, 1873-05-30

a Oitfzon Of Pennsylvania Robbed on
Il Burlington 1rsliN-~E1o R4OAcA tho
=, uucs OF Ono Foot 1yhilo Pursuing tho
Tsalovcn-.Atlotlaor Barring Piracy.
+; Dir. Samuel Carney, Of Bedford, Pa, will cor
tainly DO 1naosoryinU Of uensuro IL lie s1,a}},
during Tho remainder Of liiB days, think hnrd Of
Chicago a1ll aome Of hor citlzous. The export
oncos lo had while horo fully Warrant t1lo OK
tromost dislike. They wore aa folluwa: On tic
afternoon Of "Wednesday lo arrived in THU city,
accompanied by lis wifo, on routo for Lincoln,
Mob, aud atartod for that city OH tho II O'clock
t1ain OF tho Chicago, Burlington L Quincy 1lail.
roail. d Mort tiuo nftcr they Ind beon COM
fortably scato1 iii tho car thoy wero approached
by two young mon, WHO engaged them In m
agrsenblo conversation. Ono of tlcln was going
to Nebraska alao, ao,-proyidcd ho couldra littlo
money to sottlo dobt which Ind stood for ao.no
time agalnRt him. Mr.. Carney was williugto assiet
him. and t1row cut roll Ut currency continuing
s1o5 Wlilo he Mas taking t'serefroni tlo desired
amount ono Of Tho Iascala snatched tho whole
roll from tho kind old 1naua hands. and both ra1l
ont Of tho cur. Tho tiupol Keystone citizen ran
uftor them, and, as ho attempted 10 got off tho
CAT, haa the tooa Of A{s right foot torn Off, a,,
foil BY tho eilo Of tho train. no was found III
IN almost iuuensible condition by somo ralroad
watchmcn aoou aftor; and was ta!ion to tho
City I1otcl, ut tho corner Of State and Six
tepnth etrcctB. Mrs. Carney, baing loft on
tho car, WAS too much terrified to ask tito ooI-
tuctor to stop tho trim until slio ag fur out OF
tic city, md, for all Mr.. Carney knows, slo has
gone on through to Lincoln, NJ eho Carried their
tickets. The losing Of s105 five tooa, nil n
wife. ie seldom met witi, in ono. day. Mr. Car
noy ID doing we'll, bns 1iB mind ia in state Of
tnoasfnoss because Of tho absonco Of hia vito.
ANOTHER 1SsrANcE
Of tho operationJ Of railway pirntcB occurred
last Tuesday oToning, =. whou n robbery
Of tlo milwaukee, i ST. Tntl Rni-
road, which, for daring, hsi eclslom hoou
onlipaed, even in tllta city. Among tho raasou-
gors was M old gentleman named Jouoph Hunt
Singer, Of i'll Dorado, Iowa. Whom tin train had
loft tho city fow miles in its rear ono Of tAreo
ronghB approached him, and aug,lining tho mnn-
ner Of II trainman, told him ho was i'll tho wrong
car. Tho old nun aroae and followed tho inl-
poator toward another cur III tho roar, mud, whom
hn reached tho platform vlero tho rest Of tho
roughs were assembled, they suddenly aprang
MYoa him. Que Of thc villains tool: him by Tho
throat another lold revolver to hts
pockets, robbing him Of $40, ali the
money he hal. Tho ac,nndroIH thon jumped of
tho trim and maao their escape before my Of
tho passengers could como to tile old gont1o-
mars assistance. Tho thieves also GOT away
with IN overcoat belonging to another occupant
Of the samo car. In tho acui1lo tho old mans
hut WAS knocked of, and tho gentleman who lost
the oyorcoat, prompted By fellow feeling, COM
polled tho old man to accept small sum Of
money to purchase another. Railroad piratca
arc becoming alnr1uinSly plentiful, and soIna-
thing Should be done by the police and railroad
oillcera to diminish the uuubor.