The New York herald., 1878-10-29
1HE GREAT ROBBERY.
Scenes In and About the
Manhattan Bank.
STATEMENTS OF THE OFFICERS.
The Police Active, But No Ar
+, rests Yet Made.

44AO SA4So oOtAV0, oot NO A4.
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s1t is the clsansst job that ever Was done In New
York, said old detective last night. referring TO
tho Manhattan Savings Bank burglary. This seems
10 be the universal opinion OF the police. and
doubtless the "cracksmen" who did ''ths job'
- they read these lines this morning in some
cosev barroom within q stones throw OF Police
Hsadquarters will appreciate the compliment TO their
skill bestow a aattsring wink upon each other and
order something hot. There seems TO be general
impression among the detectives that some II net
sil the perpetrators OF this remarkable crime are
in close proximity TO the scene Of their Sunday
mornings work, and Il may be safely asssrted that
shcre which the entire police force,
from the the most recently accepted
patromsn was more anxious up than this The
nudacity of the burglars selecting bank within
few yards of the Central Police Once. and one In
which very large proportion Of the force have de-
posted moneys and which was therefore watched
over with sort Of personal interest by the
police has excited in remarkable dogree the prids
and combatiyeness OF officers and impslIed them
10 unusual eforla Mono thieves were actually
10 custody al hour OF writing this. but the scent
was not lost, and ~ 10 not improbable that before
those read the perpetrators Of the burglary
Will be In the hands of justice There have been
burslar,ss which realized larger amounts than this,
but when all the circumstances are considered It
stands out as one that Will long And pSomi-
nent place In the annals OF crime Alter
the most careful search of the premises not .
single clew the identity OF tho gang could be
ioaud Not . trace was left behind save the
costly and ingenious tools with which the work
was done; and these. as might be supposed.
furnish little II any clew. The scccsss
Of the gang Is pronounced almost miraculous
by tho detectives, ana certainly nothing moro
audacous wonderful can be found In th pages Of
Jack Sheppard literature. That slx men, In broad
daylight, should enter a bank 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,
hammsring and banging at the ponderous doors OF
the safs bag nearly So 900 in cash and securities
and then disappear With their booty as completely
tfthsy had vanished into vapor certainly, as In
credible story a. ever was spun In tne brain OF
fomanc,st Tho old adago that truth stranger than
action never found better exempnAcation. Nothing
eso talked OF yesterday throughout the city, and
The way in which tho detectives have been reused
10 work tho revelation TO tho criminal CLASSES
ss aiaAsl A CoSSRaEsCR.
On Sunday night the work OF searching began, but
Il did not take very definite shupo until yesterday
morning. when Superintendent wailug and
Inspector Murray met In consultation NJ
the Central OGlce and laid the plan 80
be followed In the hunt. Ofacers who had
been on duty along Broadway during the past few
weeks we're sent ior and they set to com.
pairing notes 70 the movements OF CRIMINALS
VINO have been noticed lurking about the
vicnty Of the bank 1t IL not at all unlikely that
the burglar who marked the workings OF the bank
nsy have been in turn scrutnizsd st one time or
another by detectives Whatever resolved upon
Ihsro was an unusual aeIivity throughout
sho various precincts after the conference
had adjourned. From lhs Battery 10 Central
Park the police were electrified into new lie.
Every detective and ps,rolman had something moro
less assigned him connection with the burg
larry, and way they covered the ground YVES seme-
thing unprecedented. Within few hours their
tracks lcis every sum ana haunt In the city
authorities Upon these they set " work wisn re-
newed vigor
:, POLICE EyPoRrs.
Superintendent WuiltnR started to Brooklyn and
conferred Win the police there remaining until quito
late tho evening. What he obtaned iu re-
inspector Murray had .aik with Cap
Tain Byrnes, Of the Fifteenth precinct and
separate instructions and started his way.
The captain had not returned ~ late hour this
iSseS tho s,osnoon mo- and
fumored that he had gone 10 Philadelphia
with one Of n,s msa upon good Glow: Tue net has
Is little doubt that the burglars Will DO found within
It's msshes.
throughout the city was very srlking last night An
unwon.ed iIlumnation prevailed ~ haliways, gArres
anu cellars and watchsn psraded outside tns doors
scrutinizng every passsr Dy.
THE MAxaArrAx's APPRARAxcg.
A. the Manhattan Bank the onloers were on
hand YESTERDAY morn,ng a. an early hour.
President scneu complained oil paragraph
IN morning paper ~hicn states thA!
Of the safe and that II undisturbsd. Tne manner
IN which the statement was wordsd ap-
sion that there Was some reason for The
burglars not toucning this particular compartment.
rno officers OF the 6ank deny that Mr Augustus
has ytning except some documents In u box ON
div.dual deposit In that way the Of $7,500
In cash, and that Is among the stolen properly.
BksIK0Eb NY DRPosIrcRa
Before eight O'Clock yesterday morning crowd
had collected about no bank, and tney cmimcd
be dcpositors Tho officers ON auty allowed ,hem
zen O'Clock, when tho sidewalks became almost I'M
passiuie. ihc bank officers tnen posted inside the
Is ,ne sky aay rule bad ovsn resolved uron.
The depostors outside, however, became 30 restvs
mat shortly alter eleven o'clock ths doors were
thrown open and tho crowd surged fns clerks
were bssisged for information by tue depositors,
many Of whom were evidently OF tue working class.
Doe alter another they thruss their bank books
through the openings aud anxiously asked ior their
money. The BOOKS were tsKon aud the number Of
sach, as ~ was presented, was entered upon the
schedule, then u was returned with tho statement
that NO pay ments we're Dsng mado At that tImo
Many q strong, toiworn hand trcmblod
u receivod back tho book with this state
mont, anu xi0us inquiries were made
when the money could 10 had. To rssssure these
the officials patiently explained that tue standing OF
the bank was not Ht all endangered by the suspension
OF payments, but that It was merely matter Of pre-
caution. They reluctantly quiitod tho counters und
joIniug the throug outside remained vacantly gazing
through the winaows al sner fellow deposiiors max.
ing precisely The inquiries and ressiving donti
Cal replica
A WOMAN.
One old colored woman, whose 0eck was bent with
not less than seventy years OF STOPPING, approached
the "A HkkALD reporter aud inquired:-
"Am you do president 90 dc tank ~
Beiug assured that he dd not just then occupy that
hOn0ra ble position she said:-
'Weil, am you ono OBJ de ossiersf"
The reporter admitted with coBs Bscious blush that
he not, but expressed his willingness 70 give her
any ini0rmaliOn IN Ills power.