The sun., 1908-12-20
HTLgTONSPUFWNEV VAULTS
MANY MEN ON GUARD WIEN
TWO RANKS MOVE.
Dime Savings OF Brooklyn Conveys Its
S33 600. 900 In Autos to Its New
Home and City Hank Men Tote
SIOO, 600, 900 Across Wall street.

839 ,OOO 900 In Autos to Its New
Home and City Bank Men Tote
SIOO, 900 600 Across Wall street.
Consider the possibilities of long. low,
black painted auto drawing up before the
old building Of the Dime Savings Bank of
Brooklyn. receiving a good part of $32,-
900, 900 in cash and securities, and Presi-
dent Marcellus of the bank in its tonneau,
speeding of toward the banks new build
ing; whiff Of chloroform. hurried order
given by confederate concealed in one
of the suit cases within to robber chauf-
feur on the seat and the auto speeding
up Fulton street to the city line and be-
yond; president bound and gagged with
baked apple. gold taken on trolley car
to Jamaica. while the auto is left on the
road near Cypress Hills Cemetery
Wuxtryl Wuxtry
Nothing like this. On the contrary.
the only bandits that, passed given point
in front of the old bank building at Court
and Remsen streets few minutes after
noon yesterday we're the girls of Brooklyn.
young and old, who were selling tags for
the benefit Of blind babies. And they
didn't pass that point; they stayed there.
None of them carried jimmies. chloro-
form, sandbags, blackjaoks or chloral
because they didn't need those instru-
ments Of the profession. 1t was too easy
for strong arm work.
1t must be admitted that President
Marcellus and Secretary Frederick W.
jackson handed these amateur highway
men a jolt-a small one, but nevertheless
a jolt. When the first auto drew up in
front of the old building at 1910 two plain
clothes men and several policemen. all
armed. lined across the sidewalk. Presi-
dent Marcellus and a suit case appeared
in the doorway. The president looked
to the right and he looked to the left.
Then he made quick dive for the auto.
But not so quick. j tag, girl thrust
and the president and the suit case that
was accompanying him on the right.
/ "Ta-a-gi" exclaimed the tag girl and
she touched the handle of the rapidly
closed door.
Drive on" came the voice from within
and the auto with its precious freight
sped over to DeKalb avenue and Fleet
street. The Brooklyn Dime Savings Bank
had saved its dime.
Several trips were made by the presi-
dent and one of his bank officers before
all the cash and securities had been trans
ferred from the old vaults TO the new ones
in the Pentelikon Greek marble structure
on DeKalb avenue. There was not an
other attempted holdup during the entire
proceedings.
On Monday the Brooklyn Dime Savings
Bank will open ready for business in it's
new home, said the president yesterday.
The bank was incorporated in 1859 and it
has 10000 accounts and deposits. Accord
ing to the banks last report it had then
$S2, ,492 .029 on deposit and surplus of
81, ,129, ,e58.7s.
The business of transferring $50 200, 900
in specie and legal tenders and more in
securities from the old to the new quar-
ters of the National City Bank passed
of yesterday as il it we're an everyday
incident of life in Wall street. Only
eight policemen were on guard to see
that none of the money or securities was
disturbed in transit and to keep back an
expected crowd. But no crowd con-
gregated, and the work vent on all the
afternoon without interfering with traffic.
Arrangements for the transfer of cash.
securities, furniture, account books and
SO on had been so we'll made that there
was not hitch. The cash and securities
were removed in metal cases carried and
guarded by employees. the 400 clerks
took over and rearranged the records
in their respective departments, and a
small army of laborers was on hand to
do the heavy work. At the opening for
business tomorrow morning the bank
will have every facility for the transaction
Of business, and every record will be as
accessible as il there had been a month
in which to cOmplete the tr ansfer,