Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-10-04
Elegant Thieves In Domino Tho
Masked Robbers In New Jersey.

The robbery by masked men of Mr. Sam.
mel fope wealthy citizen of Paterson. Nj
whose residence IS on the suburbs of that city.
mas peeil briefly stated by telegraph. A cor
the affair ' W
NJ. rope was awakened about II O'Clock
on Monday night by somebody in the room
ana almost dumbstruck by the appearance Of
iive men standing at his bedside with drawn
revoivets. Two more stood at the window,
dressed and all wore black masks, except one
o' Ltie party, who wore white one.
Mr. rope was informed IN gentlenanly
ana quiet manner that no harm would cnsue
II he nut remained quiet, a warning, 1t is un-
necessary to say that under the circumstances
ne opeyeu lie was then tightly bound with
his hands behind his back with a piece of
strong tarred rope and his feet were tied to-
Eether. lie was then put into closet under
tue stairs, against the door of whcih were
placed bag of salt and keg of nails The
roppers IA the meantime bound Mrs. Pope
lala ana 1901, performing the operation in n
sehoer manner, and even with delcacy She
was permitted to remain in bed. The thieves
| theh found the key of the safe, through which
a part OF the gang went, while others exam
iim imed other parts OF the house for valuables.
lnry succeeded in getting some $1,000 in
money, diamonds, watches, jewelry ami silver
ware, and 5000 worth of railroad bonds. and
other valuable documents from the safe. in
cludlng number of mortgages, etc. In all,
the booty carried off will amount to over ten
thousand dollars, although the stopping of the
payment of the bonds will reduce the thieves
reward to about three thousand dollars. Dur
ing all the time Of the robbery, which lasted
an hour and half, Mr.. and Mrs Pope were
constantly reminded of their fate should they
make any noise. although as the house is 10.
Gated some distance from any other, it prob
aoiy would not have made much difference.
mere were others outside on guard, so that
me party in all must have numbered ten men.
lney wore stockings outside their boots, and
an carried pistols aud pieces of sperm candles
Tor lights. When ready to depart the cool
robbers went up stairs and brought down Mr.,
ropes little adopted daughter, quieting the
chid alarm by telling her to be quiet and no
nafIn would befall her. They then instructed
the enid not to unite the thongs of her par
entS untll they had been gone some time and
departed in barouche, in which they had
pistols ''''' "''''
Who the thieves We're is mystery, as no
tract ra oi lhelr identity has yet been discovered
| lhey We're very polished in their address and
iiad SOFT hands, unused to hard work Even
Mr. rope gives them credit for the neat man
ner IN which the thing was done 1t il be.
| IeVeu mat the robbers are persons we'll ac.
amalnted with Mr.. Pope and his business
lhat gentleman had expected to receive a
cash payment of s3G,0OO Monday afternoon,
which the thieves no doubt knew about and
expected to bag. But the payment for some
rtnsoi, ,, i,, or olher was not made, and the bur
glars did not oct the amount, fortunately
lhey took TIE precauton to poison Mr.. Pope,
| Wa'eh.dog before going in the house. They
hiale their entry through window leading
| on the piazza 1t Is one of the most daring
| rooofiieS ever pereptrated in Paterson.