The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-24
REMARKABLE BANK RGHBENAES'
A. Former Bank EsNbber Now European
Nablessaan-A CoHvact's Poetry.

A Former Bank Robher Now a European
Nobuesnan-A Cc"vaet's roesry.
tChlcago Times.l
In 1870 a man dressed In the uniform Of @
polirn officer went into the kensingtpn Bank
Of Philadelphia and said to the eashier: l
p]au ON foot to rob your bank tonight. |
want YOU to have your watchman here. and L
will have my men to assist. DO not say a
word and by tomorrow tho game VIII h9
haggnd" The cashier extended his hand nnd
thanked the officer, and lett al IN ms chnlge.
The night came, and tho lieutenant, with his
mon, were admitted to the bank There was
| a marley. and three of the officers and one
Waterman Of the bank were detailed 30 take q
| walk to shadow some OF the men oulslue
| The watcbman was sent back after a certain
time had elapsed. and when he returned he
| found his partner handcufted and tied the
vaults Open and $780, 600 In negotiable paper
and money gone When the cashier came
around he found out that there had been o
robbery. and then he suddenly remembered
that he didn't even know the lieutenant
didn't even know his name, The kensington
Bank never recovered dollar.
In 1872 three men went TO- the owner OF the
| Third National Bank In baltimore ana hlfeu
n room adjoining the bank.
| "Gnntlemen." inquired one Of The bank OIL
ficers, "what ore you going to do with lt?
awe are spectators now,' they said, "and
u we SncGeeU III oAl btel1Nf'9 W. o'i'a'N VI
opening bank"
Tho papers were made out, the rent paid,
and business commenced. In two weeks they
did open q bank-tlie Third National Bank,
next door-by burrOwing under the vault,
They left the country with 100000, not dol
lar Of which came back
Tho vault, of the Ocean Bank OF New York
was opened by one nan-Maxlmllan Sllh,
burn. and robbed Of 100000. Ho frequented
the bank until his acute ears learned by the
peculiar click of the combination precisely
how to work it. And he made it, after listen
ing for months the very first time. He He'd
to Belgium. whore he purchased title, ana is
now living there as ono Of the nobility,
About; eight years ago several men hlrca a
room under the Boyleston Bank Of Boston,
opened business rs the trio did In baltllnoTe
ana dug into the vault at their leisure. Ihe
amount which they dug out was 1850, oV'; lhe
Alias ALA "Iip @Piano' ''1 and FOB Cochran They got
away to Europe with 100000 Of negotiable
paper. Worth Is Lying tho life Of o prince
cracked another bank, was caught, and
J is now serving out seventeen years III
Philadelphia. Eullard went TO Paris
) with his portion and opened pounH
!; al 2 Rue Scribe. said to have been simply
magnificent. He remained in the, city during
the siege and might have been there yet llnt
not q Chicago detective, who happeued over
there. spotted him. The Paris police were
notified OF his character, ana III IL SNORT tilh
l they detected him in piece of crooked work
for which he He'd tho place. lie came baclS t'
q America wns arrested. and about ten days
:. ago he escaped from the Charleston, Mass;
l prison. Cochran alono tried to be straight
= iIc went to Canada, bought q farm, and il
1 about six months died there.
The Beneficial Savings Bank Of Philadel
: phia was robbed Of 81 100000, a few years ago
hy forcing the cHshier to give tho combination
g Every dollar of the amount was recovered bl
. fiuti lon, 10
I, competency.
! The Northumberland vaults gave up theil
= treasures on account OF q visit which masked
+; men made to the cashiers residence, whore
l he kindly handed over tho combination, aIlt
:, went to the bank with them, because h
couldn't help himself.
: The First National Bank Of Whining ton
9 Del. was entered, and the attempt to rob i
: was precisely tho sanC Hs that worked oi
the Manhattan last Sunday morning. The
cracksmcn went into tho ia1tors room Ant
: gagged him and his family. An old colorn'
/ woman crawled under the bed, but ono OF TN
: men dragged her out, door chnnced to b
left open and through 1t she managed to es
Q cane She was chased almost to the police
8 station, and her flight saved the institution.
: It was reserved for tho cashier Of tho Cham
. hersbulg (Pa) Bank to be bulldozcd by tW'
j Chicago mon, Louis Clarcment, the expert
> and Abnor Wicks, his brothcr-in- law: Clare
y mont had the vaults opened for him, took th
i; treasure, assisted by Wcks, got away, wa!
4 captured and taken back and convicted. Al
y ! of the money was recovered.
i 1t sometimes happens that many OF TIN
J, bonds and papers taken by these experts ar
! 'raised" and passed, or sold to ''wldcat' spec
u ulators. This, however, Is not so common
9 now as has been. So few have been able to d'
$ it successfully that it has been almost aban
: dOncd.
: There is an old man who Is now serving hi
; time in the Eastern pententiary at Phlladel
. phia, named Jack Canter, who was the mos
u remarkable man in this respect that eve
4 lived But he failed at last. He was dotocte'
y in raising bonds which he had sold to wild
Q eat insurance company. He was sent t.
: Sing Sing and he was thcrc found to bo suCl
+ a valuable accountant that he was mad
; book keeper. When a commitment was mad
9 he learned the circumstances, and II thcr
u was any money back of the party he woult
5 say to the convict, "You give me 50 muc
d and I'll shorten up on your time
! 1t was done in d number OF Instances, ant
, 4 when the prison inspectors detected him, the
!, discovered that he had changed the commit
u ments and the records so nicely that the oil
I ference could not be made evident, He wrot
Il a poem while in Sing Sing, in which he cause
. one of the stones of his cell to speak its his
ID tory. The production abounds with passage
u ~ which show him to be man OF more than OF
q a dinary ability.