, 1866-10-12

Recovery OF the Money and ATFras or
tine lfOlNtr.

From the Boston Jorsnal, October 7fh.]
The pnbiHntion last saturday Of a ssnel.
els Of several telegraph dcspatctcs sent hy
Amos Otis, Cashier Of the First Sati~t,ai
Bank, iar1noa.hport, relative to the robbery
oi tnnt bank on Frltlny last, caused consider
ehlc excitcmapt and much speculation. The
nSts. as "c lcarn them, arc substantially as
A trunk containing about S1oo, GOO In COM
pound.lntcsest Unsird States notes A.sd
United States BOMBS, the property Ct The
bank, its cashier, OF some o-her
dRsd Rsd5t n,s vos ns. ohs,, sShs In onda thc m 1sglt
yearly. Last Frsday. fof some rea.t,,,
not yet fully 'explained, George Otis, sbn OF
the cashscr, and a clerk in the bank. took
the trunk from the vault, and, according, tn
his own statement, placed !, upon tsh1:
thr Cashier, on entering the bank, was told
by Ills son George Tint ta had taken the
trunk from the vault aud placed it on the
table, and while It was there M uni -'~n
man outside suddenly rat$ed the VII.
n he dnred ope, his mouth he would b!
his brains out, and the unknown man Sci
the trunk and rsn nway with it.
The old gentleman tabout seventy years g.
agel Was, ct e"qsse, s.eat'y excited, aud tls
robbed, spread like wild-fire throughout thu
Village, causing the greatest excitement. Il
was during this stage nf affairs that the elder
Otis sent snndry kilograms to Chief of Police
knstz Of this city, and other officials in other
Thereafter the father had further CONVEX
satiun with his son Gsa5.c relative to the
matter, and finally said to him: ''Geor.,e,
yon know Wherc the trnnk is: get it," The
SIN went out Of the bank, and creeping un-
der the building brought iorth 81, 900 in
compound Interest notes, rolled up and en-
cased in strip Of zine. lie next went into
woodshed, and from among a quantity Of
to the value Of $4,000, making in all the
sum Of 81, 600. On being questioned as to
what had become Of the remaining 500,
George replied that 1.-THE man must have
taken it, and be would know him if he should
ever see him. >
Thus matters went until three O'Clock last
Saturday morning, when George Otis took j
horse ard lett Yarmonthport. His disappear
ance and other circumstances coming to TIN.
knowledge Of District Attorney alarstun,
tEat gentleman tslsEFarhea to Chief Knztz
of this city 10 "arTest George Otis" Tie
runaway was traced to Taunton, where
lc changed horses, and next brought IN a
Plymouth, where lie had the impudene
60 to the casl,lcr Of the plymouth H:>ssas
Iesenting that the Yarmouth Bar pu,o b.
1obher,, and requested ftls sss's.s. ."sas
f1fty dollars from the cashier, vii
y handed him the amount. Il so nete'
however, through the enterprise e~aies
AAAtU1ASS -s&uISkUl. t4Ak AFt[N WIS MfFS m
Plymouth before he had the or -..uh'>
resnniinc his flight: an1 .aG s's.et :, ~.
rSrnrc..4 t.9 Ind restored. What the result Of
41e arrest Of Otis will be rcn,ais,s to be seem
1t Is alleged that he had been engaged in
specializing In gold. and, in order to make up
his losses. had pnr1oined from the trunk the
missing q, ,N0 hut whether this coruc$ fro,a
his own lirs or Is mere conjecture VIC are nut
informed. IT is certain, however, tnat his
story about the man with the pistol WAS /
fabrication.
t}n the 10th day Of August. 1SaS', Mr.. Amos
Otis reported ut the otiicr Of Ctiet knrtx in
this city, that while ut The Old Colony .lc-
pot his pocket was PICKED Of 4 wallet cum
tanning 5000 in:compounl interest mites,
and he made q great ado al",ut the n.attvr,
severely censnting the Chief and his dt tee
tivcs for not recovering his lost property.
On fully investigating this ni!:.ir it wa- :lscrr-
| tninrd By the detectives t!lat Mr.. utis
| placed LIS wallet containln; the bonus III the
breast pocket Of his coat, mud that Oh his
| way to the depot lie purchased IL 1ar., wa-
termcfon, which he Carried under one arm,
md at the same time had large bundle mn
der the other arm. ani tat the action ut tin:
two parcels, cacl. being hu*Sed closc to i.
/ t,cIy, worked his wnl!et n;,t Of thu wrhrt,
aud in tiat manner 1t was Loaf, Instead vi
/ ltitiw stuteu lrom Ills pnckrt.