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Daily National Intelligencer
Washington, District Of Columbia
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In Newburyport, Mass., the cashier of the Branch Bank discovered over a thousand dollars missing from a secure vault drawer after the preceding night. No damage to the vault was found, but a mouse nest made entirely of hundred dollar notes was discovered behind a chest of specie. The perpetrators, described as old offenders, had fled.
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From the Newburyport (Mass.) Centinel.
On the examination of the funds yesterday morning, the Cashier of the Branch Bank in this place found that more than a thousand dollars had been taken, during the preceding night, from a drawer he deposited in the vault that evening. The foundation of the vault is of solid brick, and its interior is entirely lined with massy iron gratings, which remained perfectly uninjured. It was ascertained, also, after rigid scrutiny, that not a bolt had been forced back in a single door that led to it. The robbery was, however, evident, and a thousand speculations were offered to account for its feasibility, through walls, bars or bolts, when a mouse nest was accidentally discovered! behind a chest of specie, entirely composed of hundred dollar notes. The authors of this most unprecedented outrage, fortunately for their lives, had decamped on the first alarm; but the public are earnestly cautioned to be on their guard against them, as they are old offenders, and perfect adepts in their business.
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Newburyport (Mass.)
Event Date
Preceding Night
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more than a thousand dollars taken but discovered as a mouse nest composed of hundred dollar notes; perpetrators decamped
Event Details
The Cashier found over a thousand dollars missing from a secure vault drawer after the preceding night. The vault showed no signs of forced entry. A mouse nest made of the stolen hundred dollar notes was found behind a chest of specie. The authors of the outrage had fled, described as old offenders.