Putnam patriot., 1916-06-02
ASSAULTED
 AND ROBBED
Woodstock Man Says Stranger Took His
 POcketbO0k
RObber Returns and Fires Three Bullets
 at Him

George Calkins, 50, was robbed of his pocketbook and 5 by an unknown man about ) o'clock Friday evening in the highway near his home on a back road in the town of Woodstock About : o'clock, Calkins says, the man came to his house and fired three shots from a revolver at him. One of the shots grazed the fourth finger of his right hand. Calkius returned the fire, shooting four times from a gun. The man made of in the direction of a swamp.
 Saturday morning Deputy Sheriff Leonard H. Healy and posse of farm- CTS beat the swamp and secured the countryside in hunt for the assail. ant but without result. Calkins gave the following description of the man and 1t has been sent broadcast by the deputy sheriff: Five feet six inchss tall, weight about POO, wore dark soft hat, dark coat without vest, blue shirt, striped trousers with belt, wore close cropped dark mustache and appeared to be about 35 years old.
 Calkins says that when robbed he was out near his house fixing a fence. He lives on a back road, his nearest neighbor being Charles J. Johnson, nearly mile away. His wife was out nursing and he was alone on the place. About } o'clock a man, who was un. known to him, stepped out of the brush near the side of the road and asked him if he knew where MT. Brown lived. Galkins had hardly time 10 say "No0 when the man jumped on him, grabbed him by the throat and choked him and threw him down. He was rendered nearly unconscious by the assault and when he came to realization of what had happened he found that his pocketbook containing 5 was missing from his pocket. He hurried to the Johnson home and told what had happened. He was very much excited and badly frightened but the Johnsons calmed him and after supper he went back home.
 About o'clock, MT Calkins says, he was in the honse and heard the dog bark. He took his gun and went out into the yard. He saw the man be- hind stonewall not far from the house and asked him what he wanted. For ha Hrn volver, firing three times. Calkins re- turned the fire from his gun and the man made of in the direction of a nearby swamp. Calkins then return- ed to the Johnson house and was in highly nervous state and his neighbors insisted that he spend the night there It was found that bullet had grazed one of his fingers barely .breaking the skin. The Johnsons notified Deputy Sheriff Healy and he called up num- Der of men and asked them to be ready to go with him early in the morning to hunt the man. The posse gathered at daylight and at f o'clock were at the swamp near the Calkins place as it was thought the man might still be hiding there. After the swamp had been covered without any trace of the man being discovered an investiga- tion was made at the home and empty shells were found near where Calkins claimed he stood. The men then spread out and secured the country round about and officers in all nearby towns and cities were notified and giv- en a description of the man.
 Calkins says that the last time he saw the man was between II and F o'clock on Saturday.
 Storekeeper D. H. Davis of West Woodstock says stranger of very rough appearance and answering very closely to Mr. Calkins' descriptions of his assailant, came into his store on Friday and called for some crackers and said he had no money. MT. Davis replied, "You are a stranger to me, can not let you have them" The man is described as being of medium height l and stout build. He wore blue shirt, l dark coat and s soft hat.