The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-02-07

blow OPE> SArE. ASD GEr 81 aOl TO
50. 0u0.- On Thursday night. Of last week.
,he-store house of Lane. Moore & Roberts.
Of Moscow. KY. was broken open. The
safe blown open ami robbed of hetw-ea
81 100 10 5000 dollars The burglars
made their entrance by forcing The hack
door of the store house this CAV. the,n
entrance TO the counting az d rnam in
which was the safe "a Hall : burglar proof.
The robbery occurred about o'rla:k ia
The morning. Having entered the room
the burgl4rs took quilts off he nu-s'npiel
preveni the ligh; within from hsiag ma
ticed while thew coniaciel their ops
lions. Apparently. they first attempted
TO drill a hole through The daer of the
safe--jnsi above the knob hut maybe not
progressing as well desire they
chaagei and drilled a hole oa the top,
they then Gu sseilei across the hole thru
the iron, priced the layer 10 either side,
which gave access TO the inner plaster
paris This being accomplished. they
probably inserted heir p"wder aud fuse
aud blrwed il open The explosion was
heard by numb of citizens Of Moscow
aud nv MIR. Lane imsrlf but u disturb
ancr succeeding. no one was Alarmed or
took notice sri6 ,ient TO give any alarm
The work Of the hurels.- was well nc
ecmp,ishel, the donr of the safe vas blown
! off aud clear through the Par,il aud
the contents of Iae safe scattered in
every direction Some silver aud go 4
pieces were f9nnI the next mornin. on
the flcor, hls 'k-n-'l hy ihe explosion aud
the note ho * ia which Mr.. Lane kept the
| bulk Of his mon was alS1 fIani with -
few bills IN il charr-d ani biacxeaeL
The annunt The burglars obtained was
over SI.1.0 and under 5000 aui abaur
S4b0 81 il WAS the money of Mr. Lane
individually, the balance belonging TO the
irm.
TN Friday morning, Mr. Jas. Warner,
no,ifr.i u the robhery, ami be q, once
put hi.ase,f in possession Of ali the iscs 5
possible, aad started on the tr,il. Al
Moscow he learned that Mr. Simans. the
suspicious characters. ani so Mr.. Warner
proceed there al once.
Th- eve ming after the Moscow robbery
70 rr Suspicious meI entere Columbus
and their actions noted At ihe tolnm
has depot b. tons separated each eoin ,
d. fereHr direcsioa-. al. ts-,. h-.-,. i-esss
going into the town. The 'arg--u of ih~ss
two went To the City Intel ani ,esi-teres
as - Martin, fr0iR st. Luu.s Ia per
haPs an hour aferWSrd the other came 1,
The same hotel and r. Clustered They aci
ed as strangers 10 each other. anI wer,
assigned diff rent rooms; bat aboar II
. clock that night they were fouaI cosei
ed together IN the same room la ih'
morning they changed their hotel for
lower class establishment on the ieUre
! la pHyine their el hill they paul oat
80 gold piece, which, wa sckeael !. pre-
eisely as moacy fodad Mo=row aii-i
the explosions. In tracing ny heir trans
actions ab.ut ColuInb as il foun
tAc pau oub . ~ RA'%SS y
like description Of silver.
raIs was al OuI lie state of facts Mhei
7 Mr. Warner reached o.uu.bus, aud bein
trus posted he himself MtnI to the estab
lishnent where thry were stopping an
Yui up. In.med.ateiy te.eeraPhihg hsssI'
Lane s koherts, at Moscow 10 cVine Oh
Tie grounds being deemed s1thclsnI, hi
Warner arrested bath tue usn. aud cau-
was iouhd Oniy "A small am"unt u none,
1at sJuie OF ~ this biackenet
chslIsd Inscription. The PRISONERS cross
ed themselves ia many particulars. which
OF course, strengthens the suspicion :
their guilt. Taxing everything ih'o col
-iIeraiion, We understand. Inere - scarce
ly IA eoubi that they are the guilty ra'tie
Ne learn they were held To appear ~ h
Iarch tenn 81 the Hickman Uireuit Cour
There must have heen from six to tie
men engaged in the robbery, aud so ia
only two have b -..n captured.
Ii tue yuili is clearly and uBIni takabi
estab. ished there is 20 telling what m,
happen The young men comprising IL
lam robbed. enjoy The sympathy, respec
..,l confluence OF every body in tHcA ma
} and FuIon couuffes, auo esrrumstanc'
might arise by which il would be i,ticu
to stay public sentiment toward the da
tardiy Offenders.
NOTfea.
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