Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-04-26
How Travellers are Sometimes Conf
denced.

Mr.. THEODORE B. LYTLE, formerly q
resident of this city, but now located in
Denver, furnishes the following account
of most villainous affair that occurred
on his journey across the plains to this
city few nights ago. While the eastern
bound express upon the Kansas Pacific
was waiting at Selma for the passengers
to take supper, three well-dressed strang
ers Walked on board of the train and sat
down in The smoking-car, evidently to en-
Joy quiet smoke before going back into
the sleeping-car for the night. They ap
peared to be enjoying themselves, and to
be full of fun and high spirits. Mr.. Ly
tie noticed that two of them were ac
quaintances, while the third stranger, q
youth of not more than twenty or TWEEN
ty-one, was alone. A conversation soon
arose among the party on various unim'
portant topics, when the first two men.
toned left the car, and passed into the
rear end of the train. In few minutes
they came back and invited Mr. Lytle
and the young man to go into the reai
car and take hand" in a little
game of sledge or euchre, just for fun,
or anything to make the game interesting.
The party was soon enjoying themselves,
and passing away dull evening playing
"seven up" at one dollar a corner. They
played until late in the evening, when il
was agreed that all parties should adjourn
to the smoking car, to take little refresh,
ment before turning in for the night, and
to give the porter an opportunity to
prepare their berths. The youngest man
in the party produced a common flat
whisky bottle, and offered it to Lytle,
who took hearty drink, while a cigaI
was handed him by third. He did not
observe whether the other men drank
from the bottle or not, as his attention
was engaged in. lighting his cigar, but
all he remembers is this: Soon after
drinking, and while smoking his cigar,
he felt a listless, lethargic feeling creep
over him; his whole desire was sleep. He
remembers the boy engaging him in con
versation asking him his name and
destination; nothing more.
When he awoke next day at three
o'clock in the afternoon, he was at small
farmhouse in the outskirts of Junction
City, where he had been brought, as the
owner stated, in helpless state Of stupid
intoxication, by three men in hack
They asked that he might be left until he
sobered up little, before going home to
his wife. They paid the farmer one dol
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awakened he would 60 home to his house
in the northern part of the city.
The robbers, for they were nothing
else, robbed Lytle of about 81 300 in
money and draft upon the Second Ma
tional Bank Of Buffalo, N. Y, for 81 900
gold watch, and his yalise, containing 0
few articles of clothing. He remained in
Junction City, endeavoring to find clue
to the route the robbers had taken, and
then came on to this city, where he re,
mains with his old friends until he can
hear from Colorado. He has engaged a
private detective to hunt down the rob
bers, who are supposed to have gone
down into the Indian country on the nj.
X. & T. Railroad. ff'
This affair is one of the boldest and
most internal robberies of the age. Trav,
elers will make a note of it, and be care
full whose whisky they drink while among
strangers, rs,-RanSas CITY (MO,) Times.
A New YoRK lawyer, who procured the
acquittal of a man who was under arrest
for assault and battery, was waited upon
the next day by his client, and most CRATE
fully thanked for his services. "What
can do for your" asked the client.
Nothing" replied the lawyer. "Don't
you want an Officer / can control any
number of votes" ~ have no political
aspirations, replied the lawyer. "BUt
amt there some man you want to have
licked~ rejoined the client The poor
lawyer has not yet recovered from this
oVerpowering exhibition of gratitude.