American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-03-15
Bold RObberieS.


A recent dispatch from Manchester,
N. H., says: This city and surrounding
towns are greatly excited over one OF
the boldest robberies ever committed
in the State. The case is, in many re-.
spects, similar to the now famous case
of Cashier BarroH, of Dexter, Me. At
4 o'clock this morning (March ~ Ed
mund r. Ingalls,, Treasurer of the town
of Gambia, was gagged in his house and
$500 stolen from his safe. Mr.. In
gals had been writing on the town books
until o'clock, when he blew out the
light and went to bed with his wife and
child in the front part of his house.
Soon after retiring, hearing a suspicious
noise, he got up, dressed himself and
went into the back room to investigate
He had, he says, gone but a few steps
when the light of dark-lantern was
flashed full in his face, and at the same
instant two men who were not masked,
but whom he thinks he can not recog-
nize, sprang out from the darkness and
bound and gagged him. They then
handcuffed him and led him to the barn,
where they tied him to a stanchion.
They left him in this position and went
to the house, where they consummatedF
the robbery. Mrs. ingalls, discovered
her husband in about half an hour, by
which time he was very weak. A police
officer broke the bracelets from his
wrists and he was put to bed. The
thieves obtained an entrance by boring
through the door, and took the money
from bureau drawer, leaving $500 I'M
touched under his pillow. His gold
watch and considerable silverware were
also taken. There is as yet no clew to
the robbers, except that several persons
report hearing the sound of sleigh-bells
early this morning. The police in all
the region are busy on the case. The
sympathy of the people is entirely with
Mr.. Ingalls,, who has many friends. I
At Fort Wayne, ind, on March 4,
Mrs. Gerhart Burlager, an aged and
feeble woman, was all alone at her house
when two strangers called, and, secur-
ing admission upon some pretext, chlor-
oformed her and stole nearly $4,000 in
in a chest hidden in the closet. They
departed before Mrs. Burlager recover
ed consciousness and made good their
escape. Mr.. Burlager is a scavenger,
and said to be quite wealthy. He is
known as miser and kept his money
in his house because he was afraid of
the banks.
Nor long ago Florida paper told q
story of the charming of an alligator by
a rattlesnake The latter upon discov-
erinc the former attracted attention by
sounding an alarm. The alligator turn
ed his head several times rs il he want
ed To get away, out as often faced the
snake again. Towards the cn1 of
half an hour says the paper, "with
fixed eyes the alligator moved slowly
toward his terrible enemy until within
striking distance, when the snake curl
ed himself more compactly and struck
the alligator. For a moment the alligator
shook tremendously, and then, as if by
magic, made q semi circle backwards
and brought his tail down upon the
would-ee assassin with fatal RESULT On
several occasions captured alligators
and rattlesnalles have been put in au en-
closure to fight fer the benefit of specta-
tors, and in a Majority Of eases the snake
has been victorious, having succeeded
in striking his fangs into the alligator's
open mouth.