. The life and military services of Lieut-General Winfield Scott, including his brilliant achievements in the war of 1812, in the Mexican war, and the pending war for the Union. rs since, for safe keeping, in the City Bank of the cityof New York. Some time after, the bank was enteredby false keys, and robbed of bullion and other funds tothe large amount of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The first clerk, on entering the bank the day after therobbery, discovered that the safe had been forced, andsoon ascertained the extent of the loss. On examiningthe trunk in which the medal was deposi
. The life and military services of Lieut-General Winfield Scott, including his brilliant achievements in the war of 1812, in the Mexican war, and the pending war for the Union. rs since, for safe keeping, in the City Bank of the cityof New York. Some time after, the bank was enteredby false keys, and robbed of bullion and other funds tothe large amount of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The first clerk, on entering the bank the day after therobbery, discovered that the safe had been forced, andsoon ascertained the extent of the loss. On examiningthe trunk in which the medal was deposited, he found, tohis suprise and delight, that the medal was safe, thoughevery dollar of the bullion deposited with it had beentaken. The matter was inexplicable to the officers of thebank. The robber had burst open the trunk, stripped itof its valuable contents, opened the case which enclosedthe medal, and yet left that large piece of massive goldbehind. No motive could be discovered for such anact. The robber was finally arrested, the funds recQV-ered, and the law satisfied by a full term of service in thestate prison. At a subsequent period, in passing down the Hudson.
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