Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-24

~ anu say, Amt Chat -- got that
lock open yeti We had better beat
his brains out and eud him." Then
they told me ii did not hurry up they
would kill me and blow up the safe.
The only excuse could make to them
was that I could not do anything with
i my hands fastened behind ne. Then
they loosened the cuff from one of nv
hands, and told me to sbe quick an.l
open that spent abont twenty
minutes moro in; delay, and when
found it would be useless to
resist any longer l.. .:opeued the
look. They then placed the hand
cuffs on my ha.jds, and remained there
till they had completed the robbinQ of
the safe. They had dark lanterns aud
thorough pursuit 81 the williams call
ing. After they got through they tool
me up stairs and placed me in red
room alone b, myself, where T. only re-
manned about minute. i The last of
their fsaotsteps had not died out in the
hall when got up and took the re-
volver with my hands still sbellind me
and went down. stairs. Ny daughter
Sarah had slipped the cuff from heIf'
hand, and she cut, the. rope which
bound my feet. The men we're Ia tho
house about three hours. It was neal
4 o'clock when they left. When Is'got
to tie door 4 ared five times from the
revolver to alarm the neighbors, but it
was so dark I could not, see where the
men went to. They had left before I
got down. Don't know whether they
had q wagon or not"
Mrs Vunhgvenbu,y's Statement. -
The first heard was a loud knock at
NV room door. did not know what
to makelof it. In another minute the
room! w"s full Of men. One of them.
came to the bedside, aud took bold of
my husband and bauled him out. 1
begged them to Spare his life. They
said they would not harm hlm, but We
must keep still After they took him
ont of the room, they went looking
around the room. One of them asked
me where my diamonds were. 1 said I
did not have any; that We were all
poor in the house. he said he did n t
believe it. He took np my watch from
the DRESSING table and looked at it. I
asked. him whhtftime it, was. He re.
iplied / o'cl"ck. He said he would not
take the watch. They came there for
money. aud popey they wuuld have.
Ha laid down! op the. sofa and placetla
pillow under his head Then I said,
"You are one of thS 'scti,ndrt II w6o
r6b'ied the Ballstoh Bank, but you
managed to !! get tsome. Of: the stolen
goods buck there :aesin:' :. He; said he:
was on the canal, and, did not
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my daughters, aid they were brought
in and placed in The bed with me, and,
my little boy, about ten years OF age
We did not -Aaxe any gags in our
mouths at this time. Soon my little boy,
began to cry ana make q n0ise One,
Of the men down III the hall heard him,
and said tosome one near him, Z" Go
and cut that tI--- throat and stop his
noise" The man. came mp and took
the boy out Of bed: I plea lei with
bin not to h1rt him. He said he would
not. He took him away and placed
him in q dark clothes press, and cover
ell him up with bed clothes, and closed
the door IN him. and tnen went down
stairs again to where the men were ut
work on the safe. All the time they
were in my room +, thev were very
polite to 10. They got pillows and put
under our iieals, aud when / asked for
my little Boy, when they Iiad taken him
away, they assured me that he was
safe. I asked ono jot the men. how
he got 70, into the house, Va and
he i said it made no =; difference.
They got in, and were there for
money, and would get it before they
LEFT the house: Ddr1ng this time ONE
of the men wert in the hall, some in
the room, and one was lying on tbs
sofa, but he soon got up and placed hio
pillow in tie doorway. e He wanted to
know what time the milkman came
along, and I told him about half-past z
in the morning. He told me that I
knew was lying to HIM when said
that. Another asked mo when nv
butcher came. 1 told hita We did not
have the butcher come to the house.
We had to go to the market for our
meat. After they had got all through
down stairs, they came up and com.
menced to gag u.s.. One kat down on
the side of the bed and deliberately tore
the sheets iuto strips, and made gags
I which they put into our mouths. They
also tied our feet with cord r"pe. They
first rolled, some Of tile torn sheet,
around our ankles, SO the cords
would not cut them. After all this hail
been done they Closed all the room
doors and went out. Shortly after
they came into the room and ok Mr..
VanlievenbnrYh out, one of them ask
ed me for the revolver. I told him I
tdidn't know where 1T was. He sui {.
"You did not get y chance to use il,
did you2" After they got through
rifi.ng the hank, they came up to the
men in the hall, and al. went out
! E!ley had not teen gone over minute
or two before l;heard Mr. Vanhmven
|hurgh- trying to- get out of bed in the
next room. l c"lled to MIN the best
could to he still or they would murder
Ehim. soon heard him go down stairs
to alarm the ncightors. Ny daughter
Sarah cut the strings which bound nv
feet The handouts had to be filed
loff." ...
i AIiss Sarah VanhGvenbury's state
,,ent ! sleep III room a'"ne. The
first I heard was loud noise. I
thought I was dreaming. When I
came to my senses there were two men
IN the room beside my ''eti. One Of
them placed h;s hand over ny mouth,
the other placed the steel handouts on
my hands, after he put my. hands be-
hind me. They let me remain where
was at first, aud fiually took nee INTO
my mothers room ant! placed me in
he'd with her. then remained quiet,
as they did not harm me. After the
man placed the gag in my mouth, hav-
ing first placed it in the pitcher of
water on the table, he patted me on the
cheek and told me not to he fright
ened. NY ma said she was sick, ard
he s&ld that was too Thin. He took
one Of the cuffs oil her hand, aud made
her lie down. She had been sitting up
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