THE WATCHMAN'S CONFESSION
For fear anyone should not believe the actual amount that was taken from the bank, I refer you to the following official list of just what we got from the Manhattan Bank as it was announced by the president of the bank:
NOTICE
THE MANHATTAN SAVINGS INSTITUTION was, on the morning of Sunday, October 27, robbed of securities to the amount of $2,747,700, and $11,000 in cash, as follows:
THE STOLEN SECURITIES
| United States 5's of 1881, 8 of $50,000 each, 10 of 10,000 each | $500,000 |
| United States 6's of 1881, 20 of $10,000 each | 200,000 |
| United States 10-40 bonds, 60 of 10,000 each | 600,000 |
| United States 4 per cents, 30 of $10,000 each | 300,000 |
| United States 5-20's of July, 1865; 26 of $500 each, 35 of $1,000 each | 48,000 |
| New York State sinking fund gold 6's, registered, No. 32 | 32,000 |
| New York City Central Park fund stock, certificate No. 724 | 22,700 |
| New York County Court House stock, 6 per cent. | 202,000 |
| New York City, accumulated debt, 7 per cent. bonds, two of $100,000 each, and one of $50,000 | 250,000 |
| New York City Improvement stock, 10 certificates of $20,000 each | 200,000 |
| New York City Revenue Bond, registered | 200,000 |
| Yonkers City 7 per cent. coupon bonds, 118 of $1,000 each | 118,000 |
| Brooklyn City Water Loan coupon bonds, 25 of $1,000 each | 25,000 |
| East Chester Town coupon bonds, 50 of $1,000 each | 50,000 |
| Cash | 11,000 |
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| Total amount stolen | $2,758,700 |
| Charles F. Alford, Secretary. | |
| Edward Schell, President. |
If Hope had found ten minutes more time at his disposal he would have entered the third safe, and, as it happened, come upon almost three million more. However, as it stood, this was the greatest robbery ever achieved, and, as things were, each man of the gang should have been rich.