The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-12-25
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had been committed at the Wortl,ing-
ton Hotel. On.repairi,.g to the IIotel
we learned t!lat:the victim was Lester
G, Turner, y Sioux Falls merchant,
who had sold ont 4 few days before and
had started for Milwaukee by Mondays
train We interviewed Mr. Turner
and elected the following statement:
Mr.. I. had been called up. aid had
paid lis bill preparatory to taking the
2::30 train east. Before starting to the
train he stepped ont to the water clos
1T in the rear Of the house. AS lie came
out of the cluspt, two men stepped from
behind the shed which covers the walk
and one of them struck Mr.: L. on the
head and stunned him. They both
grapried him then and threw him to
ground. One of the men placed his
hand over Mir. rs mouth and told him
to Ike, p still or they would kill him.
They then tore open his,yest and shirt,
seized the pocket to his unders!iirt in
which he carried his money, tore it IL
way and fled toward the hotel stables.
Mr.. Il. said the Whole thing was over
| in a moment, lis it seemed to him. lie
had $G;500 in his undershirt' pocket,
part of which was in his pocket book
and part in roll. Besides this he had
some $50 in his vest pocket which the
robbers did not get.
Mr.. Turner's story looks plausible to
| say the least. The first button to his
vest was torn off and his shirt was rip
ped down from the collar. We exam
ined the ground on. Tuesday morning
and found the impression Of his head
shoulders in the snow. .''
Steps were 1T ONCE taken to head off
the robbers by telegraphing to different
points and the sheriff was put on the
track. If the robbery was committed
as Mr.. Turner alleges, it must have
been by parties from about Sioux Falls
who knew Of his having sold out. and
who shad owed him to this place. There
were II number of strangers in town on
Monday night, some rs having taken
the train east and some Of them were
rough looking characters. It is almost
certain, however, that the robbers did
not take the train here. They no doubt
fed across the country. There is a pos
slbilty of their being traced, but with
the detective facilities ut hand in this
sparscly settled country: it looks dubi-
Gus.
| Il MILLIONAIRE IN WORTHINCTON.
Tie friends Of Mrs. $. A. Davis, of
| WOrthington, lave long been aware of
the fact tint she is one Of the heirs to
the Hyde estate in England, Of which
considerable has been said in the news
papers. The property amounts to some
$56o,GC0, 600, of Which $3.50, 000, 900 is
personal, now in the Bank of England,
and SOC, 100000 is realty. Twenty-six
heirs have been found so far mostly in
America, Of whom Ex-Gov. Army, of
Texas, is one. Gov. Army sailed for
England in November last, us under a
decision Of TIE Lord Chancellor the
claims and papers proving heirship
must all be in by Jan. l, 1850, otherwise
the property will so to the Crown. The
American heirs, we learn, have every
thing in good shape and their, claims
will be properly presented. The real
property in amy event, we understand,
will go to the Grown, but the personal
property will be divided among the heirs.
The history Of the matter in brief is
as follows: John and William Hyde
were SONS OF the founder IF the Hyde
estate. On account of some non-con-
formity to the church they were disn-
herited and came to America before the
Revolutionary War. William settled
at Lancaster, and his son Thomas
afterwards settled at West Middleton,
Pa. Ynon:,s' son William is father to
Mrs. Jane Davis, wife of s. A. DAVIS,
Of Warrington. by more recent de-
cision of the Lord Chancellor the disin-
herited heirs have been restored and
hence the movement of the American
claimants to secure their share.
VIM. IIy'le's share of the estate would
be $40, O00, 900 AMI us there are five chill
dren, Mrs. Davis share will he over So
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NEW BANK.
The new bank mentioned in last
weeks ADVANCE is fixed Tack and
will open January first in the McLaurin
corner building. The new enterprise
will he conducted by Peter Thompson,
President, and.Geo. J. Day, cashier.
The nominal. capital is $50, 600. 1t Will
not he a National Bank but bank of
deposit, like the Worthington, conduct
ed by the Messrs. Smith. The name is
to be 1.-THE Mobiles County Bank. -
The parties have ordered one of the
large Debold safes, the size of the coun-
ty safe. 1t is a double burglar proof,
that is, both the outside and inside are
proof against burglars, and the combi-
nation is also double, 50 that even if
burglars should put pistol at the
head of one man and order him to open
the safe, lie could not do so, as he-would
have but half the combination.
We hope the new bank will be chan
mel for the influx of large amount of
capital among our people.
Phi YING FOR THE PAPER.
The Sibley Gazette commends the
following from the Sioux City Journal,
and says that after January first it will
drop the name OF every man who has
not paid:
1T is rather painful to notice in
some of our best and worthiest local
newspapers appeals to delinquent sub
scribers to pay up. The strongest and