, 1876-01-06

n folieo hcAu9hartefa tkae QnflnR tue morning
thc!s jowo!sJ aboro nder tns Grand Central Ifotrl
had been onterel bY burglars aud robbed Of $ioo
In money End lowolry valued at $4,000 Ths story
then told by tho propriosors to Detectives 1toiy,
Williamson, Dnylo, and Solicit, Of Central
On,ce. aud Capt. Van pusen and Detective slev-
in. Of tho Flftoontl, rrocluct, wns substantially
ns follows. Thai they both slept in the ntorc hs
night. coming in by door in The wooden part!-
lion OF tho storo whic', ssparates II from tho
readng-rpom Of tho hotel On Thursday night
sa,nuof Benedict came in NJ u O'Clock and
went Ia bed. 0yia8ton ncnodict camo In
nt l:30 O'Clock and atso went TO bod. 1t
was lilo duty Of tho opo who came in last
OvIngtou assured tho police !hat he did Co.
Whom tho cierk came IN tho morning ho was sur.
pr9sed 10 ilud the door 10 tho partition open aud
ths keys tn tho lock las!le. Both Of bis employ
awakonad attor much e1ertlon on tho pa.t
Of tlla eictk. l'hd Benedict Drothets thon
said tl,oy lad heon robbed. In tho Times OF
TIN following day the atatoment was mado that
tho police. during tho rourse Of their .nYess'gs.
ttoaa. had ascestainod certain facts which would
exhibit the affair in quite another light. Yes
torlay n Times reporter investigated tho mat.
tor. Supt. Mailing, Capt. Van Duseu, and
a!t the dotoctIves eugagod ~ tho case, un-
hoslta.inaiy declared that tho robbery. II
there was one, was not committed by burg
lara. Tho grounds on which they baaed this
opinion wtle az follows: There Nera thr0c
satcs In Tho place. tho onc robbed, and two 9TH.
era wa.ch contained much knofa yaluable ]owel-
slightest mark OF jimmy or burYtars' tool, and
no burglars tool WAS 1acd On tho safo In opotl-
!nG IT, Tho pillows OF lilo bel On which the
BcnejictH Bleps wera saturated WITH auid which
70 10 an aunsthel,c. Expor!mcnta were made
by Superintendent Walllog, who found that
ch!orolorm and cthor evaporatod aud did not
stain linen. Superintendent Walltng yesterday
DECLARED that The tuld found On tle penedict
tho keys OF tho door in tho Partition, Oyngton
Benedict told two diiioraus stories to
tn, police. Tho hrst wns TINT, after
locking tho doos, he hung the. .keya up
placed them In Lis pockes. The plated ma1e Of
A1r. Post, agent Of tho Mesileu Company, which
WAS wholly UNPROTECTED, was not disturbed ID
tue al|Ehtest aogtec. Tho watches iu tho waist
sos ss, pa'fis vnds e esgS non5ass we're yosn n9
Which he enid ho )ett on chair ut tbs s}dc Of
tho bed, was not taken, though Tho char wls
moved to the foot Of tho bod. Tho key
with which tho Bate was opened waa an old
with which It was turned IN tho lock Was ono bo-
longing to tdo Htoro, showing couolusivoly that
aho person who opened tho eafe bud no
burglars toola The night vatchnau and clork
QI LH0 G3LnpklbuMcHt u1-lnTe tQht no
person, except the McBere. benedict, passed.
ihrcugh the door In tho partition. Tho
police claim that burglasB would have had
tools !; that burglars would at oneo havo taken
possession OF Uv,ngton Uonedict'a pistol and
carsied Il away NTH ttom that burglars, on
clloroformtng Tho Denedlcsa, would hago search.
cd thor clothes for the keya OF the other safcs,
and would hayo taken. their watches and
pocket money, and that burglars would
hayo carried OF tho valuable plated
waro. Superintendent Wal1ing stated flat hia
sister hold 0 mortgage OF s5,000 on somn prop
ertY Of Tho Bened,cis In Nov JcrseY. which sho
was about to foreclose, bocauso sho could not
collect rum them years. iutorcBt, amountins 10
$3.50.
Yesterday tho Bepodicts executed an Assigo-
mcnt in bankruptcy to Peter L. Cortelyou, Of
Staten Island, Samuel DGnedlct'8 fathor-fu.lnw.
They aaid yestoday that they could not state the
amount OF thelr assets or liabilities,