The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-02-12
ATTEMPTED RO5BERY AT WASH
INGIONVILLE.

The little village of Washington.
vile, has probably never before known
such an excitement as that which was
occasioned at an early hour Sunday
morning, when bold and daring at
tempt was made to rob the Creamery,
conducted by Cooper & Savdge.
II was about half-past three o'clock,
when Mrs. George Gresh, awakened
by the crashing of glass, looked out
of the window and saw three men
enter a basement window of the
Creamery. She arose, and called to
her son Winfield, who after arming
himself with a gun went out 10 do
battle with the robbers. The last
one had scarcely disappeared through
the window when young Gresh, dis
charged the contents of the gun after
them. Thinking that the burglars.
knowing that they were discovered,
would try to escape from the opposite
side of the building, he hurried
around and fired shot through
another window. But the BURGERS,
with the characteristic shrewdness of
the profession, retraced their steps,
and while Gresh, was keeping watch
over the font window two of them
escaped, by the window through
which they had entered.
BY this time, however, many people
had been aroused and there was
plenty of help at hand, many of the
men and boys being armed with guns
and revolvers. A number started in
pursuit of the two burglars who cs.
capped, while others renamed to as
slsl IN the capture of the one who
was still IN the creamery.
Believing the burglar still in the
building would be armed all realized
1t would b. dangerous 10 enter the
building to look for him, volunteers
were not lacking, however, and when
parties entered the building they
found him crouching In narrow re-
cess behind the boiler. He was led
forth into the lgh, when his captors
were surprised to find that he was
Jesse Cashner, a we'll known citizen
of Montour Co. and an employee on
one Of the Bennett farms near Wash
ingtonvlle. He Immediately divuged
the names of his confederates who
were two brothers by the name of
Roam, one of whom, Elmer, is hired
man on John r. Benefits farm just
above the stove works, at Danville.
The other brother lives with his
parents near Washingtonvllle.
The captured burglar was taken in
charge by Constable Nc Clellan Diehl
and taken to the county Jail at Dan.
vile, where Sunday afternoon he dis
claimed all knowledge of the robbery,
saying he had been drinking on
Saturday and the first he knew of the
affair in which he was involved was
when he was brought TO his senses by
his arrest. He says he has no know :
ledge of how he got behind the boiler,
nor did he hear the shooting
Messrs. Cooper an ! Savidge furnish
the Hospital for the Insane at Dan
vile with butter and eggs. On
Saturday payment was made for
goods delivered during the two weeks
preceding. The fact of these semi
monthly payments are well known by
people generally and it is believed
that the object of the burglars was to
invade the sleeping apartments of
Mr.. Savidge fo, the purpose Obscure
ing the money received from the
hospital.
William an Elmer Roam were ar
rested by Constable Diehl late Sun
day afternoon charged with beng
implicated in the burglary. They
were found at the home of their
parents about three miles from Wash
ingtonvlle and taken to Danyile and
placed in jail.