The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-02-16
BOLD ROBBERY.

glarlOusly entered the store and
residence of Mrs. Melindy, and APP
propriated her little store of wealth,
some $106. The facts, as we have
been able to CLEAN them, are as
follows a.:
Mrs. Mellndy says the window
through which the thief entered
was caulked tight, and the lower
sash protected on the inside by ten
penny nails. That about t e hour
Of noon t no men entered her place
of business and called for dinner.
While she was preparing it a third
stranger entered and called for
some nuts, which she sold him.
While preparing dinner for the
strange guests, the third party
propped himself against the door
and asked her several questions,
which might be construed either as
inpertinent or silly, such as
didn't you once live in Texas z"
Are you a widow Z" etc. While
he was thus talking to her, the
meanwhile IN the kitchen, one of
the other men was drumming upon
the front window and whistling as
loud as possible, during which
time she thinks he broke off the
nails from above the sash. Mon
day night at nearly midnight, she
laid down on her bed at the back
of the store room, after locking the
door and putting under the lock a
board which she had made for the
purpose. After she retired she
heard the clock strike Il and /.
She remembers no more until be-
tween 10 and II next day, when
she found Mrs. Frank Lea bathing
her head and face. Investigation
found the window partially
raised and the door IN.
locked. Several customers had
called in the interim and found her
dazed, and some Of them saw her
vomiting, and bed and floor gave
evidence Of stomach sickness. Mrs.
Lea and others say when they saw
her on Tuesday morning, her lips
were swollen, and her eyes had a
ghastly, unnatural look, indicating
the effect otdrugs. Mrs. NJ. says
the affair was a mystery to her, she
heard no one enter and is wholly
unconscious Of the period between
her falling asleep and coming to
consc business on Tuesday forenoon.
She only knew that the contents Of
her pockct-bOok, between 106 and
107 dollars was gone, and while
he pockct-book and a strange
lambs wool-lined buckskin mans
glove lay on the counter.
Mrs. M. bears the reputation of
being a hard working, honest. fru-
gal woman, and hence she COM
mands the sympathy of all imbued
with the ordinary instincts Of hui
mainly. There are some, however,
heartless enough to suggest that
there was no robbery, and that her
sickness was a sham. lnasmuch
as she vomited over her bed, her
person and the floors, we are re
minded Of the drunken fellow in
Boston, who was discovered bv an
old codger on his way home from
prayer meeting, holding on to a
lamp post and spewing as though
he would throw up his boots. Are
you sick Z" said the deacon in sym
pathetic tones, when the chap
hugging the lamp post turned on
him aud said "You damned old
fool, do you think I'm puking for
fun Z" The application is appar-
ent. If the matter is thoroughly
Investigated there will be none 50
shameless al to argue that she was
not the victim Of some robber.
Yes, the woman was robbed, and
we earnestly hope the robber will
be apprehended and brought to
justice.
The tug Chicago towed the ship
Pensaykee into Harbor Springs.