The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-06-29
BOLD ROBBERY!
DR.. JOHNS RESIDENCE ENTERED,
A Gold Watch and About Eighty
Dollars in Money Stolen.

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thief entered the dwelling Of Dr.. q.
w. John, found their way to room
occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Wood, the daughter and son-in.law
of DR.. John, where they cabbaged
Mr.. Woods clothes, conveyed them
to the hall on the first floor and ex-
tracteI therefrom about eighty dol
lars in money and gold watch
about the value of SO, also the key
to the door of what is known as the
Standard Store room. DR.. John &
Co. carry on two large dry goods
stores, one at tho residence of DIR
John and the other in the building
in which the New DOMINION office
is,whi:h is called the Standard Store.
The key above mentioned was found
Sunday morning in the key hole o.
the upper store door, from which it
was with great difficulty extracted.
The thief no doubt supposed he had
the key belonging to this door and
in trying to unlock it got the key
fast. Had they gone TO the other
store they would have succeeded in
entering it and would doubtless car
ried away largo quantity of goods.
Mrs. Wood was at the time unwell
and lamp had been left burning in
the room, which was extinguished
and Mr.. Woods clothes taken from
the room while he and his wife were
soundly' sleeping. Mr.. Wood first
noticed the lamp was extinguished
about 2 o'clock, A, NJ, but did not
become aware OF the robbery till
morning. The thieves were evident
Y hungry, for from the Doctors
well-stored larder amongst other
things were taken about half u
boiled ham and a large cake, in pay
nent for which they deposited Upon
the kitchen floor a twenty-five cent
shjn-plaster, formerly the property oil
John & Co. This twenty-five eents
was found in the morning by Mrs
John. Mrs. Moorehead, another
daughter of DIR. John, and her hus-
band were sleeping soundly in an add
joining room, but heard Lothiug al
| the robbers. 1t is supposed that thu
thief, or at least one of them, entered
/ the hall of DR.. Johns residence in thu
evening and remained there conceal
ed until all The family were quietly
sleeping and then deliberately wenl
about the robbery. This is a very
daring robbery and we hope the per
petrators may be detected aud
brought to justice.
The enterprise of our merchants
and hotel keepers, in cleaning up the
mud on Main street, Monday, is
commendable, and strangers who
| visit our town this week will be sure
to make note of it.
A dispatch received here Monday
evening from Uniontown, announces
the dangerous illness, of typhoid fe-
YER, of Miss Belle Jenkins. Some Of
her friends go this morning to attend
her. She has been principal of the
colorcd school here for several years
past.
Our portly whole soulcd friend,
Andrew J. Frum, of Clinton, the
land of milk and honey" was in
town Saturday. Andy is spoken of
as an independent candidate for the
House of Delegates, and we hope he
will run-and he elected
BOY Killed at Huntington.
Jimmy Webb, son of j. w. Webb,
Huntington, w. Va, aged ten years
was killed on the 18th, inst, while
playing in lumber yard with mum
Der of boys, by the lumber falling on
him and breaking his neck Wheel
ing Register.
Squalls arc now in order at Walnut
Hill. In this statement the genial
proprietor is bound to concur. Ollie
now invests largely in fannels and
nHC bOOt1l SOlHDc, uHN
throws clubs at all the live stock
that dares to cross his path. It's
boy, and weighs about ten pounds,
John w. Davis, the photographer,
has instituted suit against H. Clay
Hagans Hyde, the editor Of the King
wood Argus, and Morgan u Hoffman,
the editors of the Morgantorn Week
ly Post for libelous publication. We
are glad to say on behalf of our CO.
temporary, that they only copied the
article from the Kingwood paper.
There was great CONSERVATION
among our citizens Sunday morn
ing over the report, false of course,
to the effect that the thief who en-
tered the residence of DR.. Johns res
idence had carried off Joe Woods's
wife and baby, with his pocket book
and gold watch When this affecting
story was told there were barrels of
tears shed as the imaginations of our
kind hearted citizens pictured Joe's
distress when he awoke and found all
was gone. yia flso
1t would seem that Morgantow is
becoming the intellectual shrine of
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