The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-10-28
BANK ROBBERY,

S2O0,0OO stolen.
The Worcester Gazette of Wednesday evening
1.-THE First National Bank of Grafton was
entered by burglars last evening and robbed
of all its valuables. The affair, as matter of
course, caused great excitement in that quiet
village, and has occasioned a great deal of talk
in this city.
1.-The watchman of the bank, whose name is
Daniels, left his house about 10 O'Clock in the
evening, and while crossing the common was
accosted by two men, and in a moment was
gagged his head muffed, and his hands fas-
tened behind his back with handouts. They
took him to the bank Immediately, and put him
in the coal-hole, latter taking off the muller
from his head. They then waited till a meeting
of Good Templars, in q room above had dis
persed, and went to work about IL o'clock; they
worked all night, leaving the bank about half
past O'clock this MORNING.
"The watchman says he saw five men in the
bank; they called no names, but in their con-
versation designated each other by numbers;
he heard them call numbers as high as twelve
in their conversation. He remained in the coal
hole until Mr.. B. Newton opened his store, in
the same building, this morning, when his
groans attracted attention, when he was released
and the robbers discovered. His wrists were SO
swollen by the pressure of the handouts, that
he was taken to machine shop aud the irons
cut off as the only way of relieving him. He
was visited every half hour during the night by
some one of the gang and warned to keep STILL
iron casing, surrounded by brick-work. The
burglars had a full supply of wedges, levers and
the like, and cut away the bricks on one side of
the door from top to bottom, and then by insert
ing wedges and levers under the iron casing
pried off the door. They made clean sweep
of feverything in the vault, apparently not being
in any haste in their work. Their implements
were all left in the bank, which were complete
| in every respect.
'The amount of the loss is not definitely as
| certained. The directors of the bank, and
| others interested, are under too much excite
| meHt to give details 1t is estimated, however
than not less than $500, 600 in money and availa-
| BILE bonds were stolen.
| of the directors, and another, Mr.. Winthrop
| Faulkner, are large losers. The loss of the
| bank will not impair its stability.
| "A bag of gold, containing $1100, was stolen,
and about $40 was found scattered in the road
near New England Village this morning. Quite
large number of citizens had bonds and other
| valuables in the vault, and are reduced tC
| poverty by the robbery.
| ''The bank was in the town hall building, or
| the ground floor in the southeast corner of the
building. The other occupants of this floor
were Whites apothecary store, j. II. Wood:
clothing store, and B. Newton's grocery. Above
were the offices of the town Clerk and select
men, dentists rooms, shoe mandatory, the
town hall, and hall where the Good Templari
met last evening.
''The two teams taken by the police in this
city, this morning. prove to have been stolen in
Grafton during the night and there is no doub
that part, at least of the burglars came here
after the robbery. The police are actively
| at work, but it is evident that the burglars
worked with method, and having good start
and leaving no traces, their arrest is far from
certain.
Slocumb ansadditional reward of $5000 for the
apprehension of the thieves and the recovery O
| the property"