Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1898 — Torture unit Rob Old Folks. [ARTICLE]

Torture unit Rob Old Folks.

At Mlllersburg, Ohio, Mr. and Mr*. Conrad Miller, aged respectively 82 and 78 years, were bound in their bed, tortured and robbed by four men, who entered the house through .i window. Lieut. Col. Sir Ilcnry Edward McCollum, the new governor of Newfoundland, i* known for hi* project for tho defense of Singapore, which he carried out in 1878, and the fortification* constructed there in 1885. In 1891 he acted ns special commissioner in Pn-Hnng during the disturbances, and was officially thanked for his servi<*es. Mir Henry became governor of Lagos last year. Mrs. Cynthia Conant, who is “well and hearty," Is the oldest citizen of Mpringfield, Mass., and on Tuesday celebrated her 100th birthday.