The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-27

4 Sing Etob5ery-B3ndsn and Saiu.
a;,Ees 10 fl,r Extent OF $4,000 S:e:cE
liza wall Street before tiic Eyes of SIX
People.
From the New York lIcrali.I
One Of the most singular and audaciou
robbcries ever committed took place on We'd
nesday afternoon, at 81 Wall street, in thu
office of the Houston and Texas Central Pail
road Company, whereby forty or fifty thou
sand dollars were lost, aud probably ire
decmably so. The railroad company is moi
the sufferer, however, but a private party
whose iIl-foriune it was TO have been the vic
tim of the robbers.
A, about , o'clock Oh the afternoon in
question Mr.. w. Z. Dodge, of the firm o.
Phelps, Dodge & Co., who is president oil
the Houston and Texas Central railroad, had
just got through signing number of bond:
and was resting from his lahors when Mr.
G.. II. Cllrr'er, 4 gentleman connected will
the firm of WiImcrding & Mount, entered
the Office. He had in his possession twenty
five bonds OF the Houston and Texas Cen
trail railroad, each valued at 81 900. These
were loose, not being confined in any pack
are. There were also 100 shares of stock o.
the railroad, besides q handbook containing
some checks and several national bills Of
E,.1e .N,nnr."t. and accompanying The
whole was q blank power VI" .ottGrney
signed by Anna f. Paige, eXecuiriN OF
the estate Of David Fl. Paige, deceased, and
former vice president Of the road. Mr.. Cur
rier sat down on the sofa close by the large
window at tie end Of the inner Office, and
on the right side of the room on entering.
In the office besides were southern direct Of
of the road and another gentleman doing
business with the concern. At this moment
a map-peddler came into the room and cX
pressed desire to exhibit large map OF
the United States, which he desired to sell.
Mr.. Dodge, VINO had formerly agreed to buy
suc.l map, if it were large enough for his
plruose, therefore, in order to examine il,
came over from the other side OF the room
and sat beside Mr.. Currer Oh the sofa. The
peddler then unrollcdt the map, and thesoutE'
ern director and the other gentlemen gathered
round to examine and criicSc it. They were
all thus engaged when two strangers entered
the outer oflicc--onc, who Was tall and dark,
wearing sealskin cap and heavy oyercoat,
apparently about thiriy-liVe yelrs of aye, and
the other baartlleSs youth. The former
asked the boy in The outer office TO show
him the Directory, and began turning its
pages carecsslv over, while the youth en-
tered the inner Office and asked one of the
officers to give him report of the earnings
and Spendings Of the road. While thus
engaged, this gentleman on the further side
of the room from the position Of those who
were looking at the map, the eldest of the
two strangers left the Directory in the outer
office and went into the inner office and
Joined the group of those who were look
ing at the map. He then passed behind the
map, and WAS on the side Of the group near
est the window, on tho sill al Wbioh Mr..
Currer had placed hi package, while his
attention was engaged like the remainder OF
the gentlemen. The unknown man, it is
supposed flor nobody, Of course, noticed the
occurrence). then edged up towards the win
dow until lie arrived within reaching dis.
tance Of the coveted package. 81 this mo-
ment all the four gentlemen had their heads
turned toward Tie map, closely tracing out
the course of the railroad. The strunge in6i'
yidual must then have seized lis opportunity
and snatched the package, which lay on The
window-siIl, quickly transferring it to his
pocket, 4 moment afterwards the strangers
were missed from the room, and second
after that Mr.. Cilrrier noticed the disappear
ance Of his package Of bonds and yaiuablcs
from the window. He quickly apprized the
others os lis loss, and in moment all ip the
room were carefully searching for the missing
bonds, Sc. Every corner OF the Office was
searched, but to no purpose. The clerk en-
tered the office few minutes after, and says
he noticed at the bottom Of the stairs two
men making their way out CT the building
very quickly. But at the time he attached
no importance to it. The commotion was
very great in the Office, and in the midst OF
Il the map pedder disappeared. 1t Il sup
posed that igar Ct being suspected made him
depart 30 suddenly, and he is no. really sli:'
pected OF having anything to do with the
robbery. :,
The bonds and securities have been ad,
yertiscd for, but it is not thought this VII
bo productive OF any result, as the bonds
have coupons upon them which are payable
to bearer, and there is no means al identity
ing these particular ones. 1t is therefore
thought they will be q total loss. The mum
bars of the bonds arc from 6,276 to $500 o.
the Houston and Texas Central railroad. Inc
loss will of course fall upon Mrs. Paige
widow of D. H. Paige, and not upon tht
railroad A report was current that Mr.. H
8 Hatch was the loser, but this Ia a mistake
II arose from the fact that Immediately aftel
the robbery Mr.. Hatch went to the STOCK
Exchange and telegiaphed the robbery Il
oil the brokers; but he is In no wise con
cerned in It.
A SuREwD BUSINESS MAsAGER.-lt IS wei
known that Senator SpraSue, OF khod
Island, is one of the largest manufacturer
| of cotton goods in the United States, and tina
he holds other important interests in varlou
sections of the country. In the course OF nj
manufacturing operations he has found