Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-11-25
ROBBERY OF THE BANK AT wfNDHAM.
FROM THE NORWICH AURORA OF NOVEMBER %

FROM THE NORWICH AURORA OF NOVEMBER %
One Of the most daring and successful robberes eer
perperated in this State took place at the Windhm
Bank, in the town Of Windham, on Friday night lst
The particulars Of this affair substantially as follow
1t has been the practice at this Bank for many yers
for the clerk to sleep in the Bank The present clek
James Parsons, young eighteen years of age, las
Tor some two years past done this and has had for s
companion valuable dog, belonging the cashier he
dog was usually left in the Bank in the evening and he
clerk would go in for the night about O'clock his
was the case on Friday night lasta night which, it ill
be remembered, was exceedingly dark and stormy. he
cashier left the Dank time candlelight shutnin
the dog usual About o'clock Parsons entered the Bnk
and quickly locked the outer door taking the key As
he through the inner swinging recognized
by the feeble light of dark lantern the three len
standing in front Of him. but before he could worho
was seized by the throat by two of them his sop
ped and he told that if he made sound he would i've
his brains blown out handkerchief was at once bond
over his eyes, he seated in chair his boots werere-
his ankles bound together with rope his hands
bound firmly behind him, and gag with Handkerchief
wrapped around placed in his mouth and tied VIII
string around the back of his head In this eonditoihe
was taken into the back and thrown upon his
tho body of the dog placed upon the bed with him. ne
OF the robbers then seated himself by the bed wat.er
and the others went work. The dog seemed had cen
fed with poisoned meat during the evening rascas is
supposed having opened the outside door with fasekey
Just far enough slip in slices Of meat until he seied
Soon after they had commenced work the dog PARTIAL
vved and BY effort threw himself the floor crwl-
ed under the bed where upposng be might make fuher
noise, Of them said another Smith, give us your rk
we must silence this dog The dirk at once used BON
ANIMAL and his body thrown out into the nk
-.s
After hour and halfs hard labor they succeed in
wrenchng of the outer door Of the vault when they dioy-
cred that they had still another apparently much trger
door TO go through This unexpected impeachment create
ragged them They went to Parsons and removed thgag
from his mouth and asked him there sl safe Tide
the vault There not but he told them there was he
supposed this would discourage from proceeding ,er
They then asked him where the keys were He told aem
that they ut the cashiers house. Then said us
60 and set them. This they discussed in a low voicand
Idadl tvnu tra.,w
The tools they used simply chsel and hammeand
steel bars formed with kind of cAsel end ID a
at the side Of the door until thew had formed bospao
enough to enter their bars and then break of the hngand
belt Of the door by main force In this manner aerpout
four hours they forced the inner door, They were neonr
after this in packing up their booty.
They then went to Parsons examined the cords und
MS hands laid him on his side carefully tucked him up his
ped locked the door of his room and ocki the
outside door after hem In less than five minutes atehev
lett tho room Persons unbound and liberty Hoon
reused the cashier and President and in the wh viz
age was asr before the robbers had fairly left townThe
feeest horses were brought out aud
dispatched in every direction.
was soon ascerained that the rogues from thank
over to Wmantic where they hand-car and ce to
Norwich leaving the by the side of the track in vi
ciny o. the Falls The presumption, then, thaihey
were not far from the city. tf
On Saturday morning despatch was sent to Bostoor
from the police force from that city, whom cers
concluded that the rogues would probably 20 to Aynsont
and there take the boat New York the cars to on
when the evening train went to the Point Sheriff Bswth
deputies Payne and Chappcl and officer Emerson al the
Boston officers went in it. Mr. Tngley keeper OF aablic
house in Wimantic where the suspected rogues hatop
number. 7sY- -
When the passengers aboard the boat Tngey once
recognised his boardcrs and after the boat left the wbahey
were arrested taken into state and about O0bund
on them They of invited stop at cLon
dom Sheriff Bliss and Mr.. Heath proceeded to Neyork
with the boat to sesrch for their haggage This I'll sue
eeeded In hndog with about thirteen thousand doar the
maney 80
The whole amount Of money taken from the Ba, was
about 900 Of which in gold, $4,000 bills
Oh other banks and the balance in bills of the Banb The
whole amount recovered has been $20,768.
The rogues give their jones' Crandal Set and
wilson One seems to have acted watchman outs tho
Bank one watched the clerk and tho other permed
tho work. Their bars and chsels were all found mr. the
Bank, secreted under bridge They are all youmen,
ranging we should judge, from "a to % years Of age