Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-11-07
Clue Suggested TO the Manhattan
Bank Burglary.
New York World, Saturday.

New York World, Saturday.
The Manhattan Savings Institu-
ton yesterday was almost deserted
by business callers. The trustees
met again, but did not offer any re-
ward for the recovery of their
stolen bonds, preferring to leave
that to the judgment of the Inves-
tigating Committee. A scent OF
the robbers that grows something
warmer was struck day or two
ago. In 1870 the safe in the jew
eirv factory of Wheeler, Parsons
& Co., Brooklyn, was entered and
IS. 900 worth of .iewelry and I'M
manufactured gold was stolen.
There was no sign of forcible entry.
The lock was of the most recent
combination pattern, the figures
which were known only to the
member of the firm who superin-
tended the manufacture. The de-
tectives were wholly at a loss and
gave up the search after a weeks
diligent work. Several weeks after
wards q Swedish machinist named |
Kindzt, the most ingenious tool
maker in the employ of the firm,
was arrested by Detective lilly,
then ward officer of the Chambers
street police, while he was endeav-
oring to dispose of some gold which
had evidently been recently melted
down. Among Kindzt's effects was
found rough chart of Wheeler,
Parsons & Co.'s safe, and the con-
fession was extorted from him that
a crack in the partition which di-
vided his work bench from the office
had enabled him to watch the open
ing of the safe. By simply no
ticing the motion of the superin-
tendent's hand he was able,
by six months of diligent
application, to figure out
the combination. He was convicted
and sentenced to ten years in Sing
Sing. He served three years, du-
ring which he invented and applied
the locks which close the cell doors
simultaneously. One morning his
cell was empty, and it was found
that he had "beaten" his own in
comparable safety lock.
About a year after his escape the
safe of a Hackensack jewelry fac~
DRY was rifed of $4,000. Again
| lock whose combination was !
Known only to one person failed to
eeure the property. Detectives
Heidelberg and lilly were asked to
investigate the case, and fancied
hat they saw traces of Kindzt's
The jeweller said
hat he suspected none of his en-
,loyees, all of whom were present,
Capt. Marshall, their tool v
maker, who had taken day or two's c
cave. He, however, would as soon b
aspect himself as Captain 0
Iarshall. He was shown n
picture of Kindzt, which he at -
nee said was an excellent likeness d
f Capt. Marshall. The tool a
makers house was searched and b
learly all the missing goods were
ound in it. Kindzt was arrested :
IN his return and confessed that he 8
lad again learned the combination a
merely by seeing the motion of his v
hand on the lock. In 8
tead of giving him over to Jersey
Justice he was surrendered on the f'
of the Warden Of Sing p
Sing to serve out his sentence there. Ii
lie easily escaped again and was
peedily across the line in Canada. 2
lie has been away from his home in
canada, it is ascertained, for the @
,ast two months, and has been seen
n this city several times during that B
eriod, but just now, when the police
re interested in his whereabouts, I
e can not be found. S,