The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-01
A BURGLAR TRAPPED.
Drowned in Cistern While Retreating from
the ire OF Wctim-Sl0ien Properly Found
on His Person. -t..


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FAYErrE, PA, july "a, 1885, This vi
Icinity has been visited a number OF
times during the summer by burglars,
and the good success that they met with
in each case no doubt induced another
visit on Friday night last, which re.
suited fatally to one of the depreda.
tors in a singular manner. Simon Felut,
a rich German farmer, living with his
mother and TWO sisters, near this place,
was awakened about midnight ON Fri
day by peculiar noise near his bed
room door. Suspecting burglars ne
iumued out of bel, upseLting a chair and
making considerable noise. .......
INSTANTLY The sound of rapidly retreat
ing footsteps was heard ON the stairs.
Feldt seized u shotgun that stood in the
corner OF his room, and ran to Ills bed
room window, which was open. just
then the form OF man appeared, rum
ming across the garden. Feldt fired at
MIN, but the retreaIing burglar kept on
his way, scaled the fence and disap-
ueared. The farmer and his wife were
highly excited, but finally began a search
of The house to see if ANYTHING nad been
stolen. and to assure themselves that
no one else was, lurking about. Feidt
was sure that there had been more than
one burglar. from the sound OF The foot
stems ON the stairs,
No trace of uny other could be found.
however. Tue rooms down. stairs had
been thoroughly ransaeked and num-
Der of arLlcles were missing, among
them a silver watch belonging to the
farmer. An examination of the garden
neXL day revealed the TACT that FeldPs
shot had taken effect in the flying bur-
glar, for the cabDuges through which he
mad ran were spotted with blood along
his track. Tue trail could not be fol-
lowed after he climbed the fence, and no
clue to his whereabouts has been found.
THE BURGLARS BODY DISCOVERED.
DeLacned Irom tne larm house, but
only few feet from it, is summer
Kitchen or wash house. Under this is a
large cistern, the mouth OF which is In
the center of the tlJor, covered with &
trap.door. This door, however, has al
ways been left open as often as closed
There is a door IN the end of the wash
house next the dwelling ana another in
the opposite end, opening toward the
barn, These doors are never closed, as
the building contains nothing that any
one would care to steal. Saturday after
noon one OF Feldps sisters went TO the
clstern to draw some water by means oil
a bucket tied to the end OF a rope. The
trap was open. She let her bucket down,
and it came in contact with something
that prevented its sinking. Miss Feldt
peered down into the cistern, and started
hack in horror at the sight that met hel
gaze. Plainly revealed by the light thai
streamed down through the opening was
the
WHITE FACE OF A DEAD MAN.
tho eyes wiue omen anu staring ur
through, the tran. Tbe rest of the bodJ
was dimIv' o,Itiined i'm the surrounding
darknnss. The women ran iuto the
house. screaming .tmurder!" Mir
Feldt was in the barn. and, on hearinl
| The cries. rushed to the house, On beins
| told what was the matter. he and nil
| hired man remoyed the BODY from the
cistern. IT, was that of a man not more
than twentv.five wears old. 1t was de
Gently dressed. On the forehead was .
| deem wound. which had evidently bleC
| considerahly. Thes body was laid on The
bench in the workshop. and MIR. Field
came to this nlace and summoned DR.
| caldwell and an officer. VINO returned