Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-11-28

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HOW 10 ihVh = pANtA,
4 FuN Payiiealafs If ma Robbery Of ma Widdiom
Bailk-- 1ie Clfrk Gbqaed--It Dor Poironfi
A The Citfkt pftsfeeeo VI Mind Plriuii aud
dyeifef ne Bffgisl4.
1 One of lhe most daHng aud successful E0bbedes
e7er pcipenle1 inihis State lotk place OF The
Windhom Bank, 10 tlr town of sNladham, o. ~.
4 dhy nglf, riep1tllculoiy Of This nlau ule sub.
slanuailyas lollowH
Ithas been Tho practice Of This Bank iot many
years tof The CLERK 70 sleepln HE Bank The IRE.
sent clerk aycungman IL ytals Of pge, has TOT
some two yeas sldOne this, and hnshad loT
4 companion valuable dog, belonging 10 the CASH
ivL Vhedos was usually llli iR ihe Bank W HE
eyenllle, and llle cefk would gliu IOf tlet night
about o'cl9cks Tbs yls tile caseVu Friday
lnght lasl--a (which, 1t viii Do Remembered
4 was exceedingly dark and slonny. The cashier
leltihe Bank some time after candlt,lighl, shut
/ Ting In The DOG as usual, Abont 3 O'Clock Pare
sous enleted The Bank ndquickly looked The out
et doot taking Out lv key as he passed Through
Tie lnhet or swi, lpg door, he ieeoShlzed by tbs
feeble llglt OIL 9 lalk lelleTl The lyEns OIL Three
men Standing ~ font ol him, but before he could
utter word he was seized W lle tLIoat byIwo OF
them bis mouth was stopped, and be was told tint
II II he madea sougd hewO1ld have his blains blown
il eyes, be was seated in chair hs bons were re-
moved, bis npkles bound together with arope, his
hallds wete bound firmly bbhind him. aud a roy
with handkeIchlel gfapprd aIonnd inplncsd ~
hlS mouth and lied with sizing around Tie back
loi hlshsal, il 4, ~
In this condition he was taken i1lo The back
room and thiown uponhls bed, and tie body 0lihe
dog placed upon tie bed with Inn. One OIL The
Tobbefs then seated himself by the bed, aswnlcll
III Bnd the tihefs went TO work. The dpsi ~.
seemed, had been led with poisoned meat during
The evening" Ihe Tascals, \ isupposel, lpying
opened lle ouissie door with false key, Just iar
enough loslipiu slices Of meat until DO was slleno
ed. Soon amer tlley,had commencel WORK isdoe
partially Nysled, and by on enoTtlhTew ilnsell
onthe floor aud cSawled under The bed, where
sunposing lie liisllI make ilhhst noise, one sald
10 anolhet" Slilh, give US youp dltk, we iluslsl-
lence This dog,0 ME dix wosat ouCeUsed upon
ihvp0of animal, and his body WIS lhf0wn ont nltO
The bank room, gfG
Alter on hour and hAlf's hard labor they sue,
lceeded IN wlellciHg Oh lie outer door oil lle
vault, wien they discovered lhat they sill had an.
other and apparently much sllougeI dJoI 70 80
A Through This unexpected impeachment greatly
Il euTsged them. They cursed aud swOte teTnbly.--s
They went 10 Parsons Oni removed The gny nom
his mouth and asked hnlf llleIe was still sale
inside, The yalll-lbet5 was mol but no Told them
there was, and he supposed this would discourage
them from proceeding iulileT, They then asked
him where lie keys we're. He told thefn1lnl they
Mere AZ The CASHIERS house, Then said one, lei
US 10 and Get them This they discussed 10 lo&
voice, and finally decided that II would mol pay,
and went ~ work aguin. Tie tools lllsy used
+ lwgTe simply chisrl and hammer aud steel bars
Horned will kind Of ohlsel on one end, aud
curve on lhe other for pEylng. They would cut
into Tie stone allhe door until they led lOtled
Hole lage enough 10 enter their bans, allil then
break Oh Tue hinges and bolt Of the tOOI by man
force.
In This manner, ofler about Iout Louis, they
forced lhs inner JoCr. l'hrywete not long ailst
!, tins in paokinr un their booty. They lien went
!, 10 Parsons, examined ihe eufds that bound hrs
Hands, lalihihl on bis sdr, oltefully tucked him
lnpin lis led, locked the door Of his room, and
went ol locking the outside door liter them, In
lesslhan 1--WE INMATES after they lvlt tie room Per
sons was unbound, ah OF liberty ltseeils lhAlin
lLeit anxiety mol iohutt bis wrists will tie cords,
llhey had ftst placed handkerchief ON taclWfis.
and 5ound tie CORDS oyer Them. Byyig6tously
/ fdUblng The handkelchiels he succeeded IA Nm0y,
course lOosened Vie cord SO ihatthe otlNf iellout
easily, aud bOIIl being Oul, The cOTd was 50 loose