Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-08-29

Burglars, sneak-thieves and pickpock-
cts were here thicker than flies, with
Barnum's show, and Notwithstanding the
fact that there was an extra police force
on duty, they succeeded in getting in
good deal of work on Thursday night,
Friday and Friday night, as the follow
ing list of their doings will show:
The residence of Hamline Smith, on
Market street, was entered in the after
noon of Friday, while the family were
away, and two suits of clothes, belonging
to Mr.. Smith, and soc. in silver, stolen.
The clothing is valued at $50. The house
was entered by breaking window.
w. W. Millikan's residence, on Tenn
pie street, was broken into Friday fore
noon, in the absence of the family, by
forcing the lock of back door. The
house was rummaged from top to bottom
bureau drawers, trunks, closets, and ev-
cry nook and corner in the house search
ed; but the thieves were poorly paid for
their trouble, as they found nothing they
wanted except a shirt, some handker-
chiefs and child's bank, containing four
or five dollars in money.
Mrs. S. A. McArty's residence, on
Market street, was entered by a sneak
thief, about noon Friday, and several
articles of Jewelry taken. Here the thief
came to grief. Just as he was leaving by
the back door, Policeman VIM. McArty
called on him to halt, but instead of do
ing SO he started on run for the alley.
McArty chased him across to Temple St.,
| firing three or four shots at him from a
revolver, on the way He was captured
in front of j. P. RObinson's residence, by
Bud. Pliley, and turned ever to the Off
GER, who took him to the calaboose and
locked him up. The Mayor gave him
twenty days on bread and water, and $40
fine.
Rob't BackenstOe's residence, near Mrs.
McArty's was entered about the same
time, and $40 or $12 worth of jewelry
stolen.
Mrs. NJ. V. LOgan's residence, on
Fayette street, was burglarized Fri
day afternoon. Two suits of clothes and
several dollars in money, were stolen.-
The loss amounts to $50 or more.
J. B. Koontz's residence, on the Lees
burg pike, was brOben into in daylight
on Friday, and $50 in clothing and mon.
ey stolen.
An unsuccessful attempt was made tt
break into R. B. Beeson's residence, or
East street, on Friday. At night, how
ever, the house was broken into and rum
mayed through, but all the valuablei
were concealed, and the burglars lef
without obtaining any spoils.
The ticket office at the C. 6 NJ. v. Ry.
was burglarized Friday morning. TIL,
thief kicked a panel out of the door be
tween the passenger waiting room ant
the office, opened the money-drawer will
chisel, and stole its contents, amount
ing to a little over $82 in money. Mr.. II
itf, the agent, was only absent from tn,
Office about twenty minutes, and Their
were six or eight persons in the waiting
rooms of the depot at the time the robber,
was committed. Two men were in tin
room from which the thief entered tn
Office, but supposed he belonged in tn
office.
Besides the above cases, there were nu
merous attempts at house-breaking an
Z sneak-thieving, and a number of cases O
pocket-picking during the day.
The police arrested number of lOiter
: ers and suspicious characters, and locke
them up; but, with the exception of tn
: man who entered Mrs. McArty's house
none of the rascals who committed tn
thefts were captured, and none of tn
: | DrOnertv recovered