Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-10-19
THY WE'RE ARRESTED.

on each side of me held revolver a
my head, and bade me make no noise
They took me down stairs to the banl
vault and told re to open ii or they
would blow my brains out. l faltereC
and hesitated as long as 1 dared, anC
finally went to work at the lock to Oper
it. They had my hands in handcuff:
behind my back, and made me work al
the lock in that way. / spent
about an hour in delaying them
in this way, hoping some one would
come by the bank on the street
and give the alarm. They had men
stationed outside the bank al all points,
Z 10 give them warning Of the approach OF
anybody. Every little while ono Of the
men from outside would come ia and
say: "Aint that foul name) got that
[ lock open vet? We had better blow his
I brains out and end him." Then they
Z told me if l did not hurry that they
would kill me and DlOw up the safe.
{ The only excuse l could make them was
that l could not do anything with my
hands fastened behind me. Then they
IoOsened the cuffs from one Of my hands
and told me 10 "be quick and open the
lCek." spent about twenty minutes
more in delay, and when ] found
f II was u-EAEc1 " ANcA1A III AgAEE4 4
opened the lock. They then placed
the handouts on my hands, and re-
manned there until they had completed
the rObbing OF the safe. They had dark
/ lanterns and dirk-knives, and every
utensil for the thorough pursuit of the
villains calling. After they got through
I they took me upstairs and placed me in
( a bedroom alone by myself, where l only
T ,.sv Ir.HrN Tho Faa# q
I their footsteps had not died out in the
hall when got up and took the revolver
with my hands still tied behind me
and went downstairs. My daughter
Sarah had slipped the cuff from her
hand, and she cut the rope which bound
my feet. The men were in the house
about three hours. 1t was near four
O'Clock when they left. When l got to
the door fired five times from the re-
yOlveT to alarm the neighbOrs, but it was
so dark L could not see where the men
went to. They had left before l got
down. Don't know whether they had q
wagon or not.
MRS. VAN HOEvENBERGH's s STATEMENT.
The first thing l heard was a loud
knock at my room door. l did not
know what TO make of ii. In another
minute the room was full of men. One
Of them came to the bedside and took
hold of my husband and hauled him
out. l begged them TO spare his life
They said they would not harm him, but
we must keep still After they took
him out OF the room they went looking
around the room. One Of them asked
me where my diamonds We're. I said l
did not have any-that we were an moor
in the house. He said he did not beliu, a &C.
He took up my watch from the dressing
table and looked at it. / asked him
what time it was. He replied, one
o'clock. He said he would not take the
watch, that they came there for money
and money they would have. He laid
down on the sofa and placed a pillow
under his head. Then l said TO
him, "YOu are one of the scOundrels
who robbed the BallstOn bank, but you
managed to get some Of the stolen goods
back there agzll II -aid he was on the
canal and did notk nos .iayibing about
the affair During this time 1 asked for
my daughters, and they were brought
and placed in bed with me and my little
boy about ten years of age. We did
not have any gags in our mouths at this
time. Soon my little boy began to cry
and make a noise. One Of the men
down in the hall heard him, and said 70
some one near him, e" Go and cut that
foul name) throat and stop his noise"
The man came up and took the boy out
Of bed. pleaded with him not to hurt
him. He said he would not He took
him away and placed him in a dark
clothes press, and covered him
up with bed clothes and closed
the door on him, and then
went down stairs again to where the
men were at work on the safe. All the
time they were in my room they were
very polite to US; they got pillows and
put them under our heads, and when
asked for my little boy, whom they had
taken away, they assured me that he
was safe. asked one Of the men how
be got into the house, and he said it
made no difference to me; they got in,
and We're there for money, and would
get it before they left the house. During
this time some of the men were in the
hall, some in the rOOm, and one was
living on the sofa, but he soon got up and
placed his pillow IN the doorway. He
wanted to know what time the milk
man came along, and / told him about
half-past seven in the morning. He told
me that 1 knew 1 was lying to him
when / said that. Another asked me
when my butcher came. l told him we
did not have the butcher come TO the
house; weshad 10 90 10 the market for
our meat. After they had got all through
Downstairs, they came up and COM
menced 20 gag US. One sat down on
the side Of the bed and deliberately tore
the sheet into strips, tied knots on the
strips and made gags, which they put
into our mouths. They also tied our
feet with cord rope. They first rolled
some Of the torn sheet around our an
kles, so the cord would not cut them.
After all this had been done, they closed
all the room doors and went cut
Shortly after they came into the
room and took Mr.. HOOevenbergh
out. One Of them asked me
for the revolver told him did not
know where it was. He said; You did
not get a chance TO use IL, did your
After they got through rifiing the bank
they came Up 10 the men in the hall
and all went out They had not been
gone over a minute or two before !
heard Mr.. Van HOevenbefgh trying 70
get out of led in the next room. /
called to him the best / could 10 lie still
or they would murder him. l soon
heard him 90 downstairs 70 alarm the
the neighbOrs. Ny daughter, Sarah,
cut the strings which bound my feet;
the handouts had 10 be filed OF
MISS SARAH VAN HOEvENBERGH'
STATEMENT.
1 sleep in a room alone. The first /
heard was a loud noise thought ]
was dreaming. When 1 came 70 my
senses there were two men In the room
beside my bed. One Of them placed his
hand over my mouth, the other placed
the steel handouts on my hands after
he put my hands behind me. They let
me remain where l was &c first, and
finally took me into my mothers
room and placed me in the bed with
her. 1 then remained quiet and they
did not harm me. After the man
placed the gag in my mouth, having
FIRST placed 1t In the pitcher Of water on
the table, he patted me gently on the
cheek, and told me not 10 be frightened.
Ny mother said she was sick, and he
said that was ''tOO thln." He took one
OF the cuffs of her hands and made her
lie down. She had been sitting UP in
bed before. When they left the room
slipped my hand out Of one Of the hand
cuffs aud got q knife and cut the ropes
which were on my feet, and all the
ropes from the fee Of al the Others in
the house.
THE REMAIHING DAUGHTER.
The burglars treated the other daugh-
ter in the same way as the one whose
statement j. given above.
While the men were in the houss no
name was menuoped by any Of them.
The only distino ion they had was by
nunabers. One was beafd 70 ask for
a. No. 81 This is supposed 70 be the
number af men in the house, but there
were probably come in the yard and
outside who kept watch aud did not
come in. The yard Is surrounded by
high brick wall. All the dSors IN the
bouse were locked and bolted. When
tbey got ready 10 20 out they compelled
Mr. Van HoeVenbeTg to unfasten the
front door and l6t them out into the
street. He did not zee which direc-
tion they went. some Of the neigh
bors say they heard a wagon 81 me
street about four o'clock this morning.
A man who was getting bis horses ready
10 20 cut ufaNinE ssad, about quarter
to four o'clock, said - sew q team, Win
WagOn-l0ad Of mes3, 20 hB che street
in the direction cf C0hOes. Another I
man said he saw several men dressed in
dark clothes 90 cFeF the Waterford
bridge. Ii is supposed taat When they
left the house they separated aud vent
ia different directions When the bur
glars Left the bank they took with shem