The New York herald., 1878-06-17
UNSUCCESSFUL BURGLARS.

AN ATTEMPT TO BLOW OPEN AND ROB sAF1
IN The BASEMENT OF THE IRVING NATIONAL
BANK BUILDING FoILED.
A safe burglary managed by skilled hands was at
tempted yesterday morning in the Office OF Mccklcn
Brothers, brokers, In the basement OF the
Irving National Bank building, on tho north
east corner OF Greenwich and Warren streets,
and put for tho noise made by tho powder
used TO blow OF ono OF tho saio looks,
which attracted policeman tho spot, tho robbers
would undoubtedly have secured their plundsr and
escaped dissection few moments after three o'clock
Patromsn Anthcr, OF the Filth precinct beard re-
pors ike that OF q pistol shot coming from
the ncighborhood OF the bank. fastening thither,
he tried the doors the Greenwich street.
'front.' and finding them secure turned the
corner OF Warren street, where he found the baso-
mcnt door lcacing to Mccklem Brothers. oice open.
He raped for aid and stood guard at the door,
snsrsrcd his was despatched Is tho station
house and Captain Eaken soon arrived with forcs OF
men They entered tho premises cautiously. but q
birds had flown On the floor OF tho ONCE lny
pete sci of burg tools-sectionnl jimmcs bits
OF articles necessary 20 The business Of safe breaking
canister Of powder, ten twelve yards OF slow fnso
and package Of some compound very similar TO
dynamite stood arrsyed In tho light oi "bull'scye
The oincs OF Meckiem Brothers is located on tho
another on Greenwich street. Nexr to their Office, In
tho basement OF the same building on the Greenwich
stree. SIDE y % tailoring % e,'"Ssr % men, KEEP, BY
is walled OF aud. used by Meeklem brothers
as vault. A door connects the brokers'
been In the habit OF locking the Iron shutters which
cover their Office doors and windows on the inside
AWAY al night They have also made il practise s 10
leave their Office keys IN Mr.. Cannclds care In tho
Office proper there one largo saic and In the vault
smaller one and number OF shelves containing
trays OF silverware and jewciry
rHE BuRGLARs' WORK.
The officers at turned their attention to exam
ming the Office safe hole was found drilled nenr
the lock about three-oighths OF inch In diameter
and bali an inch in depth Two broken drills lying
on tho floor ben neath gave evidence that tho
robbers had lasored In vain and abandoned
The job They next turned their attention
pried Il open with tho ard OF jimmy. Within tho
vault they drilling process smaller
SAFE ana sucGseaeo "a makIg room 70 % Ssser cn,rss
attracted the officers attention. few moments only
had elapsed after the explosion whom the officer
rcscned the place which leads 10 the belief that tho
burglars used slow fuse and left tho place before the
blast with the iuenon OF returning but finding the
noise attracted attention they decampcd.
Tho police renamed charge OF nc place until noon,
whom the MccKem brothers arrived from tholr homo
10 anre, j. where they mad bccu notified BY tole'
OF revenue stamps missing from The top of the
safe IN the vault and about the samc amount IN
Canadian silver. One hundred dollars worth
OF postage stamps were overlooked ana a
bag containing $50 In pennies was thrown upon tho
floor, as u not worth tho trouble OF carrying OF.
None Of the trays the shelves had been disturbed
There we're So 600 IN the olcc and 81, 200
sale IN tho vault Tho explosion OF the latter had
smash cd the lock- but the bolts remained 0rm In hcii
sockets, SO that u Was impossible TO open H..
now xxTKAScE ByKS yrrEcrrD.
II Is thought that tho robbers cntcrod tho place or
Saturday evening aud spont ak or seven hours N
their work How they gained entrance not yet clear
The keys oil Mccklem Bros ofce and IS In change
sVtmu frnrn y
where they were kept but tho door of tn latter wa.
found secured A. nnauc3ai speculation. so lar ss
tns thieves are concerned, d was losing ono. ms tb,
tools have tbom ~ much or moro than tht
proceeds OF tho robbery.
M arrests had bccn made up TO a nte hour las
night though tho detectives on the case promise u
make a favorable and speedy report OF their work
There has not been attempted robbery OF the kint
IN city for somo months, but now that tho cracks
incn have their intention 10 rcncw opera
tons, similar ard perhaps moro successful perform
unces may bc cipatej.