Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-10-19
Full Particulars Of the Robbery Of
the Saratoga County, New
York, Bank.
Nine Men Make the Raid The
Cashier and his Family
Gagged and Tied.
Names Of the Principal Losers
Numbers Of the United States
Bonds and Five-TWenties.
The BOldest Robbery Of the Gen.
tury-Where be your Bolts
and Bars, RevOlEers and
Watchmenl
FROM the New YORK Herald.

FROM the New York Herald.l
WATERFORD, n. Y, October IA
This usually quiet village was suddenly
thrown into a state Of great excitement,
at an early hour this morning, by the
reported robbery OF the contents Of the
vault of the Saratoga County Bank, an
old moueyed institution, and the muir
der Of the family Of the Cashier, Van
Hovenberg. The villagers all crowded
about the little bank building, in the
gray of the early dawn, TO find au the
-nembers Of the Cashiers family alive,
uut the bank vault cleared Of its valus-
lies, nearly
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS /
mostly in government bonds, the prop
erly of citizens whose boxes were IN the
vault for saf.-keeping. The banks loss
IS only nine thousand five hundred dol
lsrs, al in currency. The Cashiers fam
NV reside in q house in the rear of the
bank building. which is situated on the
northeast corner Of Broadway and Sec
1ud streets. On the rear OF the Cashiers
residence is a window on the second
story. which has been left without any
particular safeguards, and
AN ENTRANCE WAS EFFECTED
through the window about midnight, by
one of the burglars clambering up to it
rom the iron guards on the outside OF
-la windows on the first floor below.
once in the residence he passed through
10 the front basement door and admitted
his eonfederates, eight in number.
THE NINE BURGLARS,
who had evidently learned the habits Of
-le family. proceeded at once to the
room of the servant girl, Ann Driscoll,
and bound and gagged her. Then, 60
ing up stairs, successfully
BOUND AND GAGGED THE CASHIER,
LIS vile. two daughters and little son. |
The men were all masked and heavily I
armed. the masks being made of knit 4
Goods. with holes cut for the eyes and /
months Of the raScals The family were /
al placed in one room, and one ruffisQ 4
sefr 20 guard them, while the remain !
Ger dragged the Cashier to the bank \
building. where, with four pistols pre-
=,spfsd at his head and a bOwie-knife 4
held over Lis heart, he was
FORCED TO UNLOCK THE BANK VAULT, /
which the thieves proceeded to. empty Of |
It's valuables, having done which, they 4
.sf- the place, leaving al the persons 1
BOUND aud gagged. By three O'Clock
their work had been completed, and they I
left as quietly as they had come.
About four o'clock the eldest daughter
succeeded in getting her hands free
nom the tar-cOvered thongs which had
bound her, and went in search Of her
Elther. whom she found lying stretched
ln the bank floor. His feet were un-
BOUND and his pistol handed TO him,
which he fired off, his hands being hand
elfed behind his back.
-HE FIRING ALARMED THE NEIGHBORs,
who Lastenei 10 the house, and, files be-
ing procured, all the other members of
rle family were soon set free. Dispatch
as were sent IN al directions, and at an
s.a-Eg hour 10 Superintendent Mckenna,
" the Troy police force. There Is no
--EJlar established police force here.
Captain Murphy arrived on the scene
and made q careful examination Of the
place. which resulted in the discovery Of
Lle manner by which an entrance had
been effected, and set at rest the rumOrs
which had been set afiOst that the
SERVANT GIRL WAS AN ALDER
in the robbery, and had admitted the
burglars. The burglars treated all the
female members OF the family very cour-
r-Buslv. firmly guarding, however, every
movement that might ia any way allow
them to escape or give the alarm.
The following are
SOME OF THE LOSERS.
Heir, OF J. NJ King, Sl5O,OO0; Mrs.
Lawrence Enos, $780, 600; Stephen
.migh, 100000; Mrs. G. w. Powers,
$1,000; Rev. r. II. p. Vail, $50, 600;
Frank Pruyn. $4,000: David Brewster,
$4,000, c. B0ughton, Sll 900; Francis
and Harriet Nanderburgh, 5000; Emily
Palmer. Sl3b; Henry Vanderburgh,
ZlU0. Dr. 7 anlop, 500: T. Scott box of
-sse.ry|, 100; two Schuylerville SARA
rlga county railroad bonds for $1,000
e4-h, Nos. I and 8; eleven Troy and
Boston convertible bonds for $1,000 each,
from Nos. 442 10 452, inclusive; four
-lUlI third mortgage bonds, numbered
from s75 % SO; four Mairbaunze kan
-a- town bonds Of $500 each; No. 255
Methodist Book Concern bond for $1,000,
r.l the following for $500 each; Nos.
$50. l5l, l52, I53, 2S9, go, 255; New
York Central bonds, $1,000 each, Nos.
fas. I5-. 1857, 1902, and 1873; first mort
gaze bonds Of Chicago, Cincinnati and
louisville railroad, Nos. 593 TO 599, in
elusive, for $1,000 each.
USITED STATES BONDS, ETC.
A number Of registered bonds of 1865,
j
taul-al Pacific bond for $1,000; United
States issue Of 1865 bonds Of 5000 each,
as follows: Nos. 81, ,994, 80, lg9, 50, ,257,
GI4.4sZ, ll4,9s3, 7s,l44, l34,Sl5, 1926,
1919 lS4 sj3 207, ,49s 75,02l, 1882,
IgZ sg3. ~, $50. p, $50. =, COS, 50, ,577 l69,-
-II. 3l2. AIS, 80, 627, 55,d2s, 39.630, S9i65li
8s. .533. - 633, 5, ,3O6, IL, ,3O4, 1856,
II2, ,3l5, l22. .3J7, ll2, 30S, ll2,S09, 1851 ,O90-
same issue, Of $500 each: Nos. A, ,l24,
50 So, 47,ll5, 47,ll6, 77,349, 1854,
--..55, g9,U35, secs, S0S3S, 62,2l5,
f2.2l4. 67,854, 47,lOl, 47,I02, 47,108,
4-.I14, 1873, 50 ,357, - 6Sl, 1907,
47,058, 47,O99, 47lo5, 47,loo, 47,l05,
~, los, A. 100 i7,ss2, E,llS, H,llS, I
Issue OF 1867. $1,000 each:-Nos. 56l1, !
-5 ga. s5. .4ll, 65, s95, Sc, 400, s8.5l2, So
4J3, 81, 4l6 s5 AZ, III, ,994, II, ,996, IL, 997,
lI7gqS, llS,OJ0, 7,5l5, S,lOs, A., ,523,
.11SJs. 81, ,2is, 7S.2l7.
same issue Of 5000 each;-NOs. Al
SO, 65. 324 ] ASS, s,742, 100, S47, 16,2ls, L
I6.Ig. lO4. .75s, ll3, ,3SS, l07 ,632 90, ,l4I,
lss74Z. 1874, 81 ,S95, l05,55l.
New issue Of 1865, 500 each: Nos.
jG4. ~. J85, 1ls, 945, llS,9 ll8,94s,
IoI.8z2, l4G6l7, 1868, Ioll46, 44,642, /
"a s4s. a, s4f, A, ,s4T, 46,ci5, 81 ,03S,
I04l43, 81 ,030, 5l,0Sl, 5l,032, 5l,027,
1I,O3s, 81 ,0ol, l,002 l,026.
same issue, so each: Nos. 1925
-7 H3s. G2GS7, 1882, 27,O06, 90, ,S26,
~ s5'74s, 85.6s6, S5.670. 1000, I
1s.ol. 1902, 13,O43, 1S,0Se, 1907,
6. .U25. "a, 7Gs. -, ,7o9.
Issue of 1867, 500 each-Nos. 2270,
2-II, 5629. -, ,965, p, $50, %, ,0S7, d.
SOS 2-2 $50
e8T7e i,sue. SO each-Nos. 81, ,658, 5l,-
81 .sl8. 81 GO 70 u, eos inclusive, 81, ~
Do 5l.7ls inclusive, u, ,657, lO5, ,245, lO3,-
-.-r. 81 .T28. 81, ,-29, Jos. .254, l03, 255, lu5,-
-. Il5, ,257 81, ,768, a, ,767, IL, Az, 81, ,656
t1 81 5i8 inclusive.
I5sae of 1864, bonds Of $1,000 each
Ne. a4,G18. 81 $50 and 94,S8l.
Bonds Of 1869, $500 each-Nos. lIills,
25II7, 25.llS, 25,ll9, 25,l20i 2o,izl,
-l,53z, 4364 1923.
FIvE-TwENTIEs
Of 1850, registered $40, 600: No. 4298; two
DO. Nos. 1904 and l6, ,OO5 for 5000; one
Of 5000, No. 6l29; two ten-forties of $1,000
each Nos. "a ,263 and 80, ,2s3; do. bonds
of 500 each, Nos. . 4l7 and 10, u.s. also
three Of 500 each, Nos. -, il5, $3.50
and 32,3s7.
THE BURGLARS AIDS.
The Handouts and dark-lantern left
behind by the villains are entirely new,
OF polished steel, and are models Of
beauty and finish. The jimmies with
which they pried open the door Of the
cashier bedroom are also highly pol
ished, while the pistols and bowie
knives with which they were armed
were also new. The cashier remOn-
s1raied and
DELAYED THE THIEVES
fully half an hour at tins door OF the
vault. pretending in his trepidati0n to
have fCTgotten the combination, but by
threats Of torture and murder he was
finally forced 10 unlock the vault.
OK THE TRACK or TIE ROBBERS.
Tt was ascertained during the morn
ing that a carriage, containing three
men. had been driven rapidly through
g5hoes. at an early hour this morning,
aud down the turnpike road leading .
Albany, through the t0ll-gate OF which
the vehicle was rapidly driven al about
Llar O'Clock, the driver failing u pay
the toll This gate is half mile norm
81 the boundaries Of Albany, and here
all traces Of the carriage cesse,. Al ten
0'clock two men took the train 81
ALBANY FOR NEW YORK,
but got eul at Castleton, some eight nailes