New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-30

While one did the cutting the other kept his
ear glued to a joint in the window shutter,
with string in his hand, end tied to the
others wrist After the ceiling was cut we
were confronted by a space filled with rubble
set in cement fourteen inches thick. This de-
layed us a couple of weeks before we could be-
gin work again, and it was not until June p
that we We're finally ready, with nearly all
the tunnelling done. Having cut through the
floor TO the presidents Office, the next move
was TO see if the combination had been changed.
No, the door opened and we were inside the
vault with the loot before us. l had arranged
with confederate to be on the lookout for
package containing government bonds, which
were to be taken to my rooms for use in an
emergency. Then We went to work on the cash
and other securities
II had to work the combination by the light
of a cigar. and some of the tools were pretty
heavy, the hydraulic jack alone Weighing 125
pounds At last were down to business, GO
ing to the various boxes and sorting their con-
tents. We found much iewelry but didn't take
any. That was not our graft and besides
felt that we would have a load with the money
and bonds. AS we inspected them we placed
the boxes at the far end of the vault. and then
turned our attention to the teers' safes. Every
thing negotiable in the receiving teller's safe
was put in a satchel with the other loot and
then let down into the basement office. The
paying teers safe harder work and we
finally had to stop from sheer exhaustion. The
satchel then contained about 81. 100000 and we
decided to quit with this. Watching our OPP
pOrtunity, we slipped down to the Cortlandt-st
ferry to a carriage in waiting. Then off we
went uptown trusting to the lookout to inform
US Of developments.
After getting some sleep, We went back and
set to work on the other safe. An inspection of
the work convinced us that could not sue
coed in drilling with such a short time left, so
we decided to call the Fire Department to our
assistance. 1 slipped across the street to the
lookout, and told him TO watch for a signal to
turn I'm a fire alarm Back I went and we set
to work preparing explosive charge We
waited for the fire engines, and just an en-
CINE turned the corner, we sprung the electric
battery to explode the charge When we re-
turned to the vault, we found the safe door on
the floor. We made short work Of the contents
which we crammed into the teller's trunk kept
there AS we left dropped package of $780,
600 in gold notes on the floor, keeping promise
to the clerk, who did not want the bank forced
into insolvency and wanted this left so the bank
could meet its Clearing House obligations the
next morning.
The fake" fire alarm kept people busy and
attention paid to the bank that the
robbers got away with their second lot. Shin
burn standing guard over the trunk while White
tabulates the proceeds Of the two hauls as fol-
got the carriage. White, closing the chapter
tabulates the proceeds of the two hauls as fol-
lows: Cash. 1928 600: United States govern
BILE bonds. 100000; miscellaneous Unacceptable
securities. $3.50 900 besides 100000 left behind.
The robbers took the $S50.000 in Unacceptable
securities one night to the steps Of the FRANKLIN
Street Police Station and left them there. the
police returning them to the bank. The nego-
table securities were all sold. White says that
twenty-five 81 900 bonds were offered to a BOs-
being told they were stolen from the Ocean Ma
tlOnal The terms were agreed upon. and con-
federate brought in a package got his money
and departed There was only one bond In the
package Underneath the genuine bond was
lot Of worthless paper.