The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-12-08
Came Home Too Soon.

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live two brothers. named respectively John
and Samuel M'Guire. They are bachelors,
and have lived alone for years, during
which time they have been engaged extern
sively in the wool business. They were
known to have on hand about $1,000
worth of wool, and on Tuesday of last week
stranger called at their house and made
inquiries about the wool, saying that he
wanted to buy lot, and that he would
take all of theirs If they would sell it at a
reasonable price. The M'Guires set a price
on their wool which the stranger thought
was too high, and he took his leave without
purchasing. The actions of the man made
the brothers rather suspicious of him. 1t
about their house large sums of money in
gold and silver, which they had been ac-
cumulating and boarding for years. The
sequel proved the general opinion on the
subject to be well-founded.
Two days after the stranger had been to
NJ Guire's, Samuel, who is sixty-nine years
of age, was alone in the house, his brother
John having gone to Frankfort Springs
postoffice. About o'clock in the afternoon
four masked men entered the room where
he was sitting, without any introduc-
tory ceremony, bound the old man, and then
demanded to be informed where the money
belonging to the brother was hidden. He
refused to give them the information, when
a revolver was placed at his head, and the
robbers swore they would take his life un-
less he would give them the desired infor-
nation. There being no possibility of sum-
moning assistance, the frightened old man
revealed to them the spot where about
$500 in gold was concealed. The robbers
secured that, but believing there was more
treasure in the house returned to their
victim and endeavored to force him into
telling where the balance of his money was.
MGuire however, declared that he knew
of no more about the house, and protested
that he was speaking the truth in such an
earnest manner that the robbers evidently
believed him. They determined to search
the premises, nevertheless, and placing
MGuire on the bed and securing him there,
went to ransacking the house.
If the John had not come home too soon
the robbers would probably have left with
the amount already received, but while
they were searching, he unfortunately ar
rived. He was seized at once, ana an effort
made to tie him, but although over sixty
years of age, he made such vigorous re-
sistance and such an uproar that one of the
robbers knocked him senseless with
hatchet. He was then bound on the same
bed with his brother. The latter thought
that John had been killed, and thinking
that like fate was reserved for him, begged
of the plunderers to spare his life and he
would tell them where all the money was.
He was accordingly released, and led the
gang to the cellar. From various nitches
in the wall he took out small bags contain
ing coin, and from beneath an upturned
barrel in the corner of the cellar dug box
containing $2,700 in gold and silver. The
whole amount of booty obtained from the
M'Guires was about 81, 500-all in specie.
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took the old man up stairs and bound him |
again to the bed. During their absence in |
the cellar the other brother had recovered |
consciousness, and had nearly succeeded |
in freeing himself from his bonds. They
were both firmly secured, when the gang
left them. About nine o'clock at night one
of the brothers freed himself and loosened |
the other. Samuel started at once for the
nearest neighbors, mile distant, and re-
lated the particulars of the robbery as
above. Although the men came and left
in broad daylight, no one could be found
who had seen them, nor has any trace of
them been found up to this time. That the
man who had called the preceding Tues
day was connected with the bold crime
there is no doubt, for when the robbers took
leave of the M'Guires one of them asked,
"Will you take less than 81 20 for your |
wool now ?"
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