The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1841-10-12
From The Log Cabin.
GREAT BANK ROBBERY.

1lerkimcr N. Y, Sept. rs.
The Hcrkimer County Bank at Little Falls
was robbed of ST., 1857, of which S6l742 was
in notes of the Bank, as you probably viii have
heard before this reaches you. The robbery
was committed last evening by Anson &.
Bro1cn, book keeper in the Bank, Of respectable
connexions and hitherto unblemIshcd character:
aided by Tobias G. Green, printer aged %
wears, hitherto Of good character, and William
c. Franciscus also a printer, 81 years ofasc,
4 native of Baltimore and citizen ofthe world,
who has been but short time in the vicinity,
is a dandy in manners, and IbertIne and
gambler in life, and has doubtless tempted his
two associates 10 their ruin.
The robbery was well planned, and commit.
ted as follows: Brown (who keeps one of the
outside KEYS OF The Bank wen, TO the cashier,
Mr.. A. G. Stow. and askel of him the key
wherewiih to obtain the cash for two checks of
depositors wishing money-whch checks he
exhibited. The cashier gave him The key
without hesitation. Brown went To- the Bank.
unlocked the safe, and took from it most Of its
contents, VIZ. l,142 in the bills ofthc Bank,
from SlO0s to Sos $1,000 in those Of other
Banks. mainly Agricultural Of llerkimcr, FoTs
Plain. and Oneida County. and 81 200 in gol.
This he probably took away with him a. once.
or if not left in n handy place till evening, when
he returned and took it. lie tried to relock
the vault but failed the lock being Andrews
patcat. and he unfamiliar with it. He return-
cd the KEY to the cashier, who thought no mora
of the circumstance.
Early this morning however, brother of
Brown found a note from that worthy, request
ing him 10 call on the Bank for six months
salary due him, as he had gone aacoy, and SHOULD
not return ill summer. Amazed and pcrplexed
the brother took tho note at once 10 the cashier
for explanation. Suspicion flushed on thu
mind of the latter. and lie repaired TO the Bank
which he found all closed, and so fastene that
it could only be entered by violence. An entry
was made and the robbery was at once evident.
The tidlngs ran through the village. AMI it was
soon ascerlaincd that Green and FrancIscus
had gone also. They went towards Albany
and will doubtless soon be over,akcu as brisk
pursuit has been commenced. H.G
Since receiving the above letter from the
editor, we learn from the Albany Advertiser Of
Tuesday that the robbers were all arrested and
brought to that city on Monday afternoon by
Deputy sheriff, John d. Livingston. who went
toward Canada in pursuit, thinking that they
WOuQ prOOdOly iidFC lohSh '"NN NNS'S
TIE STEAM PACKETs.-Fromt the Bun.
ker Hill Aurora we learn that some new
are TO be made in the run
ming ofthe Royal Mail Steamships between
liverpool and Boston for the approaching
winter season. Last year, the ships only
made one passage each way in the months
IF November. December January and Feb
'uary. The al rangement for the coming
season will be as follows, viz one ship
,nly will leave Boston, in The months Of
February, March and April.-Onc
ship only will leave England during tic
months of December, January, February
md March. The proprictors of the Royal
Nail Steam Packets, have entered into
lew contract with the Admiralty, by which
he Royal Mail is to leave England aud
he United States once a week, or
our times a month, for the additional CON-
(as reported)of eighty thousand
pounds per annum. The price Of pas
age from Boston Tor from Halliday to Lv-
,rpool in the ROYAL mail steam packets.
viii hereafter be one hundred and fifty
dollars, or $50 English.