Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-01-17

y It will be recoIlected that on Tuesday
/. morning we noticed that 3 man by the
name of Rudolph Roth from Crestline,
Ohio, had been robbed at the Exchange
/ Hotel In this city on Sunday night, of
valuable watch and thirty ydollars 10 money,
and What the watch was valuable on ac-
count OF It's being gift from his father
etc. We had conversation with the young
man Roth, and acknowledge that we were
slightly soldron account -of his. seemingly.
artless disposition. He Informed us that
he kept grocery store and saloon In the
town of Grestlinei that he formerly sliyedlnl
Millersburg and Nashville, in Holmes
gcounty, and dlmentloned the names ofseveral
4 gentlemen with whom we were acquainted,
'Ahaving resided at one time In that county,
and consequently we felt a sympathy for
/. the alleged misfortunes of the fellow, and
gave publicity TO bis concOcted tale OF rob-
berry.
The truth OF the whole matter is this !:
On. last Saturday hight, f9e ltbleges csble
: to this city on the G. G. & G. r. r., aud
stopped at the Exchange Hotel, near the
depot, and registeredt names rs follows:
h J. S. Newark, q. Michael, Rudolph Roth
and James O'Reiley, all from Crestline.
OrspHdSy They went out TO the Fppy
Mile House, in search Of victims, but failed
to accomplish anything in their line, and
! returned. Business was, dull, and they
came to the conclusion to try another game,
They agreed among themselves that Roth
should sleep alone on Sunday might and on
\ Monday morning he was 70 make an indlg-
nant statement that he had beeu~robbed
during the night, in orderNto induce the
landlord, Mr., Kaufman, to shell out-think-
ing he would prefer to pay considerable
! amount rather than have it known that
ouch deed was committed at his house.,
In pursuance of this arrangement Roth
stated to the clerk on Monday morning
that he had been robbed during the night
of watch and thirty dollars in money.
! The plot did not win, and the scoundrels
hung round the depot until their move
ments created suspicion, and detective
Brooks went Tor them. He took them into
room upstairs in the Exchange and bold
ly denounced them as thieves, and demand
ed that they should she'll out. They cow
cred at once and acknowledged their object
to have been to swindlc Mr.. Kaufman. But
not contented with this, Mr.. Brooks search
ed them, with the following result:
He found upon them the watch Roth he'd
stated was stolen, small sum Of money, q
dice box with loaded die, cand a strtgr4s
die with two fourS and two fives upon it
strap of leather used in what is termed
the strap game-a dead sure thing, that If
man plays it he is sure to be strdpped-ont
pair of brass kuuckles, and ten dollar U
s. counterfeit bill. j. S. NewaFksoYnst
that his right name was j. S. Hadley
from Mt, Vernon, and it may be that som'
of the balance of the party signed fictitious
names. Officer Brooks thought it best tC
let them off If they would leave the city
immediately, which they dldi ON the frs
train north-he, however, retained thei
implements of trade. Our friends in Crest
| line would do well to keep a sharp eye OF
these ducks, for tn ey are evidently thieves
and burglars, and young Roth, in whom
we took SO much interest is one of th'
leaders of the gang. He will do well Il
| give Columbus wide, berth hereafter.y r
We take occasion here to state that TN
Exchange, kept by Mr.. Kaufman, is al
excellent hotel, and travellers will at al
times find their interests protected whilst
sojourni6gf atVhisl hotel? hMr. Brooks dc
serves the thanks o., the community for tn,
| pr0mptnoss With whidA fhe ldispOsed p
these rogues.
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