The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-11-18
Mr.. HaIslHin,s Money.

CLEVELAND, November i5.--SOme time
since Jesse Baldwin, very wealthy but
eccentric citizen, who lives near Youngs-
town, Ohio, took $4,000 i'm bonds to the
Treasury Department in Washington and
demanded gold for them. lie brought
the money home and deposited it in q
safe under his hallway, with other large
sums in gold. This morning five burg
lars entered the house, blew open the
safe, and carried off between 100000 and
$4,000 in gold. They also stole Baldwin's
two horses and carriage and fed. Bald
wins Son-m-law pursued them, and q rum
ning-fire resulted. Nobody was wounded,
and the robbers escaped with the plumber.
The family slept upstairs, and the first in
timation they had OF the burglars was the
ferOcious noise made in the blowing open
Of the safe with powder. George Lewis,
Baldwin'S son-in-law, fred three shots at
the robbers rs they left the house with the
bags Of gold in their arms. The burglars
fired back. Nobody interfered on either
side. The robbers had previously taken
two OF Baldwin's horses and his best car
riage from the stable, and had them stand
ing near the residence. They jumped into
the buggy and escaped, going south.
Baldwin has offered reward of $1,000.
1t has just been reported that the carriage
broke down four miles from Baldwin's
house.
LATER PARTICULARS.
CLRvELAND. November 1G.-Every new
DEVELOPMENT adds 80 much more TO the
wonderful bOldness Of the Baldwin gold
robbery near Youngstown. Monday night
about dark five men left Youngstown.
Three went ahead, and two stopped few
minutes at a saloon. They must have gone
directly to BOardman, for ii is ascertained
that they broke into the school-hOuse and
ate lunch there and smoked some good
cigars. They were rough-looking men,
but this was doubtless their disguise. At
the proper hour they left the sch0ol-h0usc,
hitched up Baldwin's best team, broke into
the house, ranSacSed it leisurely, carried
away the contents Of the safe, and several
lunches from the cellar. They went direct
to Columbiaua, where they took train for
Pittsburgh at 3:30in the morning. They AZ
rived at Pittsburgh at O'Clock, and, it is
supposed BY some, left there soon after for
Philadelphia or Washington. This is one
theory
Another theory is that there is an or
ganiZcd band OF robbers and hOrSe-thieves,
with headquarters somewhere in Eastern
Ohio. and that after leading the scent 10
Pittsburgh in the bold manner described
they returned to their rendezvous. This
is more probable from the fact that Con-
ductor Youngblood, who ran the train to
Pittsburgh, says they had no baggage with
them, and certainly did not act as though
they had any great amount of gold or silver.
The stolen gold must have been given to an
accomplice, who fastened with it to the
HEADQUARTERS OF the band. The pains
taken 30 remain on the train to Pittsburgh
furnish strong indication of the last
theory. Conductor Youngblood says the
men Impressed him as being ruffians- One
OF them paid to Enon Valley, and after
wEds qllarrelled about the remainder OF his
fare. Two paid TO Pittsburgh and two TO
Rochester. The latter afterward paid The
remainder TO Pittsburgh without grumb-
ling. one OF the men wore skull-cap, and
another broad-brim western hat. The
men who carried away the gold could not
have been these five. The job was en-
gineered nearer home, and these five were
cracksmen who took their risks for sti-
pulated consideration. While the cracksmen
were making the noise, and attracting at
tention. the men who engineered the rob-
berry were stealthily making their way to 4
place for secreting the treasure.