The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-04-23
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Peter Diehi's S,Hre Battered and
Robbed.

Our citizens were considerably cXci-
ted Oh Saturday morning last, the 20th
inst by the Intelligence that the Store
of PETER DIEuL had been entered hy
burglars aad property Of considerable
value stolen.
The burglars obtained an entrance by
breaking 4 pane Of glass in oHe Of the
windows in the rear of the ware room,
and then reaching through and lifting
the wooden bar that served IS fastcn-
ing; once in they passed through the
ware room, up the stairs to the main
floor to the door leading into the store
room.
1t appears that they first tried to effect
an entrance 10y boring, with borcr used
to tap molasses barrels, near the bolt Of
the shutter that covered the upper part Of
the door, it being glass; but dssisted
from that before a hole had been bored
through.
They next moved barrel containing
lime up near the door, aud upon that
placed a half bushel measure, upon
which one of them climbed. He then
broke the middle pane of glass in the
trarsom, but soon discovered that an
easier snethol of obtaining an entrance
was to removed the nails, that fastened
the transom, which he did, passed
through without further difficulty, and
admitted his confederate
The money drawer was first rided of
about ten dollars in one, two, three and
five cent copper and nickle pieces aud
some fractional culrency.
Then the showcase received atteh-
ton; from that they took one double
cased gold watch valued at S75.
Que oreide watch. for lady, valued at
S14, with fastening to the case broken,
and one white metal watch valued al IS
One of the robbers had certainly re
ceived severe cut on one of his lands
a short time previous to the robbery, as
the marks of bloody fingers were plain
ly discernable upon the borer, lime bar
rel, half bushel measure, cheek of the
door and money drawer. And further.
the injured hand had been wrapped
with rag,as the mark on the half bush
el showed the impression very plainly. |
That the robbers were green hands
in the business is evident, judging from
the many marks left to trace them by
LATER = During the day special de-
tcctive was employed to work up the
case, and in the evening he called a.
young man aside, down at DoRR's Hotel
and informed him in plain terms that
he was one of the guilty parties and de-
manded that he should give up the sto-
len property. At frst he vehemently
denied any knowledge Of the affair, but
after short time he asked the detect
i've to walk out with him.
A short distance from town he called
out confederate; both stoutly denied
knowing anything concerning the burg
larry OF stolen property The detective
ended the parley by telling them to give
up the property or 90 to Jail. That ar
gumcnt had the desired effect. In the
woods about a half mile east OF town
one OF them rolled an old stump over,
picked up the watches and handed them
to the detective; further on the money.
$40 35, was unearthed. At 9 O'Clock
the detective had returned to Mr.. f.
DIEHL the watches and money.
We forbear to give the names Of the
young men who are guilty of this crime,
because they are respectfully connected
and those who are directly interested
have announced publicly that they will
not prosecute; the crime is great one,
and very many persons insist that the
policy Of permitting the perpetrators to
escape punishment is encouraging to
others who may have dispositions ten
ding in that channel. If the boys had
been sober this disgraceful affair would
not have occurred. We are not inform
ed what action the authorities propose
TO take in the matter.