The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-08-06
Attempted Robbery OF the Noble
County freasnry-A Thousand Dol
Iors Reward Offered for the Arrest
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~ Last night an unsuccessful attempt
was made to rob the Noble County
Treasury. Some time between mid
night and daylight the Office of the
| County Treasurer was enterd by three
burglars. who procecded 10 open the
vault and safe The safr7is deposited
inside OF fire-proof stone vault, ten by
twelve feet in dimensions The entrance
to the vault ia through an iron door
, strouglv bolted and fastened with heavy
looks. This door the burglars succeed
ed in breaking open By first forcing in
Between the door and the facings sever
al long steel wedges and then introduc-
ing ten.foot scantling. sharpened Ike
a wedge The muscular power en- pioy-
ed in this part Of the job must have
been immense, for. the scantling, used
as lever, burst the six heavy iron bolts
and the locks as ifahey had been hit
straw. .- .
Now tie, burglars were inside the
vault, aud the next.thing attempted vas
10 open'the safe which contained some
thing near twehty-fre Thousand dollars
The villains wrenehed open the fire
proof door, and the next door to it APP
parcntly with ease, but were baked in
their operations against the third door,
the one covering the burslar-proof de-
partment which contained the money
For some unaccountahlc reasons, here
they stopped and tied. Some supposed
they were frightened away by the move
ments Of several OF our citizens who
had risen about }. o'clock and went
out OF town about half-past ). There
were two men on foot from the hotel.
kept by Christian Sha'er who were
leaving early Tor Marietta, aud one man
on horseback, Mr.. Munson Evans, a
merchant. who was starting at that
early hour for Woodsfield. These par
~: knew nothing about the burglary,
tut peIhir. mconsciou>ly saved the
twenty-five thousand dollars 10 the
county by their early rising
" Mr. Foster, the County Treasurer,
who is just closing hi, second term, en-
tered his office quite early SATURDAY
Imagine his surprise and
on seeing the door Of hi
offire standing open AMI the room so
dark. though it was clear daylight,
that be could scarcely discern an OH
jcctin The Office for the burglars had
blindel the windows with heavy oil
cloth. Supros;ns ot coursc that they
had accomplished their object he called
TO Mr. Morris. orr Revenue Assessor,
who vas =, the Auiitor office
They entered and found what we have
described. Scattered all about the
room were punches, chisel-, hammers,
latchcts levers. 10. which were found
to have been taken from the black
smiths and carriase-maker- III the VII
lacc.
But the money was found t. he SAFE,
every cent. The oil-clu,h was new, and
on measuring il, we found there were Of
ii exactly twenty feet three inches in
length and thirty;f"ur inchesin breadth,
- cut and scwei and tackled IN a. to
nicely cover the two windows \ piece
OF sperm candle was found on the safe,
AMI part Of q box Of No e tack- on the
mantle The oihcloth was marked ga
brand. No. /. twelve yards, and had
not been bought or stolen near this
place. p there was none here 4 piece
OF ,Il-e was also found, and near the
pump bunch Of matches rolled mp in
a email piece Of oil-cloth about eight
inches hy four inches. a long, slim
welge. and a very small one, were the
only tosl- left. except what belonged
here. These may give some clue TO de-
tcctives.
There are runors plenty, but no GER
tain description Of the burglars, and ii
is not asrertained that any person saw
them. hut it is supposed from tracks.
&c. that two Of them are large and one
small Indeed there may have been
more than three II j. supposed that
they lctt for the Muskingum River. on
foot. about haIi.pa-r three on Saturday
Their work, done in the middle ol the
Public square, on u night when there
Wa unusual stir in our little town.
shows hat they were desperate villains. Z
skilled and courageous. and Of great
muscular power. The Commissioned
offered a reward Of $1,000 for their ap.
prchension and conviction. It i up
posed indeed almost certain. that they
must have had conlederate> here, hut
no one has left and suspicion has not
definitely been hxed npon any one
though every effort i being pnt forth
for their detection.
From the intense excitement prevail
inc here, it i, almost certain that they
would have been lynched ii caught. X
heavy armed guard viii hereafter he
kept upon the treasury. 1t is hoped
that all the raper- will give early circu
lation u this in order 10 secure the ar
rr-t of these dangerous men.
Yorrs truly. !. NJ. DLzELL