The Express.
London, England, 1858-01-22 00:00:00

DARING BURGLARY NEAR BARNSLEY

Early on Wednesday morning a farmhouse in a
alottelut situation on the road between Cawthorn and Denby,
five miles from Barnsley, and woupled by Mr.
Joseph Chasm, a pen= of some wealth, wee entered by
=of burglars, who, with masks on their faces and
enteM the sleeping apartment of Mr.
Clarkson, =Poly awaking him demanded his money.
One of them had a bull's-eye lantern, which he turned
full on the bed, and the others were armed with short
bl which afterwards turned out to be whip stocks
loaded with lied at one and, similar to "lib preservers."
Mr. attrition, who le upwards of eighty-four years of age,
endeavoured to erring up as soon as he saw the character of
his visitors, but he was instantly knocked down again by a
blow on the head, which was repeated amid oaths and menaces
until the old gentleman became nearly insensible. Hie
daughter-in-law, who wu sleeping in another room, woe
alarmed by the noise in the house, and was in the act of leav-
ing her bed when she was seized by one of the burglars and
held down in bed, under a threat of being killed if she
moved. The servant man, named Richard Marshall, who
slept in an upper pert of the house, was also aroued by the
voices of the intruders, arid he armed himself with a gun
which stood in his bed-room, but unfortunately it was not I
loaded, and there was no powder in the room. Putting a cap
on the nipple, however, he sallied out on the stairoue,where
he encountered one of the burglars, who, on seeing the gun
presented at him, took to flight, which was considerably ac-
celerated by the explosion of the cap. Marshall followed
him out of the house, and ran as quickly se he could to the
nearest houses, the inmates of which he summoned, end
fourteen of them soon accompanied him back to the farm.
In the meantime the robbers had taken alarm at the escape
of the servant; they therefore lett Mr. Clarkson in bed,
declaring they would murder him if he stirred until
after they similar something to sat downsteiri, and
addressed • warning to his dughter-in-law. Bnt
instead of proooeding to regale themselves in the
larder, they seem to have deoemped with considerable mi-
kes for on the arrival of the reinforcements obtained
by I ne trace of the villains could be found ,• they
had clear oil, but with only a limited amount of booty.
Mr. Clarkson keeps but little money in his house, and what
there wee the thieves did not find, except a few shilling,
six small silver spoons, a silver buckle, a shilling of Queen
Anne's reign, some American coins, • few papers, and other
trifling matters. On examining the premises it was found
that an entrance had been effected through the front window,
the fastenings of which had not been properly secured the night
before, and thus allowed of the window being forced with
very little trouble. A loaded stick of the description above-
mentioned was found in one of the rooms, having been left
there by the burglars in the hurry of their retreat. The
police constable on duty had passed the farm about twenty
minutes before the house was entered, and had not observed
any one about. Some auspicious characters were, however,
seen in the locality on the previous day, and two of these
have since been apprehended. They will undergo an ex-
amination before the Bungee' bench to-day.