Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1873-03-29

having first cut their way through the
brick arch. Here they had but to en-
ploy the steel drill, and with large
sized implement of this kind, they SUI
ceeded in cutting out large square
block of the iron roof by boring great
number of holes together along each
side of the square until the piece was
cut out, leaving hole sufficiently large
to admit the passage of a mans body
Through this hole the robbers entered
the vanlt, where there were two iron
safes, one of which was somewhat larger
than the others and it is supposed that
on this account they selected it fortheir
prize, thinking it contained the money
of the bank. But in this they made a
great mistake, and in passing by the
smaller safe they
LEFT LARGE SUN OF MONEY.
(the funds Of the bank untouched, and
broke into a treasury, which no doubt,
was far below their calculations.
After entering the vault the burglars
pried the door of the safe until a crevice
was made sufficiently large for the in
sertion Of a charge of powder The
centre knob, by which the combination
lock is manipulated, was droken off,and
it is thought that powder was also pour
ed through this plate into the vacuum
between the outer and inner castings of
the door. AT any rate the door was
blown open with powder, and the charge
was so heavy that about half the bolt
heads joining the two castings We're
burst off, the outer casing was warped
for several inches, and the combination
machinery of the lock was badly dam
aged. The burglars
MUST HAVE KNOWN WHAT THEY WERE
ABOUT,
as it appears they were able to tell at a
glance the most available funds. AS far
is known they did not carry off any OF
the thousands of dollars worth of local
securities that were on special deposit
in the safe, but merely broke open the
tin boxes in which they were contained,
and left them scattered in n confused
condition around the room, Itseemed,
from the fact that they were contented
to leave with the booty which they had
secured, without even attempting TO
break into the safe containing the great
er treasure, that they had done their
work quickly and had no time to RENE
DIV their mistake.
While it is possible that this work
could have been several days in prog
ress, it seems probable that the whole
plan was
EXECUTED DURING SUNDAY NIGHT,
and experts in carpentering and iron
work being questioned on the subject
last night, gave it as their opinion that
the whole job could have been accom-
plished by three men within three OF
tour hours.
The departure of the thieves from
the vault must have been very hasty,tor
they left behind them
FULL SET OF BURGLARS TOOLS,
and other implements, consisting OF
saws, files, bits, drills, iron wedges, GIN
lets, augres, prizes, monkey-wrenches,
cold .chisels, two sledge-hammers and a
large iron brace, the whole said to be
worth several hundred dollars. A bun
die of old clothing, which they had evi-
IDENTIFY worn while at work, was also
found with the tools.
The officers of the bank stated last
night that not dollar of money belong
ing to the bank, or for which the bank
is responsible, was touched, and that
the affair will not liz the least degree al
feet their business.
This was one of the boldest robberles
ever perpetrated in this city, and but
for the fortunate mistake of the burglars
would have resulted in tremendous haul
for the daring and successful operators.
By County NEws.-We clip the
following items from the Charlestown
papers of this week -
Orr FoR TIE WEST-Capt. Nm