The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-05-03
IN WESTERN STYLE
Band OF Masked Men Robbed
Gnbertsville On. Y Bank.
EXPLOSION AROUSED THE VILLAGE
naaaifs Cat Al Wires ieadins out
~ That AiaFm caaia Not spread.
Held Hack eanf "a ristai
rsiat and fsraPsd,

WINS" "I hNN'NHtN i"HNiNHH ""f"N NiF''N' d
mlr. fmm hrus ai 8 u'r'ufk Boz ihi
morning h'rN nisn ihr ululrm aua
supposedly Dursar pnllf $50 u il'
private haHt uf b. e. hnNrI aui made
5 iai ilfir rs,aisr with hllil ri|mlira
af LriNrn gttsn Hui slnWn When
ihr silnisl fiI.HsrTs Nrr awakened
hy fIr muEini uHr nf ilr rkU'nsilN
ani. Hll hfsu hHhrs Dl ihr pistol. nf'
uf f.r rrirliIus haui'is ihl iHnul
iHHi fHr TiIIrra bad completely lsu.Hi.
o. DNirrisNil.r fnlm illr uuisNo NuIa.
H ruiiIus 900 che telegraph aui i'Ir
imnur wires i.llTis Co communicate
with urglImf.ns towns were futile
good riri ihr tIl'isr foik finally start.
ri Boz pursuit ihr robhofs bad gained
90 'rnd wh|rh could Not iio overcome.
HIiheris,ille. which De- community
uf so souls. 30 m iHpuluus district
uf uisrso county. Be- daEsi b. the bold
attack. which rivals ln the details "
Be- ihoruuThnrrs iis daring and lts
snorss ihr exploits of the most motto
rInns haniIis of che western country
n b. behaved there were ave men boz
ihr band That ail were heavily aunul
was shown d. she frequency OF their
nre when ihf frai of the villagers ar
rived iu thr vicinity ri the bank. The
men nrst pr.ri ultu ihe front door ~
the bank Nui o. light gi.mmcrcd ln
the VILLAGE. nud ihey evidently set
about their work lr'sufr'y Two holes
were drilled into ihe heavy sfool doprs
~ the newly Installed safe aud into
these tlr explosive believed io have
Deon nlrog.yOrrin. wnr inserted The
explosion which followed wholly
wrecked ihe safe aud shattered every
window In the bank building. FOR.
lions ~ fhn safe were found many
yaris from fhe hu.iiuE
Tie robbcrs hastily gathered un an
the money exposed By the explosion
nnd started uu run just a. the nrst
of the nwnl,nei villagers reached tho
scene Among the lfsi o. arrive az the
hnuk were " D. Wani aud q. A. Dan.
icis. who encountered tile robbers aud
were ho.d boz cheek by their threats 90
shoot other residents quickly came
uH bot boz the meantime the invaders
were making good their escape. ir.ng
ls they went.
The alarm spread rapidly through tho
town. aud in q short time everybody
WINS awake and hurrylng 20 tic bank
Then an attempt 10 communicate with
the neighboring towns was made In
the hope of lnterceptlng the burglars.
Telegraph offices and the telephone *.
change were opened. biii the operators
found only dead wires Then plans Tor
pursuit were quickly made postmas.
ter W. $. Root and a. T. Root. his
brother. started Tor Mount Upton. the
nearest railroad station. six miles
away. They had gone but half a mile
when they came upon a team hltchcd
90 a telegraph pole one 81 the horses
had become entangled In the harness
and thrown himself The robbers ap-
parenily had made nm attempt TO right
the harness in the darkness. but finally
abandoned the effort and made on. The
team proved 10 have been stolen from
a neighhoring barn.
Continuing On their way. Postmaster
Root and his brother came upon a one
horse surrey near Mount Upton An
axle Of the vehicle WAS broken. and n
short distance away was the horse. be-
longing TO farmer in the vicinity
and taken from his barn during the
night
From Mount UPTON word Of the rob
berry was SEN To All the nelghboring
towns Posses were organized. but
their efforts to locate the men have so
far proved futile
Mr. Brewer. who has conducted the
bank at Gilbertville for many years.
said that We could make no statement
as to the extent Of the loss at this time
1t is believed that nearly $4,000 in
cash was kept in the safe. Mr.. Brewer
is wealthy and is said to be able to
make good the loss TO depositors
1t is certain that three Of the men
who committed the Gilbertsvile rob-
berry are the professional postoflice and
bank burglars who blew open the safe
Of the postofiice at Port Dickinson, adj
joining this city. ten days ago. (
The three men were seen at Mount
Upton, where description of them was
obtained. One is large. tall man,
another short and "shlckset, and the
other medium sized.
The men have committed many dar
ing burglaries in this vicinity during
the past few weeks
The Binghamton police received word
that three men answering their de-
scription boarded a westbound Della
ware and Hudson passenger train at
Unadilla without having bought tick
cts A party of officers were in. readi
ness when the trair reached this city,
but the men left the train at Sidney
From that place II is thought that
they escaped on a northbound Ontario
and Western train.