New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-10-31
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
THE RIFLED SAVINGS BANK.

STILL ONLY A POSSIBLE CLEw TO THE Robbhho-
No.REWARD YET OFFERED.
A passer-by on Broadway yesterday, OF even
n visitor at the Manhattan Bank, would scarceS INV
been aware except from previous knowledge Oh mo 0
that only two days ago the VauiV
institution had been robbed OF It's miniohs' NJ
the broadway entrance stood single pohceinan'
whose duty il seemed 10 be merely to answer inc qu
,ions Of the few who did pause TO look IN at the VIII
dows Within the clerks busy at their BOOKS ana
n few directors in consultation Win fresiuent
schel secretary Aiy3Td was IN an aS h 70 as
certain possible just now we slah1 on
application Beyond that, there Is certainly ttIe 70
communicate The number OF notices OI "
deposit has been considerably less tnan on yn@y
and our depOsi Ors seem 10 have grown I INDY
confident. or the vaults hsNe oteh , n,uv
safety of our funds Will be carefully considered" Later
I'm the day. the directors of the bank held meeting
appointed committee to make the necessary arranee-
inents for obtaining duplicates of the stolen DO1s
tho Government, and perhaps 10 arrange ior 'n
This Committee did not expect to be able to arrive nj
anything definite yesterday, although IL Is heli
ton make public their cone sons as soon as pos,Oe
eudent Waling said last night, in answer 10
question You may say that the ponce nave &c le az
nothing TO say. OF course We are DONG our pesa az
cover the burglars but at this monent we are scarcely
that end than we were on SUNDAY Iod ali
spectOr Murray is working haTd ana mas 10y On b
his available force in the work; but up 10 ate ou
last night he had met with no marked success Jap
tain Byrnes, of the Fifteenth Precinct, saws he mas
scarcely slept the robbery was dlscOVereq; Dut
even this vigilance apparently, hae "9 S0V "'"i'N ~
Ing ,-., ,,...... ho,r
Captain Williams, OF the Twentynin Precinct how
ever, insists that he has captured the right man III
Edward Farrell, alias Edward O'DOnneil He claims
as evidence of the fact that is description tales re-
markaoy with that of prominent operator In several
bold rObberies. Farrell is believed 10 nave Deen inc
man who called several times on the french nOWtI,
maker whose rooms the bank, and represented
himself as about to open store uptown Ohieer Casey
who attempted the arrest OF Of the Troy car rOo
beers several months Rxo, DESCRIBED hHu as /"
large, bully looking fellow, with shaggy eye
brows Subsequently man OF the same description
was heard of in connection with the ROBBERY OF n
fence OF place where stolen goods are received III
RyinetOn-st, and shot from bis pistol nearly toos
effect in head of Detective Sewn, VINO attempted
20 arrest hun. Still more recently a. man whose
DESCRIPTION corresponds Farres described as an
assistant I'm tue Stone highway robbery on Inlrty
fourth-st and yesterday morning Mr. sone posluVely
identified the prisoner one OF the luDans VINO as
saulted him. Werckle, the ian1t0r or the Manhattan
hank also is under the impression that IL was just such
man who guarded him while the ROBBERY VAS taxing pce,
II still remains French hOwerna ker 10 luenty
Farrell his frequent visitor PenhDR taJ luenuut
fou and the establishment OF his cOmplclty III tne
other cases referred he is locked In the station
house. ,,-.-..,o.
the securities of the Manhattan Savings Institution
had been concealed somewhere In or near that Guy
Superintendent Campbell at once directed several OF ms
detectives for the box Inc detectives IepoIc
they nevertheless believed that they had an inpOrtant
cew They refused 10 reveal the nature or the cew ana
would give information as 10 the quarters
IN which search bad been made Tor the bOX one OF e
mistake In giving the Brooklyn authorities immed-
ate notice the burglary Sunday II they had done
so he thought that important steps might nave been
taken IN reference to learning whether the burglars
thither The Brooklyn police received no official infOr-
NATION Of the burglary unul Monday.