Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-04-28
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inst. tells in the following how ysaue
mar sas robbed IN thai city Ons Of
the bcldest rohberies which has bssn
noted Id the city for long tine Vas
perpetrsted yesterday in one Of the ears
of the Avenue q line, near Fourseeoth
street. The person robbed was Ww.
r. Golden, q young man employed By
the Architectural Iron Mofks Com.
pany at No. 62i East Fourteenth 81.
just before 2 O'Clock Golden was sent
to the Eleventh Ward Bsok fer money
TO pay of lLe workmen Of fhe Com
psny. The amount drawn, So, 500, was
in bank uctes of s.uall denominations
aid made package Of considerable
size. 1t was wrapped in piece Of
brown paper and tied with twine.-
Golden pu, the package under his arm
and took an Avenue C car, which was
we'll filled with passengers, getting a
seat near the front door. Two veil
dressed strangers got on the car soOn
after Golden, and stood leaning upon
the straps. When TIE car reached
Fourteenth street one Of the strangers
standing near the front door suddenly
threw il wide open. A, this tie other
uisn snatchcd the package from nm
der Golden's arm and leaped from the
platform. The driver had his hands
occupied in managing the horse. and
the brake, and though the alarm Nas
given promptly, both the men escaped
and ran down Fourteenth street. Col
den and others raised a hue and cry
and gave chase. A wagon was waiting
short distance from the corner the
two men JUMPED IN sad were driven
away swiftly and were lost sight Of
speedily. AS furthe. pursuit was then
frurtless, Golden hastened to the Com
pany's Office and lnfcrted the manager
of the robbery. The two came TO the
Police Central Office soou afterward.
superintendent Wal!ihg Immediately
sent out two detectives 10 work up the
case. The Superintendent said that be
believed that the robbery was the result
of deeply laid plat. The robbers
stationed the team where it might be
handy whichever way Golden nigh, re-
turn from the bank Two of then,
must have followed him to the bank
and have seen hiri draw the money
Golden took little notice Of the two
men until his bundle of money was
sna'ched from bim, and then the Who'll e
was done so quickly that he hardly OBJ
served how they looked or w,Iat cloth
ing they wore. The promptness with
which the wagon took up the robbers
aud the rapidi;J ~ith which it was
driven off utterly cut off all chance OF
pursuit on foot; and no other vehicle
happened to be near. .... a.
\ despatcl! iron Mlllersville, dated
ON the 22nG inst, says An unknown
man, apparently German, was found
iu a dying condition last evening on the
line Of the West Jersey Railroad, aoout
nile north of this place. He e1-
pirsd coon after being discovered. On
exanihaIion of the place where the
man was discovered, club with blood
mark. was found, and 1t is believed thai
this is the instrument with which the
murder was committed. The body was
taken in chnrge by the Mayor. 1t is
supposed that his maine was Joseph
0bert, aged about 80 yea,s, from Bu-
chou, Wirtemburg. The murderer is
abOu: % years Of age, five feet seven
inches high, and gives the name Of
Francis Schwartz He had IN his pos
session yalise containing articles sup
posed to have been stolen from his we
IN. Swartz has confessed his crime
4 fire in Cory, Pa, on the 2lst,
catised damage to the extert of $780,
900. ..'.e -.--f .. e.l.l.
Hon. Thomas Scott and Ben Perley
Poor are in Mexico So dispatches
state.
President Grants Attorney General,
Williams, has resigned.
4 cotton mil at Zaae:vllc. Ohio,
was damaged by FIRE, on the evening Of
the 2lst, to the extent of S25 900.
A fire iu Sing Slug prison, n. Y,
damaged the property to the amount
of $4,000. 4
The Odd Fellows Of Eastern Penn
sylyania are about to establish n home
for tLeir members who have become
disabled b. reason Of age or in6rmity.
Elmer Moore, arrested In Whining
ton, Del, some time since, for setting
fire to a stable, has turned States evi-
dence, and has implicated two other
men ~bo he says fired several buildings.
Both the accused have been held to
ansSer.
Amity township, Berks county, has
a constable who has filed the Office for
~ years. tie is SC years old.
Mrs. Governor Gaston, Mrs. Charles
Francis Adams and large number Of
other ladies. have signed an appeal 70