The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-02-11
BOUND AND GAGGED.
A Young Lady Relates Her Experience
with the Northampton Bank burglars.

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with the Northampton Bank burglars.
From the williamsport PENN Gazette.l
Miss Matte G. White, of this city, who
was visiting in the family OF Mr.. John
Whittlesey, the cashier of the Northamp-
ton Mass. Bank, writes to her brother,
Mr.. T.. l.. White, an account of her ex-
perience with the burglars. She says !:
About II o'clock, or little after, five
burglars entered our peaceful home with
all the violence that we have often had
pictured to us through the papers, and
| such as it is hard To believe and can only
be realized through experience, such as
we have now had. The first intimation
Laura had of what was going on was
that man was entering their room, over
the sitting room, and he had dark Ian
tern in his hand and Immediately sprang
to their bed, while both screamed. They
were then held by their threats, two men
then being there, and Mt once handcuffed
and held down.
/ had not been asleep over ten min
utes, for / heard the town clock strike
II, and at half past II we were all I'M
der their entire subsection, there being
a man or two men in my chamber at
once. The first knew a man entered
my room, and the dark lantern wakened
me, suppose. / screamed, thinking it
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. He said L was
caught" You are all caught and you
may as well give up" He then told me
must get up. begged him to let me
lie there, but he said "No," and pulled
me up and led me into the hall and then
handcuffed me. He then took me into
Laura's room-no, not quite yet. After
getting me into the hall he said / would
take cold without more clothing, and l
told him L would take my death of cold
that way, and he led me back into my
room, where L obtained more clothes,
and he took me with them. Very shortly
after Maria, Aunt Hattie and her hus-
band walked in the same room, and the
girl was brought in with us. After they
had got us all in that room they made
us all get up separately and dress.
Or 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, 81 guess this |
is what you want" She put that on |
with her balmoral skirt, and then L was |
fixed up and then they fell short of
handouts.
Then Laura and l were joined by one |
handcutf, and they took us off into the
front room and put us in the bed and
then 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 ex-
ira ropes besides. They served us all
this way. They treated John cruelty;
also, Aunt Hattie. The last operation
was y gag us with rubber gags. John
was blindfolded and tied in another DO
sition. They then dragged him in the
lower bedroom, and he was almost dead
when found.
Laura and / extricated ourselves first
by the greatest effort, and we dragged
ourselves, bed and all, to the window
about Z o'clock in the morning, and
with one free hand opened the window
and alarmed the neighborhood. We
had TO have our handouts filed apart.
and it was about o'clock when Laura
and L were separated. We are alive
and well, only that we are scratched and
bruised, and Johns chest is black and
blue. They held a pistol at his head
after they got him in the bedroom, when
they demanded the keys and combina-
tion. They did not touch the silver,
but took Johns watch and chain. l..
grabbed hers and flung it under the bu-
reau, and they missed it.