The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-10-17

0aHlNts hAHh ROBBERY s....
T maioaa Go. Bank. ln the village
81 Waterford. n. T.. was robBed Of near.
g. ha.fa million OF da3Iars iu bonds aad
treasury aatgE. IS 90 carly boar On Non
daE maulas The upper part q tbc
baaE ba.3d.ug Is occupied By thc cashier
Mr NsD Hggeuburg add family
Seven F0bber in masks entered the
basement 81 soc building where slept a
servant g.gi aud binding and frightening
her into silence, proceeded o. 10 the
same wild t5c cashier aad Biz family
They lHen by tafrat- % instant death,
compelled lhe cashier 10 unlock the yault
oi lho back sod secured thcir booty, ST.
Gee which they securely bound aud gsg-
ged aH ihe members II the family and
ltN- u wa. one Of the bol1gst aud most
.ueaessiui robbcrics ou record, and goes
60 shoW tbat there is surely 80 place on
earth Whera thieves Will not break
through aud steal.
Nc, Van II. made the following state
maut to a Prev reporter,
The burglars hauled me out Of bed
There were two great strong men. One
on each side 9 4 me held a revolver at the
eide 81 my head aud bid me make 80
u0i-c They took mo down stairs to the
bank vault and told me 10 open Il or they
would blow my brains out, 1 ialtered
aud bcsitatsd as long as ! dared, aud
dna,ly went to work at the lock to open
IT, They had my hands in handouts be-
bind my back and made me work al the
lock IN that way. ! speut about an hour
IN delaying them in this way, hoping
some one would come by the bank on the
street aud give the alarm. They had men
stationed outside the bank at all points
70 give them warning OF the approach OF
any body, Every little while one Of the
men from outside would come ia and say
faint that foul name) got that lock open
yet, We had better blow bis brains out
and end him Then they told me if |
did not hurry they would kill me and
blow up the safe. The only excuse !
cond make them was that could not do
anything with my hands fastened behind
me, Then they looseued the cuffs from
one OF my hands and told Inc "be quick
and open that lock-" spent about
twenty minutes more in delay and when
found il was useless to resist any longer
opened the lock. They then placed the
handouts on my hands and they remained
there till they had completed the robbing
Of the safe. They had dark lanterns aud
dirk knives and every utensil for the
thorough pursuit of the villains calling.
Mrs, Van Iloyenburg made the follow
ing statements: The first heard was
loud knock at my room door. | did mol
know what to make of it, In another
minute the room was full of men. One
Of them came to the bedside aud tool
hold OF my husband and hauled him out
| begged them to spare his life, They
said they would not harm him but W,
must keep still Aftef they took hin
ont OF che room they went looking aroun(
the room. One OF them asked me wher,
my diamonds were, said | did no
have any, that we were all poor in th'
house He said he did not believe 1t
lie took up my watch from the dressin:
table aud looked at it. asked him wha
time it was lie replied o'clock. III
said he would not take the watch tina
they came there for money and none,
! they would have He laid down on tn,
sofa and placed pillow under bis head
Then | said to him, Yon are one of tn
scoundroIs who robbed the Ballston banl
bat you managed to get some of the sto
len goods back there again. He said h
was on the canal aud did not know any
thing about The affair. During this tim
/ asked for my daughters and they wer
brought Ia aud placed in the bed wit
me and my little boy about ten years 0
age We did not have any gags in oul
mouths at this time. Soon my little DO,
began to cry and make a noise. One 0
the men down IN the hall heard
/ him and said to some one near him, G,
aud cnt (fouI nance throat and stop hi
noise. Tho man came up and took tb
I boy out ol bed, pleaded with him no
( to hurt him. lie said he wouldnot H.
took him away and placed him in II darI
clothes press aud covered him MP wit
/ bed clothes and closed the door on hin
and then went down stairs again /
where The were AZ work on the safe. Al
the time they were IN my room. The
were yerV polite tous; they got pillow
aud pat tacm under our heads, and whe
/ laskcd for my little boy whom they ha
taken away, they assured me that b
+ was safe.
FLORIDA.
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