The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-11-01
A BATTLE IN A ROOM.
Desperate Encounter Between Off
GERS and a Gang of Would-be Rob
bers and lncendlaries.

MAEIos, Ind, October "a band Of men
organized in civilized community for plun-
der and destruction. an attempted Taid on q
mercantile establishment, desperate battle
between tEO determined and a-med men
fz-ing each other al = distance Of less than
Is feef. with three others contributing bal-
lets every second, and the accompanying de-
tails, have occupied the attention Of the ciii-
zens Of summitviile since O'Clock yester-
day morning.
SGnmitViiie Is town ofi 80 inhsbit-
ants on the Cincinnati. Wabash and Michi-
gan division Of the Big -Four road, Is miles
south Of hers. To TIA; place, six weeks ago.
/ George Stroud vent from a neighOoriDg
town and secured position s. night watch
man. Ten days ago be notified the msrch-
ants Of the place that an s;telnP. vas 70 be
made at wholesale burglary by an organized
band OF thieves, inciuiing 4 dozen o. more
/ smoag its msnlte - date had been FIX
ed and abandoned. bat an sttsmp, would
surely be made 70 plunder and then to burn
several establishments. The first vas 70 b.
tie Wilkins dry goods store. In this place
I Deputy Sheriff Co5urn, Pat Hannah and
Andrew Fennimors were siztiOnst. Co
bum was armed with two revo.vsrs aud the
Others with similar weapons.
At 2O'eloek Dick Goodman. one Of The
merIbers Of the gang. appeared al a side
window neal the rear Of the building, raised
the window and went il At the order 10
throw up his hands he began 10 shoot, Co
burn responded, and Hannah and Fenni-
more also joined IN the fusilade Tom Nay
another member Of the gang, then appeared
al The window and TOOK part in the ARRAY
Goodman, directly facing Co5urn in rOom
Is feet vide, empiied his revolver end Co
I burn emp.ied both % his Goodman recaiy-
ed a shot in the abdomen from which be
canno; recover. bat succeeded in backing
out Of the windoE and running several
squares from the building, when ne feli 10
Be captured and taken - Jail st Anderson.
C5bara received a tniling wound in the
side Just back Of where be stood, in
space Of six lee, are nine bullet hoies over
p shots we're fired. most Of them distance
OF les than tie width Of the room
Nay, the companion Of Goodman, was
captured By members Of The Samm.tville.
Horse Thief Detective Association. who had
bsen p2trolling the streets. Before his esp
tire, hoseye-. over 20 shots were Cred al Of
which we're harmless. The other members
os the gang escaped. The Organization Of.
plundereTs Is supposed TO include not less
than dozen men. 0ficers are in pursuit
OF the two That escaped. and Others will be
arrested The gang includes msnbers Of re-
| puiable families south OF Samnitsille and IS
credited With having recsaiiy burned sa-
loon and dry goods store a. D1ndee, VII
! lsge few miles from Summitville, after
/ having carried OF quantity Of gods. A
part Of the dry goods we're afterwards foand
in 4 s.rak stack on the Goodman arn In
nImerabie o,hsT dsPredstions within a ra-
dius Of - miles from SummitTilie are at
tributed to the same gang. Stroud, the
night wstchman, has been admitted to the
| inner councils for some time. There are
different theories as 10 why Stroud s1agh:
the position Of nigh. wAiehn1n sni ihsn
dlvulgei the schemes Of the gang Toe
latter is supposed to have been in existence
fsr several years