The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-05
A FORTUNE STOLEN.

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THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS CARRIED OFF By
THIEVES NO TRACE OF THE PLUSDERERs.
Thirty years ago John King and his vile opened q
little pickle al No. 57H vessy street and by due
business and thrifty habits began the &C
cum uaiion OF u fortune In the course OF time Mr..
Kings health failed, aud, leaving his son, John G.
King then about twenty one. and bis daughter,
Ellen King, woman perhaps twenty-hve
years Old, in charge Of his business he went
TO Europe about i've years ago, and since
that time tho son ana daughter have been dealing IN
pickles and canned vegetables the old stand, and,
with the habits OF thrift Inherited from their parents
have ADDED from d.y day the store OF money that
the pickle business had yielded Yesterday morning
John c. King rushed into the Twenty seventh pre-
cinc house and excitedly told tho sergeant at
the desk that thieves had broken into his house and
stolen $50 OOO There might be, he said, $40 or $50
over that amount, but nearly he could toll she
exact amount was $4,000 Between these Two facts,
which are toerabiy established, there Is region
OF improved facts which remains In . mysterious con-
ditiou.
An investiRation was at once begun BY the police
the original story had been told and re.od sew.
era times, for first impulse OF the Sergeant was
to dstrust the tale Thieves do not capture fortunes
every day aud the story seemed Improbable. But
after Captain Saunders and the authorities at the
Cent? al Office had satisfied themselves that Mr. King
telling the truth an investigation was made aud
the detectives and two from headquarters
placed in charge OF the matter and d.
rectcd TO "work It up" Mr.. Kings story was
simple and straightforward. He said that be and his
sister Ellen and their mother, . woman OF perhaps
seventy years of age lived in the rooms over their
pickle store No 57x Vescy street, and that they
arno0c nj leather aatchel contain
ing $50 900 which they Kept closet on the floor
imm edia,ely the store while they slept on the
floor above that. This satche had been seen In the
closet ty Ellen King at about ten O'Clock r. M, on
Friday, and bout halfpast eleven O'Clock r. NJ on
SATURDAY mud been found rihea Of IT'S eonsents iy'ng
john while tue lock OF the closet was found TO have
been torn from It's place.
UNWILLING TO SPEAK.
For some unexplained reason the police and M.
King aud his sister were exceedingly unwilling 10
OF the Story while protesting 70 talk frankly. Mr.
King himself, on being asked personally by re.
porter IN the afternoon about his WHEREABOUTS replied
that and that he would not be ~ until
late. Ills sister repented the story later, and Il
psared al his front door clad in CARO- that forbade
the supposit,on that he had been out ~ all. The
police, while they told frankly enough, 70 al seem
aug, OF the yet ackno lodged
that they had points which they did not think proper
TO publish, and assumed most unnecessary air OF
mystery.
so lar as could be learned, for the reporter was
denied admission to the house. anu had TO gather his
facts from stories OF the parties the and
o; the police the robbery was probably committed |
on Saturday eveping The house 10 q three story |
building, narrow ana small On the ground floor is
the store anu passage way leading factory be-
mind. On the second floor is passage way from the
stairs leading 20 the stars 20 the upper stories
living room. On the third floor are Two sleeping /
rooms, one of which Is used oy John, and the other
by his sister ana mother In the passage way between
the two staIrways on the second floor Is closet |
unasr the second stairway, In which stood paper |
keg such rs is used TO contain pickles.
WHERE MONEY WAS KEPT.
In this were $500 bills. mostly 10 I've dollar |
taichcl unusually strong lock, In which
SIS, 700 in bills mostly greeubacks $40 900 IN Jour
Footc and 81, 200 IN gola In small canvas bag Over
the satche old dress thrown carelesly and the
closet was. to all appearance kept only Tor The reeep
tion OF comparatively valueless articles. Neverthe
less, The closet door was kept fastened W |
patent paddock In a staple firmly Fixed IN
the woodwork. Beside the closet door and between |
that aud the stairway to the thru story stood
bureau, with drawer partly open. On This bureau
near by. In The bureau drawer was a dlsuona soil.
tsirs ring worth least 500. aud u purse lying
oren. with nvs twenty dollar gold pieces ana some !
small money IN II. All these vauabes. excepting
the satche were undisturbed According 10 the story
OF MISS Ellen King the family had shut up the store
ut ABOUT hall past eleven r. NJ. Saturday were
taking their supper little later than lhat when the
mother said something about leaving the milk
the tue morning little Annoyed a. ana.
ing the had not been put out, |
",
It's place. wnen sne stopped suddenly on her way
stairs, and said to her mother, 'You must
been IN a hurry 10 get some money. had The key
to the closet and you have burst open the doof." OF
course the discovery OF the robbery followed imme
datey, aud on investigation the satchol was found
lying JOINS bed up stairs burst open the police
think with some tools. and the money was found 10
be mssing.
In tnem house the brother and sister said that they
mad had large deposit different banks that
no but themselves knew anything about. A
little while ago, they said, they 10 considerable
Bank, and they had drawn money more
otner banks, preerring to BUY bonds which would
yield four cent interest," In the satcnel together
Win the money were great number oil papers and
the bed.
ENTERED ny the scurrLE
IL WINS apparent, so they said, that the house had
been entered through the root, the scutte being
holes OF several OF the I'D iccnt houses, and their
theory Is that some who knew that they
had money entered the house In this way
during the evening aud secured the booty. When
any suspicion OF particular inoiv'duais they
SAID they had, but refused to say expi'citiy whom
tucy suspected rhc police are strongly disposed 10
suspect an employe OF the Kings, WHO has been with
Tony What bis Other name 10 the Kings say they
do not know. Hc 10 married man, Win iamiy,
ana was IN the store up to or very nearly up TO the
time OF closing on saturday night, and he rs the only
person, lar u could be learned last evening,
VINO had any knowledge OF the amount Of money IN
the house
Mrs. Jones, a neghbor Who lives next door. de-
clares that sue heard people going NY through her
house. No 81, on to her roof at about eleven O'clock
saturday night. but the police DO credit this
The n.ighbors also say that the Kings have offered
reward OF So 600 Tor the recovery vi their but
Miss King empnatcaly denied this last evening