Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-10-26

2 int and new aces appeared at the
break rust Iab!es at the hotels. IN Wed
uesa,, marniuz further batch of con-
s~n,ralors arrived. and anout thirty raid
lers had collected. And then The plot
Nss upe for executions.
At o'clock. i. III, CA Wednesday, Oct.
L.. s.. Aiban's Was IA a state oi apparent
quiet. comnion To New England rowns.-
Oar informant, Conductor Baldwin. just
A. the Town bell rang the hour of
O'Clock. when he cav Ia man coming out
Of the door Of the FIrst National Bank,
a. he did So Il citizen On the steps knock
ed him down. i second Was also HOored,
INT the third raider mad a pistol In his
hand aud the citizen retreated- n
conductor thought the AT iir wdsthe freak
Of some drunken men, bat soon he saw
svmptoios OF a disturbance at other
poinJs. Several men appeared 10 be
rushing aDoaI with pistols, In parties OF
from I'VE 10 ten. One of these parties
met 4 Nj. Morrison and presenting u
weapon 70 AIM, demanding his surrender.
de answered: You are Joking, boys
they fired and he Tell welGering In his
bloo.I. Oar informant SAW him throw
an MS hands and hen sink to the ground,
and linen he realized for the hrst time
that the village was attacked by an Or
ganized body of men, bent on piliage ond
regardless OF human life
Meanwhile the attack had been stimuli
tapeo,s on the three banks-tne First
| National. the Franklin County, aud 81.
Adams. Parties entered each. When
the Teller at Cashier, susPectlng no evil.
a,ked what they desired, the reader pre-
sented a pistol with the exclamation;
You are my prisoner. Ii you move an
inch. well blow you through. OIhers
OF the gang LRen went 10 the vault ami
drawers. aud laid violent hands on AL
the specie, bills and other articles which
they could tind, aad each hlied The side
| s~atcneis winch each wore as before de
scribed. OF course resistance WAS useless,
Tor the surprise was complete. Al the
franklin County Bank, Ia raiders push
eli the Cashier, Mr.. Bea.dIy, and one OF
| his clerks iuJo the yaultand locked them
up. and the prisoners were not released
until late in the night.
Then commenced a reign OF terror IN
tbe village. Plumber had been accom-
u,ished. and y olence followed. The
raid was brief, but the scene must have
been terrible while IL lasted. The thirty
or more rnarauders rushed up and down
the streets triDg their pistols IN every dl-
rection. Whenever they saw a citizen or
rroup OF meu, they would aim IN that dI-
Tection. rhev had magnificent arms,
seven shooters-and as fast as n weap-
on vas unloaded, they drew another and
kent up the fasilage. Dir. Baldwin says
no can only liken the sounds TO the noise
OF a Fourth of July morning IN a large
CITY. There wasa continuous bang! bang!
hanoi or course this reckless use OF hre
arms could not continue long with no.
hody hurt. The Sheriff of the county
soon Tell: Mr.. Huntington WAS shot
while resisting the robbery of his store; q
women. whose name We could not learn,
fell and. more dastardly than all, as the
ruerrillas were leaving the town, they
saw a little girl IN the street, and wanton-
IL killed her. And the bullets were Hy-
inc around among the buildings in the
Min street, nearly al of which bear
marks of lead. Windows we're broken,
Blinds Clipped and people wounded. II
wss a scene that beggars ali description.
or course. the entire populsce rushed
into The streets. They had no idea Of
tha causa OF the dis~turbance-tor they
we're engaged in their usual daily avoca
lions apd the raid was like thunder
from a clear sky" The guerrillas, as
they rushed through the town, stopped
all inc citizens they met and gathered
them in squads under guard OF a few mel
armed with pistols-retaining them as
prisoners on the Mesnwhile-
the remainder of the banditti started to
SECURE horses. They took two from
Fields livery stable, five from Fuller;
several from the American and fremont
stables, and a 1920 span from Mr.. Clark,
of notwithstanding about thirty IN all
Their adroitness in cutting of harnes;
was marvellous: and the contents OF tbs
saddle makers shops soon enabled tbs
l villains To become cavalry, instead o.
.optpads.
Nesnwhile their threats were terrible
sWe will burn your id town." they
said. We will treat you as the people
{, of Atlanta we're treated" They slsC
, said: I'VE are coming back again, ans
will burn every town in Vermont" >
Their imprecations were of blasphemouI
character, They clsimed TO be COnfeder
atas. Our informant does not think any
/ ri the men were Canadians. They al
looked like Americans, and S0utherner
at that. These demons continued thei
internal pistol firing-killing a man nam
ed Morse after they began 10 take pris
S oners.
All this was the work of twenty min
u,es. Conductor Baldwin says he cal
, scarcely realize that it all happened, ant
I that so much WAS done in so short q tim
The euerrillas having all secured horse
p and saddles, commenced their retreat
They abandoned the prisoners and rod
off northward. firing their pistols az the
= proceeded. 1t appeared to he their in
~iention to make an attack on the Mise
quot bank at Sheldon.
When the villagers became thoroughly
aroused 10 what happened, they acted il
a manner worthy of their Green Noun
; tain s.res in the DAYS of the Revolution
Cspf. CoDger, with eight men, started il
swift pursuit; twenty more followed il
half an hour. People seized guns. pistols
cut lasses and clubs. Stores were closes
business was suspended. EyerybOd,
was Wild with excitement. There was
Babel ofsugeestions, questions, incident:
L ~,gcapes. comparisons of losses, and specu
IF nations as 10 the future. kilograms wer
sent 10 Montpelier, and the citizens mad
preparations tor home defense.
The legislature, which was in session
q at Montpeiier and the Governor. receives
dispatches from St. Adams at 5 O'Clock
e Announcing the raid. The former AZ
= pointed a committee; the latter ordere
d. two thousand stand of arms from the al
sanal at V~ergennes, and sent Ii hun
Ii dred veteran reserves from Burlington
fe Co. Benton, and one hundred volunteer
e from Burlington and one hundred trust
fremen from Brattleboro. Gen. Dix, a
II New York, was communicated with, an
gave orders for prompt pursuit.
= Conductor BALDWIN lett st. Albans's q
g o'clock last eyening-running slowly I
keep out of the way OF special trains fiji
ed with volunteers and arms. At Bun
~Iington the citizens we're on guard to PR
tect the town. They refused to allow th
III Lake boat Canada TO land last night. un