The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-10-28 00:00:00

BURGLARY bY AN ARTILLIRYNAN.
£5O STOLEN.

On Sunday night a most daring and artfally.pluned
burglary was °moaned et the Cantina of the Batiks
Fort, by an artilleryman. About nine, or o little
after, Richard Williams, the man referred to, left his
barraok.room to go to the nor, at the other side of
the birruks. loaned of going there, be wont up over
the Fort, got into the gun-room, and there took what
Is tolled the '' love teals" a one of the gang. With
this he returned to the othor mid of the Fort, and threw
the rope so as to hang over the vial,' of the Canteen.
fists be funned the hulk of the love tinkle to an iron
rail, took two half Webs, on • post, and by moons of
the rope dropped so se to bring the rope round (the
olihnney, in order to arrive eustly in front of the
window he wished to rank Throne be lowered hls•
tell 48 foot 10 Inches into the tort, sueouding in
reatehisig the window. Had he made I single false
step, he meat have slipped and been dashed to death;
but he got manly on the window sill, sod boned the
window, witioh Is (may sneered, in the ordinary way,
and sully got into the mates& The atioily was bore,
put away In • box withoat • look, it Ming oonaldersti
euffisiently secure, as a matey was soar. Having
scoured the mousy, sod It I. believed, had something
to drink, he got a knife, took of the osteh of the
lock, end shot boot the look. In shooting the look, l•
attruted the satiation at the sentry, who called out to
know who was then. Having mind severs] times, and
nuked no reply, and the door bong secured against
him, the sentry did not get at hiss. Ho doubt, the in.
natioo of the burglar was by getting off tie look to
Neaps out when the sentry's bask wss turned, when be
could have elimbod up an Iron post, and got bask to hie
own room withont bang seem, Finding, however, that
the sentry woe diluted. he pa back is the window
&gen, climbed about 12 or 14 feoll to another window,
dropped thence into thei dna another lilt., sad made his
seospo. At the Nothe Fork astash was mails in ailidirea-
lions on mitount of the sentry's alarm, but the man WBB
not to be found there. But about au o'clock, P.O.
Bartlett was as duty in Trisity.rond, when an artillery-
man passed him running, without his shoos it oast.
Bartlett ailed "Hellos, what is It?' whoa the soldier
shouted beak "Only having • bit eta nog.* The ow.
stable thought it strong* that a raan should be raining
thus without his shoes, sad spots to Bergh Hervey, lad
the two went after him in diffennt diremioan Bulled*
shard him up the North geay, and pressed him hard,
when be bolted up a passage leans' to High-street,
end there was sought by Sergeant Haney. He
wee mired what he had, and having felt
his shirt. On Ommistables, lading be felt
bulky, (*barged him with earnmilting • rohbery,
and had him to the pollee @nibs, whirs they found on
him £4B fia lUg I. Oa oomnaatialing with the Fort,
they found the sentry had alarmed the ami-evismie-
sionod officers, and they were heathy for the man all
over the Fort. When informed of ON septare, the
artillerymen exotalmed "TIM le the very MY we
want," and the nature of the robbery was soon made
knows. It must hove been aesompllshod with *andel
considerotion, the noel% of the 1111" the Menton of
the window, were antedated sourately, and the diluent
made with great ease..

At the BOrengh Petty Semirmsoa lleaday, Wore kr
W. Symonds, sad Um Mayor.—Rintari
artilleryman, was brought up fee oommltting
at the Canteen, Rothe Fort, on th• 26th lost.bMergt.
Ksjor Hoary Mulles., 7-22 R.A., mid that he was
stationed at the Noll* Fort, and Ste prisoner wso •
guano, In tits battery. Witness was sesonmant at
Cantos., and a 9.. waa stolen from that. between alas
laot night and ono o'slook this mending. N. had
coantsd it about • quartile or 20 minutes to nine last
evenlng. Tbo bag prodsaed, sealskln-oovered ono, °en-
twined £37 10a. mi lag vas found on tho prisoner In
Lb. oeU at lb. polkas stotion, and it then iroutolned
money; but he timid not tell how muoh.—Supt. Viekery
apbed (on a remsad.—Remandal Ull tomorrow at 11
o'clock.