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Great Manhattan Savings Bank Heist Traced to Inside Help
A bold daylight robbery at the Manhattan Savings Institution unfolds as Inspector Byrnes and police probe with few leads. Witnesses include janitor Louis Werkle, barber Kohlman, and keeper Keely, while the vault shows signs of expert drill work and internal tampering. Grady, the famed diamond dealer, emerges as a looming figure tied to bank thieves, with a history of aiding major grafts and nocturnal diamond dealing. The stolen sum is reported as near a million, prompting a countrywide police response and calls for vigilant banking oversight.
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New York City
Bridget
Polly
Mags
Hans
Gretchen
Vaterland
Broadway
the Battery
Fourteenth Street
Bleecker Street
Manhattan Savings Institution
New York
Tts
Bank
Kohlman
Anyon
Manhattan Bank
Louis Werkle
Werkle
Daniel Keely
Keely
Patrick Schevelin
Mrs. Werkle
Thelen
Sipplly
Verkle
Theentleman
Lecker Street
Puis
Inspector Byrnes
Bleebker Street
Directors’ Apartments
Front
Ke Mretarg
Ory
Byrnes
Cay
Divine
Septieman
Zor
Lars
Iin
Arriv
Osborne
York
Train
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Keyidene
Erkle
Barer
Coty
Werkla
Cree
Anny Aoeper
Mealy
Genence
Ferkle
Patrick Shevelin
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Colinaran
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Shevelin
Jim
John
Society of the Friends of the Ring
Yan Asin
Meneness
John D
Otaey
Grady
New Yor
America
An & Saloon
Eighth Avenue Oyster House
Gyaussd
John D. Grady
Sing Sing
Big Jim
Jim Brady
Mr. Grady
Brady
Carson
Parre
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