The New York herald., 1877-10-25
UNDER LOCK AND KEY.


INSPECTOR MuEnAY's MIDNIGHT RAID IN
rwIHTY-NINTH sTREEr-Iwo THOUSAND
DOLLARS IN BURGLARS TOOLS.
platoon OF police surrounded tho house No 12s
East Twenty ninth street late Tuesday night last,
and in tho dim hight, several men plain clothes
to orce open the aoor and outer the hall
way. These Inspector Murray, Sorrcants
Young and Smith, OF his staff, and Central ONCE De-
tectives Dunn, Cunning and Thompson -Four persons
arrested in the house and brought out, charged
with being Implicated In the robbery oil tho
Cambridge National Bank o. Cambridgcport, about
the 10Th OF September last AT that time a largo
number OF bonds were stolen from Tho bank in very
mysterious manner. They were locked up in tho saio
OF the bank and suddenly missed, no clew re.
naming ms 10 how they mad been abstracted In.
formation OF tho robbery telegraphcd all ovcr the
country and description Of tho bonds furnished tho
police Of this CITY. The tact Of tho robbery and
description OF the bonds published in tho HERALD
AT tho time.
THE BONDS
The bonds, which iuy described in the follow.
ing list, owned by Messrs. Luther Slater, s. b.
Snow, Daniel Thurston, Oliver J. Rand ana Lucus r.
Paige.
They wcre:-Twenty-six United States bonds-to wit
OF 1875 four OF $1,000 cacn, Nos 1851 1885. pay
abio 10 John A. Stevens, Nos $50 30 55l. payable
10
No. 5,3s7 payable 10 ii. Rogers, No. 1923 payable
70 Lac'us r. ra,se and No. @ ~ $685. o. iso7s hvs Of
ssso ss letter us' i ono Of $500 20 asss letter Ct
anc thirteen 800 EACH No4 79s 81 a53 l45 OO3
letter A, Nos. 2s,io4 al so2. sl,ods lester D, 80.
II, SO; letter T. No a4s,ooss; letter /. 10
ST. Johnsbury, w., No. 30. for 81 ooo hvo OF 81 COO
each. Connections and fassumpsc Railroad, Nos.
$3.50, 500 a9i, 3s2 $685. thrro Vermont and Massachu-
q ON
aud OF $l00. No. 1870. Also certiacalts OF
sock-to w.t. ten shares OF Connecticut and lassump-
sic Railroad, ten shares OF Chelsea National Bank, Is
Nicholson File Company, - Mckay and Bigeow
HcenI Association, 20 Canprdgeport National Bank.
ID Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad, Washington
Fire aud Marine Insurance Company; 10 Cambridge
Gaslight Company together with sundry deeds. mort
and SAVING bank books.
Tho police of this city wore active in tho search,
Inspector Murray assuming charge ct the case ana
working cnergetically in tho matter From cews
their possession the thieves were supposed 10 DO
somewhere n this city and ovcry effort made to
find them. Tho ccws wero worked upon until Tuos.
day night, when the ccgccns described was made.
THE PRISONERS.
There were four persons arrested IN the house, and
when brought TO tue Central Oncs they gave lnosr
names and occupations as foows:-Gcorgc Z. Briggs
age twenty years sercoiypcr; Langdon ". Moore,
ago forty years carriage bu,idcr; sebccca Moore,
age thirty, honsekeeper; and :, Eilzaoeih Hlli,
age twenty-one, housckeeper. They were first
taksn TO tho Twcnty-llrst precinct and
locked up IN scparain cells III such
see that no com nu icaton was hold IN any way AS
soon as they were arrested Inspector Murray went
Manhattanvillo 10 recover tho property, which he
learned was concealed in house tnore. Hc
successful however, and mono OF tue properly has
IN the Twcny.nrst precinct. and yesterday morning
taken to Essex Market Court and rcrnanded, at
his requcs,, TO Inspector Murray. Mrs. Moore was
sent 10 the Seventeenth precinct, Moore to tho
Fourth precinct Mrs. HUI TO tho Tenth, and Briggs,
alias lie Roy, TO the samc precinct.
Moore aiias Adam, Is well known bank robber and
has but recently returned from doing
service at sing Sing ior burglary in this city. 10
was well known 10 the police and numbers among hs
friends somc OF tho best known thicycs and .sbank
mem IN me country. Among ms associates were Dan
Noble BIZ yosburgb Jim Brady VINO mas iust been
sent 10 sing sing Tor robbery Joe Butts nas Pepper
mint Joc larry Ennis. Billy Trecze aud others. Vos
burgh IS his brotheI-,n-aw. Monrc's wc, when no
was last IN prison, ran house on the Wcrstern Bou
lcvard that was well known to be the resorl OF part
ners IN crlnc OF her husband BuGgs IS known TO
expert burglar
Detective sergeant Kcay was communicated with
by Inspector Murry. ana Brggs' picture found ia
the Rognes' Gallery under The name OF Le Roy
THE BOSTON POLICE NOTIFIED.
The police ot Boston were notified and Chici Savage
tcceraphcd on TO hold tho prisoners aud that hls
officers were on their way 10 this city. Inspector
Murray was extremely retcent about the matter
and would say nolhiug Ho expected 10
property. Messrs. Howe ana Price, VINO stated
that they had been retained ior inc prisoners
cailed upon Acting Superintendent Dilks and
qnestcd 20 see tho prisoners. Tho Actny Supcrin-
tcndcnt dccincd 10 take tho rcspor sibly Of allowing
the TO bc wed, and referred Mcssrs Howe
Price Inspector Murray aud tho captains OF
precincts in which the prisoners were locked up. Iato
last nisht II was impossible to mud either Murray
or his detectives ami supposed that hcy have gono
arch OF The stolen securities
BURGLARS FOUND.
In the house from which tho prisoners were taken
were found large amount OF valuable burglars tools,
worth IL IS estimated ~, 600. Therc steel m-
mites, braces aud bte suto blowers caps aud wedges,
drills. tunnels and usc or nllins sales with pow der.
lot Of powder pckjocks, skeleton keys, sledccs, a
combination safe lock that looked as II II had
service, wrcnchcs, key nlppers, noscicss ratchet
drs and many other articles Of like nature In adj
diton 10 the above "kitn there jewel box llici
with valuable jowclry, silvcr~are salt cellars table,
spoous aud numerous other vauabcs.