Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-07-12
DARING BURGLARY.
Re56ery Of The Barre BdRk-Tks Casa
ser and has F,IsRily Gagged :

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Der Of his house. which Is located in
..Gospelville. about quarter Of mile
from the bank. when they were sudden
" aroused by shout and red fash Of
light from a bulls-eye lantern Starting
up. Mr.. King says he saw four men
standing over the bed One said,
Hush not bit Of noise. and no one
will be hurt; suppose yOu know what
We have come for" Mr.. King said.
lies" They then requested him to
get up and dress. which he did. delay
ing IS long as possible The burglars
tore pillOE-case into strips, made 4
small gag. and put it in Nj Kings
mouth. Then they requested Mrs King
to get up. which she did, wrapping 3
sheet around her One Of them took
the child in his arms The mother said,
Keep quiet. darling. you shan't be
hurt"
Going down stairs with the mother
and child, leaving Mr.. King with =
keeper. they placed two chairs in small
= bedroom and seated them Serewing
some rings into the a0or, they strapped
, their ankles to them with leather straps
and tarrei ropes. placing handouts on
: their wrists and otherwise securing them.
: Leaving them in the care Of young
: J, nan about % years old. charging him
: to keep close watch. they proceeded with
: Mr.. King to the hank, one walking some
E five rods in front and the other in rear,
while : third led him The front and
rear guard. taking his keys, went to the
hank. while he was left behind = short
distance
!, After reeonnOitering the premises they
: returned. and took him into the hank
:; Mr.. King opened the vault taking a
uueh time IS lie could. Here thel
Is found $500 in unsigned bills. Ehiel
= had been received from the government
: the previous eTening. These they in
: nediately appropriated to their Own Us,
! also about $50 in revenue stamps
e Inside Of the vault was = safe, seeur
Z Cd BY , tine-loek which had been set /
: open ~ o'clock. Wednesday morning
1t contained al the TalaableS Of IN
~ hank. some s., 600 in currency. and I
large amount Of bonds One Of the fel
= lows ordered Mr.. King to open the safe
p when be informed them that il had
-~ tine-lock- They then probed the key
n hole to see if 1t could Be opened Wit
powder. but finally gave up the vorl
Of All this occupied about n hour. afts
which they took Mr.. King tack to hi
q house, PLACED him = chair beside b
aa- wife and child. and strapped him to
n and the foor. The gag vas then take
N, cut q bis mouth. and the family give
- : glass Of milk and water and cup
g :, cold chocolate, which Mrs King to
81 then where 70 find All Of this ar
~ there we're three lights burning aba
the house- The burglars we're also 10
ing each other. eating and drinkin
/. They finally took their departure sbo
are l:30 A N. bidding Mr. King and VI
,uri goodbye, With mock courtesy and $
the e1zn- Some Is minutes later. Mr.. XII
- freed himself from his bonds Both
E and his wife had been hzbd-cuSei
ueu attempt vzs made u hzD3-cuH the chi
ion. but she easily drew her little har
through tie iron bracelets. Mr.. 81
As r1n to the house Of Dr.. Brzley, Prs
Guns dent Of the hank having On only
u o. pants and slippers He went 70
s1is- Cottage Hotel. and called Mr.. OrdE
lie frun his bed Who vent to MeGoTer
n'i blacksmith shop. and g0s eold Ell
: : With which they eut The chain of
7o-e shaekles, and zftsrEzrd unlocked Il
oose With = key which they fortunately fou
I'd Messr< Ordwsy and Aldrieh then {
; Jet = team FROM Jzekson's stable, and G
1sr- 70 Montpelier. where they made
rt'on On Deputy Sheriff Tuttle. reaching
'ears, Capitol AZ zbout A n Mr.. &c
y W. Sargent the telegraph operator.
iAza nsKt zr0assd. and Dispatches f0rzz,
TIE % s. Albzns and in al directioas.
they ooe q these Mr. futile Afterwards
-o0Ee esiEsd reply fr0a Bradford. "a
Tie that persons answering tie deserip
eer- Of tie burglars lad crossed the PEN
The y. II. bridge AZ 6 O'eloek A n.
are Sheriff Jackson In close pzrszit
h'P- Arz King SAYS that she informed
) are young Ian who vas left with her,
Lev he others had g08s % the hank. .
'ssIty, The ti1e-lOek. and thzt tbey would
i1lng % u0osy- On hsz-ing this. he u
lzt1re sEo7osd Away. AID sad IL wzs the
Many Job Of the kind be had eTer atse=zr
i de- She SAYS that he treated her AID
tai ehild very respectfully The bur,
, tie lad double and single team. tie
e0o- Dsr Was tb0aght 70 be one ~hieh
-sslng Dodlsy. Of tins plaza. les last nigh
clouds q % M1-shseli- Oos q these
: AID hisehea- while fbsy Eere At work. Il
Psrlod ho1se-shsd e tie UniFsrsalist ehuu
Ssrsaf Barre and tie esber a. the tsDoe O
,.iu = easter AZ the f5r1er Place.
Isft b1rglzr's jimzy- They wers
festiy -zrnsi AID s41ipped. and
~ W white domiDses over tAeir faces