The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-05-01
BURGLARY IN Upton.
The Burglar Captured-A stern
Chase and long One-Who are
the Resident sAssistant-thievesP

foT several years, we ne0fO CIT.
izen say the other day, burglary has
been the most profitable business fol-
lowed In Upton" He meant that
about once year. some man, or men,
had perpetrated successful burglary
here out of which more had been re-
allied, on an average, than from any
legitimate business carried on In the
place. This may be very nice thing
for town for few years-of course
it gets its name up among the light
fingered gentry-but when 1t settles
down as a regular custom IL begins to
be felt somewhat onerous. Particu-
larly is this the case when the ciro1m.
stances Of each robbery seem to
point to the fact that the imported
burglars, ifindeed any Of them came
from abroad, were posted, directed and
assisted by some persons right among
US, whose ambush ofsupposed respect
ability makes them doubly dangerous.
When then, after SO many success
full burglaries and equally successful
escapes, leaving no trace behind to
console the sufferers except the GER
tainty of their loss. last Sabbath morn
ing 1t was noised abroad that jewelry-
man Rowell's safe had been blown
open and robbed, there seemed TO be q
determination on the part Of both Of
ficers and citizens that every possible
effort should this time be made to
bring somebody to grief.
The circumstances Of the robbery
were substantially as follows Oper-
atoms were commenced, evidently. by
chucking heavy stone through one
Of the large plates OF glass In the door,
and then lying low moment to see
If any one would be aroused by the
clatter. 1t was about q five minutes'
job to open the 25-year-old safe. 1t
was done by single blow from mat
tock, which punctured the thin outer
shell a few moments drilling with
one OF the professional gentleman's
fine drills and a brace taken from
Deardorfi's shop; one-half minute
more sufficed to blow 10 q quantity of
powder from can supplied with
long slim pipe crossing its top at right
angles 50 that as the powder flowed
from the inverted can into the tube
gentle breath sent 1t clear into the
hole previously drilled In the safe;
another half minute fixed and lighted
the fuse-a dull explosion and the
thing was done.
But this same explosion which
threw open the door of the safe also
threw out on to the pavement with q
terrible clstter one Of the large glass
from the upper sash, and the noise al
together, awoke Mr.. G. s. Hicks, who
sleeps over his store just across the
way. He came to the window, saw q
light In Rowell's, at first flush thought
1t was Jim himself, threw up sash
and called Jimmie" the light went
out and then he observed what he had
not before, a man standing on the
pavement nearly In front of the build.
ing. To him he called to know what
noise that was," and was promptly
answered that "some Of the boys fired
off pistol" BY this time the suspi-
cion of burglary which flashed on Mr..
Hicks when the light went out began
to be pretty pronounced. The man
he had hailed walked leisurely on the
crossing south and then down 9Th
street, after having replied to Mr.. He
suggestion that "they had better stop
that or some one else might 60 to
shooting" that that was game two
or three could play at" and disap-
peared.
All this took place within q half
hour, at about four o'clock In the
morning. Mr.. HI. at once dressed,
mot going back to bed" at alD aud
though subject to some delay on ac-
count Of his wife's extreme alarm, he
finally induced her to go with him
and together they went and aroused
Mr.. Rowell. He came down at once.
Sheriff Shearer. Deputy Maynard,
Marshal Sanford, Constable Langham
and others were soon on the ground.
A campaign was organized and
by the time it was fairly day all the
north and west roads were taken by
pursuers. In the meantime Rowell
and others were busy searching for
traces, and succeeded in finding where
horses and buggy had been hitched
during the night down near the steam
mill. The team had been seen there,
and was soon identified rs one that ar
rived here from West Liberty about
ave o'clock P. NJ. and had been taken
from Pritchard's stable. whore 1t fed, ct
. little after ssvsn.s This led TO the