Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-11-11
LETTER FROM NEW YORK,
Special Correspondence.

NEW YORK, Nov. 4, 1913.
Since the celebrated Northampton
bank robbery of a few years ago, moth
ing in this line has occurred to COM
pare for successful audacity with the
Manhattan Savings Bank burglary of
last Sunday morning. and it may be
safely asserted that there never was a
case which the entire police force, from
the Superintendent to the most recently
accepted patrolman. was more anxious
to clear up than this. The audacity of
the burglars in selecting bank within
a few yards of the Central Police Office.
and one in which very large proper
ton of the force have deposited moneys,
and which was, therefore watched over
with sort of personal interest by the
police, has excited in a remarkable de-
gree the pride and combativeness of the
officers and impelled them to unusual
efforts. After the most careful search
of the premises not single clue to the
identity of the gang could be found.
Not trace was left behind, save the
costly and ingenious tools with which
the work was done; and these as might
be supposed, tell )little if anything.
The success of the gang is pronounced
almost miraculous by the detectives,
and certainly nothing more audacious or
wonderful can be found in the pages
of Jack Sheppard literature. That six
men, in broad daylight, should enter a
bank on one of the busiest corners of
Broadway, work for three mortal hours
in plain view of any passer-by who
chose to glance through the windows,
hammering and banging at the ponder
Gus doors of the safe, bag nearly $1,000
900 in cash and securities, and then
disappear with their booty as complete
ly as if they had vanished into vapor,
is certainly. as incredible story as ever
was spup in the brain of a romancist.
Fortunately for the bank the largest
part of the stolen property was either in
registered bonds which are of no value
to the thieves, or belong to private par
ties who kept their strong boxes in the
banks vault. at their own risk. 1t is
claimed by the officers that the institu-
tion remains perfectly solvent, with a
large surplus over any possible loss
Still, 1 notice that they have taken adj
vantage of the sixty-day law, requiring
that much notice before paying deposits
1t is hoped that the strenuous efforts O.
the detectives will this week be reward
ed with success, especially as they claim
they have some slight clues, which fol-
lowed up must run some of the bold cul-
prits to the ground.
This burglary is particularly untime-
ly for Augustus Schell, the Tammany
candidate for the mayoralty, over which
the hottest kind of hot fight is now in
progress. Mr.. Schell, being a brother
of the president of the bank, aud him.
self one of its prominent directors, is, Of
course, set upon by the opposition pa
pers in the regular and approved style
of American politics, and the attempt is
made by them to make him out respon.
sible for the occurrence. Who wouldn't
be candidate for local Office in this
glorious metropolis?
Fired, probably, by the recent exam.
pie of the would be assassins of Emperor
William and King Alfonso, one of oul
city ruffians attempted. the other nigh
to Stay an American potentate, one Of
the most illustrious and most majestic
of despots-in short, New York AL
derman. ''They say that the hour tina
is darkest is the one that comes just be
fore day; and suppose that is the rea
son why the gas companies, who con
tract to light the city streets from darl
to dawn, always turn out the stree
lamps just at the commencement of tina
hour. At all events, that is what the,
do, and in consequence more deeds Q
violence are perpetrated at that hou
than at any other hours of the night
: 1t was at that time that the unfortunat
. dignitary in question was walking alon
9 an uptown avenue when man spran
e upon him from doorway. stabbed hir
= several times with long knife, an
e made good his escape in the darkness
The motive Of the assault Is a myster,
for the victim is not known to have an
enemies, but is one of the most popula
men on the Board. By what the do
tors consider almost miracle, Il
vicious knife-thrusts failed to reach
vital spot. In view of which may
pardoned for regarding the occurren
as not wholly lamentable for now tn
j. one of the City Fathers has experience
q in his own sacred person the cons
n quences of having the public streets
e. such condition of obscurity as to invi
$. and screen such offenses, we may 10
y for reform which the mere butcheri
Is of two or three of us common fol
g would have had little influence in brin
nr ing about.
ID Edison is sick. The young geni
az who seems to have been taken up