, 1874-02-15

The robbery OF the bank at Quin r Oh Friday
morning WAS one Of the boldest exploits Of the
! kind ever executed. The succeaa Of the rob-
condition Of circumstances. The banking ofice
WIS located in the centre Of the city, very near
the police station. II is to be supposed that the
! upper part OF the building was occupied. New
ertneless, the burglars were able to remove q
portion Of the flooring in the second story, dig
ont the brick-work OF tho arch OF the yAult, and
cut of the rivets OF the boiler-p1ate lining Of
the vault. This work must have occupied sey~
eral nights OF azduous labor, requiring the use
Of many tools, and Of course Of Lights. During
the day the work done in tho previous night
must have been skilHully hidden, so Us to escape
the notice of all persons passing through the
it would not have been so astonishing; but the
bank-yault was under the hail in tbs second
story, and the work must have been done from
first to last in the open hallway.
On the night Of the robbery the iron cover Of
the vault had to be cut out and the robbery
completed. Once in the vault, tho burglars b I'D
before them two cafes, both assumed to be
burslar-proof. One Of these contained nearly
$100, 900 in money, ind half as much more in
bonds and special deposits. In the necessarily
brief time they had at their disposal they were
able to load the safe with powder, and by one or
more blasts force its door of the hinges.
How they managed to get the charge or
charges OF powder into the safe is not explained.
Whether i. Was done BY the use Of small wedges,
opening space for the insertion at 6rst OF small
and then increasing charges OF powder, until at
last they could get in a load sufficient for the
work intended, Or whether it Was done by drill
ing hole through the iron, is Jet to be ex-
planned. All that is known is, that the aafe-door
WAS blown open by charge of powder. The
other safe was found with q charge which had
not been exploded, the burglars, perhaps, feel
ing satiaded with what they had already obtained,
aud being pressed for time.
While it will, Of course, be Of interest to safe-
makers to understand the process by which this
safe WAS blown open, the public will begin to
doubt whether it is possible to provide any GER
tain protection in the way Of vaults and safes
against the skill and perseverance Of burglars.
We assurs that this safe VAS frst-class one,
and was represented aud believed to be burglar
proof Until this affair We suppose that ilhas been
so considered, just all other safes are consid-
cred burglar-proof until some one breaks intoor
blows the doors of them. There has been
struggle for number Of years between tho safe
makers and the burglars. Each time safe
proves unable to resist the burglar there ta an
made, intended to counteract the
burglars skill; but, in time, the thief proves
victorious. In the race between the safe-maler
and tho burglar, the burglar just now is little
ahead. There are safes that have never get
been opened BY burglars. but that does not
prove that they cannot be-. They have to be
tried, and by competent men, undor suitable
and they can only be tested in
that manner. The bank oficars at Quincy un-
questionably had safe Of 4 pattaru that had
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