The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1911-03-09

ptEesit Secs l,lsH which iFs cats
rec In an EnstieFs--Aneissr cemea
10 ns Assistance a. rs Fslis ans
sgsrf,uiss Envelope Containing
Three ois Newspapers
Hsu Yosa. March : --0earre Ban
croft. bgpfSr, " years old vas
rcbttt ikw Thursdsf afternoon 81
securities worth approximately See.
0o9 IN The senibale u TIE Prcdace
ErchAbst safety repctil aaa Storage
oompspy. but hs cid 20, discover his
Ices uatii ytftsrdsY
Fof the last tmeagy 1--WE years y
has becn Bencrcits habit every
ThuTaaY sficrnoon 10 deposit tie
rrm'a ytlustIea III box fenitd ~
item from ne deposit and storage
COMPANY. Tie whole distance from
his oflres 10 the vaults Is got more
tfsn tao hundred feet and anyone
making The trip is IN constant sight
o. ire once windows
Last Thursday Bancroft as usual
placed securities worth thar day about
500 600 10 q large envelope approx.
mste.y 10 by ~ inches tq1sre tlet
with red ,sae and wish the firms name
printsG on the corner Alone tie
wsiktt from bis Office 70 the Prod ice
Exchange A nlght Of steps leads
from the street level entrance % the
vaults AZ Mr Bancroft reached tue
bottom q the steps be notieed a
young man, whom he ONLY remembers
IS rather underlined leaning against
the corridor wsli
Bancroft continued on his way down
tire corridor. but iuat az he was about
20 turn the corner 81 the end n the
corridor into the vaults tall maa II
a Rrea, hurry cane running around the
corner IN TIE opposite direction aa1
bamred THO him TIE shock q the
collision was sufficient 10 throw Ban
croft on tis feet re fen aud 10 fail
ing dfopped tho envelope
That was the che Tor The anderslzed
young man who had been leaning
hqainst the corridor wall TIE stepped
up to Mr Bancroft assisted him =
IFS feet and IVES sollcIious to tnck the
fallen snveloDe under hts arm Al
least Hsncroft thought Il was TIE fan
en- envelope lie went m 10 deposit
4, In his box as usual Yesterday
when RS con. George Bancroft lr.
unloetcd TIE box 10 check np the Sc
curiiies before the opening OF business
for TIE week he f0and that the oniy
envelope there contained three old
newspapers. A clever substitution
had been effected Both the Arm 81
George Bancroft a Co and the pri
vhte detectives working on the case
are convinced that the substitution
WIS worked by men who he'd made q
clrse study nf the Bancrntts. their |
habits and their business methods.
The securities we're made un OF rail- |
rord and Industrial stocks which could
rasiiy be hypuif ecated IN any stock |
brokerage housr IN the United States
having connections with the New York /
Stock Exchange
So bold a robbery IN daylight, In 1
he very teart % the financial dis
irict, shocfed the nerves Of the SUR
priced police Ike bomb. Years ago |
Inspector nyrnes had drawn a dead
Inc ecross the city al Fulton street I
1elcw which he ordered that no crook
,r p'ekpocfet should 90. even on an
rnoeent cirand, under a rain Of In
Iraut trouble with the police, For
fesrs the financial district was the
Iafest place In the world for a man
With lsree suns Of money or valuable
securities on his person.
A robbery 70 cleverly executed In
'lcstes TO the police directing IN
diligence Of no mean order II a job
4 such Size can be worked 80 easily In
road daylight there. II was declared
he grayest concern for what may
ollow, unless the robbers are prompt
y caught.