The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-07-30
A Bold Attempt.

There is a good deal of romance as
we'll as science in crime. Here Is 4 case
which took place in New York A man
by the name of Gilmore leased the build
ing, corner of Eighth avenue and Four
teenth street, and opened 4 chop house.
Gilmore was an exceedingly atfable man.
He was pre-eminently qualified to reply
to advertisements from property owners
Ion 'genteel parties, " who would be will
ing to become tenants He became pop
ular at once, and the man who owned the
premises was perfectly willing to close
the contract for $1,000; $4,000 were paid
in cash by the genial Gilmore and
mortgage for the remaining $4,000 was
given The chop house was a success.
Gilmore was an enterprising man. He
took great step forward by renting the
building in the rear of his own, which
opened on Fourteenth street, Just below
the corner of Eighth avenue. At this
stage Of the narrative il may be incident
ally mentioned that there is a bank at the
corner OF these two great thoroughfares
and that by the possession of this billiard
hall the genial Gilmore, as it were, took
The banking house within his embrace
II this fact had ever occurred to any of
the neighbors, OF had it been generally
known that he rented both the building
on Eighth avenue and the one on Four
teeuth street Tor his sole occupancy, not
even the most cautious depositor would
have been uneasy, for Gilmore was "a
square man" and paid his debts Equally
worthy OF remark was 1t that he always
opened and closed both the chop house
and the billiard hail himself He was al
ways present and saw to his own business
strictly. Industry has its reward, and in
this case ii is a tact capable of vertical
ton that at least one trader in the vicini-
ty felt that the bank was more secure
because Gilmore was SO near it, As
the weeks rolled on the enterprising pro-
prietor opened a dancing academy over
the billiard hall on Fourteenth street, and
the receipts of the establishment were
very large
The large brown stone edifice on the
northwestern corner Of Eighth avenue
and Fourteenth street is occupied by the
New York County National and the New
York Savings Bank The latter is located
il the basement story and the former on
the floor directly above, reached from the
street by iron stairs.
A carpenter on Fourteenth street was
in the cellar, both extending from wall to
wall and intended to deaden the noise of
the street, SO that the scullery maids who
were to attend a steam boiler for heating
the billiard room and supplying hot wa
ter to the bars" would not be interrupted
A day OF two after Gilmore engaged a
workman to move a small tubular boiler
of unusual length from the kitchen to the
hary rallay Tho Hoilay ,,J
put into position Gilmore was practi-
cal man; he believed in utilizing the
tradesmen and mechanics of the neigh
borhood.
About midnight. as Officer Keller of the
10th precinct was on his post in front of
the New York Savings Bank, he mag
ined he heard the sound of drill, which
seemed to come from the counting room.
Keller waited quietly till his partner
came to the corner, when he at once in
him by a circuitous route to the station
house for assistance. The Secretary of
the Bank was also notified. Capt. Cher
ny, who had been anxious about the
bank, on account of an occurrence
which had come to his notice, had for
ten days previous been cautioning his
tuition. The reserve was called out at
once. and Capt Cherry conducted the
squad in person. All this time the clank
OF the drill was heard, as regular in its
pulsations as the beating of hydraulic
ram Roundsmen were ordered to gain
the roof OF the house in which the bill
lizard room was located. A squad APP
preached the front door, and a sergeant
knocked for admission. Again the suave
Gilmore displayed his business tact: for.
as the second-story front window was
slowly raised, his face was seen thereat
and without waiting to be asked to open,
he exclaimed in the same old, CHEEKY
way, "hold on, a minute, sergeant, I'll
be right down" With such cordial re-
ception what could any officer do but
wait? The face of the proprietor again
appeared, and again he said, "all right,
Pm coming now" The officer was pa
tience personifed He waited. A tradesman
in the neighborhood saw man emerge
from the scuttle on the roof of the invest
ed building, and make his way rapidly
along the housetops to Fifteenth street
The door was broken in, and on ascend
ing to the second floor, they found that
Mr.. Gilmore had departed in some haste
as he had lett his gold watch in his vest
on IA chair. Meanwhile Officers Burns
and Atkins had reached the root from the
Fourteenth street side just in time to see
three men leap from second story rear
window into the yard Of dwelling 'front.'
ing on Fifteenth street The fugitives
scaled the division fences with the agility