Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-06-17

oAFE ROBBERY. = Some time last
tuesday night the store of RumfsIt g
Loring, at Trinity Center, was burgls.
rlously entered and their safe broken intc
and robbed. The rohber or robbers an.
tered the rear having torn away nor.
ton of the brick-work, making a boIe
through which an arm could be tbrns,
and the bars holding the iron shutters
opened. The safe is small. old stvIo
Iilton Il Mcfarland, with mbination
lock, IN outer door, the inner door at the
time being unlocked The burglar broke
through the wrought-iron plate of the
door directly over the bolts-two in NUN
oer-and then broke the bolts. tberebv
opening the door. Fortunately there
was only about $l60 in the safe-s75 Of
which had been left there by j. C. Woods
deputy Assessor, and some $40 belong
ing to one Of the drivers on the Shasta
and Scott Valley stage line. The robber
also secured a small sum which was in
the money drawer under the counter
Nothing else about the store seemed to
have been disturbed, except the iron bar
used to fasten one Of the front doors,
which had probably been taken to pry
the safe out from under the counter. The
robbery was q very bold one and the
manner Of its execution leads to the be-
lief that the party was an old hand at the
business and also pretty we'll acquainted
with the premises. Among the money
taken was 500 gold note and five or six
dollars in tencent pieces fve-shooter
XII pistol, not loaded, was also taken
from the drawer in the counter. Rum
felt " Loring seemed to have no suspi-
cion as to who the guilty party was, no
trace being left save the track of a fine
boot with small heel. The only strang-
ers in Trinity Center on the night of
the robbery were Assessor Paulsen, DR..
Lord and the editor Of the JOURNAL. A
candle which had only been lighted
few minutes during the evening was used
by the robber and was almost entirely
burned out, showing that be must have
worked long time.
Thursday evening Elias Ellery arrived
in Weavervile with the following note,
which had been sent to Rumeclt & Lor
ing, at Trinity Center, by Sheriff Phil
brook:
Send f. Ellery to Weaver for the Cor
oner, or if he thinks Stuart Fork will be
too high have him take an extra horse
and go to Cinnabar, for Sam. Hubbell
don t fail to send him or some one.
had to kill one of them, and shall have
to have an inquest held. Have recovered
half the money, and have the other man
in gulch where | think it impossible for
him to escape. Found the $50 gold-note
and the lO-cent pieces, and your pistol, |
dark lantern and the whisky bottle and
candles Be sure and have the Coroner
this evening, or the Justice Of the Peace.
j. w. PHILBRoOK.
In explanation OF the above it is ne
cessary to add that Sheriff Philbrook
stopped at j. +. Carr's house, four miles
above Trinity Center, on the night of
the robbery, having gone up that day
Returning Wednesday morning he was
notified of the robbery, and after some
inves tigation, examination of track, etc.,
probably obtained some clue of the gull
ty parties and started in pursuit accom-
panied by Louis Brewster, the stage-driv-
er whose money was in the safe. Gus.
Rumlelt started next morning and met
Brewster with the dead man in wagon,
taking him to the Center. He received
the note and returning to the Center i'm
mediately dispatched Mr.. Elery to this
place for the Coroner, who left here this
Friday at 2 o'clock A. NJ. AS to the
killing of one of the parties, Mr.. Ellery
could give us no particulars as he left in
great haste, bnt we feel confident that it
must have been a matter of the utmost
The note ftom Sheriff Phil
brook, was written in pencil on a leaf
torn from memorandum. book, and it is
probable that the second robber is in
charge by this time, as Philbrook is not
likely to let him get away.
Mr.. Ellery informs us that the parties
who robbed the store had been occasion
ally seen about the place for several
days previously; that they slept at Max
wells house near the saw-mill on Mon
day evening and on Tuesday morning
went to Louis Olsen s-four miles this
side of Trinity Center-and hired out to
him to cut rails. They went to work
but returned to the house for the purpose
of sharpening their axes, and went to The
backsmith-shop to do so. Mrs. Olsen
heard them at work at the forge, blowing
and hammering, and they afterwards
said, when questioned, that they were
fixing their knives. 1t is now regarded
as certain that they were otherwise EN-
ploy ed, making tools for the robbery
They were discovered about IL miles
below Trinity Center and not far from
the road leading toward Shasta. Trinity
Center being 80 miles from here it is i'm
possible to obtain further particulars at
present, but we will probably get full
account Of the matter in day or two.
GRAND JURY.-The following named