The Hawaiian gazette., 1876-04-05
The Great Bank RObbery-DetaiIs
Of the Operations.

BosTox. Jan. 27.-Tae robbery Of TIE Nor
;hamVtou Bank, At No-ihampioo. Mass. OF Sat
urisy ui-li. Sas accomplished by seven men
vhs had been hanging about the town for 81 least
s month. Il Eosld seem that they entered The
house OF Cashier Mht,lssey and b0un5, gzECei
AID guarded fo- h0urs ssve1 people They con-
PEELED HIN g. give them the oomoinsli0as of the
safe v1aii, waited coll ihey kaeE the uighi
vaichuaa had gone home. and then. getting into
the vanls zad sale. With O.e OF The four keys
needed. took lzrge amOant of seeaiiiiss.
Wbeocs they cane and whittier they vent ID
20 da.s Is riddle. Al expert hAd 10 De ssm-
uo1e5 from NeS YORK, aud the lock vas lot
opened uuiii AZ early hear this morning.
Cashier Wbitilssey. when asked 10 give The
ibres combinations 70 the walk for tie os,sr.
inner and chest doors. gave them wrong tSiee
aud three, but the 51rglars Erote them doEn
and made him repeat then OF course they
caught hin il the attempt 70 misleai then. and
the exhibition o. pistol cooked led hira 20 tell
the traJh. tbough he told them that four keys
Eers Necessary 70 oPsa the p2fsot lock. three q
which Eere al 81 The h0asss Of the other bank
o5esrs-
A. 4 O'Clock A. x. Wbiitlesey vas taken 10 a
6oEn-siGirs bedroom. The Whole family were
Czggsd. sBi ioar Of the burglars withdrew to
operate o. The bank. Three hours ate. Mrs
Whit,lesey succeeded in freeing herself and giT-
iur the sizru from 4 window TIE whole party
were speedily liberated. and the chaser, siil
Wearing tie hsu6euds. went to the bank. A
workman soon after sitei key, and al he per-
sous hEn6czfs6 we're released.
An eEzuinstion q the bznk showed that the
there's tad unlocked tie outer door. bst ap-
psrs0tly beiked by the safe lock. lscking thereof
The requisite four keys They tined the nessl o.
the door bars. SBd ETe1ehed Of two oials which
served IS ar index Tor working The combination,
hoping thus 70 tzmpsr with the lock they Eere
entirely 1nnoissie5, the Esichmzn having gore
hone.
Ths-e is ever indication that siK and perhaps
al cf them left on the SIX O'Clock tr1in- Five Of
theE bad tickets previously bo5sht and one psli
his fare Macy Of their appliances. i vas re-
marked. zere -houe-ns6sr The gags we're
childrea's rubber balls. pierced With = ss55 wire.
The masks were 6r1Eers lsgs, some with one
hole and some ziio tzo fo- the eyes
When the robbers noticed that Wkitilsssy
vas EatchiuE czrsf1lly for some marks Of idsuIi-
hc.sioa they bliu5fol6si him Bat be o5ssrEei
that one of them Ess Of very comna1diug STAT
IRE The tEo or ihree robbers len 70 guard toe
premises st the house took their departure N
season 70 catch the Springfield traiu-
Al the latest sdrice 20 Information hsd been
received Of the robbers. Dlsp1tclss have been
seat 70 al cities- The tables Cz the secarities
. take1 shoEs 3 total of $4,000. OF coarse
mech Of this i Tot uegotizbls 80 that il Is difS
cult to estimate the real loss to the bank and the
dspositors- The b4ak oeicsrs oEsr reEard Of
SIS 600 for the retarn 0f the properly and the
co1ricti0u Of the b1rgiars The loss falls com-
parz;ively light upon the bank the greater part
q the securities belonging 70 SPECIAL dsPOsitors