The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17
New Hampshire Bank Robbers
Get $4,000.
MURDER m BROAD DAYLIGHT.
Ht1hwaymcn Escape Two Hours Be-
fore the Crfm~ Is Discovered
Great Falls National sparf~red
With Biood Where Joseph A.
>sfckney Fought for His Life
Knocked Down With n Blackjack
and Then siashea With n knife
Desperadees Overlook sIoo. 900 In
Bonds - Mysterious Men i'm n
Buggy.

S0MERSwoRTH. ~. H, APRIL "a
/ While resisting the entry Of two desperate
/ and determined robbers srd during 8
heroic struggle 10 protect s1saa or more
: II money and securities in the coruparx-
nents OF the open va1ft OF the Great Falls
/ National bank. OF SoraeEswovfh. this after
noon. Cashier Joseph A. Stickney was
/ struck down and hrav&ily murdered rcar
the desk which he had occupied Tor years
After killing Stickuey the rsur3erers
ransacked the vanlt and fed with Ill the
/ cash with the exception of few Eold
Pieces As near as can BE- estimated $ fsa
4 was taken. but il Is possible that the loss
f viii considerably exceed this sum. as none
/ but the dead cashier knew the exact
amount that was in the institution At the
time. The robbers. after knocking Stick
ney down with a black Jack. cut his throat.
/ TIE most remarkable feature of the rob
i berry Is that sl0o.osl in bonds Of the United
/ States which were kept in one OF the
drawers Of the big vault. which the rob-
bers examined hastily, were not taken.
f Neither was any of the negotiable paper
and securities of the bsak--in fact. nothing
E l. missing except the cash.
i No one was aware that there was any
I thing wrong at the hank until nearly
+ work was done. The perpetrators had
+ ample time 70 escape. an3 his evening
scores OF deputy sherlffs. m.s-sbals. 10 slce
and citizens are securing this section OF
/ the state and the adjoining state Of Maine,
which. from this city. is just across the
T Salmon Falls river. The men made Their
visit 70 the bank at the busiest time OF
the day in the locality where the bank Is
situated, and 50 completely and thorough
ly did they accomplish their robbery that
only an uncertain clue and a very meager
description was obtained
The bank was besfeged by hundreds
when the news OF the affair became
known. and large numbers OF people came
/ here from surrounding cities. Had the
robbers been apprehended soon after the
murder and robbery became public. IL
would have been difficult 10 prevent a
double lynchIng in the Granite state.
Great sympathy is expressed for the
family of the murdered man. who. IN adj
ditton TO his position as cashier and di-
rector OF the Great Falls bank. was treas
urer OF several local organizations.
Il has always been customary for
Cashier Stickney and the banks cserk.
Mrs. Parker Swaizsy. TO close the bank st
/ - o'clock and not 10 reopen IL until
o'clock. Today Mrs. SwAixey left her desk
at noon. The cashier. however. remained
looking over the banks accounts, and Il
is thought he was preparing TO go cut
when the robbers entered
The first suspicion that the baak had
been robbed was at two minutes 20
o'clock. when Frank r. Reed went up 20
the staircase Of the bank building and
found the thick plate glass In the outside.
or hall door OF the bank. completely STRAIT
tered lie notified City Marshal Eaton,
and they broke IN the door and found evt-
dences or . desperate struggle. On the
floor in a great pool OF blood vas the Nfe-
less body OF sfickney His mead had been
nearly severed from the body. the robbers
having cut his throat. The head was
marked with several deep gashes made
BY heavy black Jack and the skull was
fractured. The body was covered with
blood and the walls and Furniture tore
additional evidences Of struggle. Stick
ney had died fighting desperately.
The first cIew that the officers found
was from persons who reported seeing
man hurrying up the hill carrying Bag
heavily weighted over hts shoulder. He
threw the bag behind a stone wall.
changed some of his clothes ard finally
got into a buggy driven BY another man
other persons reported seeing the buggy.
ard in West Rochester a horse and buggy
were seen headed for Salmon Falls RIVER,
which forms the Maine state boundary.
This outfit has mysters0usly disappeared
despite the fact that the whole section
hereabouts is being searched tonight.
Tive suspect. Arrested.
wAITHAM Mass. April Ie.-Cca Har-
tfgzu the New England ex-amateur III
pound boxing champion. ard Johnny
Briggs were arrested this afternoon on
suspicion of being coucerned in the Teele
robbery on Wednesday night. The o1i-
cars haH scarcely completed the search of
the two men. which revealed $50 and some
Confederate money. when a telegram was
received from the mayor - Snrners-
worth. " II. asking Ih2f these very men
be apprehended. The first telegram was
followed In a few minutes ~ = second.
and that in turn by a third. all urging TIE
police 10 use their utmost eTde8vpTs 70
secure these rncn. The Confeaer ate money
was Identified beyond doubt as .Aaving
been stolen from tae TesIe restds0ce. A.
ter his arrest Hartigan Is said 70 have ad-
rnittesa to the police that he bad been n
somerSworth today. lie stated thar both
re and Briggs went there on "Wednesday.
bglt is positive IN his statements that 6oth
left somersworfh a. % o'clock this
morning. going direct 10 Boston.
A fourth telegram 10 the police frou the
mayor of Sonegsworta came late to-
night giving the additional fact that
Stlrkney's murdsrers had been traced 10
the Boston train. leaving az 2. m This
statement may clear Harttsan and Brsggs
IN this affair. as the train does not reach
Boston until 1 - while the men we're ar
rested n thzs city twelve miles distant At
-
Another Arrest MADE
Sg-FFESTER. y. II April IA Epe-
etai 20 TIE Union NJ 81 clock thls morning
from SornerswoFth says that we'll
known young man of th4s city t. suspect
"a q ths sttckney murder. This uen has
been absent fron the city s1nce Gs@ com
mission uf The crime bBt a suspect ar
Sxaytrg hiS description was arrested IN
Nliznn. soma dozen miles distant. last
everang. and will be tzkea . somsrs-
worth thas morning