The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1877-12-06
DARING ROBBERY.
A Nan Gagged aud His POCk-
els Picked Of 5000,

els Picked Of 5000,
One of the boldest and most out
rageous robberies ever perpetrated
in this county, took Place On We'd
nesday evening Of last week, about 81
o'clock, at the residence of Mr. Frank
lin Pence, about 5 miles southwest o.
town. Mr.. Pence had returned
home from Cincinnati that evening.
leaving the train at Russell Station,
in company with his trother, Mr.
Ellis Pence, and had in his pockets
I over 5000, most of it being money
| for which he had sold about 60 head
Of hogs, $500 of the money was in
side a bank book in bis breast pock
ct, and consisted Of three 800 bills,
one $50, two S2O's and the balance
in $5s.
After reaching home, and putting
away their horses, the family ate sup,
per, and after supper, Mr.. Pence and
his hired boy, aged about 1G, went
out to the wood-pile, in the rear OF
the house, about go feet distant, to
get some wood. Hearing a pig in
the yard, Mr., Pence sent the boy in
to the house with the wood, and
started to drive the pig out. A few
minutes afterwards he staggered in
to the house, unable to speak, and
acting in a very bewildered manner.
His brother asked him what was the
matter, but it was some seconds be-
fore he was able to speak or make
any ineligible answer. Then he
said he had been seized in the yard,
by two or three men, whom he could
not see in the darkness, who had
choked and gagged him so that he
was almost dead before they let him
go. His brother asked him whore
his gun was, and whether loaded,
and started to get it, and go out af-
ter the men, but Frank called him
back and told him not to go out, as
they might attack him. Ellis then
locked the back door, and returned
to his brother, and searched his
pockets, when he discovered the
bank book was gone, with the mon
ey it contained. Besides the money
in the bank book, he had about S39 |
in his hip pocket, which the robbers
did not get.
After the robbery was discovered |
it seems they did not go to any of
the neighbors, to give the alarm un-
til morning. Mr.. Ellis Pence says /
that they heard noises during the
night, as if there were persons
around the house, and they kept
watch all night. In the morning
the empty bank book was found in
the yard near the fence.
Such are the particulars of this
bold and daring crime, as related to
US on Saturday by Mr. Ellis Pence.
He says no clue has yet been discov-
cred to lead to the detection of the
robbers, but he is confident they
must be parties well acquainted with
his brother, and with the fact that he
had gone to the city to sell his hogs
and would probably have the money
on his return.
P. S. Since the above was writ
ten, Mr.. Franklin Pence has called
on us, and fully corroborates his
account of the affair as we
have related it.
We understand that Marshal Lyle
is working up the case, and if it is
possible to find out who committed
the robbery, we think he Will sue
ceed.
STILL LATER.
This morning, (Tuesday) we learn
that Marshal Lyle's investigations
have developed some facts tending
to throw suspicion on Mr.. Fences
account of the affair. Probably we
shall be able to tell our readers more
next week.