The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-07-30

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They woul6 also let out love stories. Then "
{ were anxious, but il was another company. The
resolved they would rob you, and steal of you
and everything possible, They made out fha
they would creep into your house ard bedaub al
with chlorofOrm, and take everything valuable
Two OF them were to take IL IN a buggy. the
they would wake Mr.. Shawhan and inqsIire afte.
al his money. and il they would give none, &C
e0rding TO their wish, then they would fore
J On him. One said, 4 shoot the dog,'' and gen
J orally whoever would move in the house thei
would make cold Two Of them said they weri
well acquainted ffamilIarl about the hOuss-theI
knew every bedroom. Then said one, lie cOull
open eFeey lock. Then they made out thateVerJ
one was 2 be provided with revolver; eaeh on
then SAID he had one. We could scarcely stans
it longer, but We thought We could hear more
and 50 II was, too Now, the day WAS appOntec
when they would 90 10 work. One was 10 deraiI
the Marshal, SO that he would not he ID the way
/ Everything Was cOunselled finely. On. it was Z
long time for us, and the Court House clocl
! struck two. Now, We tried TO creep away without
| being discovered by them, but they came upon
Our backs, and fell upoI us like lions. II we
would not promise to tell nobody anything
they would shoot Us on the spot. What could We
DO oihe rwise than pledge by oath 10 remain
silcntl We did not know all but four very we'll
! The other two we did not know By their voices
To-day one came 10 me and promised us each 500
II we should be sure and say nothing Of il. IL Is
q pretty sum of money, but the expressed Ian
! guagd on Friday is horrible. Indeed these arc
/ things that must be prevented. The band must
be routed, for 10 is a band that Injuries man, and
don't care cent for human .ife. Mr.. ShaWhan
/ We are DlOQos poor young men, but we love nc
thieves and murderers, and earn our money hard
that We make our living with, and these thieves
get ii 50 easy. You stand in great danger, and
clnnot write enough this evening what these
Seoundrels have all let out against you. IfyOu will
! give eacn Of us as much as they have promised,
we viii communicate to you who these fellewE
are, and which day you can prepare yourself when
| the scoundrels come but it must be kept
cret. IL is worth tenfold to You il you and your
family can be rescued from such danger, for youT
life may depend upon Z. Peter be silent, sure, 50
ffaI r afra
! thing, Tor they night remove us before hand.
| Mr. Shawhan, VIII write you a few lines in Eng
llsh Tomorrow as good as possible, when you can
| lay down the money, so that no other soul can
| Gnd il out but l and my true friend. 1 said to
| this fellow that promised us the money / would
| see him on Tuesday, u was very Gnwell today
/ knowledge OF it. Later you viii leatn 10 know
US, and be grateful TO rs for it.
Meantime. be greeted by your true friends. g
This was followed by another Of
similar import to Peter, with the
same request in regard to reading it
to Mr.. s., and expressed a fear that
the first had not been received.
A letter dated July 11tb, written
in broken English, or barbarous Ger
man was subsequently received by
Mr.. Shawhan ofwhich the following
is a copy:
TIFFIN, July Il, 1859.
Mr.. SHAwHAN:-If you want TO know neer what
shall fnted out Tuesday. but blise poot that
money on them BrickstOn wer put pies of pa
per in your I.0te behint John Lours House and
there we will whatsh in the evening on Monty
niphf upVpf nj II N a. Il.
Your Kintly Friends.
And again on the 18th, another
letter Is written.
Following these we're other letters
stating that no answers had been
received. Mr.. Shawhan had answer
ed one of them but had laid it on the
wrong pile of "brickstones, and the
anxious and disinterested cores
pondent failed to receive them.
During this time Mr.. Shawhan had
the yard referred to watched, but
nothing came Of it. On the 10Th
another letter was received which
shows that at last the "brickstone'
men had got an answer to which be
makes a reply. The letter is very
nearly like the one given below.
On Friday last Mr.. Shawhan re
ceived two letters in one envelope,
one dated the 21st, and the other the
22d. We give one of them:
THEuRspAT EVENING, p 1869.
sir:-Now that Is all have to say reeeh man
might have had Children they can pay for it TO
other way, the only way to iinted out is between
uss you and no Wachman we will not 20 in the
lot II there is man in thanking lik we heart last
night il iss not nessessery to be bount to forrs il
ont on a smart way ouer oppinion has been ever
sens to plaise that letter which we have IN ouer
possession wer them two falers offer and nam
and that we shall come and ressive Thousend
Dollars and on the outside Ouer nam in cOmpny
and the others by PostOhce so you cut tex uss
for witness Justice 50 they cut not say we tenit
proper ami If you would finite the letter upon them
brick it been fOuEd and we would thai them il
has lali out our b0ckit but you can not see in 10
ii wesshall offer yOu the chance OPS NOR to look
on them brick ThueI sday night aud if you plaise
the money there you get ouer kintly Information
ass plen ass possible but don not sOueF on VOnr
friends better no. teppand so mutsh on one of
the man you hat last night for waehing to buyihem
for q six pense you .lrO the money away we seen
hight in the lot and after that we seen two man
moOling absut and about eleven oelok we heart EN-
spk. you write in your letter my hanest friends
buC to not belive them in thakintnes this will be
the last time sir the matter. but some time |
VIII ask you how iss your friend and you pleese
answer me IL you are save yet but ass soon we
have tsoken their money dei are save, no wach
IN the lot nor outsite then we viii not go in and
thatsh that money so some other person may
tekt' Your friend
one OF them man vert of he kent monev from the
| fer compny wat he collect for The , july he been
working for Striker them Others thei ar all from
Tiflin.
Friday night we wiz look foorit and viii put
/ that letter on them brick the fater of one them
alOes seen uss and pletit for cod sack to be in
| favercf all his life time that we shoot come and
and tex his offer he ssyt he cut not sleep at nights
| il bOters him so much he iss one OF the big man
in titiin fN that he been troien mis- hest but his
son woOton lessten TO him.
Now sir we have comenst with SO w0ot like to
see thatyou come outer your Danger nov Gloss
and exspekt your ploppiy on Friday night.
On Friday night Mr.. Shawban fix
ed up package Of paper and put it
at the appointed place and establish
ed a watch, consisting of Constable
Arnold aud Peter Tisen. At about
half past four the next morning An
ton Reis, landlord of the American
House was seen TO come out of his
house aud moved toward the vacant
lot mentioned in the letters. He'pass-
ed behind the baru of Mr.. Lauer and
took view Of the wooden bridge and
then came up on Water Street and
looked both ways Seeing no signs
Of life, or of a watch, he proceeded to
the gate at the South end of the lot
and passed through or under it. Mr..
Barber, who resides opposite the lot
got up to go to market and found
Peter in his porch. lie was inform
ed "what was in the wind, and as
soon as Refs was out of sight he pro
eeeded to the gate and Peter went
in diagonal direction across the
road towards the pile of "brickston. -
Mr.. B. came to the gate and saw
Refs creeping on his hands and knees
towards the much coveted package.
The path Reis was taking was bound
ed on one side by the fence and the
other by large weeds. Mr.. B. open
ed the gate and in doing so was heard
by Refs, who dropped on his side. rest
ing his head on his hand. Mr Bar
Der went to him and found him coGn-
tcrfeifing sound sleep. About this
time Peter came up and together
they succeeded in waking Refs up.