On a Monday morning in 1831, it is discovered that approximately $245,000 is missing from the City Bank of New York. In a city without a police force, a Manhattan constable takes on a brilliantly executed bank heist conducted by professional thieves who escaped from Australia’s penal colony.

Recommended reading: The Irresistible Invitation of High Constable Jacob Hays by Patrick Bringley

Most info - https://books.google.com/books?id=M_0-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA85&lpg=PA85&dq=1831+city+bank+of+new+york+robbery&source=bl&ots=SZj-BeYLq9&sig=ACfU3U0Q1UKvPZOmCGWRfi694hV3UGR0_g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjm3dT57eyEAxWbOkQIHU_-D2Q4FBDoAXoECAMQAw#v=onepage&q=1831%20city%20bank%20of%20new%20york%20robbery&f=false

Good info - https://books.google.com/books?id=Ta9LDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT29&lpg=PT29&dq=1831+city+bank+of+new+york+robbery&source=bl&ots=Im5GjHMCl7&sig=ACfU3U123EMNQLWzlzMCJCyNBrmpYjlL7w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjRxvWv5-yEAxW7IEQIHchLDIA4FBDoAXoECAIQAw#v=onepage&q=1831%20city%20bank%20of%20new%20york%20robbery&f=false

First robbery - https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/fast_facts/1830_fast_facts.html

Robbery Info - https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2013/03/first-bank-robbery-in-united-states/

Robbery info - https://books.google.com/books?id=ytwsCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Edward+Smith%22+%22City+Bank%22&pg=PA14#v=onepage&q=%22Edward%20Smith%22%20%22City%20Bank%22&f=false

Jacob Hays - https://www.nyc.gov/site/nypd/news/f0517/old-hays-his-descendants-legacy-the-last-high-constable-new-york-city#/0

NY’s first real detective - https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1932/04/23/old-hays

Detective method - https://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/new-yorkers-31-remarkable-people

Hays bio - https://loebjewishportraits.com/biography/jacob-hays-2/

Hays bio - http://famousamericans.net/jacobhays/

First Fleet - https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/first-fleet-sets-sail-australia/