Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-02-23
LOCAL.
THE OUTLAWS!
A M Ost Daring Z;Obbery-LOwrey and
His Gang i'm LumberaOn-StOrc and
3 ShePiT's Office Entered and the
Safes Taken 0Gf-S28, 900 I'm Money
TAX en-PursHit of the RObbers-
They Escape with the Money. &C..
&c. &c.


TAX ken-PursEit of the Robbers
They Escape with the Money. &C.,
&C., &c.
Startling news reached the city yester-
day afternoon, to the effect that Henry
Berry Lowrey and his gang of outlaws had
entered the town of LumbertOn, sometime
during Friday night, and committed the
berries ever known in this State. To our
correspondent g Poster at Lumberton,
are we indebted for the following particu-
lars
The gang, it seems, first broke into Mr..
Newberry's carriage mandatory, where
they supplied themselves with such tools as
they needed. They then visited the stables
of Mr.. A. ". Fuller, where they Sc
cured horse and dray, and thus pre-
pared, proceeded 10 the store of Mr..
A. II. Mcleod, from whence a heavy
iron safe was taken and placed on
the dray. They next visited the Sherif7s
office in the Court House, from whence his
iron safe was also taken, and placed with
town, with their plumber, but, as tie
Sherif1'S safe was found yesterday morning,
lying in the street, about $50 yards from
his office, it is supposed that it dropped off
and was abandoned.
Early yesterday morning, as soon as the
loss was discovered, the Sheriff being
absent, his Deputy, Nj. Alex. Mcmillan,
summoned posse of men and started in
pursuit. At a point about three miles from
the town they came up with the gang, but,
being too weak to effect tEeir capture, a
messenger was sent back for reinforce
ments. A large number Of men imme-
diateiy volunteered, and proceeded at once
to the scene, but the robbers had effected
their retreat, carrying off with them the
money, but leaving the safe and portion
Of the papers behind. These, with the
horse and dray, were taken back to the
town, when it was discovered that the safe
had been forced open with sledge-hammers
and cold chisels, with which the gang had
provided themselves at Mr.. Newberry's es-
tablshment.
The loss is very heavy and consists of
$4,000 in money, taken from Mr.. Nc
Leods' safe, lot Of goods and number of
valuable private papers from the Sheriffs
office, which were destroyed. Nearly all
of the money stolen was of deposits, which,
as there is TO bank in Lumberton, had been
placed in the safe, by different parties, for
safe keeping. Besides, some $1,000 worth
of merchandise was taken from the store,
none of which was recovered. The books
and papers contained in the safe are all Sc
cure.
1t was plainly evident that the store had
been entered by means of keys, as was also
the Sherif17s office. Treachery on the part
of so-called " detectives " is suspected, but
this may be all supposition. The town
has been in tremendous state of excite
ment, which had abated but very little
when our informant wrote us.
1t is certainly bold and daring robbery,
and one sufficient to paralyZe an entire
community. But it should act as a most
powerful incentive to the capture of the
SanS Cnd9 HdHe 81 1oIo lftiu "eaoI0 ChC A"lA
county of Robson, and watered its fertile
places with the blood of it's best citizens.
The Pee Dee Herald says that the rail-
road bridge over the Pee Dee has been
threatened by the heavy floods, but that no
serious damage has been sustained.
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