National Republican., 1876-02-11
ATTEMPTED BURGLARY.
A Brsnchville Tramp CAPTURED.

It is o matter Of he deepest regret 70 all
whose hearts are filled with love for mankind
and who are setuated by an earnest desire to
elevate the human race that, as the charming
towns and villages extending on either side of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad increase in pop
ulation and in wealth, their law-abidIng inhaoi-
tants should be broken Of their rest and com
PEELED to maintain an armed resistance, so 10
speak, to the depredstions of lawless maraui-
ers land burglars. The latest Of these daring
outrages was perpetrated in the charming town
of Branchville, situated on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, and distant about ten miles from
Washington, which, on Tuesday night OF this
week, was the scene OF an attempted burglary
and foresight as to stamp It the handlwork of
band of accomplished professionals.
We repeat that the planning must have been
done by g band, but tho actual work was under
taken by one member thereof, who attempted to
force an entrance into the store OF Mr.. Plnkney
rected to the cellar, to which he obtained admit
taEce by way OF the trap-do0r, but finding only
barrels and other bulky articles too cumbersome
for him 10 remove unaided, he sought to extend
his research into the upper part of the store.
His way being barred by q door at the head OF the
stairs he retreated to the outside OF the builing
and calling into reQuistion plank from a neigh
boring fence mouBted to one OF tho windows.
Here his efforts would undoubtedly have been
successful had not fate in the form Of Mr.. Richard
Carroll and Mr.. Thomas Gill, two gentlemen Of
color, interposed. These intrepid men, who were
returning from visit TO Biadensburg, thus sud.
proved themselves equal to the emergency, ana
swooped down upon the burglar in his moment OF
victory.
After a short but severe tussle, during which
the aforesaid public guardians were encouraged
and, If We may be allowed the expression, egged
on from the window of an adjacent house by Mr..
Robert Turner, junior member Of tho firm Of
Turner Co., wholesale manufacturers and i'm
porters, victory perched upon their banners.
which means that the desperate was captured.
He (the desperate aforesaid was described to the
writer as a "sweet bird, which expression, after
some inquiry, We found to mean tnat he was a
tramp OF the lowest sort, dirty, ragged and GOV.
cred from head TO foot with cuts, bruises and
patches. In his pocket was found piece Of half
cion that he is Partisan. He is now, we believe,
safely lodged in the Marlboro Jail.
1t is an established fact that one crime always
begets another, ard this attempted robbery is
thought by many to be direct result Q: the
assault and attempted robbery of al inhabitant
ofHyattsylie, thrilling account OF which was
published in this paper a short time age. and
which surely cannot Fave been forgotten by our
readers We say IL cannot have been forgotten,
for the reasOus-hrst, because IL was an interest
ing event, and second, more especially, because
the description o: It production ot the
mastery pen Of thar gifted aad eloquent poet,
Simon S!delnker.
We should feel ourselves vofu!Iy LACKING In
public spirit and De conscious tnaT as hl! ne
elected 10 speak w0r.! IA season aud cut of sea-
son, five did Doi take this occasion TO enter our
earnest protest against the reckless strain to
which this promising young man subjects mis- TO-
tellect, as evidenced hy bis contributions to TIE
RErUELICAN. Despite the circumstances o! bis
friends and the general pubic this intomitabls
young genius persists not only in writing articles,
but in printing them. The results OF hisreckless
waste OF mentg! energy Is already painfully ap-
parent. He has attenHited himself down to one
hundred and seventy odd, and his formerly
agreeable, not 10 say striking, countenance is so
''sicklied Ger with the pale cast OF thought" +.
Is feared by his frie1cstE uoeSs be eau be pre-
vailed upon, a: no distant day, to listen to the
voice Of prudence, he Will go where-to quote
from touching obituary written by hinself-he
will FLAP his wings in space, asd piSy harp
f1ro