, 1872-10-17

A Banker In Scranton, Pen7's II
Gagged, Bound, and Brutany As.
sauIted by Three men-Fai1ure Of tho
Scoundre1s to. Secure Anything
From tie Scranton Republican, Oct. II.
On Wednesday night, about II o'clock, bold
attempt was made to rob the banking-house OF
Ssnderson d Co., in this city, but the scoun-
drels got hold Of the man who did not carry the
key, and their plans was frustrated MT. George
house, has suite Of rooms on the second floor
over the bank, where he sleeps There is 10 one
in the building at nights but himself. On the
evening in question he was returning to hls
rooms. He entered the hallway, closed the door,
commenced ascending the stairs, and struck
match to light himseN up, but the draft extln-
guished the flame, but not until he discovered
three men standing on the stairs. This aroused
no suspicion, as he thought they were parry
sey, s:That's him." and in an instant he felt an
arm placed around his arms and waist. He then
mistrusted something Was wrong, and yelled
murder The expression fad 20 s9onsr neen and aa5
he was struck q hard blow under the right
eye, which caused the blood to hoW
profusely. They admoniahed him against max
ing any noise and placed handenns = o. On @ h1s
was carried up in front Of his room door, 1aid
down, and the key to bis room taken from MS
pocket, the door unlocked, and he was carried
to the bed and placed against the hend-bcsrd IN
pC3lL1QI. LIE 4Gtk HC4c A4VA *oo-s4.-A
| with rope, towel fastened oveE bis naonta;
they passed another rope around the head Of tina
bedstead through his arms at the elbows, s1a
fastened securely; he was then blndfolded.
the blinds and lit the gas. 4 rope was placed
around his throat, and then twisting it unit! ne
| was almost choked to death, they demanded OF
| him where the keys to the bank were. He
| stated that he did not have them. The cord en-
| circling his neck was again twisted, md de-
mand made for the keys. He told them that ne
| did not ha7e the keys, that Mr. Renshaw opened
and closed the bank One Of them remarked,
!" George, that is not SO, you are u the bank IN
tie morning before Renshaw:". The rope Vas
again twisted, and the demand for the keys re-
| newed. 11r. Kingsbury then stated that ne
| never carried them, that the teller OF the bank
had them. They abandoned this plan, and IN
etitnted search Of the room. after r. haying ~ n1s1
| bury's clothing, the bed-clothes and ma:tre5s.
| The lounge was thrown over, every drawer IN
the bureau ransacked, books taken from the
bookcase, trunks gone through, and every NOOK
keys to be aecreted was thoroughly examined,
but all in vain They abandoned the job leav-
ing Mr. Kingsbury bound and fastened to the
bed, and retired, boiling one door On the inside
and passing out the other, 1ock1ng1t and taxing
tho key.
AS soon as they lad left, Mr. .Kingsbury en-
deasored to make noise, thinking that soIae
one walking along might hear him, but recely.
ing no response, No EQGlAlEuCEA ~
backward and forward, in the hope that be
could wear the rope in two On tho corner OF the
bcdstead. Almost exhausted, he abandoned
that idea and adopted another plan, which, after
considerable perseverance, succeeded He man
aged. by working his fest, to get one OF his
boots of, which, he said, he thought Was ahoat
| a rod long, After he got tie boot OF he DID
not experience much trouble in getting his foot
out of the loop. Having gained this advantage,
he threw himself around and finally got On the
floor and backed up to the head Of the BED, aud
by considerable manceuVr1ng suceeedeu IN m
fastening everything but the handouts, which
bound his wrists. He walked to the front Wln"
dow, ndmanaged to get it hoisted bY bringing
his head and shoulders into re4uistlon- There
| was not 8 person to be seen on the street, not
| even policeman. He said it seemed almost an
age to him before he heard a human being stu
Presently he heard some one walking, which
proved to be Or. Burns, who answered q bis call.
The DOCTOR at the request OF Mr.. klnSsbuly'
| woke up Mr. Il. 8. Fuller. He unbolted INC
door mentioned above, SO that they would be
able to gain an adInittance. Keys were procured
with which to unfasten the cuffs. He Was Teas
and very much exhausted.
The men evidently a1e not strangers, as they
called Mr. Kingsbury BY his given name, anc
also hlr. Renahsw. The only thing taken VIII
81 in money. They did not disturb his golc
watch. which WAS in his pocket. They examined
| his diamond pin, ring, and studs, that weza L
his dressing stand but did not take them. I
would seem from this, that they were experts
and did not deal in anything tlat would lead X
| their f7atactiOn.