New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-14
A BIG ROBBERY RECALLED.
YONKERS BONDS STOLEN FROM THE MAN
HAITIAN BANK TURN UP.
NAN WHO is SAID TO BE WALL STREET
BROKER TRIES TO RAISE 5000 ON THE
BONDS AT THE NEW YORK NATIONAL

BROKER TRIES TO RAISE 5000 ON THE
BONDS AT THE NETWORK NATIONAL
EXCHANGE BANK.
One Of the most notorious bank robberies that
ever occurred In this country was again brought 10
mind by an attempt on last Thursday 10 crtaih
money on Yonkers bonds, OF the face value Oh s'"W
which were stolen together with nearly "~"'V"
In other bonds and securities. from the Manhattan
Savings institution. at Bleecker-st and Broadway
on the morning OF October q. 1878. by me nope
Kelly gang The greater part Of the booty was IN
rer,stered United States bonds but there VAS
s11s 00D In Yonkers bonds AS soon as inc ROBBERY
was discovered payment was stopped or an 'he
bonds and securities by the bank oHieais anu
duplicate certificates made payable 10 'ne pa'A
were issued. Since that time fonkers ponos ior
5000 have been paid in. and only tnosc for seo"
are outstanding
On Thursday a man appeared NJ me New-i"rN
National Exchange Bank, in Chamoers-s.. AMI In
deayored to raise money 5000 in stolen 1ohKers
bonds 1t Is said that the man who ohered TIE
bonds to the bank was Wall street DroKer OF soou
standing When they were offered the bank OH
cials remembering the robbery In 1915 commune
Gated with an official in Yonkers. AMI he Tas asked
10 give the numbers of the stolen oonda~ ne re-
piled Immediately and the numbers were fouho 10
correspond to those on the bonds presented Inc
police both In this city and in Ionkers were I'M
mediatey informed, and they hive peen Se''e"'
working on the case. The thing tina; 'hsy are par
ticularly anxious TO find out IS how ;he oonis came
into the hands OF the broker who presented teD 10
the bank Officials Of Yonkers came to tais city
yesterday and held a consultation with me I'esi-
dents Of the two banks Interested.
A representative Of The Tribune yesterday saw
City Clerk John Pagan. Of Yonkers. who said that
all he knew about the matter was that on FRIDAY
last City Treasurer Robert +. Getty received a
letter from the New-York National Exchange BANK INK
stating that customer Of the bank had applied Tor
q loan of So 900 and had offered security consolida-
tion bonds Of the city of Yonkers Nos sa SSS Ss :.
543 54 57 49, $40 and $50 security and wanted 10
know il the bonds were all right reply was sem
TO the bank to the effect that the bonds were part
Of an issue of city of Yonkers consultation ponus
due April l. 1899 and numbered 6Sl to go inclusive
which had been stolen from the Manhattan savings
Institution in 1878 letter also written 70 tne
Manhattan Savings Institution telling the ofnclals
of the inquiry made by the other bank and INFORM
dng them that the bonds In question were part OF
e number of bonds stolen from it years ago
Captain O'Hren, of the Detective Bureau In TINS
city has been looking since Friday for the man VINO
went TO the bank and applied for loan of 5000 He
refused to talk about the matter YESTERDAY Out ne
admitted that the bonds had been recoveren. ,.
Ofcials OF the Manhattan Savings institution sa,n
Yesterday that the bonds offered as security on
Thursday were OF vafue ana the bank wonid not o
be liable for any sum that might have been paid Tor
them by an innocent purchaser