Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-02-04
Gaforfin GlarinM
ALEX. p. BEATTY,
Editor and Proprietor.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY I, 1875.
CRIME RAMPANT.

in the way of robber,es, embezzle-
lnents, defalcahons and such like SEN
sational reports. there has been quite
enough developed in the last week to
make up for all previous stagnation
in the swindling way. Take the staid
old Puritan Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts, to begin with, and what
pretty story of scoundrelism she has
to tell for a single day-that was
Wednesday, First, an old business
firm, Mess1s. Jordan, Clark d Co. found
themselves suddenly plunged into
bankruptcy, because confidential
clerk by his Justification OF their books
had wiped out surplus of S;25O,OOO,
they thought they possessed over and
above their Indebtedness Next, the
Rev. E. d. WinsQow, Treasurer Of the
Bosten Post Publishing Company,
comes to Light as first class swindler,
and hypoc1ite; being detected in for
,geries On numerous notes ranging from
$4,000 to $25, amounting in all
to 100000. Besides these operations,
he is suspected of having set fire to
his house in order to obtain the insu-
rance of $4,000 on his furniture
But still greater sensation was in
store for the next day, when the tele-
graph announced one Of the most
startling and audacious Bank robbie
ries that Massachusetts, has ever
known. A band of seven men, who
had been hanging about the town for
at least month, it would seem, en-
tered the house of Cashier Whittle-
sey, of the Northampton National
Bank, and bound, gagged and guard
ed for seven hours seven people. They
compelled him to give them the COM
binations on the safe vault, waited
until the night Waterman had gone
home, and then, getting into the vault
and safe with only one Of the four
keys needed, took large amount of
securities, locked the vault after them,
and departed on the earl y morning
Springfield train; and, whence they
came and whittier they went, up to
date, is riddle.
The burglars were we'll disguised
with masks and long linen busters and
wore kid gloves. The family consisted
of four gentlemen and three ladies,
The burglars were a Jolly set and
treated tho gagged victims very plea
sanity until 4 o'clock, when an alarm
was made, and they decamped with
their spoils. Later details give the
amount Of securities taken at about
$67O,OOO. Many Of them are railroad
and other bonds, which are not nego-
table, so that the real loss to the bank
and depositors is not yet known. A
reward of $4,000 is offered for the
capture Of the villains.
Next in the way Of defalcatlons on
smaller scale in various places are,
as the sales bills say, " too numerous
to mention The Whiskey Ring trials
are still going on, and there is every
indication that Mckee, now on trial
at Saint Louis, will share the fate Of
his comrades in the penitentiary. In
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, seven distillers
have pleaded guilty to dealing in the
crooked"
We are mortified to have to include
our native town in this black cata-
logue Of crime, but the following dis
patch tells startling story:
i: CARLISLE, Jan. q. - About !
o'clock this morning Thousands Of
people of this town were aroused by
terrific explosion which took place on
Bedford street, Immediately in front
of the residence of ex Sheriff Mozart
ney. 1t was well-planned attempt
to destroy his life by nitro glycerine.
The house is an old two-story lime
stone, and the only occupants are Mr..
Mccartney and his housekeeper.
About one or two minutes before the
explosion the lady heard parties
breaking or bursting in the front door.
The internal machine" as it is called,
was evidently attached to a long
rope stretched across the street, and
hanging in small tree directly
opposite the door, on the line Of the
curbstone, and the noise made in
breaking the door was intended to
draw Mr.. Mccartney from his room
and to the door, when the party in
charge Of the rope on the other side
would simply drop and explode the
machine. They failed, however, in
getting Mr.. Mccartney from his room.
The machine was dropped to the curb
stone, which was shattered to pieces,
aud the windows Of the adjoining