The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-04-17


posterior wound, and is supposed to
also have made an exit in the back.
There are four holes, two OF them
being taken as evidence that the bull.
let's did not lodge in the body. At
date of this writing it is thought the
wounds may not prove fatal.
The booty secured was two pocket
books, taken out of Mr.. Richards
clothing in the bed room, and which
contained $50, a gold hunting. case
watch. A silver watch owned by
one of the boys was also secured, but
was dropped in the hall when the
bnrgler was tussling with Mr..
Richards. Bonds of the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad of almost 81 200 value
were also taken away.
In addition to the money, railroad
stock and watch taken, silver knives.
forks and spoons were taken.
Footprints of different sizes on the
soft earth of the lawn in front of the
house make it appear that two per-
sons at least were implicated in the
affair. One is large and made by a
No. 10 shoe; the other is consider.
ably smaller. The burglars broke
the fastenings off the gate in their
fight and were tracked across the
fields and towards Rowlandville.
The railroad bonds were taken
from desk in the sitting room on
the east end of the house. which was
pried open with Ratchet found in
the roo Papers we're found scat
tered all over this room.
The burglars made their entrance
by forcing open the cellar door on
the west side of the house, which let
them into the dining room. They
then proceeded to open all the doors
on that floor, with the clear intention
that if they we're disturbed in their
work they would have no obsta lies
to check their hasty escape from the
building A ladder placed up against
the parlor window, also on the west
side of the building, shows that tho
first intention of the burglars was to
have gone in through the window
This route it is supposed they aban
doned because of number of flower
pots on the inside of the sill Offering
obstruction.
MIR. Richards's two brothers, L III.
K. Richards, lawyer of Media, Pa,
and Mr.. Jos. I Richards, assistant
chief engineer Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, whose home is in Philada,.
were telegraphed for. They arrived
at the scene of the tragedy at 23O
o'clock in the afternoon, coming on
from Pbilada. in special train.S Mr..
z u. Ottey, of the Pennsylvania
Railroads detective force, accom-
panied Mr.. Richards from Philada
Detectives Barringer and Hogan, of
BALTIMORE, also went out to the place.
and late in the afternoon Detective
W. B. Lyon. of Smith, West & Lyon.
arrived. States Attorney VIM. S.
Evans and Sheriff ]. Albert Boyd
we're at the house all day, but the
burglars left no clue by which they
might be traced.
George Bran, Jr., young man
who has bad reputation and is
charged with being an accomplish of
Baltimore gang of gamblers. thieves
and burglars, and who has SO called
medical ranch in that city, came
home on the evening train and was
arrested about midnight by one
of the detectives, II. G. Cummings
and Constable Richie, of the
9Th district, on a warrant in
Riches hands charging Bran with
chlosoforming VIM. Riley last Feb,
at the whiskey ranch at Porters
Bridge. and robbing him of $35. The
prisoner was brought before Squire
Taylor who committed him to jail at
Elkton, where he was taken by spec.
ial train in the early morning. While
dressing revolver dropped from
Bram's coat pocket and was seized
by the detective. The pistol had
three empty chambers, and the ball
picked up in Richards's house, that
had been fred, was of the same
caliber.
A jury ofinquest was held by Coroner
Litzenburg on the body of Mrs. Richards
on Wednesday. The following named
persons composed the jury.
II. H. Haines, foreman; w. W. Moore,
Jesse A. Kirk. Geo. r. Ash, Charles
F Hinchcliff, Joseph Coates, Milford
Richards, Is. B. Dunbar, J. Frank
Hindman, Stephen G. Murphy, Luther
Richards. The verdict. L. Jenny
Richards came to her death, on Mon
day morning, April 18th 1891 at the
residence of her husband, J. Granville
in the 9th district of Cecil
county from effect of pistol ball that
entered her brain fred by the hand of
some unknown person.
The excitemnte caused by the jury
Taking the testimony of Mr.. Richards