Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-05
A BOLD SNEAK THIEF.
Unlocking a Safe and Carrying on
$4,000 in Bonds and Securities.

Ne'o York World, Sd.
A series of sneak-thief robberies was
successfully rounded off Saturday bv the
abstraction of securities aggreGating
$4,000. About 2:30 p. m. Miss f. II.
DOty, the cashier for L. b. Treat. book
publisher, No. 757 Broadway, went to the
safe to get out an account book, when she
discovered that the inner door to the safe
was open and that a large number of
bonds and certificates of stock were gone.
Mr.. Treat being absent in Chicago She
thought best to telegraph to him and ask
him If he had taken the bonds with him.
In few hours an answer was returned
saying that the bonds were i'm the inner
safe. Word was at once sent to the JEFF
terson Market police station, and in a
few hours the detectives learned that the
bonds undoubtedly had been stolen. as the
cashier of the Metropolitan Bank had
cashed about $4,000 worth of coupons.
MIR. Treat arrived from Chicago yesterday
and gave the following list of the securi-
ties stolen: $4,000 Metropolitan first mort
gage bonds, Nos. S704, S705, S706, S707 and
sos; $1,000 Ohio Central. first division.
Nos. 2467 and 322; fifty shares of New
York Central, fifty shares of Metropolitan
stock, and fifty-One shares of Ohio Central
first mortgage bonds of $1,000. In addi-
tlOn there were some checks and money
taken and two 81, 900 income bonds Of the
Ohio Central, Nos. 800 and 2466, which
will place the aggregate loss at not far
from $4,000.
The safe which held the securities is
placed near the door leading into the main
hall, in the front office. A half-doZen
clerks (women) were working all day in
an inner room, and the cashier of the
establishment only remembers leaving the
front room for few moments during
Saturday. The key to the inner safe was
found lying in the hallway, where it was
evidently dropped by the thief.
The sneak thief also entered the Office OF
j. & III. j. Green, neurological instrument
manufacturer, situated on the same floor
of the building, exactly opposite Mr..
Treats. One hundred dollars in cash was
taken from drawer in a desk i'm the
front office during the absence of Mr..
Green, who went into an inner room to
get an instrument to sell the apparent
customer. AS the person who abstracted
the money left the door an employe of the
firm saw him take the money out of his
overcOat side pocket. He Immediately
gave chase. The young man, seeing
his pnrsuer, ran down the stairway
without waiting for the elevator. He was
chased up Broadway to Ninth street, into
Tenth street by way of Third avenue. but
at the corner of Tenth street and First
avenue he eluded his pursuer, who was
accompanied by the elevator boy of the
building. The boy describes the sneak
thief, who was probably the man who
robbed both firms, as being dressed in a
dark OvercOat, with light trousers. He
wore n new black Derby hat, and was
about five feet eight inches in height, and
was of dark complexion and wore dark
side whiskers.
Mr.. Treat yesterday afternoon had cir
cular printed which will be distributed
among the banks and brokers' offices of
this city. The larger portion of the stolen
securities cannot be negotiated.
Mr.. Treat said yesterday to reporter
of the World that greater portion Of the
securities were only held in trust by him
for other people, although great deal of
the loss will fall upon him. II have
placed the matter in The hands OF the DO.
lice" said he, ''and hope that the thief
will be caught