The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-02-25

as they passed by, so as to see that the
coast was clear, without hesitating however.
They were to walk right ahead until point
where Main street intersects short street
on which the bridge before alluded to is
located, and the first two men were expec-
ted to be stationed. If.the coast was clear,
the men who passed by the bank we're to
raise their hats lightly and walk on slowly
without seeming to take notice.
The raising of the hats was the signal
that all was right, and so as to make assur-
ance doubly sure, another participant was
stationed on Sheppard S corner Main street,
to see that the clerks had left the bank at
their appointed time.
This was to be done all by signal not
word was to pass between the plotters, and
the raising Of the hat was the universal
token.
THE ROBBERY.
As the two men who started from the
front of a certain hotel already referred to,
come within sight of Shepherds corner
where the third lookout was stationed they
received the proper signal, passed up Maine
street, one on each side, as planned, and
one being twenty feet in the rear of the
other. On arriving within sight of the
bridge they saw that their companions who
were to enter the bank were at their post.
The signal was given promptly, and those
who were to enter the bank walked up to
Main street, Bond being twenty feet in ad-
vance Of his companion. The men who
gave the signal retraced their steps slowly
and remained in sight of the bank until
they saw their accomplices enter and the
window curtains pulled down to prevent
parties from looking in. Al watches were
TO remain at their post for ten minutes, so
that in case the robbers were intercepted.
they could be on hand to prevent their ar
rest, and to use every means in their power
to do so. At the end of the ten minutes
they were to separate and each one was to
go to some store where he was acquainted,
get into conversation with the store-keeper.
and to remain with him constantly until
the news came that the bank had been rob
bed This was for the purpose of proving
an ahLi. They were if possible to call the
store-keeper's attention to the time so that
in case they were suspected and arrested
this could be proved to- One went into
DR.. Hands Office, another into Shepherds
store aud the others were to see to the transfer
Of the money to safe hiding place. And
as soon as all hands engaged in the crime
could conveniently do so, they were to has
ten to the scene of the robbery, and be very
energetic in hunting up the thieves.
That this compact WAS we'll carried out,
is shown by the fact that two of the real
robbers hired a sleigh, armed themselves
with revolvers, and set out In search of the
the inofending ones. On arriving at
depot they told the chief of police about
two men whom they saw enter the train,
and who looked to them as suspicious char
acters The chief had the good sense to
see that the parties were all right, and on
this account did not arrest them, The
party who was stationed to receive the
money from the thieves met them as ap-
pointed on the Dundaf road, after having
played their part in the bank, as already
published in the testimony Of Mr.. Stott
given in Tuesdays REPUBLICAN.
On receiving the money this accessory
carried it to the house Of an accomplicc,
where it was buried in an ash-pile 70 the
rear of the house.
"PLAcISG" THE MONEY.
On the same evening it was removed by
the robbers, who thought it too close to the
house, and it was carried about quarter
of mile distant in an old pillow case and
buried in heap of snow Subsequently
it was feared that the
FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW.
would tell tales in case the officers came to
make search and so that Investment was
not considered safe, and another removal
was planned. Accordingly, at midnight of
the same night it was removed from the
snow-pile and placked in lath-pile located
in the neighborhood Another conference
of all the robbers was held, and it was con-
cluded that the lath-pile was also an unsafe
saw-mill would be likely to discover it, and
another removal was decided upon. So be-
fore daylight on the following morning,
one of the robbers removed it and placed it
in closet in the of his dwelling. He
shortly afterwards heard that he was sus-
peeted as one of the robbers, this despos-
tory was also considered unsafe and the
funds were transferred to a saloon and
thrown under the counter. ,.l..
6 COUNTING TIE SP0Ls.
e. Later on in the evening the money was
removed to a hotel, where al midnight in
the presence of all the robbers, it was coun-
ted for the FIRST time, when it was ascer-
tanned that if divided, equally, allowing
.ner ceHtage to outsiders who had a know
ledge of the robbery, the share of each ac-,
tive participant: would amount 70 about ST.,
800. The entire amount was 5000. H
. The money was ieft in the hotel ia its
pillow case until the following Sunday,
when it was concluded TO remove it TO what
was considered safer hiding place. 1t was
accordingly given TO one of the robbers who
carried it TO small grocery Store on the
outskirts of the town and lifting a portlon