Greencastle Star, Greencastle, Putnam County, 5 February 1881 — Page 1

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Autliorltlrs. rhiUUclphia Record.

Fivr «>«>ks In 4 Trance.*

[New York Son)

A Womun's Mhreud t^rime. CoKviiON, Inu . •lanuary 28—Joseph

walks off leisurely with tho fruits of his ■ ton eirclos of tho frivolous metropolis, crime. In a half hour the match has i*-; During their sojourn in Paris the hounds

nited the powder, and tho safe door is of the law got on their back but they Physicians in Newark have been Hutsler was a wealthy farmer of this a lattcri. .roui its fastenings. Then the bribed the cftLers and placed technical! deeply interested lately in a curious ' (H* rr >son) County, and raised a family of po.ico rush in. and tho next day report to Ties in the way of their exira.htion case of hysteria in that city. For five -'X children. Ho owns a splendid farm, headquarters that tho b.g robbery was Marsh opened a faro bank in Pans, lost weeks Miss Anna Ward, the 16-year old and herds ard docks of live stock, and accomplished by "blowing the safe.- all bis money and returned to the United step-daughter ofAlaxander Johnson of was surrounded by all life’s comforti.

; bom. tin,0 ago a gang of sullen eon- Some ot the foremost aafo experts never | States. To-day he is serving out a son- tho Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Com- His wife died, and in the course of time

! victs were at work erecting a series of begin operations until every thing has ' tenco of seventeen years in tho Eastern ’ • - - 1

massive cells at the Eastern Penitentiary t been made ready by tho -roughers,” a Penitentiary for two bank robberies, to accommodate those of their brethren ! name given those who force open the Shinburne went to Wurtemberg. bought m sin who should, by a decree of justice., building, stand ready to brain an officer a castle and » patent of nobility, and to-

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RHEUMATISM,

pany lay in a trance. Last winter she , it was noticed that bis ruentalequilibriwas seriously ill for weeks with typhoid ! um was gone. He resided in a small fever. When she recovered it was deem bouse on the farm, alone, but spent a

. . ed best not to allow her to return to, part of the time with a married daughter find their way to that somber tomb of and do tho “blowing” business after day, under the protection of royal favor, school until September. Then she Mrs. Elizabeth Hoke, and her husband the wicked. In this body of totlcra. as | the lock export has rifled tho safo, lock- he moves and shines a* Baron Trenek. found that sho had fallen behind her j Cornelius Hoke. The daughter learned one 01 the keepers remarked, were men ed it ogam and started on his way with In some of tho Eastern States, where 1 classmates in her studies. Feeling that from him that he had f 16.000 in bank at to whoso touch tho most complete com ; hi4 booty. most of the extensive bank robberies | 8 bo was strong, as she had spent the ! Albany, and finally induced him to

havo occurred, so sublime was the pub- summer at Long Branch and Saratoga, K° w ith her hu hand to New Albany and lie faith in combination locks lor a time she began to apply herself diligently to draw the money from the bank. After that bankers closed their banks two i her studies to makeup lor lost time, this had been done, the act being kept hours every day to go to dinner. She overtaxed her brain, her health [ scc ret from his other children, Mj. HutsTHK hKCKET out at i-AsT. failed after a few weeks, and she wae ' l(!r ’ 8 insanity became more confirmed; In a Massachuse-tts bank the paying- compelled to withdraw from schooh 1 *'Ut on one occasion, in conversation with

, with care, locks tho front door, fixes the ; U p fike a huge rocket. The safe fell j'oiler forgot something, and returned 1 Her sickness became serious, and in the lwo other daughters, Airs. Shuck and < ha.n and bolt in placo and shoves an about two blocks away. The watchman sooner than wa< his custom, discovered latter part of November sho loll into a M rti - Barnes, bo made such statements

A WATCHKAS’S TOI GH STORY.

Within two years one of these robber-

■ bination of a safe lock yieldod with as little effort as tho oyster opener exerts in

| dragging the toothsome morsel from its ies occurred in one ol the Eastern States, shelly armor. j The safe was blown through tho roof. ' Tho can .ul man who double-holts an (] the watchman, in detailing tho cir ■ his kitchen door, secures the windows > cumRt a ncei said the roof and safe went

Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, r i ir “ n ,J0,t or two m •ddition, then crawls hurried after it. and in relating this story Backache, Soreness of the Vhest, n 'S' ,,c *l , " ni1 P u,ls covers up afterward, said ho saw throe men pry off Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swell- orcr his bead, docs so with a sense of so- the inner door and decamp with their logs and Sprains, Burns and curity that is simply absurd. His slid- booty. The truth was that after beating Scalds, Genera! Bodily in iJ b9l,s ar ° his enemy; his lock is a the combina.ion the thieves, to conceal

Pains,

a 11 an on his knees tampering witn the ! t»rnco. 8hc lay quietly in her bed with * H led them to believe that their gistor, dial of the combination. The man turn-!her eyes sometimes open and sometimes 2.l r8 - Hoke, had obtained at least a part ed out to be Shell Hamilton, one of the shut, but recognizing no one, and never! ^ the old man's money. Accompanied Marsh-Siiinburnc gang. Hamilton ic- speaking. No sound escaped her, and it hy their husbands they visited Mrs.

t __ coived two years and a half in t'10 State was evident she suffered no pain. There Hoko, and told her their suspicions, and wea.< il<" eption, and his chains go as how it was done, determined to blow the Frison, and the community at largo the was a slight twitching of tho eyelids, and finally sho stated that she had reTooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted nought it an export picker determines s# f c- In their hurry to getaway they additional benefits of knowing that for I hut little other movement. ceived |6,750 of her father's money, and Feet and Ears, and all other to oA- rcome thorn. 01 all the fraternity overcharged it, and treated tho watch- fifteen years burglars had been picking Hr. William O Gorman, tkc family '■hey would keep the matter a secret No s’, on ! ^ • W<>r * lCrS com, - , inatii»n safe man to a pyrotechnic display that a less a patent combination lock by removing phj sician, called Dr. A. N. Dougherty j ■’ho would divide tho money equally with “ * awre# mimpt, tud ihoop E»t«rn»l i r °hl> t is the most expert. His is a life drowsy person might not have enjoyed, the dial and placing a piece of paper be- and Dr. E. C. Seguin of this city to con-1 them. They readily entered into this study, and ho proceeds to lathem the .scientific nutoLAF.v. | bind it, so that when the cashier opened suit with him. It was quickly detorm- ( -‘ 0,,s P lr * c y to swindle the other heirs—

Tho robber masters a combination ; the safe the safe the combination would ined that the stranger disease was not three in number—and to still further with almost mathematical accuracy. Just be registered on the paper, and the |catalepsy, for ihe patient's arms, when cover their transaction an agreement, was

A trUl entaf'lk ?.»t the rorapeixtively

Hifliop *ijOay <»f 60 Oats. ai.H er»Tv ou«* •ufTeHiif

* 'mt"'" r *' > h * T * l "" 1 k -Wt " t "“' f ot i, '' mystery of any new piece of mechanism

! of this sort with about the same sensa-

Ihrection* in Eleven Lnnguaffee.

SOLD BY ALL^DRnOQIST^^Af D DEALERS 1 Uons that possess the soul of the scient-

ist in burrowing for knowledgo. It is

TH MEDICIHE.

A. VOGELER A CO..

/laltimorr, MU., U. t>. A.

raised, fell back upon the bed, instead 1 ,na J e that on a certain night wh'-n their of remaining where placed. It was con- lather should be at tho residence of Mrs. eluded that she was a victim of hysteria i Hoke, Barnes, Hoke and Shuck would go in an aggravated form, resulting from t0 his residence—ho lived alorc—break

overstudy. The soverest electric shocks open the door, turn things upside down

caused not even the twitching of a mus- anf l then report that burglars had hiokuu

as the music teacher is trained to detect thieves had then but to look at tbe regime false note in a largo chorus, so the i istration and open the safe,

the meat on which hr feeds. st f 0 robber studies tho click of the ratch 1 ANIGHTS of the bolts and bars. , Si veral year-, ago a controvorsy in cts within the lock and marks the drop. 1 There is another hranchofthisscienI Chicago as to the superiority of the Hall The expert safe-blower is as scientifi- l ’*lc school of crime that is none tbe ' and Sargent combination locks culminat-. cally familiar with the relative reaist- * 9 * 8 interesting, though pursued by a

ed in a public tost. I) K. Miller, the ance power of tho different makes of ; a lower grade of graduates. This is the cle. After sim ral days bud passed, Dr into the house and stolen all the money lock export in the employ of Hall, picked ^ vault and safe doors as he is with the branch followed by lock-picks, sneak O’Gorman, not knowing how long the [ the old man had. The plnn was carried

the Sargent lock, and Sargent retaliated | expansive torce of different explosives, i'hieves and hotel plunderers. In this • by opening a Hall lock in much less time He keeps himself posted by reading sci- latter branch their arcseveralsubdivisthan a burglar allots himself. It is well (ont jfl c tn d trade papers. When he is ions—the daylight, the night and the ^ known that when a lock falls out of gear. | puzzled he writes to the ' explanatory morning thief. The occult ways of the . the makers can furnish s man who can! columns of some scientific journal, anil 'ooro chief seem past finding out. He open the safe without trouble. solves in a roundabout way those prob-, sccnt!j l,i s victims alar off, and follows

AN riGHT-wiEKs rtTZZLi; solved. ! leuis which are too much for his previ- them up until he makes a “strike'* or in the trance tho physicians were satis the ears of the other heirs. Meanwhile An an example ot the capabilities ol | ous 0 (j u(; ation. He estimates to a grain ^ r0 P 8 ' n ^° Hie clutches of the police, tied that sho was consoious.andprovcdjMrs.llokolieldoritoallihoinoncy.say- | those men an incident that occurred last I t hc quantity of the explosive necessary | ^0 shrewd room-worker watches care it two or three times. Onco Dr. Seguin ing it would be honestly divided by her ! year is of interest. The Cashier of thc to blow open a door. A pneumatic a H published arrivals of hotel 1 said for a test: according to agreement, at her father's

I Wayne County Bank, located at Woos pump was used in tho robbery of tbe guests sod notes dozm where theatrical “Sho is a very pretty girl." ter, Ohio, counted‘over ihe securities in , Quincy (Illinois) bank in this manner: tars.ijw-velry salesmen, bankers, bridal, Immediately she blushed.

trance would last, decided to administer 1 0U L but somehow or other the conspiraliquid !ood artificially, as tbe patient C V leaked out, the secret icing too could not swollow. weighty a one for tbs women to keep. About Now Year’s Day she revived, They whispered it in great confidence to and now she is able to ride out, and seems a very few particnlar friends, and these to be restored to health. While she was told it to others, until finally it reached

his possession one evening in September, 'and, finding that they were all correct,

death.

Her refusal

to divide according to

closed the door with a bang and went

The crevices of tbe safe door were put- l ,lirt ' cs an ‘l “H persons likely to carry She says she was conscious, but had promt 0 excited mistrust ofherhonesty tied up all around, an opening was left at! va,uab les or large quantities of money only one thought and that a terrible one. i m Ba, nps 30,1 Shuck, and finally they the top and bottom, and in each of these i are 8to PP in 8- Having located hie “marks” ! She feared constantly that thc phisieuns ! joined the three swindled heirs in having

; home. Tho next morning, by some openings was fixed a tube which was' or v i<5tim, tho thief secures a room at* would pronounce her dead and she | Mr. Applegate appointed administrator freak of thc mind, the combination which 1 attached to the pump. TTte air in tbe! Urn house as near as possible, or at least | would be buried alive. $hu ba J no |°^ Hu’slvr’s estate, and to him they ex-

; alone would let him into thu tire anu ! safe was exhausted through the tube at ol ‘ lh e same floor as that of his intended | physical pain but this dread was agon-j I’^cd thc whole conspiracy, including

supposed burglar proof sate had slipped j the bottom, and tho vacuum draw the |' his memory. In vam he endeavored to! nowder in through the. tube at the tor '

victim. 'izing. In vain did she try to speak. | »he trumped-up story of the bnrglary of

his memory. In vain he endeavored to: powder in through thc tube at tho top ' How these men operated remained a she could not even move her lips, h ! Hutsler’s house. The heirs, then, thro’ J conjure up thc magic words or numbers, j When once charged, a common pistol mystery for thirty-two years. The first is supposed that the twitching of the !‘he administrator, made a demand upon j and in vain the Directors and officers! was attached to the safe facing the open- case in which it was exposed occurred in eyes was caused by her efforts to speak Mrs. Hoke for the full $16,000, which it j worked on thc turning knob. There wore|| n g at tho bottom. A wire sufficiently a leading New York hotel several years or give signs of life. 1 had become known she had received. $10,000 worth of bonds behind that in- long to allow tbe robbers to retiro toa^S 0, A guest complained that during A physician said yesterday that he She refused to pay a single dollar, even vulnerable door, and for two months the L|*fe distance was thon fixed to the trig-*‘h? L'oht ho bad been robbed 01 his ' i, tt j known of only one other case of, 'hat she had receivodany such bank men fretted and struggled to reach ' gcr of the tiatol, and, by pulling this watch and chain and a sum of money, hysteria that was at all like this. With-;* um - ^he administrator for the heirs them. One day in November a stranger wire the pistol was discharged, igniting 1 He stated that in the morning he found | i n the last month he was called to see a ' lu ted mit avainst her, and in the 1 sauntered into the little town, and tin- tho powder, and blowing off tho »afo 1 his door locked but unbolted. Tbe pro-; lady who became a widow within a week j Dial over $13,CO) was traceiL to her,

first teing ho heard was the dilemma at

i tho bank. He strolled leisurely up to iho

Gold and {Silver

1 building and quietly infoimod the Cash , ierthatho could open tho safe, and in very short order. The Cashier, who had

door,

1 prictor questioned him closely as to after her marriage. Tbo shock to her j hut offsets were allowed and a final

The matif.cr in whicu the old Lilly whether he bad bolted the door. The nervous system resulted in a tiance state ;j u< Io !,, ® n t rcn ^ er ® < J sgti'ost herforlff,safe combination locks were picked by guest sworo positively that he had don< ! and a partial suspension of all sense ol j JM- Added to the judgment was in orcracksmao was involved in mystery for so * AfiW€s do«nied impossible to feeling, but after a few days she became j dur of ‘ho Circuit Court that tbe judg-

■■■y » very short order. The Cashier, w ho had fifteen years, during wh ch time many to pick a sliding-bolt at that time, the | conscious. ! ment should lie against her body, and a \AA A A W A SP*. fretted and fumed at thc safe for two * honest bwnk clerks suffered false accusa-:'“credulity of the proprietor angered ., r _l rl _„ writ was issued for her arrest and cornmonths, looked upoh the newcomer as a; tions, and not a few underwent tho pen- ‘ho gue.-t, and and ho sought several ( ‘ * , mi’ment to tbe county jail nntil the paylunatic; but as the case was a desperate ally of tho law. These false imprison- lock experts, but ibe quidnuncs of the From the dan Fraucizco Chronicle. ment was made or satisfactorily insured, one. ho told the stranger to go ahead and m onts furnished laughing matter for the ‘he picks of those days being unublo to A list of parties who have been divor- During tho trial Mrs. Hoke pretended to doit. Thc man walked over to tho pon-i knights of tho jimmy. They never took enlighten the inquirer, and wishing still‘ced in San Fiacisco during tho year just I bo ill, and did not appear in < onrt. Hot rdeVous chilled steel door, and, bending a |i tho money in the safe, but would to preserve their proriigo, manifested closed, together with tho various causes «he had a messenger in attendance, w I10 _ on one knee, began to turn tho oombina- weed out nn amount which they thought some hesitancy in crediting his story. | suppositions or otherwise, for which di- speedily conveyed to her the verdict, and Spectacles, Gold Pens, luonknob. The click of the mechanism would not bo immediately mrisod. This Under similar circumstances, a few vorces were granted, presents an inter- boloro tho Slienfl could procure am, flrvl id Wrnrlnrl Parmo ’Pf-n , pleased him, for he smiled, and in a few was dono for tho triple purpose of casting "' 0Ut I ls 8 ‘ ,80( l ucnl, J r > anothcr 5lote * rob ~ esting study for those who have at heart serve the «r.t of .iir*.st, she gath. rc up iTOia neaaea tane-fly WC., minute8i ri8ing t0 b)S fect>h0 gavothe , iug pi c ionon some one connected with bury occurred, attracting tho attention 0., tho stability of our social institutions, 1 all‘he money of tho estate m her possAt I great door a pull, and it swung slowly on the bank, also concealing thc manner of: lock experts. As there w ore no marks and to thoso who have no faith in the | esston and fled tho State, leaving her 11 its hing*'s and revealed the strong boxes | the robbery, and avoiding a prevent on U' 0 door to indicate how the bolt j moral progress ot the world an ample us jan , orncius o c, to i .spose 0

FINE JEWELRY,

LOCKS,

SILVERWARE.

fS'IIPLEl'S!

I that fot eight weeks the bank officers had j ire. had been picked, they branded the vie- theme for satire. In this city alone 3.>3 j so earnestly longed to see. | The Beneflcial Saving Fund, the ‘i'“ a8 one of a class of beats who were i ,tivorco, ‘ nav0 V,0, ; n obtained during tho

his property and join her at his leisure Many believe she carried off the full sum ol'llG.OfO she had received from het

Nothing hut Fint-class goods sold.

The finest Regulator ever brought to Indiana

has arrived and will her<r.ifter bo tho rtunria.-d time of I’utuam County.

Another incident oomes from Heading. - corner of Twelfth and Chestnut streets, j K 0 ''’S around thu country pretending to ’ past twelve months. The grounds upon where a rather close-fisted dealer finding ,n this city, was robbed about fifteen havo been;robbed to shirk paying hotel which they have been granted are num- latbcr '

himself unable to unlock his safe, sent years ago in a singular way. A common b'l' 8 - The result of this was that any -rous ranging from extreme cruelty to Her husband has been busy disposing

for a well-known expert. Tho lock smith playfully dangled with jho knob a

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knitting-needle was used. Tho burglars person complaining of robbery was treat familiarized themselves with thu make of 1 l 'd as an imposter, and not infrequently j minute, and then swung open tho heavy j ,he lock, and then with wonderful pre- ejected.

! door. ‘'Twenty-five dollars,’’said the I c j s j on bored a hole within one-sixteenth i One morning last August thc guests ol

neglect and simple deception. Of the ^ bis personal property, which is very causes assigned, desertion takos thc lead considerable. A lew days ago ho sold 82 wives hav'-ng been separated from P ro P tr ‘y H'c T:,u10 which was $2,1100, their husbands on that ground and 11 for $1,130. Knowledge ef these trans-

expe-rtto thc dealer. ‘ Oh, no. said the j (> f an j nc h of the point where the spindle ! Tkc Tremont House awakened, to find husbands from their wives, making a action-, eot.ii i r . i the T .r , ih y caused 1 * * I-* • ... •• l .-.-rvoa It will be seen that twice his arrest on a charge of conspiracy w.tt

Heading man; “do you think 1 will pay 1 held tho tumblers. Tho needle then ‘ hat ' b °y ha d been rebbed the night be-j total 0! 121. . . . .nrtnvata isomuchfora minute's work?” Then ,i r0 pped thc tumblers, thc door was op- fore, yet the doors were locked and the astnany husbands have grown weary of | • ,,s " 00 ' ' :r ‘ ' *! , , tho lockman coolly closed the door, gave 1 oned and over half a million dollars were | hcHs listened. “How, then, did the , the marital restraints as wives. T he di- imv m--it o m • , ju gtnen , an the knob a couple of turns, and within ' stolen. thieves enter?" asked the proprietor. j vorcos obtained for other causes arc as | “0 was lodged in jail, wnere ne is “ y half a minute he was walking outofthej A bomance of crime. “Surely you must have been dreaming follows: Cruelty, wife from husbands, 79 1 rc 1 ™ 10 unu! tbo gmunt ts pat or door.leaving the s»fo as securely bolted An idea of the extent 0^ those rob-!• n(1 loft y our P^PTty somewhero else.” 1 husband from wife. 8; adultery,husband ho '^ hsonaagedby process >: .aw asitwas before. That Heading man beries may bo gleaned by knowing that! but in this case there were so many of; from wife, 13, wife from husband, 51; The general opinion is tbht Vn tifr.-

paid him loO before the expert would re

turn to tho safe.

now safes ark "blown.” Having acquired a mastery over any

Maximilian Shinburne, one of their per- 'them ‘hat all could not have boon dream- neglect, wile from husband, 4; insanity, abeth Hoke, with her il.-gotten 410,000 petrators, received forj his share $3,000,- '“g, and they immediately demanded an husband from wife, 2; deception, bus- is no ^ s ccret<'d somewhere in t^ouisville 000 In company with his pal Hi” Ike ,xa, “’ na '' on ' U a P‘ a ' n Brogan ard a da hand from wife, 1; abandonment, wife °r Its immediate vicinity, i .Hess she is Marsh who assisted him in the’robber- 1 u ‘ cliTC fron ' ‘ b « Cc “‘ ral office appeared , from h u g band, l;husband living.l: wife , found the heirs are likely to lose the en- ’ and endeavored to unravel the mystery - - 1 * ! — -— -r *»- — —=. •-

Htiu fliucav UI l i 11 I il > ' » UMJ III y tel' 1 J 1 • • r- 1

combination, tho burglar ts too shrewd to j C s of the Boylestown Bank in Boston “They entered through the window.” l vln “' 1

tiro sum of thu judgment, ns it is said

let his secret out. After entering the Ocean Bank in New York, ho wen 1 said one, "and chloroformed thesleepersl that she mortaag d h r farm, not a very building whore the safe is located, he! l0 London, where extravagant liberality I’his theory, -tpon investigation, was; Imiianafolis, February 2. — Hogs val uabl** one, to her attorneys to secure can, bv hia sense of touch and sound, op ! Klve them entrance to the best circles of i* b *" doD ^; bo . ww ,! er ’“ ,,ust , cevi ' red ,h !' strong; best packing. $5 65@5 75; light their fees, preferring this plan of pay.1 ' I • . O ?, • . • . *r .U I r .1 window-sills in tho diffurent rooms. A j .. ; xcl i jo $5 4. r i(»5 05; receipts, '“ent to handing them over the cold en the combination and secure the plun- i 5n „ s h society, lo thc levees of the mlnnte SO arch around tho door elicited *,‘‘ 1 “ ' , \ r „ cash. der. lie then closes the safe, fills all j American Miaister they enjoyed come- rmthing further, and they were compell- -h<00 head,shipraenUr.it> head. aUle ——, — ihe cracks with putty, and through a lit- whcn-you-please invitations. Wearying' ed to abandon tho ferreting out ol tin steady: shipping. $1 .*Ur<j 50, butchers, v,t ’* r ' a, . an ’ "'Y breathing, ,1. onfice mad. In ,h. upp.r c.ck, Oils th « n.cioij- ol .1,0 Bil.mm, Iho pssoJ. "f,i* 3 ®‘ '• no ^ Si;,. ? rh“!

the safe will) powder by means of a little 1 American land speculators betook - thotnbellows. He then fills this upper hole, j solves to Paris where their letters of inattaches a slow match in a crack and | Production gave them egresa to tho bon-

ring so frequently at tho very best hos j reco jptg, 735 head ; shipments, 580 head. teiries of the land necessitated a close n/\. aon study of tho methods employed, hut Sheep steady at $4@5 20; rcceipta, 480 without avail i head; shipments, 400 head.

are conditions brought about in Catarrh by the use of Kanford’s Radicai Curb. Complete treatment for $1. feh

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