Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-05-14
BOLD BURGLARY.
How n Gang Of Robbers Went Through
q Savings Bank.

SUsoUEmASSA DKPor. April 30.-A
few nights ago james Altken, ieweler,
entered his shop In New Milford. In
this county. about IL o'clock. His
store Il next door TO the Savings Bank,
divided from IL by n thin partition.
Filling his pipe hc sat down by tho
stove and soon fell asleep. He was
awakened by side door OF his shop
being forced open with crash, and
two masked msn stood before him.
Have you anything to do with the
Savings Bauk:" asked oae OF the men.
"No." replied tho as,onlshod jew-
elsr.
"wsll, we've coma tn rob this bank.
and we'll give you 800 to assist us, II
you won't give us away"
Mr.. Aiken began to recover his
eomposuIs. 81 won'thsve anything to
do with it. I'm an lropsst man, aud.
II wasn't, wouldn't come here to
rob a bank"
"Well," said the masked man, draw
ibg q revolver, "I'm thief; and II
you open your head I'll blow IL or"
The burglars then hanlcuffed Mr..
Aiken. gagged him. and fastened him
In his chair. Going out OF the front
door OF the shop. they broke down the
door Of the bank. They then carried
Aitken Into the bank. aud sat him In
little room back OF the sAfs, whsre he
could see ail OF their operations.
Halt OF tho room occupied by the
jsweler shop Il used by Robert Min
turn a. q tailor shsp. The burglars
brought into the bank from the tsllor's
twenty rolls Of cloth, which they
spread around ths safe. Then they
bored a hole In the suter door OF the
safe aud blew IL open with powder.
The inside door was served la the same
way. Each time the fuse was fired the
two burglars hastened out to await the
result OF the explosion, while the ter.
rlaed Altken sst within isur feet Of
tho safe. unable to move.
When tho door had been opened
sufficiently 10 disclose 10 the burglars
q pile Of greenbacks, but not wide
enough to permit OF their being taken,
and as they were preparing another
charge, a third robSer, whom Aiken
had not seen befsrr. hurried into the
bank and excitedly told his esmpan.
Ions that they must hurry away. The
watcher had seen man emerge from
n house opposite aud 20 to his barn,
and smoke was ascending from his
chimney. The oaths Of the burglars
were fearful TO hear, Altksn says, As
they In vain tried to thrust their
hands through tho crack In the door
10 grasp the treasure, aud tuggcd and
pulled at the door to wrench IL oil.
Tearing some strips from a roll Of
cloth they bound Aitken more firmly
and hurried away.
Aitken succeeded In loosing his feet
from the chair, aud wrenched the back
OF IL oil. His feet were bound so no
could not step but two Inches Mt
time. bu. no shuiiled out OF the bank
Int the middle Of the road, where he
Ia some way got the gag out OF his
mouth aud alarmed Russell. the black
smith. The burglars wsrs traced to
near Montross.
Aitksn says that they were very
bold la their operations. They broke
In the bank door with a slsdge ham.
risr, and their reports OF the blasts In
the safe were loud enough TO be heard
half n bleck away. a piece OF iron
weighing three pounds was fsrced oil
the safe by ons Of the blasts. IL went
whizxing close By Aitkcn's head up
through the chimney. breaking q
threc-inch studdlng aud loo.ening the
outslds boards. Clocks Ia the jswelry
store crashed TO tho floor from thsir