Connecticut western news., 1872-10-25

heard him go down stairs to alarm the neighbors. My daughter, Sarah, cut the strings which bound my feet the handcuffs had to be filed off. MISS SARAH VAN HoEvRNBERGH's STATE
 MENT.
 I sleep in room alone. The first I heard was loud noise. l thought was dreaming. When I came to my senses there were two men in the room beside my bed. One of them placed his hand over my mouth, the other placed the steel handcutfs on my hands after he put my hands behind me. They let me remain where was at first, and finally took me into my mothers room and placed me iR the bed with her. I then remained quiet and they did not harm me. After the man placed the gag in my mouth, having first placed it in the pitcher of water on the table, he patted me gently on the cheek, and told me not to be frightened. My mother said she was sick, and he said that was "too thin" He took one of the cuffs off her hands and made her lie down. She had been sitting up in the bed before. When they left the room I slipped my hand out of one of the hand cuffs and got knife and cut the ropes which were on my feet, and all the ropes from the feet of all the others in the house.
 The burglars treated the other daugh- ter in the same way as the one whose statement is given above.
 While the men were in the house no name was mentioned by any of them. The only distinction they had was by numbers. One was heard to ask for No. g." This is supposed to be the num- Der of men in the house, but there were probably some in the yard and outside who kept watch and did not come in. The yard is surrounded by high brick wall. All the doors in :he house were locked and belted. When they got ready to go out they compelled Mr. Van Hoe, venbergh to unfasten the front door and let them out into the street. He did net the neighbors say they heard wagon on ing. A man who was getting his horse ready to go out drawing sand, about 8 quarter to four o'clock, said he saw Q team, with a wagon-load of men, go up the street in the direction of Cohoes. Another man said he saw several men dressed in dark clothes go over the Water ford bridge. It is supposed that when they left the house they separated and went in different directions. When the burglars left the bank they took with them everything that would lead CT tend to lead to their direction. They all wore masks of various kinds till after they left the bank. All that was found were two dark lanterns and a lot of new steel hand cuffs, which were taken possession of by the Troy officers who went up to work up the case. The bank vault was completely gutted. Books, papers, and everything they did not want to take off they scat tered over the bank floor. The principal loss is to private parties who had bonds, stocks, &c., of various kinds in the vault for safe keeping, and for which the bank is not responsible. The combined loss to these parties is certain to reach S300,O00 and may foot up to $500,000.
 Among the principal losers by the rob- bery are the following: Stephen Emigh, of Waterford, 70,00O; Rev. R. P. Wave, $15,OOO; the estate of J. M. King, ESQ., 900; Lawrence Enos, $2o,0O0; David Brewster and wife, $2O ooo; E. Boughton, Vice-P President of the bank, $15,O00 ; Wm. Craige, $5,OoO; Mrs. Powers, $10,- 900. The burglars seemed to know just what to do and walked freely from one room to the other.