St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-10-30
ST. ,3ohnsburn Galrdoni;n.
VI. Friday. Oct. 20. 1874.
Masked Robbers.

iWn.Wm STOLEN FROM \ NEW IIAMr
SHIRE EANK.
NASHUA. Tuesday. Oct. -.
The community WAS startled. thi.
morning. 10y the report that the cashier
at the S"mhrgam Bank al Milford Wa
gagged. last night. and he bank vault
opened and robbed OF : 100. 900 in green.
backs and hond>.
The dc>pcIador> effected IN entrance
to Mr.. SawNrr> house 10y turning the
key in the piazza door with Il pair I"
pliers. Then they boldly assembled IL
the second story. probably 10y tn,
front stairway and proceeded ut one,
/" Nj. SaWycr'> htd-room. The frs
kn"Wlci"c that VI. sawyer had o
what WAS tran>piing. ii hand wa> lai,
ON hi> throat and Il voice conllN said
I'VE want y"u. sir" The hand o
another william WAS placed upon tn,
throat Ut Mrs. sawyer at the same time
and presently She WAS rudeiy rakcr
from h,.r he'd with her infant child and
placed in Il chair. She resisted viii
all her strength and cried out unit
ch"krd to silence. The cries "f til,
child apparently made the men nrr.
Nou-. 50 much 81 that they mad,
threats of violence if it WAS not instant
II huShcd up. Mrs. Sawyer thinks >h,
had nn fear of the. dc>pcraducS. but tui
iI> safety nur>cd it, II club being rIisco
above her head To command silence
Tine struggle with Mr.. Sawyer was pro
gIC~>iug all the while. two nt the ruff
aus having him upon the side of the
hrd forcing handouts upon him. Il -.
Ina,l,. of :; piece of broom handle
with Il hole rn breath through bored il
tie. centre. vas thrust in his mouth an,
Il ''tWi>tcr Put upon his neck. lie wa,
then allowed +" put on his pantal""n'
from the pocket of which one of til,
thieves ah>tlnclrd >2W and slippers
q coat WAS placed upo his shoulder,
;imd he WIS ready for the business il
hand. He was handled rapidly, but il
did not seem to hr their intention
I" luiurc him. All the gang WIS mask
eel. and Mr. Sawyer thinks all Wcr,
harci""ic,l : hey had dark lanterns :;
tail kit ol tools, and apparently ;
thorough knowledge of the premises
the number of the members of til,
huu~hold and were experts who ia'
,,l.iIlnd thr attack and were carr rim.
"Hl their programme rapidly and viii
- guard ut every point where II WI
I">~ihiy d,tccIiur might rn>ur. in
i'm" the >iruggIr with Mr.. and Mrs
>.ru.,i THEN attention WAS called IL
the screaming "i ihc servant girl. Mary
l:Ind,lick. in another apartment When
ta\o al the men made Il bold push t.
uuI,.i her. She WAS seized lay IT," h"a'
aud an attempt Vas made To smother
her. bat She Struggled and fought like
.tI engaged ll1c'. and MAS not conquer
eel til they bad dragged her from hcl
l..d i,\ he ham ii her head and chnkco
her Ia silence am! han,lcuil,d her hand,
trhimd her.
liz mcamtilac the two boys. FREQ
:,"cd twelve anG his brother aged >i\
showed >IgiI> OF life. Whcm they WEI,
taken from their beds. and. with TIA.
servant girl. an attempt was made IL
t" keep Them quiet on II hrd. lh"'
would not Ice quiet, however, ami con
ScuucntlN they were unccrcnIoml"u>l.,
hu~Ilrd them into II small closet and IT,,
.ilI in after them. The closet WI,
iirrm fastened with screws, and >cNcla
!,"l,.~ bored Though the door t" admit
the aiI. The work at disgusting OF til,
inmates al the house WAS rapidly ac
cumpli~ii,d hN other m,mi,cl> of tn,
gang. Ms. Sawyer Was handcuticd.
and with her infant child and eldest
daughter. l;rrtha. placed i'll Ill" closet
of her ~lrcpIn" room. the dc>pcrHd"c-
iiI>t placing chairs tnr them To sit in
The door was fastened with screws. IL
III the first instance, and SiN holes
bored To admit the air. DI" of Tia,
ruiliauS expressed concern let Ihrr,
should not he enough All fuI them. aIid
- Two additional holes Wcl'' bored
two men Nrrr detailed to watch the
inmates OF the house. and the others
Mr.. Sawyer thinks there were tWclN,
IN ali. conducted Nh. Sawyer Ia tn,
hluk. The two men that II iNcd be
hjnd made themselves perfectly "a
home. They >ilnlcrrd about the HOUSE
and talked plra~antlN with Mrs. Saw
yea, adv i>ing her /" k'rp quiet. On,
"t them remarked. lie ai>l wild Ncz
dallu." Although hcr watch Wa> nl
the sitting room table. and other Val
liable Articles were easy l." hc found
unrhin" was taken. Mr.. Sawlrl'> cN
Irli.urc from the time lac left til,
house till h, returned Was not plcH>:tn
or romantic Th,N hurried him to tia,
lrIuk ~ rapidly Is p">>ihlr. rr">>im.
the suspension bridge and pa>>iu.
through Yards and cross lots. and de
lmaudrd to know where the keys were
liz, told them that he had NOT "ut 81
vault keys. AMI WlIcm he refused Ia tel
where they were. the ''tWi>tcr Wa
was given an extra turn and he WI
made iu>cn>ihlc. The mci. Vino. Il
We. have before stated. were bare. foot
cd. growlcd Il good deal about tn
travelling. and one of them remarked
'Dlum these stones, how they do prIri
i fellow" At the bank. Mr.. SaWyc
was again asked f"r the keys. On
OF the men said. damn You, Nou hay,
HE'D to H. twice. We amt going Il
lose our summers work. now own up.
The tvi-tcr made him insen>ihlr. hut
upon IcNiNiu". he concluded his Satct,
lrptuIrd upon their questions, aud :,
h,. told Them they would lind them il
hi Post office box He WAS placed il
Il chain and guarded while tw" ct tn
ncu went Ia the Post otlirr. broke
light at glass. thrust Il hand through
turned the catch. hoiercd the window
and jumped in. After this. they I'M
bottled anal opened the front door. oil
tanned the keys and returned I" tn
bank. Mr.. Sawyer opened the vault
when they proceeded to examine il
contents. Dnr al them asked previous
". if there MAS StiO.Wm in it and seem
al quite disappointed Ia learn thai tin
amount they would probably make on
"t i!,. i"h Was - small. ~ near ~ cal
10. estimated without the statement "
all the sufferers. the total loss i> ahuu
~luu. 900. and is distributed Is fnlum