The New York herald., 1878-10-29

Bradford Henry J. Bowen, Henry r. rreadwe II.
Van Zandt Lane. Henry NJ. Taber, Dewitt G. Hays,
Robert G. Rsmsen. BenJsmin !. swan, Jr, John II.
Watson, Edward King, Henry Stokes and EDWARD
no,hn ng definite had been They the al
fairs institution and the probable effect Of the
70 o. thieves and
possible before the close OF the present week. Prcs
dent Scnsll had nssning new 10 eommun,cs,s. ou.
obtained that Jantor Wsrkie was IN possession OF
the csmbination which unlocked the inner sale 10
which the vauabes were kept. The lock oi which
MerKie had the combination iastened only the outer
safe or strong room, ln.ide Of which wa: The safe
safe contained nothing but collection OF edgers-
some thirty In number-and the janitor was in
=. nisnt and replace them upon The decks in the
morning This s The practice, Mr. Scheil asserted
in AZ least sixty banks this city, and he meLoncd
one. Tho presioens or whion had just assured him
that the jantor o his institution had kept the keys
surplus Of inslituton lar exceeded any probable
loss.
director OF the institution, was ~ the bank 1t An
early hour. and talked with many depositors and
interested in tho robbery. He thought the d.
rectors wore entitled 10 great credit for havingso
large an amount Of their securities registered. He
declared the bank had surplus OF $500 900 over all
PROBABLE loss.
Louis Werkle the Janitor vino surrendered 70 the
ROBBERS the Keys OF the bank room the oombina-
ton OF outer lock OF the sale, attending to
his duties usual, having been discharged by the
police at midnight on Sunday rhe officials state that
he has been possession OF the combination for
many years, and they hold him innocent, notwith
standing some contradict,ons 10 his siery. These,
they think, caused by hs excessive terror ana
excitsmen The police think he had no connection
with tho affair." and discharged him. they express
less lodging German. Yssteraay ne gave ewpat
version OF the story from any Of those he re-
as door Of tns burgars ho ssaos that MS
mother -n-iaw, who slept IN adjoining room, rsse
early and opened The aSof Leading mo % :ns ma. 20 60
seizsd by the burglars, who then mado their way
through tho open door inta his bedroom Two OF
them, he says, were tall men, while the others were
OF medium height There were NO fewer than six IN
all, and they were woli dressed, but so carefully
masked that he could nos catch the slightest
glimpse OF their fscos. It was eight minutes after
SIX, he said, when KsSy, the night watchnan, came
naii whero Kssiy had hung ,nom aud lsid them upon
the table In hts room. II was about ten minutes
later that the burglars entered. "one oi toem COD
Ing the keys had put upon tns table no said TO me-
Nov, want you 70 give me %: &c combustion Of sas
replied, you lie, have seen you open !. hundred
tines.' persisted that ddn't know II, until he
SAID 10 tho men, PuiI nm DOT, s.ts him along, wei;
ses about what he knows Then tney handcuGsd me
DO CIV: You u. comO...,Oa you cam, epsn i. =.
cause you don't know the turntngS" Yes, We do
know AL abou. tns .urnings no safe You give me
told them that the combination was S0-9-25 Then
the leader poked me and SAID Damn you give me tue
other num6er; there's four number" said tncre Was
frno fact Is the eompinausn iosk originally
made iour wheels but had been altered to three
for conveoiencs IN opening. Werkle declares that
mover knew that It had moro than thrce.] "rhcn
when he got Il all he went down with Two or three
others, leaving three men with me. And wnon they
had been gone little while could nsar pounding,
regular and SLOW repeated blows II was after nine
O'Clock when the men came up from down stairs and
called the others out into the hall Then heard
whispering, indstInct, and often broken BY seconds
OF silence and then renewed again. the only words
heard wore. sUan't getin.' suppose this referred
10 safe door they iaIcd TO open. Shortly tnere
sne door, could ons nor could hear sound.
and shortly slipped down STAIRS and out The door,
winch was opsn and told the barber below OF the
robbery"
AZ t seemed 10 be The genera impression among
the bank officers tnAt great deal Of expense and
great would be incurrsd In replacing me
registered bonds stolen reporter called On Mr. W
q. White, acting assistant UnItcd States Treasurcf,
10 learn the necessary That gentleman stated
that bank would have 20 make applicsson 10 the
Treasury Department for duplicates OF the secariss
Jusl as II Ihsy mad been destroyed by IRE or
wss Before the department viii Issue tns dupli-
catos however, the institution nie indem uty
boud Tor double inc alnount Of the original sscuries
This bond must bs sigued by ~ least three good
dates and numbers as those they arc to replace
will have the word "Dupifcats" printed across
the iaoe. The object Vt Ming bond Tor double the
amount OF she new sscuriItes issued n 20 guard
the government agalust loss In case originals also
snouid DO rAuouIsn.ly nssesaa.sd by the person or
Precisely what the expense ol the would BE-
Mr. White could not say. He thought however, that
Q0C0nouby
Inc tn,svss nnuIng tne bonds were not nego.iabis
would return them through The mails
THE ILowgR DKALER's sToRv.
Mr. Charles who referred TO In
OF the papers yesterday as carrying on ths art
ncia flower business IN AN apartment adjoining ne
1anitors rooms was much annoyed ut ths report re.
garding him. he was for eleven years isned In
East Ninth street, opposts 7. Sisxarps, aud only
removed TO tho bank building some six months ago.
He stated that he had carsiuy closed ms place on
Saturday night, had found every thing undssurbsd
10 make y thorough exam inaion 81 everything In
the Of his rooms on tho Beecker street sdc u
S0e's ;ns ssc sSs sssu js hail. .1roasn which sns
robbers passed. Opposite and corresponding 10 II
was tue door BY winch .hs l,ni.or'. nan was reached
received ON Saturday night and OF which Werkio
spoke yesterday. Tnis koy Mr. Msurisse said he had
TO receive parcels, and did mot want II open I. had
always been lott cpon BEFORE and he wanted the key,
locked. He received tho key on SATURDAY night and
not out of his possession. The door
building untn Nc locked u on SATURDAY night Mr..
Meursse has furnished an important clew to
the police. He has been frequsatIy VISITED
by men who seemed TO come thore Tor osbor
purposes than those connected with his legitimate
business Among them hs had particularly noticed
with u black mousiache. Who eame 20 inquire as 10
the class OF goods which he dealt, saying that no
was abou, store. He asked as 70 silks ana
voIve us,rch ieatpsrs and other valuable g0ods In
which Mr. Meurisso did nOt deal, and onered ~ buy
fancy aricos In which he d,d deal The latter asked
up town, and shall pay cash have NO caro- with
me-" The actions the man were 80 suspicisus that
he noticed hlm particularly since he believed he was
prospecting with = view t. roobing ths store. Hs
nxod tho mans features thoroughly IN bis miud,
aud Aitsrwnrd met him l0ungnR about the cornor OF
Broadway aud Houston street. SO that he thinks he
iueniify him sgbt. This man he now believes
was only locating exactly the tanitor's room and
examining the means by which u could be- reached.
Hs proDabIy found easier and moro direct way
tnan through the stsrs
DRo0KLYN POLICE.
Considerable surprise was expressed by tho Super
intsndent Of The Brooklyn police at The neglect OF
the police OF this city notify him Of the fact Of the
gigantic burglary at the Manhattan Bank on sunday
THIS pegcct more surprising TO tho police M hor-
itics OF Brooklyn Tor inc reason that ine central
Telegraph, that the faciliiiss Tor commuui-
cation were hand. IL has always been
customary Tor one department 10 notify the other
whom any occurrsncs has transpirsd that NAV need
the uLited work oi tho police As matter Of