New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-06-29
LOCAL MISCELLANY, z.
n1rRGIARs, CONsPIR, c1rs

PATROLMAN-hA'h SERY EIBORAlh NO 'N"
PLoT-A BOLD n ,BBERY IN DAYLIGHT.
A daring s..tempt to rob the saie OIL vi.
Nes>Yors Sasings Bank, on the nor'h"es' WIZ" ~,
EghtA-ave, and Fourteenth-st'' i@eu Twins " "a
xist,,nce of patrolman early Saturday morning. ana
,hr.e NJ the burglars were arrested The bank once
In the basement Of fve-story bniolhe' ~h'o" nr'
frontage of 2s Eighth-ave and OF 20 lee.o" VS.
rou,teenthst The first floor is occupied oy 'ue Ne"
yr county National Bank, and the rooms OF tho upper
osors are used as Offices by lawyers and rear estate
.cept. The vault OF the savings bank Is built III e
wall OF the building at the back end OF me oinoe'
The vail OF the vault itself touches tire wall Vi No
adj.inieg building on Echthave, and CONSISTS Vi
larye hocxs Of granite laid III cement The gas Is ie'
horne in the oce all night, and one gas Jet Is 80 si'
mated as to throw directly on the nam ooor "
,he Vanlt In the vault Friday night there "ele
securities and money worth s5o.@o on the nol'h sue
.f the bank bsildng is three-story brlcE euuns '
a. Echthave., which is Connected Win '"o-s'o,'
brsk building No 3OS West Foureenth-st, west OF lhe
bans building The first floor of the ghth-ave. Duu-
.ns a. used "a restaurant; the upper floor as lodging
rooms although only few are occupied Beneath the
restaurap: there large cellar OF the same oep'n DO
the basement OF the bank building In TINS cear tne
burglars laid mine to penetrate into the BANK vaults
As Patrolman John IL. Keller Of the Sixteenth IRE
cincu police passing tue BANK puidiDS SOU" ",
midnight he heard q noise like a mufed dow WITHIN
the banking office. The night was very SUN anu 'o
slightest echo could be heard. Listening for moment
heard blow after dow WI"
,nufled tool upon the walls of the building Looking
into the Office he could not perceive that anything hau
neen disturbed The gas WAS burning brightly, every
mart of the room was visible, and the door OF the vault
was locked. AWAITING few minutes longer tne OIL
Ger heard the blows delivered again and again. EVIL
IDENTIFY some concealed attack was Dolng mauo
upon the walls OF the vault. In few
moments Patroman Sinclair came down tue
avenue and was informed by Keller what had occurred
sinclair told Keller to remain where he was and watch
the bank and then to the Twentieth-st' station
house. Capt. Cherry was preparing to call the mo
night roll and send out the reserve platoon to reheVe
the patromen on duty throughout the precinct Upon
hearing sinclair's report the captain summoned ten
patromen and went with them and Sergt D0ran, ana
Roundsmen Buns, Aiken, and Paret. to Foureenthst'
After statonng his in the streets In the vicinity
be sent for Cornelius W. Brinkerhon or NO
sl West TweDtethst., the secretary OF the savings
Bank. Mr.. Brnckerhof opened the oace ana
then the vault did not discover that any money had
been taken Capt Cherry then rang the bell at the hall
door OF No So Elshthave. the building already de-
scrDed. A man lifted a second story window IN the
building and asked what was wanted. The Captain de-
Inanded admittance. The man replied, All right ana
shut the window At this instant Roundsmen Burns
and Akin who were the roof OF the bank building,
searching the burglars three men get out OF one
Of the windows OF the building fronting on Fourteenth
st. aud Of the bank aud after running across the
roof OF an extension descend a ladder into the
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TO the officers below that tho thieves had
fed over the fences and apparently seeking to
gam Ninthave. Then quickly descending the stairs
leading upon Eghthave. the roundsmen ran thence
through FOurteentht TO Ninhave and through Ninth
nve to Fiftecnth-s where they met and captured the
three burglars IL afterwards discovered that the
thieves had scaled several fences in the rear of the bank
building until they reached the residence Of Mr. Everett
No S4 West Ffteenh-s, where they burst open the
door passed through the house. and then
unfastening the front door reached the street The
burglars were taken the statiOn-heuse where they
gave their names John Simpson, Charles sanbofn,
and william Morgan.
After the prisoners had been taken away Capt. Cheny
burst open OF the suspected building No. SO
Eighth-ave., and thoroughly searched the premises
On entering the cellar the police saw in one corner
small boiler and at the back end large hole cut
IN the wall This about four feet in DEPTH and
exposed to the granite side Of the savings BANK
vault. beam, supporting the floor above, which had
fnterfered somewhat with their working freely, the
thieves had cut away Tnty had then prOpped up the
floor. The bricks that had been removed from the wall
we're piled up before the aperture and upon them was
spread old quilt. The space left between the ceiling
OF the cellar aud the pile of bricks was so small that
only one man could work at the aperture and he was
compelled to lie upon the quilt The burglar
when surprised, had just been cutting into
one OF the granite blocks composing the
wall Of the vault, and had succeeded in
drilling hole about inch In diameter and two inches
10 depth in the stone. Near the aperture the officers
found heavy iron mallot cold chisel which the
burglars used In drilling the hole These were the
only tools found III the place. The steam boiler
doubtless put the ceer for me purpose Of work
lpg steam drill: but the necessary machinery for
this purpose not found 1t supposed that the bur
glars deferred the execution OF this part OF their project
until saturday Sunday night. In the furnace under
the boiler there were charred wood embers which
the burglars had evidently used in testing the boiler
On searching the upper floors OF the house the officers
found a
aworkshp by tie burglars; In II were carPchters
workbench carpenters tools and several lots OF hard
wood. The josts were doubtless to be used in bracng
The police learned that the two buildings, No SO
Echthave aud No. 800 FOurteenth-st, were leased last
March by man who said that ms ma name Tas .. -
Gilmore This lease he 99ught OF Johm Arthut ana
however and gave him a mortgage OF $4,000 on the
property. The restaurant was not well kept while
any attempt apparently TO improve its fortunes Nor
wac the billiard the first floor OF No. 800 West
rant IN good condition Disreputabe people frequented
the billiard From the quantity OF liquors ana
only purchased sufficient on the business from
week 10 week. and that IL was merely pretense TO
was the man who opened the window when Capt.
CDerry asked for admtanoe 10 the house In his room
the second floor the police found bis coat and waist
coat, the latter containing his watch and chain. He
probably succeeded In escaping before his aceompces
Clare" an express receipt with this name upon 1t
having been found in his coat pocket. man having
eeveral years and served term Of Imprisonment
fbere He well known TO several officers OF the Six
teenh Precinct and vigorous effort making 10 arrest
hun The Ouy claimant OF the property abandoned IN
che house is John Arthur. the mortgage. The police
The Sixteenth Precinct officers their prisoners to
Police Headquarters, on Saturday afternoon. Simpson,
cred that Morgan's name William Bartlett. He
said that he was 80 years old, and Spectator. He
served four years "a years tern OF imprisonment
IN the Illinois Prison, and succeeded In securing
his release by felg9ins insanity sanDoIn age 80.