Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-10-27
Bank Robbing.

collapsed institution. The plaintiff claims
that his bonds were stolen from the Bank
when it was robbed in 1869; that the rob
berry was committed through the CONN.,
vance of the cashier at that time, and the
President Of the bank at the date of its
failure; that the cashier organized the rob-
berry of HE Ocean National Bank that the
tool, IL, bv the burglars were purchased
with the L..,.n's money, and that the
cashier actlall, aided and allotted in the
crime.
This he expects to prove by one Of the
party engaged in the robbery. In connec
ton with this an account in the New u DIRK
.S1u, of the man White, under arrest as the
Barre bank robber, is not uninteresting.
If the SUI $ account is to be relied on it is
curious that Miles is now suffering from
such " impecuniosity rs to trouble him
to raise bail.
lie must, however, be poor or danger
ously stingy, rs his conduct relative to
Curley indicates When the latter was in
limbo, and his family in need Of stamps,
it was nothing short of madness for Miles
to answer Mrs. Curley's request for fifty
dollars by handing over the Inadequate
sum of three dollars. He might have
known that refusing to " stand by in
that shape. would have aroused the ire OF
the imprisoned man and his wife, but per
| haps he flncied himself secure even if they
did reveal his connection with the rob
berry.
| HE account of the sun is rs follows:
To many old Detectives and others, he is known a
A. o:.e ii the operatives the great Ocean Bank rob
hrry. THIS smart r,ue's speciality was bank robbery
Is a native Of Massachusetts, His name is SUPPOSED t.
iIl,ks Gre Miles aud lieorre M"rtoIl, are til,
names that Ne has assumed at different TINES
han5 n New iI I vas a Mst tfn eaTs az ak
taEinss ne safe was hloNn "pen apd tie 5e.1riii-
was caurht sentenced to prison for long Of
years. White helped him to escape before lie had beer
Tn ralre Of wearinf masks s as dise ana OF
name during their lerredati91s, vas ntr"duced ii
rSbbed the Bowioin Bank in Maine Of sddotG
H. aud his accompllces went TO the residence of The
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basement under the hauk at Fulton and GreenwIci
streets, Was Hiitu anu !Ht words INSURANCE Once
StWton ana y ;tt.n, Vas Ialn1td over me Ct OF
rom thdt once me ana Sihnhurllt ana one or W.
the bank al tvr Between saturday night June p, ant
the toll "WlL MnhdaA morning. the bank was rot he
+ half million dollars III bank notes. Ereenhauh-
ana securities he fohbtrS broke and opened three
massive II doors supposed al the tlle by the hali
directors I" be hr ana burglar proof 70 reach tA
INNER vault III winch tue safes Were l he first dn"
was fastened with combination lock that turned nv
| separate BOTS inns was opened With fdls' hey
hen the rphfrS E't to the second door they fouht
tlt Key TO- sispehtird from nook n tn" wall ail'
tit5 tiSti II y uhl'fh lnt door lH,S dttat htu ti
ana made a hole lare en- ,lSh to admit an lnstrllInh
Tor .tr'lase 10 the larhscrtWs. WITH THIS IhT4t
iurt the door was sprung sufhcltntly to loosen IT.
b.Its' AFTER when II New open ,
me r t)trS llrs tried IL dow open the ls safes tina
"er III the vault but they tailed III this aud then n
to W rk with iinleS. copptred Halltts, thread scrc"
ana other t"I5 lh tore me doors all |" llcr's III
tlt7t me! l'ui more money imam me
fHuli carry On hlFlE thousand u'IIarS was Ieit ~