Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-10-26
THE ST. ALBANs RAID.
Full and Authentic Particulars.
The Bank Losses $9l4,OOO.

Ine hank Losses $Sh4.OVV.
-Actioa of the Cdnnadi1n authorities.
The Editor of the Burlington Times,
went to st. Adams the next day after the
raid, and makes the following statement ::
| 1t seems that for some days these raid
ers had been hanging about the different
hotels Some of them had roomed at
the fremont others at the " Ameri-
cam" while eight of them had quartered
at the "St. Adams House." and here their
singular behavior attracted the attention
of the landlord. Mr.. PIERCE, and he view
ed them as suspicious characters yet did
not dream of their being ENJOYS extraor-
binary of JEFF Davis.
The lie ,der of the party is described as
tall, well built man. good looking, and
registered himself at the fremont House
as 7. B. Clyde of Illinois. He first APP
peared in St. Adams about the 10th of Oc-
tober, when he put up at the fremont
House and remained two or three days.
At that time he mostly kept his room,
but several strangers in the mean while
visited him at his room. He next visited
St. Adams on the morning of Oct. 18th.
He was evidently man of talent, cool
ness and good education, and is un-
doubtedly Confederate officer of high
rank The estimate of their numbers is
various, but we place them at from thirty
to forty. They were well armed with
horse pistols of new and most service
able pattern. They each had from one to
four of these formidable weapons
The demonstration was fearfully unex-
pected to the citizens of St. Albans,
though we heard several gentlemen re-
mark that they noticed al unusual mum.
Der of strangers in town, Wednesday af-
ternoon, and it somewhat excited their
curiosity and attention.
After dinner these persons were seen
occasionally in groups, but mostly walk
ing carelessly along Main stgeet, in the
neig hborhood of the banks.
The preliminaries Of the affair we've
the stationing of patrol OH the streets
and simultaneous descent on the banks,
about half past three o'clock, parties of
five or six entering each of them, while "a
like number of their friends remained
outside to keep watch"
About half past 3, two or three, young
men well dressed and evidently men of
intelligence, came into the bank. All
were fair in appearance save one who Is
described by our old townsman, Martin
A. Seymour, who Was in the directors
room OF the bank at the time, as of most
malicious visage. These fellows approach
ed Mr. G. N. Bishop, Teller of the bank,
and presenting pair Of pistols, proceed
ed to rob the institution. Mr.. Bishop
ran into the room where Mr.. Seymour was
aud attempted to bolt the door, but they
were too quick for them, and forcing the
door. Bishop was dragged oat by the
throat. and Mr.. Seymour presented with
rebel argument i'll the shape of pistol
to his head. They were then obliged to
swear an oath of allegiance to the South
ern Contederacy and not to dtvulge any
of thessproceedings for two hours The
leader OF the party said
"We are here under orders of General
EARLY. You have been down in the
Shendanoah Valley, burned our houses
and wasted our property and now we pro-
pose to pay you back in the same coin"
The bank lost in all $73,5OO distrib-
uted as follows:
Bills of st. Adams Bank, $38,500
g of other Banks, 10000
Legal tender notes, 10000
Int U. s. demand notes, 5000
$4,000
FRANKLIN COUNTY BANK.
The franklin Couutv RANK ;s tho ;ret