The New York herald., 1872-08-20
THE BALTIMORE BANK ROBBERY.
A Novel Method to Rob the
Third National Bank.
AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF PLUMBER.
More than Quarter Of a Million in Money
and Securities Taken.
BALTIMORE, Md, August 10, 1879.

BALTIMORE, Md, August 49, 1879
On opening the Third National Bank OF this city.
on South street, near Second, this morning. 1t was
found that the vault had been entered and large
amount OF money &C., carried or An investiga-
ton disclosed large opening leading from an ad-
joining building occupied since June Is by
Stabler Co., grain merchants, who rented It, pay
ing for six months in advance, from John s.
Gitters & Co., late bankers. The rooms OF Stabier
were three 'front.' offices and two back rooms, one OF
which was used as private office. In this
BEHIND A LARGE PICTURE
chart, an opening had been cut three feet square
into the solid brick wall as far as the iron plate OF
the bank vault, three-eighths OF an inch thick
Eighteen inches square OF this was cut out, and
hole in the bricks beyond, nine by thirteen inches,
the entire thickness of the wall being thirty nine
inches Two safes were withn--a burglar proof,
unhurt, containing over one hundred thousand dol
lars, and another which opened with jack
screw. From this was taken $4,000 In bank notes
and SIS, 900 In government bonds over 100000 OF
private deposits In securities. stocks, &C., TAKEN
watchman was kept constantly on duty in tho
bank, but he maintains he did not hear the slightest
noise. The men left behind them a number of the
most perfect tools used by burglars the OF some
of which were unknown to the detectives. The re-
mains Of
WINE AND FOOD
sHOW JuaC tney Certulnly uiu not mean 10 make Jn0
task an unpleasant one. The debrfs from the hole
was carefully concealed, some in a drawer in Sta
bler's private office, and others in vault guam
tity OF wearing apparel was also left behind bear
ing no name that could lead to detection. pair OF
pants were found however, still damp with perspi-
ration, conclusivey showing they had been re-
Gently worn. There was no dirt the carpet OF
the private Office 1t il stated the loss to the bank
will not impair Its credit.
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD
has been offered for the detection OF the robbers,
but as yet no clue has been obtained OF the bur-
glars. Two young men came here in the month OF
April, and after examining the building next to the
bank rented the Offices from Cuttings.
The officers OF the bank found the door OF the
broken vault barred on the inside and every
means appears to have been employed In order to
give the robbers as much start as possible.
THE LOSSES
The officers OF the bank set forth their losses BY
the burglars as fOllOws:--
$57, 900 In greenbacks and National Bank notes.
four OF $50 EACH of the Third National Bank; and
the following bonds, held as collateral securities
Northern Central Railroad, 81, 500; North Carolina
State bonds, 81, 500; Marietta and Cincinnati Rail-
road bonds $1,000; United States nve-twenty
bonds l,500 also Western Maryland Railroad
bonds $4,000.
The individual losses OF depositors having boxes
in the vault cannot be ascertained, AZ many OF
them are out or town. The total OF the losses
Will probably amount to several hundred thousand
dollars.
It was swindled to the amount Of $4,000 some
time ago by forged certified check. It Is under
stood to have large deposits in New York and to
suffer little from this loss. $3.50 was paid by the
robbers for six months rent.