Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-10-07
BOLD MASKED ROBBERS.
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They Invade House BY Night, Bind, Gas
and BIindfoid the Inmates ana steal
Six Thousand Dollars.

They Invade . House BY Night, isind, Gag
and Biindfoid the Inmates ana steal
Six Thousand Doilars.
One of the most daring and successful
robberies ever perpetrated 10 tho oil regions
has just been made public In Oil City,
Pa, and the people Of tho surrounding
at the astounding developments. For a
week detectives have been searching for
clues, but SO we'll have they kept their
counsel that the people have been kept in
ignorance Of an adventure which, in skill
full conception and the ooolness with
which the plans were carried out, would
have done credit to many OF the boldest
essays of jack Sheppard.
Edentop is the name of little hamlet
Of few hundred Inhabitants, located near
the borough of Edenburg, right in the
very heart of the Clarion county petroleum
field. John Sherry iS well.to-d do citizen,
who, by thrift and industry, had acoumu-
lated few thousand dollars, which he
kept stored in various places about the
house. having q mistrust of banks.
1t was shortly after dark on Tuesday
nigh. of last week when Sherry and his
family, consisting OF two men named
Michael Keim and George Best, half
grown girl who acted as sort of house
keeper and maid d-ot-all.work, and q young
boy, the son Of one of Sherry's boarders,
sat down at the supper table. The meal
had not progressed very far when the
clatter Of knives and forks was drowned
with a gruf demand for admission.
Sherry dropped his knife, and, peering
out of the window, discerned in tho dim
half light of the evening what appeared
to be the figures Of four men crowded
around the step. Fearing mischief OF
some kind Sherry declined to open the
| door. Scarcely had he spoken when the
| visitors forced the lock and stood in the
room.
There were four of them. They wore
masks, and each held cooked revolver
in his hand. The girls involuntary
scream WAS checked by An angry gesture
from the leader Of the band, who wore a
heavy slouch hat pulled well down ov oil
his eyes. Very quietly he turned to
Sherry and told him he had come fol
money. Sherry looked in vain at his
companions, but they were Quailing be
fore the grim muzzles of the pistol;
levslled at their heads.
"But I've got no money" Sherry
finally declared
"Come, we'll see about that" retorteG
| the robber. la few words he directed
two of his companions to bind, gag anC
blindfold the other members of the party
and blow their brains out IL they offered
| the slightest resistance. This was quickly
done, and then the rcbber demanded tha
Sherry open his safe, threatening to kill
him il he refused,
The man, trembling, obeyed and led his
/ M 10 taf fra xph ha Ha IN
his hoard. In the safe there was 5000
but the robber was evidently acquainted
| with Sherry's habits, for he told him hC
knew there was great deal more money
than that on the premises and an ominou
| click of the revolvar enforced his demand
that it be given up. Half dead with frigh
| Sherry then unlocked several bureau
drawers, from which $1,000 were OBJ.
tanned. Other places were ramsacked
but the amount mentioned constituted thu
bulk of the plunder.
Having accomplished the work apparent
ly to his satisfaction, the robber conduct
ed his victim down stairs, and Sherry wa
then put through the blindfolding, bindin
and gagging process, to which the othe
members of the household had been sub
jected. Thc The thieves then jocularly wisne
the party good night aud left the house
A carriage in waiting outside bore ther
rapidly from the scene. The house
located in a lonesome and unfrequent spo
and it was not until some hours late
neighbors happening to drop in found tn
Sherry's in their plight and released then
Search was at oncs instituted, but for
week no clue was secured. On MoL6s
night report prevails that two of Il
robbers have been captured, but part
cula cannot be obtained.