The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-11-21
J. s. LAKIA SHOT Thief
WHO WAS CAPTURED
Second Time That Robbers Had Been
Discovered in 0ffutt & Lakin Store.
WORKING WITH CASH REGISTER
Waterman Discovered Him aud La
kin Armed With Shot Gun Got
HiT-Other Escaped and Has Not
Been eau

Oakland, was greatly excited
Thursday night and Friday morn
ing over an attempted robbery
which took place there last Thurs
day night in which one robber was
shot through the leg aud captured.
Hon. James Lakin, former resident
of Oakland, and a prominent Re-
publican of that section of the
state, shot the robber, emptying a
load from a shot gun into his leg
and so seriously injuring the fell
low that he gave up and later was
taken to the county jail where he
was locked up for hearing.
This is the second time within
the week that an attempt was
made TO rob the store of Offutt &
~Ein. The first time was on
Monday night when George OFT,
! the day operator for the Baltimore
& Ohio, who lives across the street,
saw the robbers, but before he
could get word to the officials and
owners of the store the fellows
were frightened away before they
were able to secure anything.
Thursday night they came again
and had hardly gotten inside the
store when they were discovered
by Waterman who had been plac-
ed on guard. The Waterman i'm
mediately notified Mr.. Lakin and
the two went to the store armed.
Mr.. Lakin got inside the store be-
fore the fellow on the inside was
aware of the fact that he was
about to be caught and had the
fellow off his guard. The fellow
made a. attempt to get away, but
Mr.. Lakin poured the contents of
the shot gun after him and he was
struck in the legs SO that he fell
down and seeing there was no use
to attempt to get away without
losing his lie he gave up.
The other robber, who had been
standing OH guard outside of the
store, was frightened away when
the miX-up came and he took to
his heels and made good his es-
cape. An effort was made by
others who were aroused by the
shooting Of the fellow in the store,
to locate the one who got away,
but though they searched a good
part of the night they were not
able to locate him anywhere.
When Mr.. Lakin and the watch
man entered the store the fellow
on the inside was working with
the cash register and it was evil
dent that it was the. intention to
break it open. The fellows were
evidently after money as they had
not made the least attempt to get
any Of the goods in the store in
such shape that they could have
been carried away.
There was great excitement in
the village during the rest of the
night and Friday morning large
number Of people went to see the
robber in the hope that they would
be able to identify him, but as far
as could be learned no one knew
the fellow and he was evidently
stranger in that part of the coun-
try. He will he held for a couple
of days before given a hearing to
await the result OF the injuries IN
flicted by the man whom he was
attempting to rob. 1t may be that
he will waive examination and be
held to court.
An effort was made to get the
prisoner to tell who he was but he
refused to give any name. A de-
scription of the man who made his
escape has been sent to all the
nearby towns and a close watch is
being made of all trains on the
railroad in the hopes that it will
be possible to capture him.
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