Several parties of three or five persons each, in all about thirty persons, took forcible and armed possession of the village of St. Albans, Vt., with Bennett H. Young as leader. They were armed with large navy revolvers concealed under coats and each had a belt and traveling bag. They made a simultaneous attack on three bands in the village. At the First National Bank they secured $458,000, the St. Albans Bank $73,522, and at the Franklin County Bank $70,000. They then seized horses and crossed the border into Canada. Later, fourteen of the raiders were captured and $50,000 recovered. A Canadian official is said to have recovered $10,000 and retained it. A Canadian official is said to have recovered $11,500, and a lawyer named Manahan is said to have secreted quite an amount. The $88,000 recovered was ordered by Canadian authorities restored to the raiders, but the actions of the court were not upheld, and in 1855 the Canadian government paid to the three St. Albans banks $86,000. 