Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-08-07
Robbery of John Beltzhoover's
House in Cumberland County.

day night . week IN Cumberland coun'
ty, near Boiling Springs. Two burg
l4rs entered the house Of Mr.. JONI
Bei'zhoover, who lres on farm ON the
Yellow Breeohes creek, 3 mile and q
half east o: Boiling Springs, and after
knocking him insensibie ransacked the
house, carrying away 500 In money.
The house was occupied BY MIR. Beltz
hoover, who is over eighty years old
his wife, nearly as aged, and a maiden
lady of mature years. The old gentle.
man, bearing noise during the night.
weut down stairs to learn the cause,
when the door was burst in and be was
Knocked down by club In the hand,
of one Of the burglars. The Williams
then proceeded up stairs and tied the
maiden lady with the cord they tool
from the bed. They then compelled
Mrs Beltzhoover to show them through
the house with lighted candles. Every
place was searched, but Sl00 being all
the money to be iound they took thai
and left. The neighbors we're aroas-
ed shortly after and the two men were
traced by their footprints in the mud
as Ear as the Harrisburg aud Potomac
Railroad. This is the second burglary
of the same nature recorded in Cumber-
land county in two weeks.
On Sunday evening the 25inst, OFF,
Ger Anderson,o of Dillsburg, acconpsn-
led by ''posss" Of five citizeus of the
same place, captured two men named
Lemon and Myers in stable Eve miles
below Dillsburg for robblng the Beltz-
hoover family the previous night. The
money and watch we're found in their
possession and they both "squealed.'
They we're taken to the scene of the
robbery and identified by the old lady
They have been recognized by the jail
or as old tramps Of q notorious charsc-
ter. "They say they will not suffer
alone" leaving the inference that they
know all about the '.Eckert robbery"
From the York Record We learn the
following full particulars of the capture
of the tramps wLo committed the out
rage at the residence of Mr.. Belly
hoover, near Boiling Springs, Cumber-
land county:
After the robbing of Mr.. George
BeltIhoover, he offered q reward OF
$l00 for the capture of the thieves,
who we're traced by the neighbors to
Dllisburg, in York county, but we're
there abandoned from further search.
The trail was, however, taken up by
Mr.. Levi Gross, landlord of the Cen
tennial House, in that place, and MIR.
Metzgar, who followed them to Frank
liniown, BY means of their shoe tracks,
when they lost the trail. They, how.
ever, continued below Frauklintown, on
the Berlin road, and vent across to the
State road, where the trail was again
taken up and followed to the barn OF
Mr.. Thomas Wireman, the farm being
occupied by Mr.. John Stouch. The
barn was search but no one was found /;
the ground outside was carefully exam
ined but no foot-marks leading away
could be discovered, aud further search
was abandoned at eight o'clock in the
morning. At about four o'clock in the
afternoon Mrs. Stouch, when out at the
barn. heard noise in the hay-mow, and
gave the alarm to some neighbors they
10 turn notified constables Samuel Alt
land and James Johnston, who were
accompanied by Mr.. Mitchell Cadwala-
der aud three others. A guard was
posted outside, and the others went
into the barn and commenced digging
in the hay With forks. After working
down twelve or fifteen feet, they cans
upon the two thieves. During the
search one Of tie thieves had his arm
pierced BY . fork prong, but be never
gave the slightest cry to indicate that
he had been injured. His partner was
struck by a fork in the side, when he
called out, "For Gods sake, don't kill
US; we will givs up." The thieves
we're taken BY the York county con-
stables to Carlisle thar night. The re-
ward offered by Mr.. Beltzhoover was
promptly handed over and divided be-
tween the csptors. The total amount
stolen was $40 and q silver watch.
The watch was recovered, and all the
money except two or three dollars.