The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-17
THE GREAT BANK ROBBERY.
a Young Lady Relates Her Experience
with the BurEIars-

a Young Lady Relates Her ExPerieRct.
with the burglars.
Miss Matte c. White, of this city,
who was visiting in the family of Mr.
John Whittlesy, the cashier of the North
ampton bank, writes to her brother, Mr..
+. L. White, an account of her eX-
| pefieiiCs tfith the burglars. Size says:
" About twelve Bclbck; or Il little
after, five burglars entered ctr peaceful
home with all the violence that we have
often pictured to us through the papers,
and such rs Is hard to believe, and can
only he realized through experience,
such - tFe have now had. The first in
timation Laura had Of what was going
on was that a man was entering their
room, over the sitting room, and he had
dark lantern in his hand, and immedi-
ateiv sprang to their bed, while both
screamed. They were then held by
their thrOats, two neh then being there,
and at once handcuffed and held down.
had nst been asleep over ten mill
utes, for I heard the town clock strike
twelve, and at half-past twelve we were
all under their entire .sttbjection, there
being q man or two men in my chamber
at once. The first / knew a man entered
my room, and the dark lantern wakeHed
lllts 4 SuDIyDnG. oNAOS1iAlCNA3 llllllAiAAS II
was John, and that the house was on fire,
and sprang out Of bed. He put me back
and choked me, and then told me he
would treat me kindly if / would keep
perfectly quiet. lie said / was caught
You are all caught, and you may as
veil give up He then told me | must
get UP. / begged him to let me lie
there, bjtt nc said no. and pulled me
up and led me into the hail and then
handcuffed me. He then took me into
Laura's room-nO, not quiet yet. After
getting me into the hall he said / would
take cold without m6fe clothing, and /
told him | would take my death Of cold
that way, and he led me back into my
room, when I obtained more clothes, and
he took me with them. Very shortly
after Maria, Aunt Mattie and her hus-
band walked in the same room, and the
girl was brought in with It's. After they
had got us all in that room they made
us all get up separately and dress.
"Of course we were rugged in each
Others clothing, and some were half
dressed. They kept hurrying US up,
and we were all wonderfully possessed.
was very calm, and acted accordingly.
They opened LIS bureau drawer, and
took out her handsome violet cloak and
handed it to her, saying, l guess that Is
what you want She put that onwith her
balrnOral skirt, and then l was fixed up,
and they fell short of handouts.
g Then Laura and l were Joined by
one handcuff, and they took Us off into
the front room and put us in the bed
and tied our hands and feet with leather
straps, buckled as tight as possible.
Then they took heavy ropes and slipped
through these, and brought the rope
under the bed, and fastened it with
extra ropes besides. They served us all
this way They treated John cruelty
also Aunt Hattie. The last operation
was to gag us with rubber gags. John
was blindfolded and tied in another posi-
ton. They then dragged him in the
lower bedroom, and he was almost dead
when found.
Laura and | extracted ourselves first
bv the greatest effort, and we dragged
ourselves, bed and all, TO the window
about seven o'clock in the morning, and
with one free hand opened the window
and alarmed the neighbOThOOd. We had
to have our handouts filed apart, and
it was about nine o'clock when Laura
and I were separated. We are alive and
we'll, onI, that we aIe scratched and
bruised, and Johns chest Is black and
blue They held a pistol at his head
after they got him in the bedroom,
where they demanded the keys and COM
binatiOn. They did not touch the silver,
but took Johns watch and chain. i.
grabbed hers and flung it under the
bureau. and they missed it. - Williams
port Pa.) Gazette.