The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-19
AN ADR0lT BANK ROBBERY.
FIFTY THOTsIND DOLLiRS QUIETLY
STOLEN ~ TITO MINUTES.



,Enccted-A Reward of $4,000 offered.
Prom NJ Hssn Pc,
A frvminutes before o'clock on Saturday |
afternoon three mon and woman took from
the open safe Of the l.cchmerc National Bank
OF East Cambridge on the corner OF Cambridge
md Sccond streets in money. bonds. and ncgo-
tiabc paper. about sjO.OOO, and made SUCCESS
full escape with their plumber.
MIR LOWS Hall. the President ~ the bank.
had returned from his usual trip to Boston, ana
ut twenty minutes before 2 o'clock. Mr. i. IL.
Hudson. the cnshier had gone to dinner on
Otis street n short distance from the bank.
Thc business Of the day was over but nothing
had been done in the way of putting up the
books or dcposting the money in the vaults
MIR Hall was sitting in his private ROOM
where he has n fun view ~ the business room |
Of the bank and while he was engaged in |
writing a gentleman and Il lady in buggy |
drove no 10 the bank cntraMce. AMI the man got |
out and came IN 10 say IT, Mr. Hall that the lndy
wished g. soc him on business. but could not |
get out ~ her carriage, bcurauss sue, was |
troubled with rheumatism. Mr.. Hall looked over |
the counirrand thought he recognlled the buggy |
ms that Of u friend OF his named flnt. lilo
at once sl1rrcd M upon ne sid,whk ana up
riagc to hc a stranger. She was about 30 wears
old, short. and Of light complex ion; She stated
that she wished To procure a check on PrQvl-
dcnce for 500. and taking out roll Of bills be-
gan counting them. hestating little as II un;
her nc e"nii not " wat wRe she Counted The
money hut She could send 1t into the bank 10y
the gentleman with her. Mr.. Hall then returned
90 the bank after an absence Of less than two
shis time he had no suspicion Of anything
wrong. hut. ms minute after minute passed. and
the man did not come In with the money
no looked out OF me wlniow; an ~" ,nu nr,v
u slight suspicion;h e turned to- the place whrr.
the cash box usually stood, and discovered that
The cash druwur. he found that the money had
been takon from there. On the cashier return.
further investigation revealed the iact thnt me
Etecl safe inside the box had been opened. and
box belonging TO Mr.. Hail. containing bonds and
other securities. stolen. Another box in the
outer safe. containing valuable papers was also
takgn. ,,,.. ,-oooo -,
this. 5000 was IN cash ana 100 was IN the new
notes Of the Lerhmere Bank oi the denonlna-
ton Of onc dollar. Ton thousand dollars were
IN negotiable bonds. One trunk contained GER
tincntes Of stock in a number Of banks amount
ing TO l5oOo, being PRINCIPALLY trust funds leit
different individuals, and for which he was per:
ssonally responsiolc' ten rr,,eist"rcd bonds OF
share of the Boston and Lowell Railroad
fCompanyYj on, bond issued 10y the ely OF
stock in Atchison. topeka and Santa FL Rail-
rosistered tni'ited states bond i6r 81 900. and
hy9r, DaaF2r, NJ, s.. Louis; NJ. and rogt.
one Of tn Prevalent Savings Bank, numbered
IS,il on, 90. IN, famnIiuEg S.Nil,Es httnN;
Cambrldgr savings Bank. besides number Of
1norteage notes ami other papers. Inc ON r
trunk contained sixteen shares of the lrchm"re
Bank and one SluO Ggyernmen, bond. the whole
bcing the property Of stephen Day. resident
Til theory Is that there were two confederatcs
pt the man and woman who came in the buggy.
These two entered the outer door OF the bank
building, winch Is common entrance Rhl So
crcted themscl ves in close proximity 70 thu door
tR The qsk Tef for su H M pans
the very brioi time the President was out they
must have entered NE bank, hastily MT. set9 iyI
hands on. and then again concealed themselves
tn the corridor until Mr.. Hall had returned to
his desk. when II was easy Tor them to pass out
Mr samuel Bailey states that Just before or
about the time the robbery was committed he
saw two hnrd-lookin men standing On the
corner Of Otis and Second streets. who Wore
Soon aitorwari he saw buggy continuing only
woman passing up Otis street and turning
Mr. Charles J. Adams. the jailer Of East Cam:
bridge was sitting at window ~ the oilice OF
minutes before o''c,osk, and saw a buggy
ftnnding nearly oLposite the Hotel anbrlise
on Ots s,frt lWo Sh "a, pte o me-
bridge street, ct ni? ne ychi,e ani drove
m nmgS VIII, Iii tba work WIKI Mr.. ilni was talk
inicc' With I'll tic woman. Sir. liai 'iisT.6os tie
man whom he saw as tai and MN. AT COM
were one stout and heavy. and the etAertail and
Slim.
irohahly ytu same part : nj the Can bridge
National Bank on Cambridge street man
came int ihe hank with litter dire ted 10 the
Mr.. IL yl, thet.il.r.. Il .oAtNu"d % request FIR
him To procure fora Indy. WIN was outside IN q
buggy. s0rng u"'"runrnt honGs The teller
went luf and turned the letter o. the womHn
u tho buggy saving Tat they dA -; sell
bonds. Wh"n tle ,rll returned he found a
pan ia ths luae, who when n-kc what lis
pus sai Y1- i t r ~, X6i , 'G@ a5r
Ipr WunHu conn .tei Will the I'timere