. A standard history of the Hanging Rock iron region of Ohio; an authentic narrative of the past, with an extended survey of the industrial and commercial development. idual has hardly paid for engineering, and we think little Vinton came oilfirst best in this raid. The above reward will be given for the appre-hension and conviction of the burglars. .r)!)(i IIA\<il.\<; ROOK IKON HKUION It was pretty well understood who committed the burglary. Therehad been three men hanging about the town, and particularly about thecourthouse, and had become very intimate with the County Tr
. A standard history of the Hanging Rock iron region of Ohio; an authentic narrative of the past, with an extended survey of the industrial and commercial development. idual has hardly paid for engineering, and we think little Vinton came oilfirst best in this raid. The above reward will be given for the appre-hension and conviction of the burglars. .r)!)(i IIA\<il.\<; ROOK IKON HKUION It was pretty well understood who committed the burglary. Therehad been three men hanging about the town, and particularly about thecourthouse, and had become very intimate with the County Treasurer,David Foreman, lie had been warned that these men meant no good;hut he was completely blinded. The chief of the gang was a man namedMaley Thompson, and be was always-lying around the Treasurers succeeded in blowing open the sale and securing in all, from $1,000to $1,201), but the main booty they were after was in the burglar proofdepartment inside of the sate. In the blowing off of the big doors, onewas thrown against the side of the room with such force as to break downa partition and fill the room with plaster and papers, and the other im-. CouNTif Jail, McAktiiuk bedded one cim\ of itself in the wall and the other end cut a hole in tin;Hoor, anil was found standing or learning against the wall of the is no doubt but the noise frightened the thieves, and. with the crashof falling partition, gave them the belief that the whole town had beenaroused. They hastily gathered what they could find and decamped, notdaring to stay to blow up, if they could, the other, or burglar proofdepartment. There were cash and United States bonds in the latter placeamounting to over $40,000. This they entirely missed. There had beena previous attempt to steal the key of the safe from the Treasurer, andby getting the outside door open he prepared to tackle the burglar proofvaults. One of the men had secreted himself under the Treasurers Foreman, after he had r
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