The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-12-21
MR.. GALES ACCOUNT OF THE
ROBBERY OF HIS HOUSE.

ROBBERY OF HIS HOUSE.
EDITOR OF The TIMES:
supposed that the brief account
Of the robbery at my house on the
aolh, published last week, was suffi-
cient without going into detailed
statement of all that was said and
done; but | find that the account Of
burglary has found its way into the
papers from statements made by in
dividuals without any authority from
me, some of item being entirely un.
true and placing me in false posi-
ton before the public. | will there
fore give brief account Of all that
was said or done in the order
in which it occurred, claiming
that ! know as much about it as any
one else.
The bedroom in which we slept is
quite large room in the southeast
corner of the main building, the par
lor being In the north west corner
quite a distance from it. the bed
room Lad one door opening into the
dining room which was open, another
opening into the hall which was
locked. The bed was so situated
that there was plenty of room to pass
entirely around it except at the head.
AT the head of the bed and near the
door opening into the dining room
stood wash stand with three draw
ers. all of which were unlocked in
one Of the drawers were my money,
watch, revol, er, and small tin trunk
which was not locked, as well as a
multiplicity o! various papers.
The burglars entered into the
house through one of the parlor
windows there was then no Difficult
ty in reaching the hall and the door
TO our sleeping room. 1--WE were
both asleep at the time.) They broke
through the door with a crash, giving
us a terrible shock. When they
broke the door they were within two
or three feet of me. One of them
sprang at me, holding me IN bed |;
another went around to the other side
of the bed and held my wife down !;
in the same manner the third man
held his BULBS eye lantern in one
hand and revolver in the other.
Throwing the light of his lantern full
in our faces and pointing his revolver
at me he said, "Old man, do you see
that ?" When they sprang upon us
in bed they said, "keeb qnief, keep
/ gnfei, we do not wart to hurt you,
but we want your money. The one
holding the revolver said, "Old man,
where is your money" told him
he would find it in the drawer there,
in red pocket book and some
change in a purse, (they kept my
head covered SO far as it could be
and allow me a chance for BREATH.
| Two of them took all of the drawers
out of the wash stand when they
got hold of the tin trunk one of them
asked the question, "Old man, what
is in this trunk % told him there
was nothing in it of value to him, it
contained my papers. The three
men were all masked. After search
ing every nook and corner including
the bed We were on, they went to an
adjoining room, searched the tin
trunk thoroughly, scattering the pa
pers about the room. They found
in the trunk two certificates of de-
post, one of which the sentinel on
duty read, said it was of no use to
them, laid it down telling me where
l could find it, saying l would have
plenty of time to arrange my papers
in the morning.
After searching the rooms men,
toned two went into the the dining
room to search there. ] had my
books in that room. While searching
there, one of them said to the other,
ID him, he has more money and
let's have it," ] think it was said for
me to hear it. The sentinel then asked
me where kept my money. told
him l kept my money, the most Of il,
in the. First National Bank OF Owos-
so. "Do you think that q good