The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-01-28
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ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
TO THE DAILY LNTELLIGENOER

TO TIE DAILY IN1,ELLIGENCEE
The Northampton Bank Robbery
Money, Bonds and Securities
Amounting 10 $3.50, ,OO0-AnA Ap.
palling Sum. ......
BosroS, January 27.--Later details oI
the robbery Of the Northampton National
Bank state that the result is something
appalling. The table Of securities taken
show total OF S670,000. Ofcourse much
Of this is not negotiable, so that It is diff.
cult to tell the real loss to the bank and
depositors. The bank offers reward
Of S25, 900 for the return OF the property
and conviction OF the burglars. The
loss falls comparatively light upon the
bank, the greater part OF the securities
belonging to special depositors.
The robbers entered the house OF Cash
Ter Whittlesey and bound and gagged
him. They compelled him 10 give the
combination OF the sale vault, waited
until they knew the night watchman had
gone home, and then gaining an entrance
to the vault and to the safe with one Of
the four keys needed, took large amount
OF securities. An expert had TO be sum-
moncd from New York, and the lock was
not opened until an early hour this MORN
ing. Cashier Whittlesey, when asked 10
give the combinations 10 the vault for the
outer door and the chest doors, gave them
wrong twice and thrice, but the burglars
wrote them down and made him repeat
them. OF course they caught him in the
attempt TO mislead them, and the exhibi-
tion Of a pistol compelled him to the
truth, though he told them that four
keys were necessary to open tie lock,
three OF which were at the houses OF the
other officers Of the bank.
At4o'clock, Mr.. Whittlesy was taken
to a downstairs bedroom. The whole
family were gagged and four Of the burg
lars withdrew to operate on the bank.
Three hours. after Mrs. Whittlcsy sue
ceeded in freeing herself and gave the
alarm from window. The whole party
were speedily liberated. The Cashier,
still wearing the handouts, went to the
bank. A clever workman soon after fitted
a key and all persons hand-cutEcd were re-
leased. An examination Of the bank
shows that the cracks.men had unlocked
the outer door, but were apparently balk-
ed by the safe lacking three OF the reQues-
site four keys. They tried the metal Of
floor with bars and bore of two dials,
which served as nm index for working the
combination. They were certainly un-
molcstcd, the watchman having gone
home.
There is every indication that all six Of
them left on the o'clock train; five Of
them had tickets previously bought and
one had his fare. The gags were
childrcns rubber ballspicrced with stiff
wire. The masks were drawer legs, some
with one and some with two holes for their
eyes. When the robbers saw that
Whittesey was watching them carefully
for SOME marks Of Identification they
blindfolded him, but he observed that one
OF them was OF very commanding
stature. The two or three robbers left
to guard the premises at the house took
their departure in season on Springfield
cattle train. At the latest advices no in
formation had been received OF the
robbers.
The table OF funds taken is as follows !;
Misoouri State bonds, $4,000: Chicago,
Rock Island & Peoria Railroad shares,
$1,000; Lake Shore, $4,000; Chicago, Bur-
lington & Quincy IS, $4,000; Cleveland,
Columbus 4 Cincinnati, $4,000; Union
Pacific. $4,000; U. S. bonds, S55,00O; AT
Iv,So", Wnnns tTpI" IpoI,Snn 3 SnS;nnw SI5O06 o..
I,"shN,,o I"!"S, v 3 T'aCLoTnIn;n 81 300. Mis.
uS BS.;s son Snn. I;s,oroJ stocL,
soJrt L,ns nae,' ~ IrH;,1J T' S,n,cs and rorionS
nn auu po"uS o. ~ nNo To,oI SIS6 OO0 Groen.
coupons, Ho,OGo. ,;o,aI ~ hanl, 0IU I,;IIS sioo0o
H.a pa.Ns a"T T.na:nnS na 1T 10 M;oi';@,n a. mn,
Getre,., S nis La"S :. 81 | LonJs e. nm. Mn;ne
S,oto e." honS. s,0 nm. .Hndson River Rail.
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o. tae p;Is5 SeGIraagS NJ %Ssed 100 dro isas "nd
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aaan nn1tson', NS: 'oo6i "I :. Iii T''i,on w banJ
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No. no; o. Sue 1S0C' 20c' cT"s luz ,eee NJ % oSo7 "
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SsS 1oo 4IH J1 ieSc. S EUo tb;cooo Roci. Island
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5acIIc cno posi e ion"iooJ W. G6Inmbns Nm. Nm
aMu UG"' 'To yodineonoI;s diI; houJs Nos Iid
% omS Tx. ,wo Ohio & Mississippi bonds,
S Nos aS39 and SS94: three Lake Shore
s;US;~S ULi 1 fHni bonGs Nos co Ct and 22l,
and IS oO0 Union Pacific sinking fund
common con- bonds of 81 600 each, Nos, 5,ll3
N < I54 inclusive.
Oi tbc total amount stolen the loss Of
opIv SISOOO falls, on The bank. The
Icayicst individual losers are as follows:
Er.JnJee e r Forbes. 100000 in Unit.
al Stotss e ner cent bonds. registered,
SOC O0O in 4 nor ccni's registered and SO.
S0O in national stocks: Henry Henckly,
san ono in limited States bonds: Henry
Rr;Sht large amount Of NEGOTIABLE
h"nSs. hands, + s Inihron $4,000 in Georgia
hands. Joscnh Warner, IA 900 in negoti.
SSis bonds: g. G, sneIlman, $50 900 in ne.
gotiable bonds: Wm.tiaylord, $4,000 in
| United States bonds. Mrs. l.. Turner, DR..
q. FiS., Richard hlhsnan "''u :';acS tloiacg
U. Golller are also among IN" PE'mG,.PJl, ,"l
sufferers a small sac IL !nc vauis M.'cn y.
the burglars cohSi1SEeG nnn eGd lnSisnlHGa' s; ~
t9uch contained soO,9Vy ~. IePo:l'ffu odPS 81 ~
Harvey klrETo9a ana sz9,UUU IN IonGS n,l
uetoHSlI'S " AioPNA'i ASSus1y ."N Ot'