St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-02-04
The Great Bank Robbery.

from the Sprn gtied Union. Will he "'
! interest !:
/ About two weeks ago sandN-c"hl,
plexioned man of medium sue ah'
weight and of prepoS>eS>llIS person,
appearance. appeared at +. W. buii
! livery stable gu Liberty street near the
depot, aud engaged il pair OF fast h"i'!''
and il carriage to he ready ut certain
hour in the evening t" go To Il surprise
party ut Holyokc. He failed To call f"i
them at the hour appointed but last
Monday the same man callr, ut the
stable again, and hired IL horse and car
riagc, ostenSibly to g" to H"ly"kc. Mr.
Burr recognized him and asked If Ii,
was not the man who engaged the span
two weeks before. He said he was
but entered into no explanation. Moth
ing was thought of the matter, although
it WAS noticed next day that the hor>,
appeared very tired. and seemed t.
have been driven further than lloly"kc
| On his return the stranger had asked
| Mr.. Burr if he could have the previous
~ engaged span of horses and baroucht
on Tuesday night at half-paSt Il pre-
ciscly, us he, with some friends. wished
to attend Il surprise party ut lioly"ke
The ''surpriSe" cam" i'll further mp the
river. Mr.. Burr replied that he could
| The stranger looked the horses over il
the stable, got Mr.. Burr's repeated as
Surance that these identical horses
should he ready for him at the precis,
minute. and eNactrd Il promise that they
should not he allowed To leave the sta
bic Tuesday until they were hitchcd ul
for him he wanted Il fresh team.
Tuesday evening WAS stormy, and
Mr.. BUR-, thinking that the party might
he postponed. waited for the arrival OF
the stranger before Harvesting. Half
past Il came. and 10 minutes passed be
fore heappcared. Then he rushed inand
asked if the horses were ready. No.
said the stable keeper. 1--WE had con-
cludcd you We're not coming. Glitch
them up a. soon a> You can. said the
stranger .IIow many minutes will it
take - Finding he had time he ran Ia
the depot aud quickly returned. The
men we've putting on the side curtains
of the carriage, and he assured himself
that they We're put on closely. But
your ladies can never get in. They II
have to climb over that high front seat"
said the ho>tlcr. "Wc'll lo,k after hat.
said he. Selling the. rcin> and Whlrling
up Main street like IL Jchu. He paid
tor the team III advance and his name
was not asked
Very early Wednesday morning. he
fore light. the team returned. The
same man came with it. The horses
were exhausted. The ho>tlcl expressed
his mind on the case. He replied that
the going WAS very hard and putting
his hands among the robes. said. Il
guess I've returned every thing that
belongs To you. The hn~tlrr now
thinks that he then took out Il Vali>c
bat he VAS in such haste To get the
horses in ont of the wind that hr did
not observe particularly. At any rate
the man FASTENED toward the depot
with no more words. The huI>e> were
81 exhausted that upon being stabbed.
groomed and hrdded. they lay down
and remained lying most of the TEST "t
the day. The groom SAYS THEN hair
showed they had tw" terrible >urat>.
and had been hlankrIcd and dIird fnI Il
time between.
| he New York papers say that the
Northampton IglaiN has caused no
III that city. That the robbers were
New York crlchSmrn. and that they
are now concealed in their customary
haunts there. apl"'aI> to hc the general
Impression anon" the detectives. some
however. incline To the belief that they
belong in Boston. The first intimatinn
superintendent Walling received of the
burglary WIS at 3 o'clock Thursday
morning when he WIS awakened 10y Il
violent ringing of his door bell. " hen
the do"I Mis- opened. All excited man.
who attcrWard turned ont tn Ice George.
W. Hubbard. one OF the directors of
the plundrrrd bank. said that he must
1t one" see the superintendent. In a
few moments the official Appeared. and
Mr.. Hubbard Informed him that he. had
just received Il telegram from North
ampton announcing the fact that the
vault had at last been opened aud thai
all the money and bonds ii contained
were gone. 1t appcaiS that Nh. Hub
bard came To New York on the after
noon previous. many hours before il
was definitely known whether the bug
lars had succeeded in their designs ul
not. t"I the purpose al personally civ
IN" the New oIk police all the iutnI-
nation he could thai might >rIN,. To-
trace the rohhcrs. Thursday morning
superintendent Nallin" placed upon I he
case live of the most Skilitul detectives
attached To lhc central office hut the
burglars had then more than ~ hours
the start of them.
One depo>it"r. EN-Jud.r Forbes.
I""sc> Sl9- .Um. in /. :. bonds and rail
road stocks. The >maltnr>> of the bmw-
lars WIS shown in then final >maShin.
OF the dialS of the lock of the vault
door, quite a> much Us in the other
details of the job. by rcndcrin. it i'm ,
possible for the bank officials to yet in /
to the bank for twelve huulS. they Sc
cured one day t"l the negotiation of
the stolen securities without danger of
detection.
The lock upon the vault was DcNtrr's |
double dial combination. with IicIIiu~'S /
patent for di>conmc,ting the tumhlers |.
from the spindle and WAS put in this |
bank only last October. For safety il .
WAS accounted fully equal. if not better.
than the chl"nomcter lock but the
gang knew the imS and outs of locks.
for when Mr.. WhttlcSey told them that
they could not enter with but one of
he four keys required. they responded.
I'VE know about bank locks better
han You do"
The opinion of the bank officials is
hat some of the recently discharged
men from the factory where their four
Keyed lock WAS made were among the
OF else had instructed them
:" faithfully that they made the dupli
'AteS of the tom parts of the key and
lid not need the part of the key which
hey demanded of Cashier WhittlcScv.
hey having all the four parts of the
Key. and all they wanted WAS the com
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