Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-05-06

ApOuJ uaIh lh5J OabuIuhy eNenlnI
a man calling himself VIM McFad
den came to Washington on horse
back, and put up his horse at tn
livery stable of Paul 4 Son, ant
went himself to the eating saloor
Of Milan Burk and got his supper
When he was about to leave the sa
loon, he asked Mr. Burk if the Kirl
House doors were closed ofnights
that he had understood that thel
were open all night, and a person
could go in at any time, and if"h,
had money he would not stay there
IIe then went to the Kirk House
and a little before nine o'clock wa
shown to his room (No. 20 by thu
porter, John. He enquired par
ticuIarly who occupied the rooms
on either side of %, and examined
the lock on the door and objected
to sleeping in that room because he
had money and did not think it was
safe. Thereupon, John took him
to room 26, Sd story, to which he
made no objections. The door to
26 has good lock and key, and q
large iron bolt above the lock, suf-
ficient to make the room secure
from all outsiders. But, strange to
say, McFadden admits that, aftel
being so diligent to obtain a safe
room, he neglected to bolt his
door, but merely turned the hey in
the lock. 7yar7 a7iriz'r ra' 'fL'
About IL o'clock on Sunday
morning, John Cissna and others,
who were standing on the street
nearly opposite the Kirk House,
heard a noise as of distress in that
room, and upon going in, found
McFadden lying on the bed, with
his feet tied to thefoot of the bed,
and one hand tied to the post at the
head of the bed, and his mouth
filed with rags. He said be had
been tied and gagged during the
night, and robbed Of $1,000. The
chamber maid says she was at the
door of. his room two or three
times during Sunday morning, and
found itlocked each time, and could
hear no noise in the room but
when Cissna and others went to the
door it was not fastened, but the
catch that holds the lock bolt was
partly off. w yaEa a ,F.
A close investigation of all the
circumstances, by officers with d
view to the detection OF the perpe-
traitors of the robbery failed to
bring out anything which could
fasten suspicion on any one, but
rather tended to convince the off
GERS that there had been no robbery,
but that the whole affairwas a mere
sham; and the actions of McFadden
since have strengthened the belief
until thereis little doubt left in the
matter.
McFadden lives In Cadiz, O. and,7
with his partner, had purchased a
lot Of sheep in this county which
he was to have paid for with the
money which he claims to have been
robbed Of He remained about
town all day Sunday, and talked of
offering a heavy reward for the de-
lection and arrest~of the fobbers,
but left on Monday, however, with
his partner, without having offered
any reward, and seemingly little i'll
terested in the matter. % a a
CoUNTY CoMsussIoNERs. The
Board of Commissioners were in
session on Monday and Tuesday,
and adjourned to Saturday. The
following business was transacted
1 FIra Yeoman was appointed Engi,
ieer Of the Indian Greek road in
place of M, Willard, resigned.
Bonds were issued to the amount
Of $1,000 to Philip Smith, on esti-
mate of work done On Good Hope
Road. S5,O0Oadvanced to Yoryes
& Bro. on materials for new lnfirm-
ary. att3aI
A kiln Of $4,000 brick made by
Darbysliire q McMiIlen for County |
Tnfrmary building was accepted, IA
Apetition was presented by John
Parrett and Others for the alteration
Of a county road leading from the
Jamestown Road near Foltz's
School House to the Palmer andt
Plymouth Road near Sugar Creek
Chapel, and a view granted on the
.oad.
The following bills were allowed
D stuckey 8 Co., nall. ......,,....... SIS 75
liebert Il Eilley. Duplicates for 1882 .. 6s 80
IOhn Barger gravel f0rroad ........ 9 88
Waters, VIM strOpe and Urban Hidy /
assessing Greenfield Road . .......... Y 90
Nm Millikan 4 Son, publishing Com
missioners' Report .... ....f........, 20 96
Waters, j 4 Cox and Urban Hidy, as
'sssmsnaef IAdiqn Creek Road " % !