The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-12
ROBPERIEs AND OuTRAGEs.

A Horrible Outrage tn OhiO-CrueI ROb-
berry Of n WtdOw-she Fights Three
Wem HaN an HOUr-FOur Hundred and
EIghteen Dollars stOIen.
We have the painful duty this morning Of re-
eOrdng one of the most horrible and iendlsh
and by far the meanest transaction down in
the annals OF crime. II occurred early last
Friday morning in the house Of Mrs. SaXton,
widow woman sixty years of age, living from
three to four miles from the centre OF Lagrange,
LOrain county. The intelligence was communl
Gated to Marshal Schmitt on the following day,
but not in time to despatch man to the place
the same day. Officer Lawrence took the freight
tram on Sunday morning. went TO the ladys
house, and gives us the tollOWlng tnr1llng facts
in the case:- ...
Mrs Saxton lives on a country road some
quarter or half mile from the nearest neigh
Dor, having no companion except her boy, thir-
teen or fourteen years OF age. About halt-past
two o'clock Friday morning she was awakened
by voices of men at the door. She demanded
their business, and received the reply that their
vehicle had broken down in the road, and they
wanted a lantern that they might see to repair
the damage. She hesitated a long time, but
finally one of them assured her that she need
have no fears. She arose, dressed, struck
light and ndiscreetly unlocked the door, when
two OF them entered, aud SAID in a defiant
''chivalric" tone. "It is not lantern we want,
but your money! and Immediately commanded
her to produce it. She told them that her
money was in the 0berlin bank.
They gave her the lie, and one said, ''You have
a thousand dollars in the house. we we're
told so to-day" The other interrupted him by
saying, mo, it Is only five hundred, and we are
bound to have it, drawing their revolvers and
presenting them to her breast and head, and
threatening to kill her instantly # she did not
comply. She seized the poker and put herself
in the attitude of selt-detense-plucky woman
When they saw what spirit animated the wO-
man, the men called TO a third party out of
doors, Captain, what shall we do with her ?1
'Cut her id throat was the heroic reply, and
he came in and brandished knife, declaring he
would cut her throat II she did not tell where
the money was. Still refusing, ne cut surface
cash three inches in her neck, but she still
fought them as best she could. Another clip of
the knife blade under her ear, and still another
on the cheek, caused her to bleed trighttully,
but she held out resolutely, and called for her
boy to run to the neighbors.
They told her the boy was in the next room
with his throat cut, as hers would soon be. She
had every reason to believe their story, and
sank exhausted to the floor, after half hours
conflict, and, to rid herself OF the villains who
evidently meant to kill her If she refused to
discover the money, told them where to find it.
Eighteen dollars in money were in her wallet in
the pocket OF a dress lying on the bed, and four
hundred dollars in 7'30 bonds were rolled up in
a mass of rags in a cupboard near the bed. We
give the number of the bonds as an advertise
ment to bankers and police, of the robbery.
There were four one-hundred bonds bearing,
respectively the numbers, 74,75S; "a, 759; 74,76O;
29S, ,267.
hlI6I udhlnB SURE vi IuG CONGJtu uGdSuIG, JuG
fends again turned to the defenseless woman
and inflicted still further injuries upon her, and
then left. The little bov came In, terrified, but
it was too late to rouse the neighbors, and pur-
suit at that hour would have been fruitless. The
men were dressed in soldiers Clothes one wear
ing the regular blue overcoat with cape, another
an overcoat and cape dyed black, aud the third,
blouse with the accustomed belt. Their faces
were smeared with some black preparation, and
there were other tokens of disguise having
been assumed.
Conductor Tyler of the Toledo road informs
Marshal SchmItt that this party came down as
far as Monroeville, from Toledo, on his train,
last Thursday, and there left for Crestline.
burglars Jimmy had fallen out Of one of their
pockets, which was left on the seat as a witness
to the character and avocaton of the men.
There is no doubt as 10 the identity of the two
gangs, and the Marshal is confident that they
hail from Milwaukee. Chicago, Milwaukee, and
Wisconsin papers will confer favor by noting
theEleading facts in this case.
No words of ours can give a deeper sense of
the enormty and diaboical character OF the
crime than our readers will catch at first flush.
The simple act does more than a thousand
abstract controversial sermons or theological
treatises to wiring reluctant assent to the dogma
of the total depravity" of the human heart
We sincerely trust that these fends may be
arrested and hanged to the nearest tree.-Clece-
land Leader, 9TH.