Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-10-18
A Cool and AudaciOus Robbery.

A RECENT New York dispatch says
Mr.. Samuel Pope, a member of the New
Jersey Legislature, is six feet in height
and giant in strength. He lives in
Broadway, Paterson. His beautiful resi-.
dence is on Broadway Hill, about half
mile from the nearest house. On Mon
day night he and his wife retired early.
About eleven o'clock Mr. Pope was awak-
ened by somebody shaking him gently
by the shoulder. Rubbing his eyes, he
saw five outlaws surrounding his bedside
with cooked revolvers pointed at his head.
Two others stood By the window. All
were fashionably dressed, as could be
seen by the light of the lamp, and OF sew
eral sperm candles which the gang held
in their hands but their features were
hidden under masks, all black, with the
exception of one, which was white The
leader of the party, in a gentlemanly
voice, told Mr.. Pope that he need not be
alarmed. All he had to do was to re-
main quiet while the gang were at work
and submit to their manipulations, and he
would be unharmed, otherwise instant
death awaited both him and his wife. Mr..
Pope signiied his willingness to remain
quiet. The robbers then tied Mr.. Pope's
hands behind his back, and also tied his
feet with long piece Of tarred rope.
He was then carried to closet
under the stairway, and fastened
therein. The robbers returned and sub.
jected Mrs. Pope to similar treatment.
Her hands and feet were securely tied,
which operation was performed with
rigid regard to the delicacy due woman
en- diShdJaye. Both Mr.. and Mrs Pope
could see that the hands of the masque-
raiders were white and soft The bur
glars proceeded with the object of their
visit They stationed two of their mum.
Der at the window, and it was ascertained
by their conversation that there were
three more outside keeping watch. There
were altogether about ten men. The
FIVE inside, who commenced to gather up
the valuables, wore women's stockings
over their boots. Procuring the key of
the safe from Mr.. Pope's pocket, they
opened it. Others ransacked the bureaus
and closet. They scraped together
nearly $40, 600 in money, a good part of
which was in specie, and $4,000 worth
Of watches, diamonds, jewelry, silver
ware etc, including handsome set pre-
sented to Mr.. Pope while he was in the
Legislature. From the safe they ex-
tracted 81, 800 worth of railroad bonds
and other valuable property, including a
large lot of mortgages. Their search
continued for an hour and half, during
which time Mr.. Pope was shivering in the
closet, although the thieves gave him a
blanket to keep himself warm, and Mrs.
Pope was shivering with fright in
bed. When ready to leave, the thieves
awoke Mrs. Pope's little adopted daugh-
ter, took her down stairs and placed her
in the bed with Mrs. Pope. The thieves
handled her gently, and told her no harm
would happen to her if she remained
quiet. They told her that she must not
unite Mr.. and Mrs. Pope for some time,
after which they drove off in carriage.
No trace of the thieves has been discov-
cred. The only thing which the authori-
ties have to work upon is the tarred rope
and stockings which they left behind II
is certain that the thieves are we'll ac-
quainted with Mr.. Pope and his business,
and that they donot live many miles from
Paterson. The family Watchdog was
poisoned a few days ago, probably
to get him out of the way of making an
alarm. Mr.. Pope, on Monday afternoon,
expected to receive a cash payment of
$39, 900, but was disappointed, and the
burglars were disappointed in not finding
it in the safe. 1t is the most audacious
robbery ever committed in Paterson. Mr..
Pope has stopped the payment of the
stolen bonds.