New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-02-19
"LE1D rs NOT INTO TEWVTATTON."

One morning last week tho officers OF q bank
IN a New England town upon attempting to
omen the vault of the in ,titution found that
some accident had caused the displacement of
n steel pin in tie lock. that the combina-
ton upon which 1t was set failed to open 1t.
7 he safe manufacturer was sent for aud The
entire DAY occupied in ciioctng an entrance
through the outer door it being AT last ac
compished by Earring the door so TINT the
displaced pin fell into is position, when The
bolt was turned By the combination. lmmc-
diat.ly Oh the door being opened the workman
stepped back and the cashier and teller of the
bank looked in. Upon the first sight each ut
tered an ejaculation of surprise. Two inner
doors upon which were locks of the most ap-
proved burgiar-proof pattern were alar, I'M
locked. \ moments examination disclosed the
fact that "A package Of 81 900 in logul-tcndcr
bills had been stolen. Nothing more than
that. There were no indications OF bu glary,
for it was very plain that the difficulty with
the outside lock was the result OF an accident.
There were no signs of violence OF of any at
tempt 10 break into the safe deposit boxes in
the vault in which were securities To the value
Of several hundred thousand doars II this
was burglary then there was no security
in burglar-prOof safes and locks. For here
were three doors secured Ivy the best
Of locks, each set upon II combination known
to but two por ons, and only one person, the
President of the bank, knowing the three. so
that only he was in possession of the three
combinations by which access could bo had 10
the interior of the safe from which the money
was taken. The directors ot The bank had
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gl,ry, and against tho possibility Of any one
person being seized ne the Northampton cashier
was. and tortured into disclosure Of the com
blnations. 70 make assurance still more suic.
n chronometcr lock had been ordered in addi
ton to those already in use. and was TO have
been attached to the door the day following
the robbery.
OF course the manner and method and the
perpctrators of the crime were great mys-
terry The last person in the bank the night
previous was the teller, young han respect
ably connected, of excellent habits and ire
proachabc character, twenty-five years OF age,
married an active member of Christian
church, and having the entire confidence of
the bank officers and the community III which
he lived. He had been left to close all the
safe aud vault doors, and lock up for the
night Ii was not possible, under the crcum
stances. that he should escape suspicion,
though ordinarily his character and habits
and the implicit confidence reposed in
his integrity would have exempted him.
IIe was questioned pressed, 'coruered,
and at length confessed that he took the money
himself before leaving the vault, and that he
left the doors ajar in order to give the inn
preston OF burglary. 1t was an awkward,
bungling piece of work. utterly lacking in in
geunity OF anything that could he called con-
trivauce even, and almost certain of exposure.
The bank recovered all the money deficit of
81 800 in the package being made good by
the young mans friends. so all that hap
pcned was young mans ruin. His crime was