The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1875-10-12

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A letter from Huntington, w. Va,
says: Will yon aud your readers be-
lisvs that write truth or fiction when
1 tell the plain facts of the remarkable
hank robbery here. an affair ia all its,
details almost 'incIedi. 10 in this oiD-
tsy or this century? -Four men have
been stopping in this neighboihood for
two or three weeks, one OF them at =
hotel here, making considerable bank
deposit and frequently calling at the
bank on business, registering as j. @.
Johnson Of Tennessee; tbs other board
ed at u farmers, dealt u little in stock
and purchased four fine horse. With.
out creating suspicion they rode to
farmers on Saturday, with their horses
IA splendid cvnditioo, and remained
till Monday. While there they were
grooming their horses almost constant
ly, frequently bathed their uecks with
aruica. had them carefully shod aud
made ready for the fearfdl race before
them. At 2 o'clock, they rode quietly
Into town, tied their horses aud two oi
them crossed the street to the bank Of
Huntington. One s;oDd near the
horses, another eutered store oppo-
site the bauk, called for cigar, asked
the three men inside u they had any
shooting Irons. then cody drew his
own aud fiankly told them his friends
we're having q little trouble making
change over the way aud didn't wish
t. be disiui bed.
In the bank the two sprang over the
counter. seized the cashier, Mr.. Onsy.
and demanded money. He gave the
81, 500 lying on the counter. aud after
some delay, opened the safe aud took
out 5000 more. They asked him IL
this was all, threatened him II he aus
wered falsely. carefully examined the
vanlt, and then, in the quietest man
ner, opened his books, saw the balan-
ces of Saturday, aid then the leader
said: II believe you ure right. buI
this is a mighty poor bank. Mr Oney.
aad it is too bad to tempt honest men
with falss appearances. As If this
WAS not audacious eaongh. he turned
again TO the cashier. aud said: Ikuew
you in Mosby's command. add don't
want you to suffer. How much stock
have you In here p lie answered po-
litely, About seven dollars and u
half" when our Dick Turpin coolly ui-
rolled his money, and made exact
change, aud laid 1t on the COUNTER
he then said: 'Yor see ] am not alter
very dangerous to leave this bank alonr
but / must trouble you to cross the
street with ME, as l may need help III
mounting" They then marched Oley
and the colored porter across the street.
mounted coolly, called the sentinel,
shen the leader made another speech:
I'VE are Obliged to part with you, and,
as you seem " have something to say,
yon may now say it; ia fact, you may
yell" Aud the cashier did yell, ana
Jim yelled, and the President. who was
luielly walking up the street with a
iiiend, aud had Just wondered what his
cashier WAS ,out there trading b 'r,es
Tor, yells 1, aud tn two hundred p u
pie VINO were oo ths street yelled. fhs
robbers rJde qlistiy out Of town. walk
.,d their horses up long hill over
looking il, aud saw n wild community
running for shot guns, mounting dray
norses, aud in v ~ few minutes IN
not pursuit. Most of the horses, rid
Isn at furious pace, were "sto'e" or
clown before they reached ths summit,
xhile the robbers waved their hats and
loosed their reius.