n.
Mills. T. 3. Association, and box belong
| in. TO Mrs. Samuel Townsend.