The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-28

wns sitting on Tho bed Ono Of tho men told
him Ia iocr a4ict and hand.ufIcd, him.
s'rcamrd. nnl the burglar told mo II would
keep Quici NO harm would he done to- me. Then
he put hgndcull1 on my wrlsla Another went into
bed with shoot She had boon making n noisc
but shc hccninc quiet after sho WIS bound. Ono
OF tho hurelais paced char Ia the doorway
loading from my chamber into the outer room
and sni down. n second snt ON my bed beside
my husband. rnd q llild stood up. eeuinsl tho
wall Thty spoke English. and told us TO keep
quiet. Two of them hat large pistols IN their
hands Tho bank kcvs lying ON the table In tho
sitting room attracted tho attention OF one OF
thom. aud hc called tho attention of the others
to them. Tho two outside IN the sitting room
then took tho h.yr and walked quietly out
should iudEe. about tour hOurs. and then wont
nnwny without y word. | hoard no signal
There was 10 nuisc down stairs during ali this
time; Twelve ~ twenty minutes lntcr my hus.
band followed ihcm iuwn stairs. | lny IN bod
With ,h9 hand 'uils on until 10 o'clock when
Ontccr konnoiy came ia and took them on"
Daniel Henley. tho night wairhman OF tho
bank. was found in bod. ana was taken to tho
Mcrccr stroct police station and detained Ac-
cording tp biS account, there wHs nothing un-
usual III tho hank while he was there. He went
on duty at 6 o'clock Saturday evening and wont
locking tho l}lceckcr street door Of tho bank ho
unlo,ked ihe door II, tho rear on The same
street. shut tho door nftcr him tthe spring lock
tustons usclfl. passed w stairs TO the Ianitors
room, raped on tho door put down the keys
ssSin' Shutting m the door, Tc les is sure that the
door was locked behind him He stood on the
wGsn &d 4R TS ten rRdy Walked SS g.
gcther To Houston strcOt. the relieving point OF
tha, post. whore Ofilccr Kcnt relieved Tuly
Tho bank was Mt that time undisturbcd
story. wen, there At r NJ, to do som9 extra
morning. He sGys that,he hallway door, which
tho - atchmnn said was locked. was unlocked
and Spen. lie heard no noise. saw, no one in
the building. and went up to his office. At g.
O'clock Officer Van Norden passed through
Blocker street 10 the Bowery 10 gq on his post;
.sfflaN in IsaF "a a
evidently on her way to. church met him in
front oi the hank md asked him what time II
was He looked in at the bank clock and told
hor. There was nothing unusual about the ap-
pcaranrc Of the hank then, NJ ono could be
closed and tho windows were arranged as
usual. Alter relieving Officer Tully. Officer
Ki.ent patrolled his ppst. going ny Broadway.
1t was few minutes past sovcn. he
noticed a man dpsting on tho counter
| aud desks. Ho thought nothing OF the circum-
| stance. and passed. on. The man wore loose
| blue blouse. and looked like Janitors assist
ant, The man. Cant Byrnes says. was un-
| bly, outside. where ho could give an alarm ON
the first approach OF any one. and was dis
gulscJ 30 as not 10 attract attention. The Ofic"r
| did Eot notice his face and Is unable 10 give
any description II him. Tho only description
hat is very very psret. She he says that tRey wore
| black masks about the lower part of their faces
| and their heads were tied up in hHudkerchiefs.
| The forehead OF ore Of them was partly uncov-
PRED. He seemed to be- hcshy and heavily
| hNllt. All were dressed IN ordinary business
| suits. and one had on brown coat
| Tho work il evidently that of frat class cracks
men. few clues being behind them. The tools
| are Of the finest quality and most new. Two OF
| tho three large Jimmes had been neVor used be-
fore. Nevertheless tho hard steel plates oi the
saic had broken on tho points. anu capped the
The hcsitatng. contradictory story Of the
lanitor has fastened suspicion upon him. and
h. and the night wntchnian are under arrest.
Tho most remarkable feature OF the case is the
fart thnt without forcing single door, or rails
In. N faH la
ts inside Of tho banks vaults. Il IS hardly
p.obabie, as has boen sugg,cSiSd , that that
sfter ne night watchmhh went IN ,aht
| ono minute lntar he returned. This could
have happened only il the door had been open.
6}u,, }., he he ssys posiiyely ,hal he sSpt IT, L he
II or have hcen admitted from tho iside. The
scuule on the roof is 40 heavy that It requires
two men to raise It; and 4 Is fastened
II had not been disturbed, The wndQws
1ns rs"t over te s 900 n0VSe nnse ,gn
yard adjoining the st. Charles Hotel The WIN
dows in the lanitors room look into this court.
and are without shutters. IL is Improbable
that the burglars could have swung themselves
from the hotel across the yard 70 these windows;
IL Is much more likely that thoy concealed
themselves In the vacant upper stories 0l the
bank building
There are two men however about whom the
police refuse to say anything. and II Is evident
that they are looked to for an explanation OF the
mystery. One of these is the sunday watch
man. whose name, duties, and whcr"abouts are
b1fsarY Capt BSrnes did not in any Sr way refer
to this watchman. II was as'rrtalned that he
was only employed OH sunday and il would
seem that he should have been about the bank
whom the night ,watchman went away in the
morning. II 50. he IL the man who knows more
about the burglary than any one else. The
other ~ frenchman who. representing nm
self to be manufacturer OF artificial lowers
| five weeks GgO took room in tho second story
in the rear Of the building across the entry from
| the JanitOr's room. The door OF his room opens
| into passage leading into the hall at the head
| Of the stairs. This passage connecting MS room
and the lani'or's apartments is closed Toy door
who is the only one besides this wntchman who
has kcy. On saturday evening he went 10 ne
Janitor and insisted on having key to this
6e wlshed 10 ~ use @ L ImmeAiotely ani ho found
janitor did not give him the key. and he went
| away displeased, No marks were Qp this door
| aud the burglars passed through without
The following was given out last evening;
The Manhattan savings ln.utntign wa on the morn
uc, to the amount OF s27,7 7ci Of when ss5a7 arc
reslsiered IN hr name Of the INSTITUTION sni are ~ ne
ARE IN coupon bonds and s inca.h For The purpose
tSa. no psysns le made without sixty days notice a,
provided by the by laws Of e ,ast'ssa pre.sn,
Ss.'is, g.. 5S.,. : oct al'37" r. ISIS sSs''''''
The following described bonds and securities
| were stolen:
| United states ., OF 1891 reeistcrcd-s Of siOOOO
| each. Nos lOi. los tlj 10 Gi6, ~ l3-,
10 SlOUu Sos l3 go 70 1890. inclusive Sjpitr-
siH'Oj each sos 9. 80 to . 4'j. inclusive 2ooouo
ugd sat-; T. So - g9Id; 10 ~ . i-,
T. lOoi2 inclusive. $3.50. .... GDppy
| United states yer cent, registered ~ oi
| sLUDeach, nos .91l To- 2OOp inclusive 5pu,Jp-
| United states 5-2us Of July. isiii-6 ~ sbn
| each Nus s2.lD8 ~ IA ~. IS, sf,gG.
| 5000 ~. ~. lsO. ~. .g%3 ~ AS, sH.TuI.
| sJ72n Rl3la, sEl4lg sjU+3. p3,i71 Hi.1i7.
p7s1s 90. .n33 1880. 81, SO. lOl, no, lus,i'e.
| IO2 vJS. lU3. AZ, ~. .u9a. l,6 OJ6 - Oi Sl.yu
| each nos l52 4lU ia2,+ll, 1890, l5t4ll,
| l57s 1871 .Gi2. lH3 las l6h.l2p, lhAl67,
| iBS794, ItB.s2l ldUOt4. lB9747. l7l.plp,
| i72 S43. i72b44 i7suh2 7S+, 1855,
I7ab b42, i7s.ujO. ls4 7sl. ls71il lDi.iiy
| lOi lu7. lBI.7t2. lyi67- 2ul 2H2, 2l2,7S7
2U7i ~. 20, os, 2s 7i8 Nes25. @1.il9,
2tB.j~U .... .......... ........ ~ 90
New ioIA state sinking Fund gold, 6s' regis o,o,
tered. 80 ~ ...... ..... so a
Sew ioik tity Central Park FUND. stock GER
uhcHte No ~. registered -, -"
Sow York county Court House stock
so :. per cent, registered, cerun
cate 50 4 .........s.. fln.fF
Io NJ
ID 80 n Observation-Disclosures. Jfpl
DO 400 ................... lpns
| H.. So 47tsl
DO So 50 S,Ou- e2n.s
Now Yolh tliA Accumulated Don't per
cont houd-. reg rl-ifrtd Two ui slpi