The Portland daily press., 1872-10-04


about II o'clock Mr.. Samuel Pope, who lives in
the suburbs of Paterson, n. j., was awakened
by somebody shaking him gently by the Shout
der, and saw five outlaws surrounding his bed
with cooked revolvers pointed at his head. % ,vo
others stood by the window, All we,~ f.sh;a,
ably dressed, But their featu~'s WON. h;aaar
under masks, all black wiz tha a~oon.;n uae ~
in mild and :" sant The leader of the party,
Mr. Pope Pope t tas.s .emanly voice, politely told
, Nov W -" was to remain quiet while the gang
., at work and submit to their manipula.
! IONS, and he would be anharmed; otherwise
I INSTANT death awaited him and the wife beside
nm. The robbers then tied Mr. Pope's hands
and feet, and carried him to closet under the
stairway and fastened him in, The robbers re-
tuFAed and subjected Mrs. Pope to similar treat
msnt Her hands and feet were securely tied,
WhiGn operation was performed with rigid re-
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Pope could see that the
hands OF the marauders were white and soft
like those OF men unused to hard work. Then.
again warning the astounded man and his wife
that their lives depended ON their remaining
quiet the burglars proceeded with the object Of
their visit. They stationed two at the window
and 1T was ascertained by their conversation
that there Were more outside, keeping watch
ihere were altogether about ten men, The five
inside, who commenced to gather up the valua-
bes, wore WOODEN stockings over their boots, so
that they might make no noise. Procuring the
key of the safe from Mr. Pope's pocket thew
opened and went through it, They succeeded
in getting together about $4,000 in specie. plate
and jewelry, and $17 800 in bonds and yalua-
BILE papers Their search continued for an hour
and half, during which Mr.. Pope was SILVER
ing in the cold, although the thieves consider
ately gave him a blanket to keep himself warm,
and Mrs. Pope was shaking with fright in bed.
When ready TO leave the thieves awoke Mr..
Pope's little adopted daughter up stairs. and
placed her in the bed with Mrs. Pope The
child was frightened at the black masks and
ready to scream, but the thieves handled her
gently, and tenderly soothed her and told her
no harm would happen to her if she remained
quiet. They told her that she must not unite
Mr.. and MI Pope for some time, after which
they drove off in their carriage. No trace of
the thieves has been discovered, The family
Watchdog was poisoned a few days previous,
probably to get him out Of the way of making
an alarm. Mr.. Pope, Monday, expected to re,
ceiye cash payment of $4,000. The thieves
undoubtedly knew this and were after the
handsome pile, but Mr.. Pope was disappointed
in getting the money and the burglars in not
finding it in the safe. Tt
PLUNDERING THE CALIFORNIA FARNERs-If
current statements are to be believed the wheat
growers of California have fallen into the tolls
of set of men no better than thieves The
wheat crop of the State is estimated to be worth
s27,0O0,0O0 to the farmers, but combination of
interior freighters, San Francisco spectators
and shippin: monopoly have arranged to alb
sOrb 900 of this sum for transportation,
leaving the farmers scarcely any profit for their
labor and capital. As they have fixed things it
costs less to ship a car load of wheat from
Council Bluffs, Ia, or st. Paul, Mimi, to New
York, 1900 miles, than it does over the Central
Pacific lines, 200 miles. And when the cargoes
are landed at Vallejo or Oakland, it costs from
hve to SIX dollars per ton more to ship it by