, 1876-03-01

a NHCtnfhRt flHak O1 AhA"fes ~ s"'
Cottnro OF n E0mofy GrrMnts-'rhey
Hind Him, Attempt to Scs Firo to
Hin, ana 1fnb Gatnl "f $4,000.
corstslendsnct .HtIs yort Htra'>:.
Dossy1LLE, Pa. Fob. 22.-Eberhard Deilman.
an old German, who, for liftcon yearY past, hah
Tired by hi.nae,f In 3 lonely placs known ~
Qlenr's Hollow. abont milo from Tits viilsge,
wao, not long since, visited by threo tnasked
robbcrs, who forced him. BY Tho most cruel tor
turo, 10 tell them tho wloseabouts OF certain
sums Of money he had In hEa house, 1t being
eonorailY known that De!lman has for years boo:t
thu recipient Of 4 monthly allowance
from relatives In Germany Of which a.
lowapeo ho uscs vory little. and GO.
cretes tho toat about his preniHes. Every
morning. without an exception. from The tsmo
Beilmau camc to this section until Tuesday last,
lo walked 10 tho village 10 purchase quart of
beer for lliB usn during tie day. Tuesday nlotn-
inR l,a did not make hls appearance, which cx-
cflad auch general rotnatk. whom 1t became
known that two or three villagers went to bis
house In the hollow to SEQ what wAa the matter.
TloIr knock at his front door WAS answered BY
nloan, aa il Of somo one In pain. Tue window
cuctaiD #aB drawn. and nothing could DO teon
from tho outside. Tho visltora went round to
the back door, which tloy found open. Enter
bound down il, heavy arm. chn!r with bed
cord or cosl.osltna and cloth wns tod over h!u
mouth. The room smell strongly Of amoko aud
koroaeno. and burned remnants Of paper, ragHt
lie Old man's chair tho floor was bnrnet1 nearly
through. aud the legs and bottom OF the chair
were badly charred, showing tbnt fro bad
bocn built beneath II. What clothing the Ger
coutents Of = largo ohest and bookcase, which
formed part Of tic furniture Of tho room. wore
atrown shout; tho old mans bod was Btrlppedot
lts clothes, and tho straw TICK ripped open aud
tho s;raw pulled out. pillow waa aao tom
oueu, and tho wbo!n houso presented acena OF
tho utmost confusion. DellmAu was clothed
only 10 htB pnnsa and shirt, the former having
evidently been hastsiy drawn on. He was At
once rsleaRed. when ho broke forth in strain Of
tho most hcnl ltbroGen lamentat!on as he lookod
about his diBordercd room. It was Homo time
before he could 10 calmcd sufficiently to explain
tho situation in Which ho wAA found. His nan.
ner Of speaking tho English languaEs ~ not
good, bo: tito following facts nero elected from
Aa was his hhblt, hc wont to bed at 500 O'Clock
on Monday evening, aftor Locking hia doose and
barticnding thom III usual by rolling Lis cheHt
against ons and r*atshlg Lar across the other.
iuR no clock, no Was aTouBcd by some ono knock
Ing ut hs front door. As lny atlll until the
knocktn8 was repeated several ttmcB, oacl. time
louder, when no got up and inquired Hho Was
there.
"a poor man, almost frozen who wants to
got Wnrs,," was the reply In a faint voice. as If
tho speaker wero shiyer,ng. Tho night aas not
cold, aud the old man folt confident that be was
bcBeKcd BY some ono who meant harm. lie
replied. howevcr, tint flo had no tire at that
time Of night. and informed thu applicant that
tho village tavern was hnt milo diheaut. Tho man
replied TINT hecoud walk 40 fnr1hos. and must got
tn. HeItman, to aae what tho speaker locked
llAc. cautiously raised h.a wsndoW.curt.in mud
looked out. What 1aa bis alarm to discover
two men Btanding nosr hiB door, each having
short club in his baud. Tho moon Was quite
tir1,& nntt tJInf tina bad
| volls or aomo other covering On their faces.
Although greatly alarmed tho old German
hasty decided on plan 70 escape from the
house and haston over tho blu to Ito village AID
chest away from the bnck-door as quietly Is pos-
niblo, unlocked It and stopped cautioualy out Oh
| the ground, only to bo Bulzed By man who MAS
standing these, and who clappod bis hand over
outcry, And held Lin firmly desrte his desperate
| BtrugglcB. At signal from this mao. who was
| AlHo yelled. the other two came running to tho
back door. On seeing Dcllman IzsHoneI, ono
| OF thcm oxciaim0ds
"By God, Jaok, That's ele7ari"
Tie also burst out In quito loud laugh. when
ons OF bis companions admontahed him, :" For
Gods sake to keep qules." Thov took Deiman
striking light, took Two quilta f,om tho bed
aud put one to cach window, first tTing cloth.
which ono Of them produced, shout tho mouth
Of the old German. When cvcrythtng was in
foAQ1hess Iney ae a hhto1 4ouh1 tnt lhtnp ANU
lit that, keeping It turned low. TAey then tied
Neilman IN his chair with rope which oua Of
tho men cut from tho bod.
When ho was secured, tho gag wat removed
from Deilman'e mouth, and one OF tho masked
men put pistol to bis hoad and bata him te'i
them where he had llss money IBID or he would
kill him, and that ho would hill him anyway II
10 made au ,outcry.,, Tho dos,nan, as.
though almost dead with fear, replied that
he was = poor man aud bad no money
that tho stolioB about bis having money
hid away were al false. Meantime, tho two
other robbers wefe rAnaacaing the room, run
mAglnR Ia tho chest and bookcase, and ripping
open she boddtug: In Tho atraw tick Iellman
had e2oo in gtoenbacka. uowcd up In an old vest.
This tho soh6aru aooured, besides nearly a. much
| In gold. which Was hidden IN tho cheat. Aftor
searching In al! available places, md finding no
moro, tho nan with tho plstol demanded tho
whereabouts Of any further sums DoiIn,an might
have. and Ravs h!u Ave minutes 10 toll. at the
end Of which t.re DO would bo killed II ha had
not revealed tho hlding.p1Aca Of his treasure.
The German declared that lts had no moro, hut,
refusing to awear on pibie they found In his
stand that thor had found a,l hin money, ho MAS
informed shss he must stther toll Or die. lie r.
pnsd snn,.n sn. % sat ss, as ,ss veil t,. do as BE-
murdes failed to produce The desired atlsct, they
xeBo1to1 to clhot meANs. They set fire to
wlspa Of straw, paper, sto., and held them oloso
to tho bottoms OF the old Germans faol aud
pssacd them 70 near h!s face A. TO suga his
Mhlakars and hslr. Notwithstanding the pain
aud mental sgouJ occasionsd by this. DeIlman's
love for his h!ddsn wealth was too strong to be
tIoke1 Ia TINT way. The robbers then declared
that they would burn him up II be did not till,
They found the kerosene can, and spsln 111kS
clothing With oil. they thGn piled SOM
paper, and other infammabio stua&
chhtr, and sat tire II 1t. Althona1
deolkrea ii ~ hte ballet that II
the nerve to vithstand thi16
would hkYe s1tipguMhed 8
hsQ done btN Any injury,
begun to roll up a1
euyelop and ehoko
the soappsn9 OF
aud sAN An osi1hf
shoot out, III!
~ 1t c1opt ny
sossook hl4
to put out
they ooul
kwesr OF
hidlog-I
tho lA,
mAteris
out the
hs told
they to
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