New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-20
TIE cAsHIER's STATEMENT.

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| burglars hauled me out of bed. There were
| 1.-Two great strong men, one on each side of
| The. They held a revolver at the side OF my
| Head and babe me make no noise. They
| took me down stairs to the bank vault and
| told me to open it, or they would blow my
| brains ont. | faltered and hesitated as long
| as | dared, and finally went to work at the
lock to open it. They had my hands in
| handouts behind my back, and made work
at the lock in that way. spent about an
| hour, delaying them in this way, and hop
| ing some one would come by the bank on
| the street and give the alarm. They had
men stationed outside the bank at all points
| to give them warning OF the approach OF
| anybody. Every little while one of the
men outside would come in and say: "Ain't
that foul nameJ got that lock open yet?
We had better blow his brains out and end
him" Then they told NE if ! did not hurry
they would kill me and blow up the safe.
The only excuse / could make to them was
that | could not do anything with my hands
fastened behind me. They then loosened
the cuffs from Of my hands and told me 10
be quick and open that lock. spent about
| twenty minutes more in delay, and when /
| found it was useless to resist any longer |
| opened the lock. They then placed the
| handouts on my hands, and remained
there till they had completed the r0bbing
of the safe. They had dark lanterns and
dirk knives, and every utcnsl for the
thorough pursuit of their vile calling. After
they got through they took me up
stairs and placed me in a bedroom
alone by myself, where / only remained
about q minute. The last Of their footsteps
had not died out in the hall when ] got up
and took tie revolver with my hands still
behind me, @and went down stairs. My
daughter Sarah had slipped the cuff from
my hand, and she cut the rope which bound
my feet. The men were in the house about
/ three hours. It was near four o'clock when
| they left. When got to the door | fired
| five times from the revolver to alarm the
neighbors, but it was 50 dark I could not
see where the men went to. They had left
before | got down. Don't know whether
| they had q wagon or not
MRS. VAN HovENBURG's STATEMENT
The first heard was loud knock at my
! room door. ID not know what to make
| of it. In an, minute the room was full
of men. One ,-,s@rks.sesme to the bedside
| and took hold y 07aRGusband and hauled
| him out. | beg. I'd 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 were l. said | didn't have any,
that we were all poor in the house. He said
he did not believe it. He took up my watch
from the dressing table and looked at it.
| asked him what time it was. He re-
| piled one o'clock. He said he would
| not take the watch; they came there
| for money, and money they would have.
| He laid down on the sofa and placed
| o pillow under his head. Then ! said, 'You
are one Of the scoundrels who robbed the
| BallstoD Bank, but you managed to get
some Of the stolen goods back there again"
| He said he was en- the canal and did not
/ know anything about the affair During
this time | asked tor my daughters, and
! they were brought in and placed IN the 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 boy began
| to cry and make noise. One OF the men
! down in the hall heard him, and said to
| some one near him, $50 and cat that a
| foul namel throat and stop his noise.o 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
1 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 We're
IN my room they were very polite to us.
Ihey got pillows and put them under our
heads, and when I asked for my little boy,
| @nen they had taken hm away. they as
sured me that he was safe. I asked one of
f
said it made no difference; they cot in, ana
| were there Tor money ana would get it be-
fore they left the house. During this time
| some OF the men were in the hall some III
the room aud one was lying on the sofa.
but he soon got up and placed his pillow In
the doorway. He wanted to know What time
/ the nlilzman came along. | told him about
halG-past seven in the morning Hetold me
! that | knew was lying to him when | said
that. Another asked me when my butcher
came. | told him we did not have the
butcher come to the house, we had to 90 to
| the market for our meat. After they had
got all through down stairs they came up
and commenced to gag Us. One sat down
on the side Of the bed and deliberately tore
the sheets into strips, tied knots in the strips
and made gags, which they put into our
mouths. They also tied cur feet with cord
rope They first rolled some Of the torn
sheet around our ANGLES SO the cord would
not cut them. After all this had been done
| they closed al. the room doors and went