The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-15
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MASKED BURGLARS AGAIN.
HANDCUFETN0 AND G1GGING A AER-
CHANT AND MS CLERKS,
Then BiowinH Open n Safe and Taking be-
tween $500 and 81 900 In specie-steaiins
nTenm OF Horses TO Carry on their Hooty.

Then Biowins Open n Safe and Taking be-
tween $500 and 81 900 In specie-steaiins
Team OF Horses to Carry on their booty.
RIEdELsvrLLE, N. j.. Feb. 14.-Congress-
man Reuben X. Bachman owns large country
store and -four mill in Durham collection OF
abouttwenty five houses three miles west Of the
Delaware River ut Rieges7ille. and about ten
miles south OF Easton. Pa. The nearest COM
peting stores and mills are at Riegelsvllle.
across the river, and the neighbor-
hood is thrifty and prosperous. In
the part OF Mr.. Bachman's store used
as counting room stand two large safes.
Mr.. Bachman is reputed to be wealthy. and IL
has been known that he has kept In his safes a
considerable amount OF specie. Some Of II was
said to be gold taken In small sums ever since
the war. and somo OF 1t was said to be silver.
which had been accommodating lately. The store
stood alone but in an upper room were accus-
toned to sleep Mr.. Bachman's brother and part
ner. George W. Bachman. and two clerks Ed
ward W. Lerch and Quintus Umstead.
At about 10 o'clock on Thursday night four
men In dark clothes we're seen on the Riegels-
willie road. about half a mile from tho store.
Soon aftorward james Murphy heard noise
in u blacksmith shop about quarter OF mile
from the store. but paid no further attention to
It. At IL o'clock young Mr.. Bachman heard
tno uOOT OF tne small room, IN Wnlcn ne
and tho two clerks were sleeping sound
ly. burst in. Next he felt two men
throw themselves upon him. Ono OF them
Rrnsped his throat Keep quiet" saidione OF
them. in low. calm voice; IL you don't. I'll
blow your brains out" He Is a thick-set. stout
man. not over "a years old. He partly raised
himself and shouted to one OF his room mates
Ed. wake upl There are burglars here"
At that moment a dark lantern was
cooked revolver held within three inches Of his
forehead. .Neyertheloss. he shouted again. q" Ed
wake upl" He had hardly done so before he
was struck on the forehead with a club. which
knocked him back upon his pillow. He slrug:
qp bSM again AID TGi fsn'E sS9nJ SS and
have been rendered unconscious. because after
ward he found severe bruises made In
member how they were caused His hunds
wore manacled behind his back. He noticed by
the light Of the dark lantern that there were
wore wore heavy heavy black overcoats. They did
concealed by broad fur bands. which doubled
down from their caps, leaving crescent-shaped
openings Tor them TO lock through. The bands
in the country, come down low enough 10 cover
tho mouth. Neither Br. Bachnan nor eithor
Lcrch says he heard Bachman shout Bur-
glarsl" but when he opened his eyes he saw
the light Of u dark lantern cleaning from two
cooked reyolyers. one held close 10 his own face
anu tne Otler close 10 tIle lace Oi lnSfehl. VINO
lay by his side They were ordered To keep
quiet. and obeyed. They were Immediately
hanlcufrel together, Lerchs left wrist to Um-
:, Give ms the keys to the safe" said one Of
the burglars.
There nre no keys; 1t has a combination
lock-" WAS the reply,
e but mean the Herring safe" said tho bur.
glar.
Bachman said that thnt safe WAS not locked,
except by means means Of the hinged E 6ar which shuts
he said his brother Reuben mad the key. The
burglars then questioned l.erch about tho keys.
th"y seemed to he satisfied. Umstnad ia moi WI
Over Bschman's head hung his trousers. Tha
| robbers took from them ppcketbook. in which
wns 500. ono Of them took the money out and,
niter brnndishing il nlayfully under The nose OF
the pockctbooks on tn, floor. Next he took
revolver. out Of one Of the tr9usrrs pockets:
| did YOU ever cXpect to do with such thing az
this That he also put in his 30 ,ket
Then the burglars went down stairs leaving
cooked revolver in the bedroom. First. Bach
an MAN Ipaged 10y tho poise, they broke on the
contain ned only books. About 90 minutes later he
heard loud explosion. which SHOOK the build
ing. Bythis explosion tho whole irontot Lille
safe WIS blown out and its sides and top partly
| torn asundcr nt tho corners. partition was
| started a few inches from the main wall and
| the walls Of the room were in some places
| plosterrd with the white powder which had
| formed tie hreproot Oling Of IN" sHf".
Soon after the explosion. one OF the three
| burglars VINO went down stairs returned he
procr"lod Deliberately TO gag tho three hand
were knotted and the knots forced into their
mouths, while the ends wero tied behind their
heads. N'xt he pulled out some cotton and stuffed
| IL into tho ears of each until they acncd. After
that he bound each OF them firm 70 the bed on
| finished all four Of the burglars were present
| IL tho room To hid. Few words werc spoken.
| Qmstead lay very quiet. ond they called him
| the pet
tabont 2 O'Clock all tho burglars went down
| them came back and eXnmined all Of tho lasten-
| ings very carefully. While he WAS doing so
soThmag so heard Tafon ion & drive past the
| They were nirald 70 move for about half
an hour for fear OF having the{ ipsteningFss
| about 3 O'Clock. however. Gcrch and Umstoad
succeeded in reaching thoir two bands tnat
| sirnds body 70 get nt knot in the rope
which fastened Umstrad's, left hand to tho
| ft-t'ninEs Of the three men were cat loose. with
| the exception OF the handouts. The cotton WAS
| pulled oS Of their oars. ana for the first timo
| they dared to converse. and they did so in
| whispers. they were afraid the burglars
might yet be in the store.
| bcen lying wore rcd with blood. The other two
had not been harmed. They did not daro 10
a front window in the second story. a,hmnn
was weak from his injuries and his hands
| were mnnarled behind him. lie therefore
hold up the snsh while tho two youngct men.
| hHndouil"d together. balanced themselves out
/ Sue ul llio nlOW ON tlc rlll ana tuHuln tncm-
solves drop 20 th" ground. II WIS bitter cold.
/ md they had not stopped 10 drons themselves,
! They ran To the house Of Reuben Bachman and
walked HIM up.
In the morning il was found that the burglars
| hhd bored over a dozen nugur holes close to-
| grthcr through n rear door. through which an
| arm could have reached the bar across the
door Having removed this bar, aud
| turned the key which remained in tho
lock. they had free entrance TO all
| parts OF the building. B-twGcn 500 and ; 900
ln currency and gold and silver wns taken.
! Mr.. Buchmnn docs not know how much.
because tho sporio had hccn gradually ac-
cumutne, AMI he did not keep
ever. as nuoh as tho bursUrs had rrouahly
! beard thnt thrre wna. Mr.. BH'hmans
| loss including the v,lue of the ruined safe VIII
| probably fail below ono thousand dollars. A
| valuable tuam 0t hOrs' and a rarr,HEr were
aso missing In nanawert1 To- tHlcEuuns II. ni 10 va
riOus noiEhborlng pln"'s. 1t was lrarucd that .hG
horses mad entered Bethlehem 90 tt or.'rk VS.
| lcrlnY morurs. showing evidence That ihHy
had been driven hnrl lh' carrIto was
| empty Bchlch'W Is ten m'l's u"rtlN. ei ~
Durham, The horses wurn going from iidr-
hum u- they eui rrl B Bjhl"hrut. 1.uro - u
pres, nt 40 definite eluN o. lhe thi vs..
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