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Show A YOUNC L a D Y RELATES HER EXPERIENCE WITH QURG-; LARS. i Mi-ri Xfattiu C. White of this city,! who w.is veiling in the lUmily of Mr. John Whittle.', the c-ijliicr ot the orth:mptoi bank, wnlca to her I brother, M"r. F. L. White an account of her experience with the buryUrv She sava: "About twelve o'clock, or a little after, five burglars entered our peaceful peace-ful home with all tbe violence that we! have often had pictured to us through ; the papers, and such aa is hard to he-1 heve, and can only be realized through I expL'rienee tiu:h fli we have now had. j Tho first intimation Laura had of what was going on was that a man waa entering their room, over the sitting-room, and be hud a dark huitern iu hid band and be immediately sprang to their bed, while both BcreauiLU. They were then held by i their throats, two men then being there, and at once handeufled ami j held down. ! "I bad not been asleep over ten minutes for I heard the town clock strike 12, and at half past 12 we were all under their entire subjection, there being a man or two men in my chamber at ooce. The first thing I knew a man entered my room, ami the dark lantern wakened mo I suppose, sup-pose, I screamed, thinking it was John, and that tbe bouse was on tire, and sprang out ot bed. Ho put me back and choked me, and then told nie be would treat me kindly if I would keep perfectly quiet. He said I was caught 'You are all caught, and you may as well give up.' I beg ged him to let me Ho there, but be said 'No,' and pulled me up and led me into tbe hall and then handcuffed , me. He then took me into Laura's, room no, not qui to yet. After get-1 ting hie into the ball be said I would take cold without more clothing, and I told him I would take my death of cold that way, and be led me back into my room, where I obtained moro clothes, and be took me with them. Very shortly after Maria, AuntHattie and her husband walked into tho same room, and the girl was brought in with ub. After they had got us allj in that room they made us get up: separately and dress. "Of course we were rigged iu each I other's clothing, and some were half dressed. They kept hurrying ua up, and we were all wonderfully possessed. I was very calm and acted accordingly. accord-ingly. They opened .L.'s bureau drawer, and took out her handsome violet cloak and banded it to her, saying, say-ing, 'I guess this is what you want.' She put that on with her balmoral skirt, and then I waa fixed up, and they fell short of handcufls. "Then Laura and I were joined by one handcuff, and they took us off iuto the front room and put us in bed : and then tied our hands and feet with leather atraps, buckled as tight as possible. Then they look heavy ropes and slipped through theso, and brought the rope under the bed, and fastened it with extra ropes besides. They served us ail in this way. They treated John cruelly; also aunt Hat-tie. Hat-tie. The last operation was to gag us with rubber gags. John was blindfolded blind-folded and tied in another position. They then dragged him in the lower bedroom, and he was almost dead when found. "Laura and I extricated ourselves first by the greatest effort, and we dragged ourselves, bed and all, to the window, about 7 o'clock in the morning, morn-ing, and with one free hand opened the window and alarmed the neighborhood. neigh-borhood. We had to have our handcuffs hand-cuffs filed apart, and it was about 9 o'clock when Laura and I were parted. We are alive and well, only that we are scratched and bruised, and John's chest is black and blue. They held a pistol at his head after they got him in the bedroom, when they demanded the keys and combination. combi-nation. They did not touch the silver, sil-ver, but look John's watch and chain. Liuira grabbed hers and flung it under un-der the bureau, and they missed it." Williamsport, (Pcnn.) U'lzrtte. |
