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port’ON.riONitified3ened ataccount.MX;lo In the luce last\i opens es of toys of the r expor-in port nerlcan I. / / LarddvaneedEurope, ved outant has.nrboth~ Hates ofning theamships 7 York, pana viaB. and to raiseras suck -Ther• nomAter. 7:1 04 76 78CEIME.2000 Leh 6’e 0 eh PexuTHE BEHSINfiHOFF HOB BE BY*Arrestofof tbe Perpetrators—FiveThem In Frank I in Jail*Everybody will remember the robbery of old man Benninghoff, the wealthy owner of unnum-bcred acres of land In Frank Un county contain* ing innumerable flowing oil wells. The robbery was committed in January last, and the sum stolen approximated to two hundred thousand dollars m greenbacks and bonds. The circumstances connected with this great robbery have heretofore be£n detailed in these columns;.and we deem It unnecessary to again refer to them. This much, however, by way of introduction to the following item of interest which we And in the Petroleum Centre Daily Record, of Tuesday, 28th instCAPTURE OP THE BENNINGHOFF BOBBERS.Five of the Benninghoff robbers have been captured recently, and threo of them are now inavvvMMJi M44W V*- them are nowFranklin jail, having been placed there yesterday. The names of these three are Louis Weido. Geo. Miller and Jake Shopbltt. Miller was taken at Sagertown, Pa., and Welde and Shopbltt atAkron, O. Two others were captured in Philar delphia, and will be lodged In Franklin jail today. The three whose names, are mentioned above have confessed to their participation In the robbery, and informed on those who were connected with them. - The principal, one—Jim Baeger—has not yet been captured, and It Is supposed that ho is In Europe. Thejoq ofrebblnj ~ ertown.(he expedition with the others/but backed out****** A*v* AO AiUAU^V* A uy1 Ding Benninghoff wafl fixed up at 8aeg-Milfer, one of the prisoners, started inbefore they arrived at Benninghoff’s house, andabbtept '*about six weeks ago, when ho gave Informationrefused tohelp commlt ^the- nmbery—rixv now-ever, kept the matter secret for some time, untilthat led to the arrest of the five. The officers waited some time, and yesterday they “closed In on them.” This neat little job was put up by Robert Hague, of Pittsburgh, a professional detective, and a German, named Wegefartb, who resides in Meadville. On the night before the robbeij Mr. Wegefarth was 6ealea in a saloon at Meadville. Two men were seated near him; they were Germans, andconversing in the tongue of “faderland.” His at-tcntion was arrestedbya remark which .one^ of them made. It was. something as follows: “If that little matter comes out all right we shall be well enough off.” He was partially acquainted with them and knew that they belonged in 8a*gertown. When the news of the robbery reached him, he at once thought that the two men whom he had seen at the saloon were concerned in It. Rfo suspicion wasntrrmrr that. if. annn hoparriA1200 Cltv 6’s 800 ‘do 2600 do1000 8h LchJ8000 W Jen 1000 Penn 2 30 8h Leh ’ 100 sh dcPlIILADIno cssentli market, t limited, an In the* ah money larj; mortgages continues again adv causes sonThe 8 toe general do State Loan 103 for the , Heading, vance df }i —a decline —a decline at 126, am change. 6 33% for Ca for Fhiladc In Canalof % in Lei- Bank am out qnotab: Messrs. ; Third sire the rates o: United 8 do., T62,1 do. do., *6 108%@100; do. do., 108K@108; 108%;Due1 do., Aug. 17%@18%; Gold, 1.4 53^anVIXJ,Binitb, 1 Third stre Gold, 145; 5*20s, 1862. do. 1865, 108%; do 100%; Fiv series, 10J 108 V.
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Philadelphia Daily Evening Bulletin
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Jul 31, 1868
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