, 1874-05-04
LOCAL MISCELLANY,

II
the inet1oonoy Of the police force, or from some
other oAuss, il getting IN unonvfable notorioty
IN this direction, came to light yesterday morn.
Ing. Tho robhory, whIoh took plaao on tho 27tA
ult., resulted in tho capture by tho oraaksmon or
snoak-thiovea OF 4 ar,all amount Of oash, aud
bonds, mortgages, dooda, and other papora to
tho full vAlue, 10 tho owner, Of half million
dollars.
Ths property mentioned belonged to Dr.. Q. Y.
Dyer, who, not bsinR IN practice or In husnoss
himself, has beou in tho habit latterly Of ILL.,
trusting his books mud papers to tho oare Of his
son"ln-1aw mud agent. Mr. Adolf Heilo manager
for tho Chicago Terra Gotta Company, whoso
plnoo Of business Ia ut $40 Wabash Avenue.
The pspers wers kapt Ia small tin box, aud
were depoRitqa In the aafe cloao Of hand, as they
day Of the robberJ wsro in their usual rosting-
About noon on that day, while N1r. Hoila WAS
away, man entered tho atore and naked tho boy
tn charge e they hid sny blxds nosss ter aso
replied that they had, and proceeded to show
cuatomer:-whom ephaoquont revelations. proved
to have hoen a apy--to tho back ond Of tho
hind whic!, tho desk and bafo In tho
Office, which arc also In tho roar, cannot
30 soon. Having satisfied hinselt. that
tho coast mas cloar tor big haul, and having
noted that tho eafc door was standing ajsy, tho
man made aouas tri1ing exouso and passed. OUT.
He was gone only few minutes whom ho ro-
turned, this ti1no accompanied BY two accom-
pllcos. The thrae we're engaged tn loud oonyer-
% Te1e about BOUT to buy, lid Two e Of a them sgle a..
companlad tho boy arouna tho partition to look
at tie birds nests. Tho third man rou,arking
.het It was "pico and warm horo," stepped up
to tho store and Rtood thcro 40 IT warm
4t,Fv I'm Il
the presumption that hc rapidly and dextoroualy
robbed tho I'LL Of Its contents in oaa about 478,
leaving oheok Of $l60 remaining In tho drawer,
- being useless to him, and thon stepped to
containing the papers, aud which, bsiug only
BY inches In R!ze, ho easily concealed about
him, and tn moment after fejoined bis COM
panions, aud they passed out together. having
concluded not 70 Purohaaa for the present: i, t
theft was made By Mr, Helie, who In making up
bis caah for tho day found tint the currency was
missing, aud looking about found THAT tho tin
box with ita valuable deeds and papers was also
gono.
Immediate notico waa given TO tho police
authorltioB, who camo and inspected tho
premisos, aud made their usual profound aug
gaatious as to tho method adopted by
the thieves, but as got havc found no
clue to their whereabouts, nor have they bnan
abio to recover any OF tho misalng documents.
4 full list OF thoao Is published in The TRIBUNE
this morning.
As II ia perfectly plain how tho job was dono,
might havo tsken place. Tho Office is on tho
left side OF the store. inolosed IN area Of ton
feet BQuare, aud, thoughndjaoent to, ia perfectly
hidden, from my ono behind tho partition.
Az has boon stated, tho safe-door waa open,
and tho rnonoy-drawor WAS unlocked 60 that the
thief only had to help htn,sclf to tic ynluables
aud hastily aeoroto item about his pcraon.
There arc only few Of tho various papors that
arc in any way negotiable, and 1t is hoped TINT
they will DO returned, as they only inoreaso
hands Of tho purloinors, without as tho aamo
time being convertible into hard cash.
This instapcs Of Wholesale robbery il only ono
OF many that have happened In Chicago lately,
reasonB, prominent among which is the hope byi
advertisements to reclaim tho property, aud
compound the crlmo by dividing tho booty
ooMPrRo1LER .HAYHs' REsIGNA-
TION.
Tho resignation OF his Office by City Comp
trolIor Hayes haa been Imminent during tho
greater part Of the present administration, and
has now been nent In to tho Mayor. Mr. HAyoa
abandoning tho public finances to attend to his
own private interests. Nothing but tho involved
condition Of tho citys affairs would haye in
duoea him to remain in the office sa long ~ he
has, Now that thcy are In q creditable shape,
80 that his auoceaunr In office can take them up
without danger Of vertigo. mr. Hayes thinks no
rnay 40 we'll gracefully retire, and attend to his
own Affairs. This Was tho substance OF tho In
formation impaired By him to reporter yastez-
day afternoon.
The letter Of resignation was sent to tho Mayor
Friday. That official Was not to ba found yes
terlny, and could not, therefore. be interviewed
as to hB future movements In this direction.
Tho resignation, however, is not to take effect
until = week from, to-day. No SUCCESSOR will,
therefore, be nominated to tho Council this
evening. Thoro aro several aspirants for tho po-
| stion. The more prominent are ". J. Onahan,
! and Z. Blackman. The latter gentleman, though
not known 40 woll in politics 40 his oompetitor,
| ia considered sure Of the place. There will,
however, be \ strong opposition to him By Rome
| Of tho members Of the Peoples party.