The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-12-27
ROBBERS
IN LIMBO.
Four Men Of Town Taken to POusvlle
To-day.
WERE COMMITTED WITHOUT BAIL.
Thomas McGrail. Thomas Cooney Harry
Bowling and Peter Kerrlgan Charged
with Entering a House Masked
and Armed with Revolyers.
Mrs Quinn story.

The police last night gathered in four more
Of the masked house breakers who are in.
Testing this town and took them TO the Potts
vile Jail this morning
When the audience len the theatre last
night four Of the policemen were scattered
between the entrance to the place Of amuse-
ment and the corner Of Main and Oak streets
closely eyeing each passorby. They we're
watching for some young men who had oc-
cupied seats IN the gallery Of the theatre
during the evening and the parties sought
unoonsciously walked into the arms Of the
police after the performance.
At two o'clock this morning the police ar.
raigned Thomas McGrail, Thomas Cooney,
Harry Bowling, Peter Kerrigan aud Jonn
Donahoe before Justice Shoemaker upon the
following information, sworn TO by Andrew
Lukaszewski, Of 33s South Gilbert street
That in the night time between the oath
and 25th days Of December. 1899. a forcible
entrance was made to deponents dwelling
house by masked men wLO with reyolvers,
threatened to shoot deponeut and bis family,
firing two shots to intimidate them, and the
house was robbed Of Sl7 in money. That de-
| ponent has reason to believe that the said
parties were, ETC. naming the parties ar.
rested and one other whose name is withheld
because he has not been arrested.
Upou the srraigument Of the accused
Lukaszewsh aud his wife and children
identified four Of them as the robbers
! There was no evidence against Donahoe and
he was discharged. McGail, Cooney,
Bowling and Kerrigan were committed
without bail
Kerrigan is under bail with others for
ringing up William Umlof. of Locust
| Dale, on West Cherry street, several weeks
ago. Umloh came 10 town to see the sights
and Kerrigan and his pals volunteered Il
show them to him. When a lonely place was
reached Umloh was told that il was time t.
ring up" He was beaten and robbed
When the case was called at the last term oi
court Umlof could not be found. The case
will be called up next month.
ANOTHER MASKED VISIT.
Mrs. Clara Quinn, wife of John Quinn, Of
South Pear alley, called at the HERALD Office
to-day and made a statement of q thrilling
experience she and her husband had with
masked burglars She stated that, between
two and three o'clock yesterday morning
four masked men entered her home. They
ascended to the sleeping apartments on th,
second aoor each man carrying two re
yolvers. Mrs. Quinn was so frightened BY
their appearance that she jumped from tn,
bedroom window. She says the rObber
threatened her husband by declaring they
would blow his heart out" il he did not tel
them where his money was. Quinn tool
from bed pocketbook containing his saw
ings, amounting to S55 After getting thi
they departed. Mrs. Quinn says that afte
she jumped from the window she shoute,
Police I" several times, but no one re
spOnded, After the robbers left she re-en
tered the house and Joined her husband. Sh
says she can identify at least two Of tn
| robbers