Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-12
THE NOKCHAHPTON BANK ROB.
BERS.
A Young Lady VINO Was hound and
Gagged Relates Her Experiences
and A<p>ae.ouS

From M URiuEasDOrt Pa ca tel
Miss Matte &. White, OF tuiS city, who
was visiting in tie family Of Mt. john
Whittlesey, the cashier of the Northampton
bank, writes % her brother, Mr. r. 4. White,
az account OF her experience with the bur
glars. She says: About L. o'clIck, or a little
after, five burglars entered our peaceful
home with a a the violC nee that we have often
had pictured 10 Us through the papers. and
sncn as Is hard to believe. snd can only b.
realized through experience. such as We have
now had. TIE FIRST iutiInatlOu Laura had OF
what was going on was that man was en-
terirg their room, over the sitting room. and
had "A dark lantern i'm his hand aud imme III
ately spraJ Z 10 the bed while both screamed.
They were then held By thclr thro3ts, two
men being then there. AMI al once hand
cufed anc held down. mad rot been asleep
over Ten minutes, for heard the clock strike
u, and al hali-pasi II We we're all Guder their
entire sutjection. there being a man or two
men In my Chamber al once. The first I
knew man entered my room, aud The dark
lantern awole me. lsCreamoi thinking twas
John, and that the house was on fire, AID
sprang out of bed. tie put me back aud
clicked me, and then told rue he would treat
ne Bindiy II i would Keep perfectly quiet.
He said WAS caught. You are all eau ht,
and sou may as well give up" He then told
me L must get up. L begged him la let me
lie there but he said No ami pulled me
up ana led me in To the hall. and then hand
cufed me. He then took me into Laura's
ronl-n not quite Yet. Afer getLsng me
IL 10 the hall lie said would iaKe cold with
oHt more clothing, and told INN wouig
take my ctath Of COLI that way, and he led
ne back INFO my room. when 1 obtained
noie clothes. and he took me with them
Very shortly after. Maria, Aunt Hattie AMI
her usband walked into the same room.
and the girl was brought i'm with us. After
they had got us all ia that room they made
rs ali get Up separately and dress. OF course
we were rjggea III each others clothing. and
some mere bal: dressed. They kept hurrying
us, and We were all wonderfully possessed. 4
was very calm and acted accordiD gly. They
opened L. bureau drawer, took out her hand
some velvet cloak and handed IL Ia her, say
ing guess this il what you want" She put
that on, with her balmOral skirt; then was
fixed up, and they fell short of handouts.
Then Laura and were joined by one hand
cuff, and they took rs of into the front room
and put us I'm the bed, and then tied our
hands ard 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 IL with
extra ropes besides. They served US all this
way. Trey treated John cruelty; also Aunt
Hattie. The last operation was to gag Us
with rubber gags. John was blindfolded and
tied in another position. 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
dow, about O'Clock in the morning, and
with one free hand opened the window and
alarmed the neighborhood. We had our
handouts nled apart, aud IL was about .
O'Clock when Laura and were separated.
We are alive and well, only that we are
black and blue. They held pistol at his
head after they got him In the bedroom,
when they demanded the keys and the COM
binatfon. They did not touch the silver, bat
took Johns watch and chain. L. grabbed
hers and flung it under the bureau, and they