Litchfield enquirer., 1835-10-01
From the Cincinnati Daily Gazeffe.

From. the Cincimnati Daily Gaxene. .. ExTRAoRDlNARY.-M Joshua Trolter, ol Sprngborongh, Warren county. Ohio, has been absent from his family for about two weeks. His absence was to them wholly in- applicable, and excited great apprehensioD.- On Sunday, Sept. IS. he came |" this city on his return home, and gave the following account of his absence:
 He came to Cincinnati. Saturday. August %. where he transacted some business and received a small sum ofmoney. On Sunday morning, Aug. 80, after breakfast he set out for home, tn horseback. On the hill road to Carthage. between four and five miles from Cincinnati, at a convenient place for instantly secrrting him, he suddenly dragged from his horse by two fOOtmen whom he had just passed. His horse was turned loose, and himself bIindfoldtd. and silence enforced by threats Of instant death. His money. about l5O dollars, was taken from him, with inqui- ries indicating that mistake had been made in the person seized and in the amount of his money. He was detained all day blindtolded, and at night conducted, in the same condition. to the river, where he was put on board a boat, so fitted that he was confined in an a. partment where he could make n0 Observa- ton of what was passing around him. In this way he was carried down the Ohio riv- CT to a point below the Yellow Banks, where, on "Wednesday night. Sept. 10, he was taken up high bluff to distance from the river. and set at liberty. He came to CincinnatiOn his return, as stated, and was accompanied to the scene of the robbery by some friends. Upon inquiry his horse, saddle and hridle were recovered, having been taken "p almost directly after his capture. MT. Trotter is represented tO be a respectable man. worthy of belief. The solution of his story would seem to be this that arrangements had been made |" r"b and kidnap some person, and af- ter seizins him, the alternative was tO mur- der him or 10 proceed. He was captured and blindfOlded suddenly, that he has no dis ,inct Knowledge of the physiognomy of the person that seized him.
 Narrow Escape.-On Saturday evening, about o'clock, one of the large tigers at the corner of Sixth and Prune- streets was Observ- ed by the keeper to have escaped from the cage. He had concealed himself under the partition adjoining the cage, and on the ap- proach of the keeper, he rose slowly and gave him severe blow on the face. The keeper being near the door, succeeded in ma king his escape. He immediately went to the prison on the opposite side of the street and procured musket loaded with ball and buck: shot. and ascending to a window near to the roof of the building, lantern was lowered in order to enable him to discover the object of his search. The tiger in the mean time had attacked the pOney, which was in the same apartment, and almost 6evOured it. He then stretched himself out in the centre of the floor of the room. The keeper immediately discharged the contents of his musket into the animals head. and thus killed him instant Iy. The cost of the animal was $500.
 Philadelphia Enquirer.
 Ertensiue Robbery and Arrest cf Thieves.- About two years ago Mrs. Ann Janeway, widow. of No. 70 Chatham street. was rob- he'd of about $1O,O0O, principally in U. States bills, which were taken from small trunk in her apartment. and the trunk also carried off and destroyed. The robbery was not then communicated to any one save High C0nsta- ble dAys. who after the exertiOn of his well known talents for discovery, gave up the af- fair as hopeless. In the family of Mrs. Jane way were two female servants named Mary O'Mara and Lydia Ann Baker, and a male servant named Patrick Finley, who perpetra- ted the robbery iD concert. but who, as tar as we are informed, ere not suspected at the time. According to the statements made by the female parties accused, it appears thai Lydia Am Baker, in conformity with plan concerted. stule the trunk out if Mrs. Jane ways apartments, took it down stairs, hand ed it over to Mary. O'Mara, they, together breaking it open, taking out the contents, and burning the trunk in the kitchen fire. Lydia Ann Baker secretly concealed in her bosom q. lnrsa bundle Ot ina hank hill4 a hirh fhp