Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-11-14
THE E5OLDEST NET
Daring Robbery Of Sol. Bear Il
Bros, ySholesaie Establishments.

I
E'7HE HOLDEST NET!
Barring Robbery OF Sol. Bear 4
Bros, Wholesale Establishments.
| Early Sc .lr.iay morning between l
and o clDcK, one of the holdest rob-
berie. ever committed here, was per
| petrated III the very heart Of the city.
| The Wholesale clothing and dry goods
establishment Of Messrs. Sol. Bear K
Bros. on Market street, between Front
and Water. was the scene Of the rob
! berry: and rich haul was made by
! the thieves, i'll the face ofthe fact that
| the block upon which this store is sit
uated has as large anapportionment Of
police as any i'll the city.
The entrance was effected from the
public alleyin rear of the store, through
4 strong iron door we'll riveted and Sc
cured by two iron bars, % inches in
thickness. 1t must have taken fully
three quarters Of an hour to effect this
entrance, which required the use of a
crow bar and, appearances also iudi-
cate, a good cold chisel. The door, at
any rate, bears evidences of laborious
manipulation, and the operation could
not have been accomplished without
considerable noise. This naturally
suggests the question as to where was
the policemen upon that immediate
beat?
The thieves after entering must have
at once proceeded to extinguish the
lights, invariably left burning in the
store, and under cover of the dark
ness, no doubt rapidly gathered their
plunder. From the money drawer
small change amounting to over SO
was taken, also from the stock some
thirty pairs of fine doeskin pants,
quantity of the best hose and under
wear for gentlemen, also number of
scarfs and overcoats, besides silks and
other dry goods. The goods stolen
amounted to considerably more than
S50O-the thieves taking, no doubt, as
much as they could carry. To accom-
plish all this they must have been q
full half hour in the store.
The robbery was first discovered by
| the policeman of the beat, who was led
to an examination of the rear of the
store by noticing that the lights had
been extinguished. This was about 1
o'clock. The stolen goods, it is thought,
were taken off by way OF tho river,
near the foot Of the alley. There is
| something bold and singular about
| this robbery-the very difficult char
acter of the entrance and the noise
necessitated in effecting it, renders
| the fact indeed strange that the atten-
! ton of the watchman should not have
been attracted. The fact, we think,
requires investigation. Where is the
! necessity of a police force if such rob-
| berries are to be perpetrated under the
very nose of the policemen? We are
! glad to learn that the Mayor has ex-
! pressed determination to have the
matter thoroughly inquired into and
! the first step in tho matter was taken
Yesterday by the arrest of John Statue,
! the officer who was on duty at that
| beat.
! Roster of North Carolina Troops.
O,ty Liri,eg and Our Dead is now
engaged in the publication of a roster
of the North Carolina troops, so far as
they can be obtained from the docu-
ments on file in the Adiutant Generals
| Office at Raleigh. From the list al
ready published we clip the following
record of the original organization of
the gallant old Third Regiment. This
was almost exclusively a Cape Fear
regiment, and the names of those in
the roster, SO many of whom, alas,
fell in the struggle, will ever be
dear to the people of this section
THIRD REcsIaIENT NORTH CARoLISA
TROOPS, THIRD STATE TROOPS,
INFANTRY.
CASTOR Meares. Colonel Robert IT
| Cowan, Lieutenant Colonel: William
L. DeRosset, Major.
! Company A-Robert H Drys,iase,
| Capt,.iI Henry H. Best, 1st Lieuten-
ant : James II. Alhritton, William G.
. Williams 2nd iIieutenantS.
! B-Stephen ID. Thru~ton. Gaprain :;
john b Bsown, 1st Lieutenant :;
| fhom%s Cowan, George W. Ward,
| 2nG i1itlltenants.
C-Peter Mallett, Captain; Edward
| Spearmall. 1st Lieutenant !; Henry W.
Horne, Charles p. Maliett, Pad Lieu
| tenants.
D-Edward Savage, Captain " 4
! Cummi ig Adit., lst Lieutenant :; j F
5 VanBckkelen, Edward G Meares,
2nd Lieutenant
E-M l. Fayette Redd, Captain ;
William L Emmett. LIST lieutenant ::
Leauder Moore. Elisha Porter. 2nd
| Iiputenants.
F-William NJ Parsley, Captain ;
| Hardy ID w HIS, ISL bISiittiaHt Itop
S Radcliffe, John " Runciman, Ind
Lieutenants.
G-Edward II Rhodes, Captain; Sol
onion Gornto, 1st Lieutenant VIII
liam Fl Ounce, Robert N Bell, End
! Lieutenants.
H-Theodore NJ Skies, Captain I;
Duncan F, McNair, 1st Lieutenant
Swift Galloway, Armand L DeRosset,
0nd Tia11tenoutS
John = GARNER Captain; Samuel
B Walters, list Lieutenant; Archibald
Craig, William Gaylord, End Lieuten-
ants.
k-David Williams, Captain, Thos.
E Armstrong, 1st Lieutenant; Alex
w Bannerman, John P Hand, 2nd
| Lieutenants.