The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-05-08
A House Broken Into by Bur-
glars.
One Of them Assaults an Old Woman
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Three Persons Arrested on ssrPieiol
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4 The house Of Mr.. Bowie, French
man residing abont five miles east Q
Findlsy.:sss bufeIariens sutered b
three men ON Monday morning las
at about one O'Clock. It appears tina
some persons approached the doc
of the house and demanded admit
tance. As they we're not admitted
they broke open the door and enter
cd. There were but three persons il
in the house Mrs. Bowie, n-olt
lady, 8 married daughter, Mrs. Fish
and her little child. Mr.. Bowie wal
from home. The old lady had gone
up stairs. while the daughter was
caught below and guard kept over hei
by one Of the Williams. While two ol
them searched the house below, one
went up stairs to stop Mrs. B. from
making an outcry in attempting to
call help. In the meantime the
daughter slipped out Of the door and
went to call the neighbors. Having
perfected their work, about this time
the scoundrels lett.
As soon as the daughter found help
she returned to the house and found
the robbers had gone. A search was
made for the mother, and she was
found up stairs covered with blood.
The william who attacked her had
struck her with Q stone on the head
and in the stomach.
There WAS found up stairs hat
which led eventually to the arrest OF
the guilty parties. 1t was dark
snuff colored, : broad brimmed, low
crowned. plush. hat--one that once
seen, would not fail to be recognized
anywhere. It was brought to town
Monday morning and shown to Col.
Neibling, who Immediately said it
belonged to Elias--better known as
"Fatty"-Lookabaugh. Steps were
Immediately taken to ferret out the
matter, with a view to his arrest. In
the meantime it was learned that q
young man named Porter, who was
ostensibly soap pedler, stopping at
the SiddaalI House, had been to hat
store to get q hat, saying that he had
been ina little scrape the night be-
fore and lost his own.
Upon discovering these and other
trining circumstances, Lookabaugh
and Porter we're arrested and put in
Jail. Monday night, Lookabangh
confessed the crime to Prosecutor
Anderson and C. B. Wilson and
agreed to turn States evidence
He implicated John Byal in the mat
ter ana Beck Kutz, a woman of loose
character. Warrants were got out
for them, and Ryal- was arrested
Tuesday morning
The examination of the accus ed
was had on Tuesday, before f. T.
Dunn, Esq. Byal and Porter plead
not guilty to the charge Of burglary,
aad Lookabaugh guilty. aasnro'E :
Mrs. Fish. was FIRST sworn in be-
half OF the State;;s her evidences Sc
substantially like the account given
above, In the description Of the rob
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Lookabaugh was then called, and
put on oath. He said he was one Of
the party that broke into the house
Of Mr.. Bowie, ON the morning of
the 4th inst, and that he was accom-
panied by Potter and Byal. On
Saturday last, he received a letter
from Byal, stating that there was a
chance for s'skike'' up the rail
road, and be (Byal) wanted Looka-
baughS to meet him at the Lye-creek
bridge on Sunday afternoon, between
two and three o'clock. Beck. Kutz
handed him the letter from Byal, and
at the same time one without q sigma
ture Of similar import. "Beck' gave
him to understand that she knew all
about the matter, Byal having posted
her. -,
Sunday, at the appointed time,
Lookabaugh went out to the designs
ted bridge and found Byal and
Beck" there. The matter was
talked up, and it'was agreed to meet
two miles up the railroad on that
night, at about 10 o'clock. Some
talk xas entered into about having
help. and aBeck" expressed Q desire
to CO.. and one Of the two suggested
that she put on mems clothes, which
was agreed to. Something was said
about getting this Porter to 60, and
Lookabaugh was to approach him.
Sunday afternoon, at the Siddall
House, Lookabaugh talked with Por-
ter on the subject and he expressed
a Willingness to 60. From then till
night they spent the time in drinking
and when they started out on the ex.
cursion were drunk. Porter during
this time told Lookabaugh that be
had made several such "strikes" be
fore, at one Of which he got some
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About two miles from town they
met Byl, but no "Reck" WIS pres
ent. They sat down and made theil
arrangements. They were to demand