Litchfield enquirer., 1873-08-21
W0lcottville.

tam. and to the new Fair Grounds on Harris Plain.''
 WoIcottviIIe.
 The village of WOlcottville has ararely been the scene of more excitement than on last Friday morning, the 18th of Au- gust, when it was discovered that an att tempt had been made, in the night pre- vious, to break and enter the vaults and safe of the Brooks Bros, Bankers.
 Messrs. Brooks, upon taking possession of their present quarters about, one year ago. toinsure perfect security to their capi- tai and deposits, purchased of Valentine < Butler one of their improved safes with the combination lock, weighing about 6, 900 1bs., and of the costof about $1 300. The safe was kept in fre-proof vault, and on the evening when the burgiarious attempt was made contained about $5OOO in money belonging Turner, Seymour X Judds (designed to pay off the operatives of the Company and enough funds and securities belonging to the firm and de positors, to make the contents. could they be obtained, very desirable booty.
 The night of Aug. 14th was very dark, gloomy, and extremely favorable for such operations The streets were deserted at 10.30, and it is presumed the burglars must have commenced proceedings about that hour. Entrance was effected into the office either through the windows, or front door (the latter was found unlocked the following morning). The door of the | fre-proof vault containing the safe faces towards the south, and east of it an en- trance large enough to admit mans body was effected by digging through and removing the brick work of tine vault. 1 The vault door was soon opened after ad. mittance to the vault by knocking of the lock from the inside. The safe door, oppo- site the door of the vault, was then attacked. An attempt was made to break the lock, l which was effected by driving the spindle of the combination through it. They ] drove in the spindle about three-fourths l of an inch, when the~end broke off close 1 to the door of the safe. The lock was badly damaged, but their object was not 1 gained, for when the effort to turn back the bolts of the safe by turning the han dle was made, it was twisted completely of without producing any effect in turn ing the bolts. An attempt was then made to gain an entrance by wedges and drills, without success. afs.Jw -EH', ,, 7T-. The safe was left in this condition when the men departed, probably at about 1 o'clock. When the scene of their opera lions was visited in the morning, the out 1 side door and one window was partly l opened. The window in the vault room was heavily curtained with carpets, torn from the floor, and the glass portion o1 the door was darkened by coats and gar ments belonging to the Brooks Bros. They left, on their departure, a jimmy, two jack screws, neatly done up in paper, wedges, punches, and chisels, two Ian terms still burning. The aperture made in the vault was filled with books tc 1 deaden the noise made inside.
 From what can be ascertained of then it appears that they. were experts from thu vicinity of New York, and it is supposed from the suspicious characters seen in Litch feld next day they were seven in number
 Only six dollars in pennies were taken but the burglars left several times that worth in property. The people in oul vicinity, very generally, made visits tc
 the locality on Friday, and the prevailing opinion that nothing had been stolen from
 the safe was vindicated when on Saturday
 Mr. Mason. an agent of the safe Compa
 ny, opened the safe through the eombina
 tion lock and found the contents untouch
 ed. Had the burglars been successful in
 gaining an admittance to the first apart
 ment of the safe they would have obtain
 ed comparatively nothing-for an inner
 chamber containing the funds and en
 elosedsby the best burglar proof material
 would have defed their efforts. It affords
 much pleasure to the people that ws
 have such ample security for our valua
 bles as the late attempt shows. | @@ Washington.
 | The severe storm, last week, blew down corn, and damaged tobacco, by breaking and whipping off the leaves. It was s big blow for so little rain. Streams have never been known to be so low as at the present. The light sprinklings have chang