The Portland daily press., 1870-10-28
The Grafton Ramx R.sb.rv.

The Boston Herald of yesterday gives details
OF the baLk robbery which is mentioned in our
telegraph columns, as follows:
Mr.. Goodale, the watchman, was on bis way
TO the bank. at his accustomed hour, 10 O'Clock,
evening" when he was assaulted by two ruff
mans, gagged and handcutfed ana rh-n thrown
Down. Three other meu soon came along, and
Mr.. Goodales legs were tied and the Darty
waited until the building was cleared of a
lodge OF Good Templars, who were lust coming
out, when they took their prisoner 10 the bank,
unlocking the doors with his KEYS ard while
one Kept watch over him, the other four COM
menced the work of demoishipg the brick
work around the vault This mplshed,
the thieves set to work with jimmies and other
tools TO force the door OF the safe, which they
succeeded in doing at about four O'clock in the
morning.
They cleaned the bank completely out. tax
ing all the money except a lew coppers, and
every bood and note of hand, negotiable or not.
fbe amonnt OF money in the bank was trifie
over 100000. OF this the bank loses opiy
$4,000, the remainder belonging to de ors.
The amount of beuis stolen was very large
aud several depositors suffer heavily One OF
these, MIR. Geo Slocum, had OC0O in govern
nent secu' tiles, every dollar OF which is gone.
AT a little before five o'clock this morning the
robbers left the bank, stole team, aud fed
FROM the town, but no one knows in what dl-
rection.
The robbery was discovered at about five
O'Clock, by boy who came to open one of the
stores beneath the bank. He heard a noise in
the bank, went up there and found Mr.. Good
ale, who had worked the gag out OF his mouth,
bound hand and foot, aud suffering from the
effects OF chloroform which had been admins
tered.
The authorities and bank officers were at
once apprised of the matter, and officers started
in pursuit of the robbers. Two men were ar
rested at Worcester this morning on suspicion,
and it is not unlikely they may have been con-
cerned in the flair, One of them asserted that
he had just arrived at the Nashua s. Worcester
railroad from Nashua, but this was untrue, as
the officers saw him walking upoo the track of
the Boston & Albany railroad before that train
arrived. They each had railroad tickets for
Grafton, which is another circumstance against
them.
The bank officers offer reward of $4,000 for
the recovery OF the property, and $4,000 more
| tor the detection of tae parties
Those in the building last night told the
| watcbman that the gang consisted OF twelve.
| the other seven being on the watch outside.
| The cool manner of proceedings aud the COM
pieteness of their outfit, which they lett, indi-
| Gates old and shrewd professionals.
10 connection with this bold transaction il
may not be unnterestIDg to state that q some-
| what similar attempt was unsuccessful made
once before. Shortly after the Blue Hill Bank
| robbery, in September, 1867, which created
such stir at the time, the oouse Of The cashier
of the Grafton Bank was entered in the night
| by burglars. An attempt was made To iOrce an
entrance into room on the first floor which
the intruders evidently mistook for The sleeping
apartment OF The cashier, but which was occu-
pied by the officials mother. The old lady was
very much alarmed aud by her outcries awak-
ened the cashier, who was sleeping IN a RON
above; but he, knowing they were after him,
ala not deem u prudent to come out of his
apartment, where he kept himself securely
locked, until after he was sure of their depar-
ture