Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1857-11-20
MISCELLANY.
From the New York Evening Post
FEAND DADVENTURESO OF THREE
DESPERATE ROBBERS.

L. 20 ?
Several months since, the Bank Of New
Brunswick was broken into and over sew
enty thousand dollars stolen from its
vaults The details of this audacious rob
berry have already been published and sf-
ter being tracked for a long time, and
through many places, its perpetrators have
at last been captured, and are now await
ing trial before the Court of Assizes in
Nova Scotia They are three in number
and their names are Phil Stanley, Jack
Rand and Bell Smith, I'm,
These three men apparently are none of
your small, vulgar rascals. They display
the trophies of no less than sixteen mem
orable achievements, Of which each Of them
boasts; and whether they exagerate the
Importance and recklessness of these from
love of boasting, we will not stop to in
quire.! ,,.-. -,. ..-..v
The leader of this trio is Phil Stanley,
alias Phil Sanford, who prides himself on
being one of the most artful Williams in
Christendom. He was born in England,
and is over thirty two years old, His
manner is atfsble and quiet yet he is the
very devil in hardhood and gifted with
almost unparalleled fnesse. He has the
eye of lynx, the. subtlety of cat, the
quick decision of consumate general, and
force Of execution which sets all obsta-
oles at defiance. ~ 'r' '" '-'
D. He first became known on this continent
In the city Of Buffalo, where in single
night ho. committed three burglaries. He
was arrested for the crime, tried convict
ed and sentenced to nine years and nine
months Imprisonment. Unfortunately,
his sentence was soon after commutcd,
and, true to his instincts, he fastened to
deserve another.
This fellow is aristocratic in his trade.
He entertains hearty contempt for small
rascalitics, and aspires to great projects
and achievements. Scarcely had he got
out of prison, when he planned grand
enterprise against the Milton Bank of Dor
chester; and one fine morning that insti-
tuition missed $4,000. Having succeed
ed in this great project, he carried on his
operations in Albany, Rochester, Buffalo
and Springfield sometimes alone, some
times with his associates. But in Buffalo
the bird was Gagged the second time the
Grand Jury found a true bill of indict-
ment, and he was sentenced to the Auburn
State Prison for another period Of nine
years and nine months.
In the mean time Phil had married the
widow Of jew, who kept an obscure hotel
in the city of Albany. When he found
himself second time under the restraint
Of iron bars and heavy locks, he set his
genius to work to devise the means of re-
covering his liberty He drew up petit
ton to the Governor of the State for his
pardon, signed by all the employees of the
prison, and having counterfeited the sig
nature of the Judge, sent it to Governor
Seymore His exclllency was ensnared
by the trick he promptly sent an order
for his release, and in few days Phil
found himself outside tho prison walls.
The fraud was afterwards discovered, and
officers were dispatched to find the crimi-
nal, and after long and fruitless search,
they listened to the proposals of his wife,
who agreed to discover his whereabouts
upon certain conditions. The bargain
being consummated, Phil got off with two
years and six months confinement This
inadequate punishment only whetted his
instincts, and gave him new faith in his
lucky star; and he soon after robbed the
Windham County Bank of $4,000, He
next turned his thoughts upon Canada,
and won't to Montreal, where he committed
many robberies with impunity-omong
others one of thousand dollars from the
Office Of the Grand Trunk Railroad A
police officer, getting a clue to his proceed
ings, tracked him 10 Buffalo, where he
succeeded in capturing him. He was lock-
cd up two or three months, and then let
off for want Of sufficient evidence,
After getting rid of this annoyance thus
fortunately, he went to New York, whore
his wife was then living. Scarcely had
he stepped out of the cars when this
adorable creature demanded fur mantil'