The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-01-19
CINCINNATI.
DARING AND succRssvu1 noppsny

CINCINNATI, Jan. IA most daring
and successful robbery Of Duhme & Co.
Jewellers, was perpetrated at six F. NJ, by
which the robber got away with seven
thousand dollars worth of diamonds, be.
ing forty.elght cluster diamond rings, two
full trays. The young man who did Il
bought q ring oi Duhme yesterday for
T 90. This evening he returned aud
asked to look at the diamonds. Duhme
placed two trays Of cluster rings before
him. The young man talked like man OF
business, and took of the ring he bought
yesterday, and said Mr.. Duhme had for.
gotten to give him box to keep 1t in.
MIR. Duhme took the ring and turned to
get 8 box for 1t, leaving two trays OF dla-
monds on the counter. Hearing the door,
which was only ten feet away, slam, he
turned to the counter and found the man
and diamonds gone. He gave the alarm
and pursuit was made, but with no result,
except to learn from q boy that man
had come out Of the store in great hur-
ry,and ran down Walnut street and turned
west on Broker Alley, but as It was
dark no clue could be obtained to the
man. A reward Of $4,000 has been
offered tor him and the goods. He had
been seen In several ieWelry stores during
the day, and Is described as above medium
height, dark complexion, hair and eyes,
light build, brisk manner, pleasant ad-
dress, and was not suspected at any of the
stores he visited. The only train he had
to get away on early was to Louisville,
and he may be captured yet tonight in
that city.
SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE KIRRsTED
REMOVED.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 1.-THE Police Com
misstoners to-day removed Jerry Kiersted
from the position Of Superintendent
Of Police, and appointed Captain
Eugene Dayton to ffll that position.
The Commissioners did this In secret ses.
sion, but It is known that charges and a
formal trial were dispensed with, and that
there action was based partly on charges
that Col. Kiersted had subleased to gam.
blers house leased to him. When Col.
Kiersted came from the room of the Com.
missioners, after their action, he met Mr..
George Baker, reporter Of the Enquirer
newspaper in which the charges against
him had been published; assaulting him,
but parties interfered promptly. Col.
Kiersted was this morning brought before
magistrate and fined.
SOLDIER MURDERED.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 18.-A soldier from
Newport Barracks, named Frank Banjo,
was found dead this morning at the Ital:
ian Saloon near the suspension bridge.
George Gramp, q butcher has been arrest
ed charged with the murder. The case
is mysterious and the facts have not been
brought out by investigation.
RESIDENCE BURNED.
A Gazette special repsrts the burning of
the dwellings Of Mr.. Hasfoot & limerick,
at Fort Wayne, Ind. Loss 5000. Partly
insured.
SUPPOSED RoBBER ARRESTED.
A man answering the description of the
robber who took the diamonds from
Duhme last night has been arrested and
awaits Identification.
SUDDEN DEATH.
Rev. Samuel Fisher, Of College Hill,
went out to his stable this morning and
found his horse down and fastened. he
went, as Is supposed, 10 neighbors for
help and fell dead on the way, and was
found by his daughter. he succeeded
DR.. Beecher as pastor oI the Second Pres.
byterian Church in this city, and was also
for several years President Of the Hamil.
ton College at New York.