St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-10-29

and after binding and gagglng his wife
md fine other inmates of the house,
comueIled the cashier to accompany
them to the bank and open the safe.
They all wore masks and addl csSed eacil
other us numbers one, two, three, Io'ii
and five. In telling the story of their
raid. the cashier and his wife SAID tilat
the leader. White, behaved like il gen
tlcman while he WIS III the house.
..Rory" Simms. Edward Mcguire, alias
..Fairv" Mcguire, and one Bartlett, were
arrested for the robbery, and are earil
serving ont fifteen years sentence III
Maine. White WAS kept out OF the WAY
of fine Eastern detectives by influential
allies.
Whites greatest exploit was the rob
hery of the Ocean National Bank. In
Nay. 1863. an office in the basement
under the bank ut Fulton and Green
wirb streets, was hired and the words
..Iusurauce Office, Newcomh q ONell,
were paiutcd over the door. From that
office White and Shinburne and one or
two assistants worked for IL month, inl-
Melting their way to the bank above.
Between Saturday night June = and the
following Monday morning. the bank
was robbed of half IL million dollars III
bark notes, gIecnback> and securities.
The lobbers broke and opened three
massive iron doors. supposed at the
time by the bank directors to he ire
and burglar proof, to reach the inner
vault in which the safes were. he
first door WAS fastened with Il comhlna-
ton lock that turned five separate bolts.
This WAS opened with false key.
When the robbers got to the second
door they found the key to it suspended
from Il hook in the wall. and they used
il to unlock the door. They attacked
the third door with coppered hammers
and cold chiSes. and made II hole large
enough To a'.mit an instrument for
purchase to the .jack-Screws. With this
Implement the door WAS sprung Snili-
cicntly To loosen the bolts, ate: which
it flew open.
The robbers first tried to blow open
the big safes that were in the vault. but
they failed in this. and then went to
work with jlmmic>. coppcrcd mallctS.
thread screws and other tools. They
tore the doors all t" pieces with these
implements. The found muIc money
than they could carry off. Thnt! thou
sand dollars was left on the floor. where
they had scattered it. la he office that
had been rented 10y them wa> diScoV
cred IL large lot of DISCUSSES. and Il small
aImorN of weapons. No arrests were
made for the robbery, for the reason.
according t" popular lnm"r. that the
rohbrry WIS planned 10y police officials. .
who screened the culprltS.
The names of White and ShinhuInc
have never before been publicly men /.
toned III connection with the robbery.
although il has lcmg been known that T.
thcN were the roohcr~. Some time al |.
ter the occurrence, Il late SupcImtcnd- |.
cnt of Police. then the CAPTAIN of Il /
down town station. recovered one hun .
drcd and fifty thousand dollars OF the /
stolen securities. Thcy were sunrn- /.
dcrcd in Il trunk addressed to the Cap .
tain. and lett tor him ON the sidewalk /
in Mulberry street. He said that ne re-
ccivcd an anonymous note. telling here
he could find the trunk. The securities
were of Il kind that the rohhcr> could .
not pass without detection. but were
valuIhlr enough for the owners to pay
Il reward for their recovery. None of
the gr"rmhack> "r bank notes. that made
the bulk of the stolen property. were
returned
The Ocean Bank robbery MAS shortly
followed 10y Il raid on Il wealthy bank
III Maj land. White and Shimhurrr
were the principals IN il. and they got
nt1' with S2OOOOu. Some at the ncgo-
tilhl" securities were recovered in the
office OF Il prominent Tammany politician
and lawyer. and others were seized in
the saloon kept 10y Sharkcy. the mur-
in -
were trrqucnIcrS of the saloon. and the
former was. ii i said. Il partner OF
Capt. John :. loung. chief
If the detectives. got SI1 900 from the
bank for the restoration of the >cculi-
ties.
About four Years ago. White project
'd the robbery of the Bank of Com
nrrrr. One OF his cunttdrrlteS WAS
dressed a> Il policcmam. and his uni
form, ii Is charged. w:t> borrowed in the
New street police station. White WAS the
principal III the Wolt>hnln Bank robbery ,
N New Hampshire. for which one of
Ii> assistants named Campbell i now
Il ten Years sentence. He
MAS ais" implicated in the theft of IA
package of Government notes from the
Treasury Department.
White was sent to Auburn prison for
en- wears for burglary in the early part
II l~I3 Gov. Dix paldoncd him on the
of Whitley. Chief of
he Secret Service. III Il Il high officer in
a>lIln%t"m. and it WAS soon after his
"lci>t that the safe burglary WAS com
nlttcd. EN-Sccrct service officers and
others say that hr Is the man who waS
SHOWN a> "William~" in the burglary.
burglars entered the day goods house
# Henry Morgan y Co. AT Montreal.
Monday might. and stole silks aud lacc>
" the value of SI5.pm. The hnuS" of
Patrick Muldoon. in Stanley street. WIS
us" cnt"le,l. and papers and money to
he amount OF : l5OO taken.
1t is now said that the Gubnrd burial
will take place about :. week from
Thursday or Friday next. Arrange
mrnt> are NOW completed for carry ing
I ont and no further trouble is eN-
pcctrd. ,
y case i'll bankruptcy recently oc
'urcd III Minneapolis. which mmfortu-
latrly has few parallels. Gen. w. ID.
NaShhnn. less than wear ago. made
IN assignment. The ;IS>ignccS took the
property. paid all of his heavy liabili-
les. dollar t"r dollar, and have handed ;
" Mr.. Na>hhnrn. after liqmidating all
lis debts. he handsome sum of :S:}OO.- |
NOD. We know of good many men |
Hh" would he glad To fail. with such a
cSult.
MIR. Warren Adams. IL prominent citi
en of Ludlow, WIS thrown from his
wagon and killed near lIcaldvillr. ON
sunday morning about half-paSt nine.
lie started to drive to Rutland to see 4