, 1879-06-05
ROBBERY AND BLOODsHED.

Fiores Struggle will, a Midnight n1nrnut1oF.
Ar, ern of crime acons upon tts. Outrageous
robber!cs and assaults nro the order OF tic tlay,
uutl cact, succeeding Gnu seems moro vicious
than its predecessor. What might 1Iayo
proven dastardly murder occurred at
about 8 o'clock yesterday morning nt
No. $50 North Clark street, thick
ly settled md business locality.
Tho building ia d thtco story brick, occupied on
tho first floor by saloon, and upon the two
upper floors as tlonalctlcs. The third floor Is oc-
cupicd IN front br Georgs sc]orl, proprietor Of Il
sa!oon ct No. 4H State street., and in the rear
By ". j. Cash, until recently Il conductor OH the
North Division Street Railway. AT Tie
hour abOve mcutioned air. Cash saw
tho door leading to tho kitchen move,
and, thinking It singular, looked to SEQ II hts
son was In bed. Finding lin fast aslccp in bed.
Mr.. Cash concluded that h!s visitor was d
burglar, md jumped out Of bed; l1c sclzc!l u
blow brought tie burglar tu lila knccs, n!Ml
eauacd hin, to drop Atr. Casl.'s watch, which he
had alCcady stolen. Recovering himself, tho
rayEn REnf staE,sa 1, dn fos s % er @ 5 a,n as ' % as
the cta[rby throwing II at him: He then oEortook
him, ant, remembering that The thief must tlaye
also taken hfs wa1lot containing alt his money,
s made asene5ato cilort to e.. overnower '
Cash doing his best to hold hin, and .,
house. hut tlle burglar, seelng that te
would be captured unless he did something
desperate, drew Wcapont supposedly razor,
aud cut Ills nssnIfnnt ncross the back Of tho
head, md on tho right broast This did not
haye tho desired elect, foF ths weapon WAS 20
keen that he DID not fssl the cuts until
drew q Billy, and dealt sir. Cash .
stunning blow on tho loft side Of
tho lead, which caused him to drop for tic
moment sensclcsa upon the stairway. So
know how tho fellow left tho pulling. Dr.:
Bartlett, who was cnlcd In to attend tlr Injured
man, found long gash over tl.c crown Ut tic
head, nrtl another some three or four inches in
f1 rs besst b"s s Hs a,er wound @ Sa no IT S
aeep nor sesious. .lsn hlow with tho bully
might have caused considerable c0ncussfnn uf
the 1rata, but last midnight Afr. Cash was feel
probability Of tlat. He suffered considerably
from loss OF blood.
The intcntloril Of tho burglar was undoubt-
ealy to rob Mr.. schorl. md lie either nado o
hY, Mr.. CASH. or clso was unable to enter Mr.
Schorls apartments owing TO tile security
With which the doors wero fastened.
'ihc latter y .he more probable, Alr.
schorl atatcs TINT during lust Tucsday ho was
cngaged for some time III q conversation with
Hlan who catlod upon him as hls saloon, MD
whllehe was cohvcrsng Will, him two men enDe
IN at different times, ono to gct *50 bill
changed md tic other ta get SEQ north Of
small change. To oblige them MIR. 6chort took
out Il 1nrge wallet which he carries, md
IN which there was a lnrge atm
Of 1noney, Il lot OF vnluabIa
papers and $4,000 III goll.bcarlnE bonds. 1l,e
visitor eyed tho roll pretty closely, a1d Scl,orl
considered him 90 auspirious that ha abruptly
Abandoned oil further inlk with htn. I'hat
night between II and la o'clock hu ss quite con-
his visitor during tue day, followed him from
,lIe saloon nearly to bis home. 1n consequence
ho took extra precautions III retiring.
Alr. Cash loses only about s25 cash, but
TINT Is a!l he had and he fesis thu loss deeply,
because of llis injuries, and his lack Of employ
nlcnt. He IL not able to describe tE,e burglar,
o. tho fight was in thu dark; ho only knows
TINT lo a was low.sfzed. stout1y-bRilt mau,
wearing tigEt-tlttIug skuIl+cap.