Middletown transcript., 1873-11-15
FRUSTRATED ny A YOUNG LADY,
0sshist lloyd oaggsd and silsnosd
FOUR OF THE RAsCALs CAUGHT

Bank OF Delaware, In wilmingtos, last Friday
evening week, (fth.) About half past six o'clock
-uhils The family Of the cashier, Sasnl. Floyd,
WAS At tea, knock At the door was heard. Ar.
Floyd opened the door when . MAN, masked,
pushed by Mr. y. and entered the room. Mr.. y.
ihisking the man insane stepped out 10 call the
police and was seized by four or FIVE other men
ono Of whom presented n pistol at his head COM
mandinR him 10 keep silent, which order Mr..
Floyd very scnsibly cbeyed. In fact he couldn't I
well do anything else for his visitors not trusting
10 the qucting qualities OF the revolver applied
| gag 10 his mouth and pair OF bracelets to his
arms. The unhiddeu guests then entered the
room where the ladies were still engaged at the
| table and made the same request for silence Of
them, presenting the same indncemcnts TO them
that they first presented 10 tho cashier. Bat the
ladies were not so easily controlled as doubtless
| the professionals had calculated upen. They seem
| TO have forgotten or not 10 have known tha,
fair woman is sometimes refractory, and rs these
seem not TO have been desperate locking vii
lans" the ladies were, evidently, not much a.
fraid Of the pistols In their hands, for whenever
mea use sueh gentle terms rs ''my pet lamb to
feminiues they needn't expect the dear creatures
to be afraid Of them even though they attempt to
friEh,en them with pistols, bowic-knivcs, etc.
There were prcscut In the room with Mr.. Floyd
his wife, his sister. two neces and colorci wo-
| man, tho cook. When tho woald-hc burglars
entered, all armed and masked, one Of the young
er ladies partially swooncd. This somewhat
| disconnected the .'ges,lcmanly robbers" who
seem TO have had no intention 10 injure anybody,
| and turned their attention little from the rest
| Of the inmates Of the room. While their polite
| attention was turned 10 The faining lady, the
colorcd woman, who had lodged under a table
made an attempt TO slip out OF tho door but was
caught and stopped. While they were stopping
her however, the other Of the young ladies, Miss
Rates, suddenly bounced frem under another
snit md tttt t,. Ianr nra pl fte mes m
dcrt9ok TO catch her, but as many others have
done in cndeavors TO catch the fair scxhe failed
lie might rs well have tried 10 catch streak Of
creased lightning as that girl. She went out Of
that house and along the stree, like shet. Then
| II WAS 'all up with the bank robbery. Those
fellows knew that the beat thing they could do
would lie TO make themselves scarce. This they
did, and Mrs. Floyd aud the cook toloacd lust.
lily for the police, who. of course, being wanted
were not there. Officer Carbcrry, howver heard
tho calls for help and FASTENED TO the scene, and
on learning tho condition Of things started in hot
haste in pursuit OF the fngiiivcs. Seeing n sus-
picions looking character going up Market st.
he followed him. The officer continued the
chase through several streets, and on Walnut
near Eighth he discovered just ahead Of him
| three men Que OF whom was tie man he had been
following. He called TO tho men to stop, that he
wanted 10 see them. They stopped and waited
until he got up to them nd asked what he wan l.
1
| hurry. one Of them replied by tapping him on
the head with a blackjack, another, at the same
| iimc, gave him n rap over the Uranium with n
| heavy chisel and the third treated him TO the
| con,ents Of a revolver but the ball fortunately =
missed i.s mark only grazing the officers cap
carberry staggered under the effects Of tho blow $
| he had received and reeird against II fence near
a, hand and shot nj bis nssailans twice from his
| revolver, This bad the effect 10 very much
| quicken their s.cps. Two Of them ran up Wal
| nut street aud the other down. Chief OF Police
Brady attracted by the firing hasiensd to the
scene, and ran a short distance up Walnut st.
bu, could see nothing OF the men. Officer Car
berry was taken into q nephboring drug store
where his wounds were dressed The clisel made
an ugly wound bu, he was not seriously hurt
| aud was about again next day.
| Officer ilet,rick, after carefully searching the
| bank premises, went home, took OF his uniform
and donncd citizens dress and started out 10
look for The burglars. Seeing two suspicious
| looking fellows near the railroad he ordered
| them 10 stop. In answer the men shot a, the
| officer with revovers. Iic returned their fire
and gave chase. The fellows ran 10 north.
westerly direction until they came to vandever
Avenue where they were Joined by another In a
buggy, evidently pal" They all got into
| the buggy aud drove rapidly away aud for tho
time escaped, bat the telegraph 10 a had thing
for rogues. Information was sent AyiRg over
| the wires in every direction. That was the las,
that was seen Of the burglars that night. The
excitement, however, being at fever heat ths
police kept on tho trail aad continued the search
The next day the most dligent search revealed
the fact that the headquarters Of the gang had
been In house a, the southwest corner Of Ninth
and Poplar SITS. aud n generous haul was made
of the la,sst aud most approved patterns o
| .'profcssonal instruments" Shortly after nm.
other house n, the corner Of Ninth aud Kirkwood
SITS. was reported as having been mado use o. b.,
Ill.
| quence made dcsccn, upon that house also m I
captured four men in sccond-s,ory room. N,
resistance was made by the men, aud they wer,
taken at once to the City Hall Cells, followed b,
. large and excited crowd These men CAV,
their names as Francis H. Carter, OF Philadel
phia; Joseph Lawlor, Of Springfield, Mass.
James Thomas, Of Philadelphia, aud Edward II
Iiaibsri, of New Orleans. Before cointnttin,
them to the cells the men were searched, bu
nothing ofa Suspicious nature was found upol
them.
J These mcn are all described rs being rcspecta
BILE In appearance, and rather refined, havini
nothing Of the common thief look about them
Just such looking .'gcntlemaniy thieves n
Northern juries would be tco sentimental TO con
| vict.
Amer hearing before Mayor Simms, the &C
| cuEed parties were committed TO New Castle :
await trial at the session Of tho Criminal Cour
next week, and II found guilty they will be ser
| apt TO u-sdcrgo some ot tne peculiar punte0mcn
allotted TO rogues In Delaware. Their gcn,es
/, a,uearance will not Ia case Of conviciioa, kce
them from the Whipping-Post and pilory, 70
Judge u.jpin Is no respscier Of the persons {
A. the examlus,io before tho Mayor, Olace
Carberry identified Carter ~ the man who s.rnc
, him with the blackjack.
Since the arrest q thess msn Detective Wood
Of Philadelphia, who came dows 10 Wilmingto
10 take look at them has identified one Of then
Carter, ne "Hig Frank" alias Frank O'Dosncl
! = notorious Philadslphia rascal, Who has bee
! engaged iu several bank Affairs before, and
alsc wanted 10 Pcnnsylvania 10 auswcr III
. charge Of having shot q man named Paddy viii
. iams, 10 April 1870. Another Of the arres,e
men has been identified a. Thomas Hope anoils
: precious pet we'll ksown to the Phila. police.
: AAsshss I1ash o. ssynsnsai O1ssy.
|. The i6llowing account Of The recent wcddin
!, ceseuopy of youne lad, well known to man
7" of our readers, ws rcpublisb By special requcs
= Il 4 taken from paper published in Westche
I Ter, N.Y., The hsQle W tle parties. Mis- kll
Il 4 ran6-AauQheoP Of tho late Hon. A 81 Ma,