New-York tribune., 1901-04-28

almost to the flesh. while he left the marks Of
his knees on the boys chest Two OF the burglars
after conversation in English left the room and
the thlrd quietly drew up chair and sat by the
bedside, with revolver pointed at the boy and the
lantern directed at his face. The burglar the boy
added again said:
Now lie STILL and you will not be hurt; but II
you are troublesome will blow. out yoHr brains"
The boy said he then heard the burglars working
below, drilling. hammerng ana laughing appar-
emily without the slightest fear of interrtiption
Later he said he heard explosion. and then
second detonation. which shook the premises After
a short interval his guardian. who from time to
time had exchanged kind OF bird whistles with
his confederates below, smeared something on the
boys face and said
Il am going downstairs to help my pals for ten
minutes If you stir l will XIII you when l come
back"
But. the boy added. he never came back The
boy said he then lost his senses. and had evidently
been chloroformed. When he recovered he was
afraid to move.
cleaner who arrived at the express company's
olces at $50 a. m, found the door aiar the
safe blown open by dynamite and the boy gagged
ana pound lying on the floor beside his bed up-
stairs. The burglars had collected the heavy car
pets from the reception rooms and wrapped them
around the safe. in order to deaden the noise of
,he explosion as much possible. They over
looked package Of French bills worth 1000
francs francs ana number Of gold pieces, bent by the
30 oSff6 OF the explosion. were found at the bottom
& oa me safe The robbers also left behind them a
co TPIvoe oUtht OF american burglars tools. The
Luckily, 1t contained less money Than usual Two
touched. owing to lack Of time sum- were uh
An astonishing feature of the affair Is that the
Pioeien heard or saw nothing Of the burglars in
sPte or the fact that the latter worked loudly and
that the sound Of the explosions was sIfficcnt to
waheh porter on the top story Of a building
across across the street and cause him to descend ana
search his own house for intruders The street
pooT OF the express companys office was left open
by the burglars for three hours without The
ponce noticing it Yet the office in the centre of
rfarls and Is surrounded by business houses John
Muhroe,s American bank Is only a few PAGES away
Ihe express companys office has a long frontaSe
racing the Opera House II was opened a bort -
year ago The reading rooms much used by
The police have detained the colored how watch
man not being satisfied with the story tells of
soon after the head offices of the American Ex-
press Company were opened yesterday morning at
NO 20 Broadway, a cable message was received
from Paris telling of the burglary in the chief Office
there The dispatch simply said that the head
Paris office at No. Il Rue Scribe had teen entered
by burglars and "A considerable sum had been car
ried off.
j. f. Fargo, assistant treasurer Of the COMPANY
expressed much surprise over the newspaper dis
patches, which said that as much as $1,000 francs
had been stolen
Il do not believe he said. that there was so
much money in the safe overnight. 1t Is rule
OF this company to keep hand only the smallest
possible sum. This is merely for the convenience
OF travellers who wish to draw times Of the day
been more than 800 left in the safe No sum was
mentioned in our cable message, and | believe that
investigation will dis lose the amount
was much less than reported"
TT The Office nee at No Il Rue Scribe has been occu-
PIED by the American Express Company for about
a year. 1t is directly opposite the Opera and in
the rear of the Grand Hotel. The office building
and Auber.