Evening journal., 1895-10-17
PLAYED AN OLD TRICK.
Cleverly Worked on a Wall
Street Man.
A DAYLIGHT ROBBERY IN BANK,

While His Attention Was Diverted Cashier
Lane Is Robbed OF S310-Tho Thiof Es-
capes In the Crowd-Ho Is sim Enjoy
ing His Liberty.
NEW YORK, Oct. 17.-One OF the Glow
rest robberies on record in the Wall street
district was committed In the Corn Ex-
,hange bank, corner of Beaver and. VIII
lam streets.
G. G.. Lane, cashier Of the Maritime
Exchanges, cashed a check for s31917 and
turned TO q ledge opposite the cashiers
desk to count the roll of bills. While he
was doing so a respectfully dressed man
tapped him on the shoulder, romarking:
You have dropped a bill sir. -
Mr.. Lane is go years of age, and sus-
pecting nothing he looked down on the
floor. There lay "A crisp 81 bill Just as
clean looking as the wad he was count
ing. He stopped TO pick il up and as he
did SO the stranger grabbed tho roll on
the ledge and started on a run for the
door. Mr.. Lane looked up and discovered
his loss and the fleeing stranger in the
same glance and then sang out the same
old cry, stop thiefW
A dopositor who was just then entering
heard the yell and started after the fugi-
tive. He would have caught him, too, for
he was only few yards behind him, when
Mr.. Lane reached the door, yelling, "Stop
thiofp' at the top Of his voice. The crowd
at once reached the conclusion that the
pursuer was the thief, and he was sur
rounded in a iiffy by a crowd Of excited
men until Mr.. Lane Joined, shouting,
mot himw
The Chase For the RobSer.
Then every one turned to look for the
right man, but he had gone. Where had
he gone? This perhaps is best told in the
language OF John Henriques, superintend-
ent of the DelmonicO building, directly
across tho street from the bank. He said;
Zone of the elevator boys saw the thief as
he dashed in through the Beaver street
entrance Of the Delmonico building.
There is a narrow corridor which loads
into the restaurant, and there a man came
out of the entrance just as the fugitive
dashed In. He nearly knocked the man
down, but without stopping to make any
apology he rushed on into the restaurant,
and the boy, looking out of the elevator,
which had by this time reached the bot
tom, saw him turn sharply to the left,
and tho employees saw him walk out Of
the Beaver street entrance and join the
excited crowd that by that time was
swarming about the corners. A neater
piece of business or one moro coolly done
/ never heard Of. He just simply lost him
self in the crowd that was looking for
him. "
When he was satisfied that the thief had
disappeared, for the present at least, Mr..
Lane went with Mr.. Henriques to the Old
slip station, where they notified Acting
Captain King. They had picked up a
very good description Of the thief, as fol-
lows:
He Is about 40 years old, 8 feet inches
In height, medium sized, dark hair and
mustache mixed with gray cutaway coat,
brown pants and black derby.
The captain at once communicated with
police headquarters, and then, with his
own special detectives, McNaught and
Herman, started out on the trail Of tho
thief Soon after they were joined by sew
sral central Office men, but could not get
any trace Of the man they were after,