Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-09

A Mean Robbery-A Nice Young
Man Hires ONT to a Farmer,
Makes Love to his Daughter and
Ends with RObbfng Him of ALI
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That this is sin-cursed world, and that
we are living In q sinful age, no one who
reads the many accounts Of highway rob-
berries, rapes, seductions, ETC., which I'll the
columns of the daily journals, will be bold
enough to dispute. In the metropolitan
cities, and on the broad prairies, these
crimes occur, beneath the shadow of the
brOthel, and under the droppings of the
sanctuary, they 60 linked hand in hand,
until 1t would seem that no spot Is too sacred
or profane to be desecrated by ungodly
wretchess and, in view of this, well may
the reformer and philanthropist weep Bit
ter tears over the degenerate lot of poor
and fallen humanity. sst s,-
We have been betrayed into the above
fit of moralizing upon learning the partic-
ulars of q case which has recently come to
light near the fourishing railroad station
|of Winthrop. This case is q somewhat
singular one, and betrays q meanness and
lack of principle on the part of the main
actor In the scene sufficient to immortalize
MIN in the columns of the Neo York Police
Gazette with flaming illustrations and
stunning headlines,. for a man who will
carry on long and arduous courtship. be-
tray the damsel he swore to love and cher
ish, and then add insult to injury by rob-
bing the old folks of their dearly earned
greenbacks, and then steal away in the
dead. of night, leaving all behind him un-
suspicious of his deeds, is q ascoundrel whom
1t would be mild to call villain. he e7i
Exactly two miles north of the village
named resides one VIII. Graham, who re-
joices in the possession of true and faith
full daughter just budding into woman
hood, and snug farm we'll titled OF fifty
acres. With such surrounding it is of
course natural to infer that he enjoyed life,
and he might have remained in peace and
quietude to this day had he not in an evil
hour been persuaded to take into his EN-
pioy young man named G.. r. AascaI,
which name can be literally translated
Grand Rascal. This worthy came to the
home of the farmer some time last June,
and requested employment, stating that he
was well accustomed to farm work, and
that wages with him were not so much of
an object as permanent situation. Mr..
Graham wanted hand, and after talking
the matter over with his wife and daugh-
ter, hired the young man for six months
at the rate of fifteen dollars per month,
board of course included. For some
time every thing passed off smooth
iy on the farm, while in the house
events were rapidly eliminating
which were destined to make some impor-
tant changes in the domestic relations of
the family. We have before stated that
Mr.. Graham had daughter, and she being
fair and lovable. all smiles and dimples, all
poetry and tenderness, with bosom that
fondly yearned for some suitable compan-
ion of the male persuasion, was ready to
tall in love with the first whiskered face
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she did so with the yonng hired man. The |
first week of his stay she was wild and off
ish, the second she blushed and looked
confused In his presence, the third she
talked with him by day and dreamed of
him by night, and on the fourth she gave
up entirely and acknowledged to the en-
raptured young man that she was sealed to |
him eternally and ready to be plucked
from the parent vine at moments notice. |
Thus matters stood, when on the even
ing of the 9th ultimo Mr.. Graham re-
turned from Winthrop with the proceeds |
from the sale of his wheat snugly slowed |
away in his breeches pocket. Having got |
q high price for his wheat he was in the |
best of spirits, and looking upon the young |
man as his future son-in-law, he unfolded |
to him all his plans for the future, told |
him the amount of money that he had in |
the house, and also that he kept it in an |
old bureau drawer at the head of the stair |
case, and ended by proposing to lend him |
and, Mary any reasonable amount they |
wished when they started housekeeping. |
How grateful the young man was for this |
friendly offer may be inferred from the |
fact that that very night, when all around |
was still and the family locked il, slumber,
the nice young man rose from his |
couch, and proceeding to the spot indicated
BY his kind-hearted employer, took all the |
money at one fell swoop, amounting to two
hundred dollars, and disappeared for parts |
unknown. The next morning at breakfast
ne was missed, and has not been seen or |
heard of since. 1t has been ascertained that
the young man formerly served term at |
Fort Madison, and was an abandoned char
aeter. The farmer is in a rage over the |
loss of his money, the daughter is in tears, |
while the mother, more philosophical than |
the rest, takes the matter quite coolly, say |
Ing that she always believed the young man |
10 be a mean cuss, and that in the future |
they will know enough to attend to their |
own business and do their own work.