, 1877-07-27
MASKED BURGLARS.
Thejr Work in Pci,nsytvanln AN Entlro
Household 0f n1cn nttl Wntncn uAEgctl
AMI Hound.

9trasburk Township, lives woIi-to-tlo farmer
natllu1 j. Erb Lcfeyrr. VI fiis own family he
boys, the eldest being John Hoover, stout
toung fellow ol nbptt twenty-five ycnrs, at,tl
Sherman 1'ucb!cr. antl 0corgc Martin. r, a'dt-
tion to tflesc there Is All OLD woman, who
!inc," who ltas been living with Alr.
Lctevre fur period oG forty-scyen yvurs. Tho
last 10 bo ,amcd WHO rotEposc tue household ts
yoass i F ta ,'.S @ Sas m2es r ara ente
They l,ud oil retired for the night ae MI carly
lsour. md nbout midnight young Hoover was
awakened. His feel wcro tied securelys to-
hands wcre Just IcIu. lied behind lis back. As
hu WAS about IL cry nut an alarm tile nlazz1c Of
revolver was placed against hls forcheatl, mud
Il msskct rubber standtng before itiIn quietly
you; but nuke the slightest noise, and ri
SCATTER yuur bruins MI uvcr this routn."
Hoover lovkcd around lin IN o hali-dazcd
manner, uutl ,tpun Cthvr sc Of the bed llo mot
tile glarlng rays vi "lull's-cyc" lantcru tlasl,-
ln. intu Ills lsce. HancinE up, lle thought
liz wou',l zee wi,o The tntrlhlcrl wcru, hut le
folMl they wero prepared Inr Tint. 'rhp faye
Of tue tailcst, whn. lad red lmIr anil sle
whlslscrs, was covered aver from tlc muse down
will Il rod handkerchief, wllils tho oihcr anil
next taElest rl Ilss lUwer fn*U shielded with u
white handkerchief with d rcd border. Tho
process IT tying ifs,uvrr. were simply disguised
with white 1an'lkcrchufs, nild ll,ale no further
attempt to rctnain unEccugnixcI. Before gong
further WI so,!;d state that the male n'vn,bvra
ot the h9Iseilolu slept In thc same ruot, Willie
tic females were In the room alljuinIng. Alter
tying lloorcr, onu of the robbcrs stood over
him, painting a ptstol at HIN, and now and
then admonlslng hm to keep qulc. II he want-
ea 70 1aas isys lt'o ot.er rnoscfs ; theh went to
projected to bind Ills feet toyctller. Tho
old t1alI nwosc ant at oncU ntnde desperate
resistance, put the ods Of ttIrce to Que yero too
much, atps tn lew mo1nenta 'te was securely
man, they blickct!and gagged Him, 50 Us to pre-
vent hlh from giving my cutlery or alarm.
They then proceeded to ING rroa wlerc Eve
rst bo,l'sl lnt when the raseals were tying the
old woman aug awoke a!nt Ut ohe9 began 70
scream Ike conl.hel'e Indian; Iho ssHal!cst
ta 5G1 a c III to EssR tsR aa nmt
more severe mcal's. lic pulled out largs
butchcr-kntfe ahd tltt tha OIu wotnun TINT II
sho would % nnt keep 4M!ot nc would cnt hcr
throat that tle nay ktl!eti men Tor Hakng loss
and N inolncnt OF desperation, tho
bastard struck l'cr aoscral severe blows
.poi' ihe mouth, Thsh KNOCKED
ont hcr teeth ana bruised her face In
sovesu that her life Is dcspalrGd Of. Thcn put.
ting guard over these two. Tho robbers went
townri t!lc ncrG riom' wt'cn they wors greeted
bY TUG Shut, "rakc care, i'm, thc old laan's
thieves VINO haa "buips-oYe" then dartcd
down stairs, anl lust u tho old nian was about
opening tho lfoltt u4gr l'e "as r.. fellsH to tt1e
tead BY chilly" Or "h!uckjack" " in the hands
of his assai'nnt. The r1sscal thea called for tia
assoelatcs, and they At ot'ye went down to him,
only one Remaining W stairs ~ keep watch over
tllosa who were st!ll there. They tllen rcl!onnd
almost up to Ills chin, and then jumped upon
and beat hin n "a brutal manner.
Carrying him up stairs they throw him On tLe
thu means by w'!cl. he l,ad previously. released
himsclf fronI tho rope. The rag that was first
put III Ills mouth was lnnlc of twlne, ana he
t!nlagcsi TO chew It. and tncn vent through tl;e
lands. Ono would thtnk that tho robber who
WIS watcilln. at hlA hetslae, would llayu pro-
vented tt!s, but he appeared To be anxious
roon,, aud kept near the ds'or. thus kucpng hls
back tslEncd to thu ulu man.. Wh1u all lad
bccn securely bound, thu r9bocrs all co1xro-
gatcd ln thu mens roiil, anil mo OF them went
for nonov, ai.t w afu going to have l.. You
ktloW wlere It Il a,ll We wunt you ~ tell U.s."
Hoover rrpllul that tho old u,nn {Uleanlng Mr.
Lcfcyre) llad depusltrd hIs !louey lu
the bunk Oh Saturday lust. They tfIcn
approached tho bedside Of tho Old nlatl
would nut tell theu ami thu two smaller lnrn
| u.i,l Rlgcol.-holc MIA pccrch luto, their rcward
being live nuw .slo l'!lx, which ha4l been pai to
Alr. Lelyyro low day. before for eow. This
lnoney was In pockcsia,ok. and was In se~rct
DRIVER of tho stsk. Thu pld ,nnu thought Il
would hu secure, h,t|the robbers appeared to be
as well a1,uaillstu will. it, nrcl,atcal arrange
1nyt,ts ~ liz WIS. i tust!.cr spareA brought tu
| light 3lG In halves aud quarters, aud then the
otl n,:.l, Gul,IcaseL that aululiut to be oil he
t.att In the lln,,sc. A.laryu number Of pa,tta-
lou,,s weru hanging upon thu will, and tllesr
were sll "Guuu tlru1.t,r by tle thieves, but
! no ulonry found. Then tho Remainder
OF tho lloIisu WIS visItci, and tu smallest and
most insignificant -ooki,y box d!! not rscapu
their notice, About twenty minutes after
| o'clock u ucetfng WA held In thu mems room
by tlls robLors, and thu ':situaton' discussed.
1t isugth thsy decided to close up tl!s 'tloh' y
| mud Leave tllr preJukea. As tle men were talk.
ing, Alr. l4cEuvre commenced to yroan, and
| managed to lnuttrr out, "Ull, my Hea.i," and
ti,cl, o,1e OF shv roh.,ers approached him, aud,
| rutslng up his wuundeI hcasl, kindly aud gently
| inserted a pillow u,I,ier It, sn.,uthing out lli
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