The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-01-08

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Attempted Robbery in Dun0annon.-On
last Sunday morning at fifteen minutes
before one o'clock, three robbers forced
open with two inch chisel, the front
store door of Mr.. Samuel Shelter, whose
residence is on the corner of Cumber-
land and High streets. Selecting as the
time for their operations, the moment
when freight train was rumbling by,
the slight noise these careful workmen
made would never have been heard had
Mr. Shelter not taken his usual precau-
ton of placing several large rolls of floor
oil cloth against the door, and mounting
the tallest of them with a half dozen
cedar buckets. These things upset with
clatter somewhat more astounding, we
imagine, than the cackling of the geese
that alarmed the sentinels of Rome and
saved the city from the Gauls. Several
members of the household instantly
sprang out of bed, comprehending at
once what the noise meant. Mrs. Shell
Ter ran to a window commanding view
of the store door, and drew open the
shutter, which action, on account of the
intense darkness, was apparently unob-
served by the robbers, whom she was
just in time to see sneaking out from
under the store door awning, their feet
being so carefully shod that one could
not hear the slightest football on the
brick pavement. They paused at the
corner, one making a peculiar noise
through his closed teeth and all crossed
over Cumberland street, and stood in
front of Mr.. VIM. Charters house, where
they parleyed some five minutes, all un-
conscious of the fact that several pairs
of intense eyes were strained upon them
from the darkened windows opposite
Hearing no stir and seeing no change in
the lights, they evidently concluded the
family had not been aroused, and one by
one they came tip-toeing it back. Mr..
Shelter, in the meanwhile, was search
ing for his revolver where it had been
hidden from the children, but in the ex-
element could not determine its where
abouts; neither could he obtain his son 3
seven-shooter, who having gone away
from home had previously placed it,
loaded, in the safe where it was locked
up; and thinking delay dangerous, he
hurried to the upper window armed with
a large iron pipe, once an ornament on
a railroad engine.
One of the men was by this time, on
his hands and knees, mounting the
steps to the store door. While he eau
tiously crept inside to clear up the debris
on the floor, another stood by the porch
whispering to him and receiving one
half of the door lock which he handed
out, and third stood on the corner
keeping guard.
Thinking things had gone far enough
Mr.. Shelter threw his iron bar at the
man at the porch, unfortunately not hit
ting him, and with jump and quick
call of g. Joe Joel" to his accomplice
inside, he was over the street and around
the lookup, while "Joe' bounded out
and up High street and the picket ON
the corner dropped the chisel which he
held and sped down Cumberland and up
the railroad, making the ballast fly to
the time of his steps. The family then
rushed to the store room and kept guard
over the broken door while Mr.. Shelter
aroused several neighbors with whom
he made detour of the town, but moth
ing was seen of the men who are sup
posed to be the three strangers, who
about eleven o'clock the same night
forcibly entered the railroad watch box
at the head Of town. Whoever they
were, they gained nothing but a good