Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-11-22
want OF q plea, want Of appearance and
want VI affidavit Of defense.


The onnos OF Aiaerm.n =. n. spur,,sr
Robbed OF s26S.
Between half-past 5 aud Q o'clock last
evening, Alderman Spurrier office on
south Queen street, was entered by thieves,
the safe broken open and s284 stolen
therefrom.
Alderman Spurrier states that he had been
at his office until five o'clock, aud when
he left 1t, he left the front door unlocked
~ mas been his general practice. On his
return about 0 o'clock he found the front
door locked, aud not having a kew with
him he called upon Officer Echoit. and
got duplicate key to the office which that
officer generally carries. On ente ring
his office Alderman Spurrier noticed
| that the drawers Of his writing desk
had been opened, aud his papers
disarranged, but he thought nothing OF 1t,
"a the officers sometimes handle his
papers during his absence so he sat
down aud wrote couple of letters, and
then having occasion to get some papers
out Of the safe, he attempted to unlock It.
After working at it for some time without
being able to throw the bolt
back he gave the door pull
and it opened. He then discovered that
thieves had unlocked the safe (probably
with Q false key, rs the safe Is not fur
nished with q combination lock) aud by
the use Of q ohisel OF some other instru.
ment had forced out the interior frame
work and drawers and robbed them Of the
money contained in them. Alderman
Spurrier at once notified the police Of the
robbery, giving them the following do
scIip.ion Of the stolen property
"a long white envelope endorsed A X.
Spurrier, sid4 0S in which was one s20
note OF the First National bank, OF
Strssbu-g, Pa, torn two-thrds through
the inside, aud marked on the back "A. X.
S.'-balauce all sl0 notes except five $5
notes and about el2 to el4 in silver. Also
q Russian leather red pocket book with
my name on inside containing lot of re-
ceipts, notes, and an envelopes marked on
outside 4, McMelen bots Goo. Styer that
that New York state will 90 for Blaine,
Said envelope contained 800"
On the floor in front of the safe was
found several burnt matches aud piece OF
broken key. The window in the rear OF
! the office, which the alderman had closed
and fastened from the inside, was found
. open and the other part of the broken key,
: above mentioned. was found in the yard.
. MIR. Sohaum, whose store adj Jns the
, ,, alderman's office, states that the sliding
door leading from his premises into Mifflin
,. street was found to ba opon as la;e AZ niue
o'olock--a very unusual occurrence.
:. The robbery 10 believed to have been
committed by some one familiar with the
. . premises, aud tho most plausible theory Is
= = that one Of the thisves kept a watch on
the aldermau's movements after he left his
!. office, while the others entered by the uu-
y looked front door, locked it after them,
, and then went to work on the safe, and
after having rifled 1t, made their exi,
through the back window into the yard,
and thence into Mittliu street through Mr..
). Schaum's sliding gate. No clue has 20,
y been found that gives promise of leading
u to the thieves detection.