The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-01-04 00:00:00

DARING ATTACK on a GIINMAKEWS

SHOP in CORK.

Cork has just furnished the following illustration of
the mode in which Fenian audacity reckons on the
prevalent feeling of confidence between man and man
which is one clusraeteristito ciViiin.lion
At niiie o clock on Monday morning eight men entered
the shop of Mr. Allport, a guitinaker, in Patrick.street the
Principal street of the city) and presented revolvers at the
he of Mr. Allport ant his whilst:ode one of whom wilt
Mr. Allport's nephew, bearing the saine name', rift •I threateh-
ing them with death if they resisted Mr Allport was at the
time looking wer some arm., Mr. Daunt, the other assisisnt,
holding a gun hi his hand which he we. in the act
of hispectlpg. The right adfaharil straight on the
Sincere. A amid and Mr. Chant, and i roducing each a
leaded revolver ready cocked, pre. ute.l thrill at each of
the three astounded shimmen, who. Ink a coinplete!y ii
surprise, stoat tillitioll 'CPS Doe of the nesitilants, a tall,
young licking man, well dress. il, of military bearing and
good address, still holding his pistol presented to Mr. All-
port, said to that gentleman, in • vome which had
a decided American accent, "We want your revol-
vers, sir' suit then turning to Mr. Alinor t's nephew
and Mr. Daunt, continued, °Now, gentlenitn, we do

not intend offering you any violence whatever
if you offer any violence to us we will certainly shoot ru—
se remain quiet for. time" At the 1.111110 moment souther
of the unwelcome visitants, seeing the gun iii Sir Donut's
hands, coolly approarhol, aol clappieg his pistol to his
breast took the gen with hie other hand from Daunt's,
whereupon one of his companions sinnrcssing him, said, "0
don't mind the gun, we don't want that.'' "I know," was the
reply. "tot I want to take it from him." On saying,
he placed the firearm on the Ho and then walking
round the counter, still covering Mr. Dsvut with his
revolver, ordered that gentleman to gi outside the
counter, behind which there were a lumber of flrearms
of different kind,. some of which be, no dould, shrewdly
suspected Mr. Daunt might possibly one in defence of the
property. While this episode 01 the affair was miactieg
another of the hand, after coolly surveying the contentsof
the shop, proceeded to scan the revolvers iliaplayed On the
show-hoard of the window, within is protected Matte by glass
slides in mine's, which alga cot off the show-boaril from the
portio not the shop between the counters. This show-board
contained about lid reindeers of the finest construction, and
varying Dom six to twenty barrels, which intro displayed
side by Mile inside the street Window. The stranger having
1W.11.11n1 the arms, pushed aside the slide and Jumped upon
the showAmard, on which the marks of his boots were
visible long after, and were sexlonsly surveyed by the num-
bers who throughout the day ilmikeil to tine scene of the
occurrence. The contents he then yr tree-let deliberately
to select. Having made his choice, Inc gathered up the
revolvers mid Minded them out in bundles of sin or eight
at a time to the nearest confederate, who di.pmeit of them
conveniently for removal, the i other nix mean while keeping
their revolvers prcAented at the hearts. of the paralysed shop-
! owner and his assistants, wh, nn the suddenness nod strange-
I nessoft he at ai r had deprived of a: possess;fm or presence
of tinnily gash t its not likely tin be Wiint, d by the nonunion of
half ;LA. gen loaded pistols Ninth,' t.y +secrete and -
terniined looking men. The lurid... no having Men all
chosen, and fluidly arranged for c-,11-, Ile, I repsrations in
which the strangers exhibited equal and dexterity,
the tato men who hail been thus ein,,ioyul placsil the re-
volvets In a sack which they hail brieLlit with them, Rnd
left the promises, their nix com,abions still keeping
quiet lint watchful gnarl on Mr. Allprint and his two
assistants the men left the shop and disappeared,
in what dire, tins those in the shop were too agitated
or too occupied to perceive. The two men conbi nod,
however, have taken their burden tnt say great distance, for
after a very low minutes' absence both returned, bringing
the sack, and then going to the ammunition cmmi searched
them through, inspecting at the time time the different fire-
arms they lighted ninon, and questioning their prisoners as
to the contents awl rums of such hones or matters as were
abut, or whose purpose they were ign ,ratit of. In this way
the two searchers succeeded in gathering together o out
fifteen hundred rounds of revolver ball ammunition. wioch
they placed in the sacks and left the premises with their
second booty. The entire proceeding was conducted with