The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-02-04

EOooerS Arrested.
SPRINGFIELD. Mass, January 27.-
The burglars who entered Northampton
bank Tuesday night. first securing
the cashier in his home and taking from
him the keys of the vault, took large
amount of securities, a considerable
portion not being negotiable.
Later details of the robbery of North
aInpton National Bank at Northampton
Tuesday night, by masked robbers. state
the result is something appalling. The
table of securities taken shows a total
of $500. 600. OF course much of this is
not negotiable, so that it is difficult to
estimate the real loss to the bank and
depositors. The bank officers offer
reward of S25, 900 for the return of the
property and the conviction of the rot
bers,
BosToN, Mass, January 27.-The
robbers entered the house of Cashier
Whittlesey and bound, gagged and
guarded for hours seven people. They
compelled him to give them the combi-
nation of the safe vaults, waited until
they knew the night watchman had gone
home, and then getting into the vault
safe with only one of the four keys
needed, they took large amount of
securities. An expert had to be sum-
moned from New York and the lock was
not opened until an early hour this
morning.
Cashier Whittlesey, when asked to
give the three combinations to the vault
for the outer, inner and chest doors gave
them the wrong one twice and thrice,
but the burglars wrote them down and
made him repeat them. OF course they
caught him i'll the attempt to mislead
them, and the exhibition of pistol
compelled him to tell the truth, though
he told them that four keys we're neces-
sary to open the patent locks, three Of
which were at the houses of the other
bank officers,
At four o'clock \. VI. WhittIesey was
taken 10 a down stairs bed room. The
whole family were gagged and four of the
burglars withdrew 10 operate on the
bank Three hours after Mrs WhittIe.
sey succeeded in freeing herself and
giving the alarm from window. The
whole party were speedily liberated and
the cashier still wearing the handouts,
went to the bank. A clever workman
soon after fitted key and all The per-
sons handcuffed- were released.
An examination of the bank showed
that the cracksmen had unlocked the
outer door, but were apparently baked
by the safe lock, lacking three of the
requisite four keys. They tried the
metal of the floor with bars and wrenched
oil two dials which served as an index
for working the combination. They
were entirely unmoIested, the watch
having gone home.
There is every indication that six and
perhaps all of them left on the o'clock
train. Five of them had tickets previ-
ously bought, aud one paid his fare.
Many of tine appliances, it was remarked,
were home made. the gags were child
ren's rubber balls pierced with Il stiff
wire, the masks were drawers legs, some
with one hole and some with two for
eyes. When the robbers saw that Whit
tlesey was watching them for some marks
of Identification, they blind folded him,
but he observed that one Of them was of
a very commanding stature The two
or three robbers left to guard the prem
ises at the house took their departure in
season to catch the Springfield train.
At latest advices no information had
been received Of the robbers.
WASHINGTON, January GA dis q
patch received to day at the Treasury
from the Northampton Nation Bank Of
Massachusetts, states that S2, 900 in un-
signed five dollar notes of the bank were
secured by the burglars on the night of
the 25th inst. The numbers of the notes
are as follows: Bank, No to 145, and
Department, No. 229, 75I to 229, S95,
series of 1875.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS, January 29.-
1t is now believed that the whole amount
of losses by the Northampton bank rob-
berry is over 81, 900, 900, nearly one half
of which is negotiable.