, 1874-06-06


senlo aa myself ! aaid to them. DO yot1 want
him 1Io ropliod, u want you, ard YOU arc nv
prisoner.' Tlien thoy seized MO and walked mo
along to the moltl!ng,,room, whore they put my
hands bohlnd my back and atrapped thom. Ono
and crammod It into my mouth, mud tiotl 1t
around my nook with tarrod strings, COM
plcto1y gaggipg mo-, They thon got nc nc down
aud strapped my loga with now straps IN
two placoe. and also ,pinionod my arms and
After had boan loft aiono five or air minutes
QUO Of thom ca,no back to Hao how was eottiug
slong. 1Io asked me II was all right. could
only mumbe something: 10 then returned to
gaggiug tho old man One OF them cano back
to Soc low was, and loft again quickly. Ti.
nally thoy camo back mud cut the atrapH from my
legs and ordcrod mo to stand up. Then they
covered my loaa with coat. 1aslsod thom as
wcll rs could, 'Where nro you going with mo l.
Ono replied gruf1ly You'll know aftor while
was thon led out OF doors, and thoy Walked mo
into tho Office to the. aafo-vanlt, III which they
put me, and ahut tho iron-loor nearly to, losv-
to to- breathe: / found RodnoyS T Roo, tho othor
watohmnn. in there, too. Ho was also bound
and gagged. Wo Bat on tho vault-foor
fleeing oaoh othor. While NO woro In tho
vault no heard tho robbers ondsayoring to
break upon tho Bafo on tho opposite sido Of tho
room. Tho safo-vault wo woro in waa used for
koop,ng books and papers in. Tho innor door is
Of iron, aud tho outer OF wood. Tho Bafo they
1gere breathing INTO is QUO Of Hsrring's patont,
and Is s1 feet high; We couldn't 400 the mon at
parently hammerillg tho aafe With heavy ham
mers. and NO could hear tho clinkfng OF cold
chisola and tho grating Of lovers, as though they
werc prying upon tho doora. Suddenly thoY
opened tho outor door Of tho vault wc woro in
nor door, as thero was going to bo m explosion
Of courBa NO kept back, and then thoy shut tho
outer door. We hoard . rory light explosion soon
aftor, when tho outer door Of tho vault was again
tho now iuses tic lie old p'Fi fuso "s'fJ IS good ID
for nothing. We know then tllat tho first Ok
plosion was = failnre. We could hear thom
charge tue pato = sooond time, and 9niokly =
pnrt Of the safe waa blown out. We uext heard
thom handling papers. touring open envelopes,
oto. They wore not moro thln q half an hour
doing tho Inter work when thoY again cauo to
tho door Of tue vault. and oponud the outer ono,
little also, and peered in upon us. I nu1nbled
to them that {olt faint, aud they opened the
door widor. One OF thom took a slodgo-ham-
mer and smashod In ono Of tho wooden panels
Of tho outor door, md that lot tho air como
All Ills timo III. Roo aud mysoif vore trying
to got our hands loose. Mr. noe finally
succeeding, and thon he loosoned n,ino, but wo
did not daro to Bhow that our hands woro FREQ
for foar thoy would kill uB. Presently wc heard
thom gathor up Hon,o things and leayo tho office,
and so could hear them hlirryinE away. man.
aged to Squeeze through tic broknn panel OF
tho outside door, mud soon reloased Mr. Roo.
Looking about tho oiiico we discovered that
largo hola had boon blown In the north door of
tho safo, and both doors woro powderstainad
and wids open. Scattered about the floor wore
torn Envelopes paposs, packages, esc.; also
crowhar,. .sledgo.hammer, two cold-chisels, tarrod
gtrings, fuBo. muslin gags, md punchos. This
was littlo aftor q. M, and NJ quickly as pos
eible ne gavo tho alarm, but tile robbers had
1od. All woro rnas1od."
Tho robbers 60. 80 600 IN Unitod statoa coupon
bonds aud about 81, 600 in currency.