The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-07-15
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SUBSEQ UENT ATTEMPT 10 LEVY BLACK
MAIL, AND ARREST OF 4 SUSPECTED
PARTY

SUBSEQ UENT ATTEMPT 10 Levy BLACK
MAIL, AND ARREST or 4 SUSPECTED
PARTY. ...
On Wednesday night Of last week the residence
of MB Catherine Meyer, on the north side Of
West Tuscarawas street. near the brow OF the hill,
was entered and ransacked by q thieylng party,
The occupants Of the house were not aware that
the house had been visited until the following
morning, when things about the house were found
not right and number ofartlcles of silver plated
ware were fouild scattered about the yard. day
or two later Mrs, Meyer received q note addressed
TO her, through the post Office This communlca'
ton was not written, though the envelope was ad'
dressed IN hand, not unfamiliar to her and
others This communication was on piece OF
white paper such as Is used In printing neWspa-
pers and instead of being written, 1t was I'M
pressed with type, BREWER capitals, without The
use of ink, the impressions being made with the
bare face of the type The job was poorly exccu-
ted, many of the letters being reversed or omitted.
The receipt of this strange note, verbatim copy
of which we give below, YVES the first intimston
Mrs. Meyer had of the amount lost by the crimina'
call Of Wednesday night
CANTON,
"What will you give for the return Of those pa
pers? How many Thous Dololars. We know
what tha are worth Write the amount you will
give on a piece Of paper and hang II In the post
Office alongside of the adveniced letters 1t will be
seen by us and then we will let you here from us.
But If you try TO trick us we Will burn or make
some other use of them. You know what that
means you know what they are worth TO you we
give you four days time
I'VE mean business
| "FRoh SAToE"
After the receipt Of this note, Mrs. Meyer hrst
became aware that she had been robbed Of
OVER FOURTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.
slS,s55 In notes, mortgages and other papers
$500 solid silver ware gold watch and Other
smaller articles. Captain @. y, Blake, son'in'laT
of Mrs Meyer, who resides with her, Immediately
sought the police, and impaired to them hlidesi
Of the case, as well as those of Mrs, Meyer anc
with the "Satonic" note and q few other smRl
matters pointing to a clue, they went earnestly 4
work. The notes. silver &c, had been kept in
trunk, and the trunk was taken by the thieves
but found next morning in Shorb's grove minu
all contents. 1t was evident that some one wh'
was more or less acquainted with the house, haC
been engaged In the robbery, and that an enter
snee had been gained through q second stor!
window by means Of ladder. The police worked
perseveringly, and during saturday evening the!
shadowed a young man named Jerome Marcle
and finally, about nine o'clock Saturday evening
they arrested him and placed him In jail ava.
preliminary hearing, Marcle lived with Mr.
Meyer for time last winter, and while there. II
obedience to instructions, on one OCCASION he hG
cleaned the identical stolen silver ware, and re
placed Il in the trunk.
Msrce had a preliminary hearing before Mayo
Braden last evening. and was sent to jail TO ava
the action Of the Common Pleas Court in defau
of 5000 bail. On Wednesday evening about
O'Clock the greater part of Mrs. Meyers stole
property, including about all the missing pApe
and silver ware, were returned 70 her ather res
dence MarCle will probably have to stand II
chances of trial. The city police deserve gre'
e credit for the energy and perseverance dsplaye
in working up this case as through their etor
: all was accomplished.