The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-08-21

Tm liOHHHY OF THE HATrfHa' HAsK.-
The robbery NJ the llatters' Bank 90 Bethel
Conn, was effected by making entrance "a
the bank building and cutting h0lr under
tbe table boz the Directors room, which euabl-
I'D the robbers 90 reach the vault by crawl
ing under the floor When they reached tho
vault they dug away at ils foundation until
the "b0ttom fll out" and the rauital and
cash ~ ihe bank was az the disposal 0f thc
burglars About e20.0Ol iu bills, Whiph las
upon one Of the shelves Of the vault escaped
the notice ~ the r0gurs. A reward 0f F5-
900 is offered for The clPturg,and conviction
Of the robbers, aud tho return Of tho money.
The Hartford Times gives the Rnnezcd ac-
count NJ the robbery
1.-THE robbers entered the main door Of the
Bank in night, Us means Of o skeleton kcy,
proceeded 10 the'direob1r's room In the rear,
TOOK zap the carpet GA one side Of the room,
aud then sawed out trap door ubder tho
large centre table, through which they enter.
cd 90 the vault below.
Here they worked evidently for week,
nights, uutll they succeeded in undermining
the vault and taking therofrom $4,000. AZ
Ter they bad finished their nights work, they
came up through tho tap door, replaced II,
pat down the carpet and tackled II down, and
leiI lhe Hank apparently precisely 40 they
found IT,
For fear the table might be moved and the
trap door, get displaced Ly being stepped on,
they inserted screws iu the boards tu keep
them llom moving, Thus they proceeded
each night until ihoy secured their plumber
md dccnmpcd, unsupported, even,
On Monday morning the officers Of the
bank went % the vault o. unlock H. aud
found that the bolt 90 the inner door would
not move, and supRosiug lhat the lock was
o. 81. d
when they succeeded Zoo opening II, and found
r plug IN the kcJ hole ON the inside, aud tine
Bottom of he vault dropped ont. This was
lhc first iulmltI0n they bad HAT the bank
had been molcstcd The robbers had worked
iH the rear and underground,
There were two concerned iu lhc robbery,
one boarded az The hotel adjoining the bank,
and the other boarded ~ f0rrstrrs hotel ln
Daubury They were well known by persons
In the vicinity but no one suspected their
business a week Hgo SatudnN, ibc one who
boarded 81 the hotel nest 90 tie hank lon
his room late IN the evening with "a box an.
der his arm, and did not return again.
The whole capital Of the Bank WIS SlOn,
600 The rogucs took $4,000 Of IT,"
TuE Brmm DANK RomERy.- When il
was announced that the llnurrs Bank M
Bethel had been robbed Of SAG, 900, tho rob
hers leaving only 1900 Of iu capital for
che rightiul owners, We stated that il was the
most extraordinary bank robbery Of the age.
II appears that the robbers had been ~ work
for several weeks iu cutting out the bottom
Of the bank vault They succeeded. They
took out the entire bottom Of the vault. and
walked of deliberately with ~ contents.
Indeed, the cool rasculs fastened out the bank
officers by plugging @ bolt on the inside Of
the vault, and II required % duy's work for
them 10 open the door When 70 was opened
the officers found the bottom out II was an
unpleasant spectacle that hole in The vault,
running down into the grouud-nnd almost
hopeless picture Of bank dividends In the
future so lar as that institution wa, concern.
cd. IL was q remarkable n,luir.
But the end Is not yet. Yesterday We re-
cciyel another extraordinary dispatch, Viz
that the robbers were luowu-th0t they were
in New Nork-ond that thcy were professions
al robbers. SO Ear 90 good Then comes
another piece Of remarkable intelligence
that negotiations had been opened with tho
honorable "lrof--sers, and ihai II was be.
lcNcd an arrangement could bo effected sltiy-
factory TO both parties Really, this Is &C..
frcshlug, To hc robbed, bottom and all. los
= set Of sccntitc Professors 10, the sublime
art md then 10 receive proposals from them
for oselilcmcuicuiirllNs satisfactory al round, .
must be gratifying state Of things. The /
FroIessofs make no concculmoHL They are r
known. Bot they are not quite satisfied with .
their plumber. They have probably 10 many
Of the liattcrs' Bank notes on hand They
took 80 many as 10 throw disorclt upon the
institution. They uycUcJchcd the scientific
rsitrz-af a-srtziTrEt s5T51g4rtst
credit upon the Professors chair Of their own
organization. They took away too many
bills, took out too large slice from the
foundation, struck out too Ear and made n
haul ut single swoop that left no nest egg.
They were thoughtcss especially if they in
tended to go there and dig away at the bot
tom Of the vault for few weeks on some
future occasion. Now they are trying to
mend tho matter IL We interpret the dis
patch correctly, they desire the bank to take
back part of It's bills, so ihat they can go on
aud keep the rest ia good credit They nrc
evidently skillfu professors, and &c they do
not after all this conclude an encouragement
satisfactory to both parties" 81 will be great
wonder HnJoR Times, an.
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