The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-29

minutes past : < VI. saws he saw through N"
BROADWAY windows oi the bank u man in blue
ulpusr uuSilng the counter. He did not see his
iarc nut supposng him to- bc tho janior ho
passed on. II il now known that the man with
the dn~trr WH- the robbers sentinel but the
knowledge il uf little avail in the absence OF n
description of his appearance
=, ne police who were summoned by Kohlmnn
lhe phrp"r, saw az glance tho work Of mas
ter crncksmen. The chiscls and iimmics. the
punches and the other tools scattered about in
the vault and on the floor Of the ofllco gave evil
dcncc Of the hasty flight of the robbers. but
furnished no clue to them. There seemed
and ,So, y Snf ,n Gse hsSc, Of exit only fer ihsm
Mcrkles story bo true. the men. after finish
ing, ing thcir loh, must have again walked for NJ
teen or twenty pnces eastward along Blocker
street, and passed up stars to call away their
to"'i,I'rars 60 mIiot, tnenes down stairs again
as has been nsccrioinad cdm p4ic'; no, as ,rass lar
ihem foot from their starting place.
M1frkles contradictory stories. which at first
lei the police to SUSPECT him Of some knowledge
81 tho robbery. were pretty wcll sftcd ON sun
isy nlHht. . ana superintendent Wailing was sat
,,.ii. ,smsH that no WA Innocent and had told the
truth as To the malrer In which he
had been compelled to give tho combination.
Mcrkle and kcely. tho night watchman.
morning and were about the bank all day.
The bank officers and police have confidence In
watchman on duty in the day. on sunday. was
questioned by the detectives yesterday. but his
answers were satisfactory. and he was not
SUSPECTED Of having ANYTHING TO do with
the robbery. The several tenants OF the bank
building wor" examined also. but the detectives
averred that none OF them was. suspected.
some OF the tenants gave the police descriptions
OF various persons who had called recently to
aS SSc1n r@Gs IN m TBpI5 sSTss
IN tho city are looking up the whereabouts and
watching the movements OF burglars and
owed. Two Of the most daring bank burglars
IN the country have been seen in the city
recently, and their arrest on suspicion to-
day Is not improbable. Inspector Murray
and Capt. Byrncs were at work on n clue up to
a late hour last night. but they were reticent as
TO the deyelopmen,s. Capt. Byrncs said that he
WAS confident the case would soon be cleared
up. lie intimated that the men who robbed the
The Manhattan Savings Institution was char
tered by special act Of the Legislature on the
iUth Of April 1850 and business was begun
early in tn" ensuing year. Ii was the first up
town savings bank ~ any magnitude. and at
tho time OF its organization some doubts were
oppressed rs 10 lis success IL wns situated at
Gas Broadway, two doors above Bl"eckcr. in a
modest brick building. At the outbreak II the
pansion of ofilte facilities. and. accordingly,
,he iour--iury building AZ Broadway ana
more. but now il would probably bring some
thing less. The original inUrporatQrs were
time h"ing caleb : Woodruff Edwin J Brown,
Siias {. Herring. Elealer Parmley. Nathaniel
q. Bradford William 4. Mead james Van Nor
don William j Valentine. jacob b. Herrck
B"arh Edmund X. Bu~sing. john ). Williams
Alunzo \. Alvord AmbroscC. kihgsand Enoch
Dean. Jay Jarvis. Grorse Hastings. Jacob Mil
,,r, Denton icat~all, James Harper. Daniel
James G. Baldwin, John T. Ware. Thomas
W. nick, Levi B IOier, Luther G.. Car
tr, henTy S'nkrs Nilhert tleiand. and
o@n"ii @ II a. ii,' Ainus.I1 h.nNe.nnu'
,-i , i,oJ ,n,,,,,i,. ,r,s "a, A., ur.eii,,, IL,
-. ~, ..,,t,a,h - NJ \! H. -. - ~
wis nu''''u'N 'f Iii' T.; - pl.Mh' WIZ, r.
slEiled ~ hlfll llst, ana III" ONE was then
conferred upon Mr. Edward =. Schtl. tho
brother of TAmmNny's candidate for Mayor
! MIR Srhcu was treasurer M Inc time ~ his
f.,i" - D.. -, MI 3, j. IL -, ~, ~ ~ "a,
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hlne Tie Two oflcrs. lne bfnk sustained the
uunics of 1897 and 1873 with credit and, until
forced into IL by tho burglary of SUNDAY never
took a,lXantnno of tho eiNtv.,luy law In batn
but they were promptly met.
TiNuI Snhni. Sncr.nrv AivnrJ.' F,rs;;
vice. President Henry stokes: SECOND Vice
PRESIDENT. James VI Mclean Secretary. Charles
!. AlNor Iru.'ecs !. j. brown, Henry
St.N'-. James v. VI Lean. EDWARD S'hell,
Robert \ Sands William X. Hnman. Joseph
Eudd Augustus Sennl Nathaniel e. BraI-
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