The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-09
A sK1LFUL BURGLARY.
THE SIXTH NATIONAL BANK BROKEN INTO By
BURGLARS YESTERDAY AFTERNoooN-THREE

THE SIXTH NATIONAL BANK BROKEN INTO By
BURGLARS YESTERDAY AFTEnNoooN-rHREE
THOUSAND DOLLARS IN SILVER STOLEN.
The Sixth National Bank located at the junction OF
Broadway and Sixth avenue, under tho armory OF tho
Seventy broken into yesterday after
noon by burglars and quantity OF silver coin stored
In ono OF the iron sales carried or II appears
that for months back the cellar underneath the
bank has been unoccupicd, ana sign an
nounclnp be SO has for long time boon swinging
from above the doorway. Three TOUR weeks ago
two men applied for the place. saying that they pro-
posed IL for business purpose The agent,
however, did not like their appearance and declined
entering into any agreement with them Nothing
has been heard Of them since, and tho vacant
cellar has been rarely visited until yester-
n made an entrance into Il One Of their humber was
posted outside, who strocd up and down smoking
cigar Du. keeping sharp lookout meantime. ana,
asy led the neighbors 10 suppose that be was simply
taking airing This watchful coniederate, no doubt
kept his colleagues inside informed by prcarranged
signals OF The appearance OF the policeman on post,
enabled them TO carry on their operations with
safely.
Meantime they had mounted on mass OF timbors
and debris, anu. with and other implements, had
cut square hole IN The flooring OF the bank oncias
room directly overhead, This they entered IN course
Of time. aud, creeping INTO the bank they proceeded
kept and which has also been used Of ao 10 store
y quantity OF silver coin.
With sectional jimm es, wedges and other utensils
thut make up burglars outnt they pried open the
door, shattcrng the massive cast iron hinges aud
forcing out tho inner metal plating. The burglars
must at this moment have discovered that they had
made quito mistake for only number OF money bags
Law before them 81 which Il would be impossible to
carry or any considerable number. II WAS larger
sale by that contained the more portable treas
about $50 900 In currency and securities, and II
could be burst open only by considerable labor or by
the OF gunp0wdcr. Such exped,ents however,
could not then be resorted TO- and tho burglars were
constrained to utilize couple Of satcheIs they found
In the place. and In them bear away about half Of tho
silver lett In the safe, IN all amounting 10 about So 0OO
Officer Trip, OF the Twenty.uinth precinct who
was post at the time, the first TO discover The
burglary. In passing the bank he always made It
habit 10 peer inside, and ~ doing SO, ~ hvc O'Clock
yesterday afternoon, he discovered that section Of
the door Of safe was down. He was
Joined by Sergeant Hamilton, OF the
method OF the burglars operations discovered The
broken safe there Its shattered door lying beside
IT, tho tools used force II were near by, aud IA the
directors Office was the square Orlnce through whch
made of with thor booty To cover their operations
they placed before the safe large screen that entirely
hid them from the view OF any person who might
chance peer In through the window. The tmple-
ments were brought to the station house.
The President OF the bank, Mr. Francis Leland, who
notified 81 the burglary soon after its occurrence
stated last night that only some silver currency, which
daily demand, wus placed IN this safe, with The
books, aad man could carry OIL only about
$500 in that shape, he believed tho banks
loss would amount TO only 81 900 So 0o0 He said
that AZ night Waterman Is employed In tho bank. but
owing to exposed site mono was deemed necessary
In the day. The burglary must have been committed
between the hours Of two and i've O'Clock In the alter
tho noisc they must would have been heard
remained until TWO +. nj.