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The Treasury Note Robbery.-John NJ. Brood
love, one Of the persons engaged in the robbery
of the Treasury Notes from the Custom House
in this city, and now in the Jail of the Second
Municipality, yesterday made a full and unsolici.
tod confession of the whole affair. He duplicates
Halliday, directly, but says nothing of any other
Of the individuals charged with being accom-.
plices.


In his confession, Breedlove states that he took
the notes, but was first induced to think Of the
robbery and make the attempt by Halliday, who
said that no could extract the ink of the cancel
ling from the notes, so that they would pass with
out suspicion on the closest inspection. He first
took two five hundred dollar notes and gave them
to Halliday, as an experiment. On the next day,
Halliday returned him one of tho notes, with the
ink entirely extracted, keeping the other as his
share of the business. These two notes were ex-
changed without difficulty, and it was then agreed
that Breedovo should take the others. Accord.
ingly he watched for some days to see when the
package should be made up, and when it was
made up, with other bundles, to be mailed for
Washington. he took occasion, when the book
keeper left his desk for a moment, to pocket the
package, and Immediately sought for Halliday, to
whom he gave it, meeting him in the bar.room of
the Merchants Exchange. After this some time
with the extraction made. Halliday said. when he
gave Brcedove tho second note, that he had spoil
cd several Of them in the process Of extraction:
From time to time. during the lapse of several
days, sundry of the notes numbering about ten
altogether. were thus received by Breodlove, Hal.
liday always remarking that he had ruined seve-
eral in trying to extract the ink. y


BreedIoye was what is known as tho Duty Bond
Clerk in the Custom House, and was the only one
of the persons said to be concerned in this base
transaction, who was employed there. o. Pic.