The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-09-23
The Huntington Bank Robbery.

We alluded last week to the daring ROBBERY
OF the Bank CT Huntingdon. The following
particulars, which we copy from the Hunt
iugton Advertiser, will prove interesting to
our readers:
There have been since the war many daring
Bank robbeIies but none equaling iii audaci-
ty. GOODNESS and success the one perpetrated
here on Monday the 9th. There are but two
persons, regularly engaged in the Bank, and
while one Of them is at dinner, the other re-
mains alone.
THE ROBBERY.
On Monday While Mr. Russell the President
was at dinner, two men entered the Bank
with revolvers in their hands and both Of them
jumped over the ceunter'and secured revolt
yer lying on the desk. Air. Oncy, Cashier,
jumped 10 get the revolver, but they We're
ahead of him, and told hin, to '.hold up his
hands, at the same time bringing four reyol-
yers to bear on hun They then told him
they wanted the money in the Bank, aud If he
undertook to raise all alarm they would Kill
him. He began to tesnpoflze to gain tine;
they told him to oEen the safe; he tod them it
was open; they then said they wanted the in
ner apartment opened. He told them that the
key was not there. They opened the drawer
and found the key; and then told him to open
it, He told them ''he wonld not do it," If
you do not we will kill YOU" He replied s'if
you do, know you wont get the money" He
kept them tenporizing as long as possible, but
at last they got tired and told him slime was
I'D. and he had to open the safe and sWore
they would blow his brains out unless he did.
He then opened the safe and they told him to
hand out the money. He handed out two
packages, and told them that was AL, but one
of them stopped and saw that he had pushed Il
package back; they ordered him to hand that
out too. They then asked how much there
was; he told them and they. seemed disappont-
ed that there was no more; they made him
show the cash ticket of the day before and said
s'that was all right They then asked Mr..
Oney if ''any Of that money was his.'' He
told them Ives; his balance was about seven
,lollarsn They said ''well we don'g want
this little scrape to cost you anything. ana
counted him out seven dollars. They told Mr..
Oney they had been in that business some
time, but he was the coolest man they had
ever come across.
In the mean time ssJim" the colored nlessen-
ger, had come in, they said nothing to him I'M
till he got in; they asked him ii he chad any
money amongst the papers he brought from
the Post oifice'' He told them he did not
know what there was; they then told him to
..stand up in the corner and Keep quiet and he
won1 NOT pet hurt' After securing all, they
took Mr.. Oney and jim, and MAJ ched them
across the street, to where their horses were
Mr.. Russell, the President, in company with
Mr.. Ben. Davis, was at the corner returning
from dinner: as soon as Mr.. Oney found that
only one robber was pointing his pistol at him,
he yelled, but they jumped Tor their horses and
were off, Mr. Russell ran into the Bank while
the robbers still had Mr.. Oney, to look for his
revolver. but it was gone and he then ran out
and gave the alarm.
When the two robbers went into the Bank,
Mr., Powell WHO lives opposite. saw them jump
over the counter, and was about raising the
alarm, but lust then two others rode up III
front of his store; one Of them dlsmauntef,
went in, asked for a cigar; he handed him five
dollar note to pay for it, tie saw That Mir.
Howell was excited and asked him if lie had
any fire arms about the house? AT the same
time he cot between him and the back door OF
his store, and then told him that "those men IN
the Bank were going to take what change there
was there and that ii he undertook to raise
the alarm or escape, they would Kill hlm;'
they made him stand out on the sidewalk until
the men in the bank came ont with Mi. Oney,
keeping him under their pistols. The men in
The Bank had hitched their horses near Mr.
Sauburn's blacksmith shop; they mounted and
were in minute riding at full run toward
Four Pole.
THE PURSUIT.
Mr.. Russell came down the street alarming the
citizens and hurried 0 the stable for his horse;
Sheriff Smith heard the alarm and started, by
Mr. Russel's direction, to pursue the ROBBERS;
Mr.. Russell was mounted on his Meet gray
horse armed with Il double barrel shot gun,
and in IS time than it takes to tell OF 1t, he
and the Sheriff were going at break neck
speed up the hills on the other side OF
Eonr Pole. Mr.. Garland, when he heard the
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