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i mm ■ i iMi .I .........iiaA case of uncommon interest wa* fore Justice Jones yesterday, whichew quite an audience of interested ectators. Hiram Kimberly and Jos.Wartlmn, from the vicinity of Ml. ivage, were arraigned before the Jus-*lt;:, charged with numerous robberies mmltted in the county recently. It ill Ik; remembered that a number of hberies perpetrated in and near Ml. ivage, created such uneasiness tluit a ward was offered for the apprehen-on of the guilty lairties This led to te arrest of Hiram Kimberly and Jo-ph Warthan, the parties who were “ought la-fore the squire yesterday lorning. Kimlierly wjis first arraigned r the robbery of u pockct-liook from imon Blubaugh, of Ml. Savage*, eon-lining the sum of $111.55. Mr. Blu-augh deserilied the manner in which Is house wa« entered, and thlt;* charae-*r and amount of money tliat was olen from him by some party on the ight of tin; 22d or morning of the 23d f July, 1B7». lie said that, lie slept nusually sound and he believed that e was chloroformed, and that had it ot lieen for the open condition of his welling at the time he lielicved he ojuld have been sleeping at this time.Mr. John B. Craigen, druggist, was lie next witness. lie testified that nine time ago Kimberly came to his stablishment and purchased an ounce f^chlorofonn, which he said he (Kim-n*rly) intended to use to detect a party sdio had been robbing his spring-house i the milk therein kept; tliat lie in-ended putting the chloroform in a jar f milk, and, taking out all the other ,rs, leave kthe chloroformed jar as a de-ective agent to discover the nocturnal hief.Mr. Craigen stated, however, before ic left the stand, tliat the chloroform, laeed in an open room, as deserilied y Mr. Jilulaugh, could not possibly mve affected him to the extent of pro-lucing the extraordinary stupor which VIr. 11. thought occasioned undue som-aulency on the night and morning preceding the roberry. At the conclusion if Mr. Craigen’s testimony, Joseph Wart bun was called and sworn- He testified tliat on the night of the ‘31 ofnlugIng i prajbo'ilmoiStanttlOHtheTlivewasus j ual ten.Alugwining.lob the 1 Hi andTill'•11da*HerIoral)udie.1stcrupraJuly last, himself, KimUrly and a man named Bamuel Porter, went to Ulu-tjaugh’s house, and that Kimlierly poisoned the dogs, after which they made considerable noise knocking on the palings to ascertain whether the dogs bad been really killed or not. They then made a forcible entrance into the house through a window and secured the Iiocketbook of Mr, Blubaugh. Witness further testified tliat he afterwards divided the money between Kimberly and Porter, keeping the lion's share himself. To use ins own words, he kept one-iialf of the amount and divided the other half between Kimlierly and Porter. The witnesses for Kimberly were Kimberly’s wife and an elderly couple named Cage, who were the father-in-law and mother-in-law of the accused (Kimberly.) These witnesses testified that, to the test of their belief, the prisoner was in his lied from a little after 10 o’clock at night until 5 o’clock in the morning.After the testimony in this ease had been taken, Kimberly was charged with the following separate offences, in all of which Warthan gave testimony and acknowledged his complicity with full and remarkable precision and detail;With entering and robbing tin house of Henry T. Weld, of Ml Savage, within 00 days last, with the robbery of a lot of tools, the property of lt;1*. Jewett, of Bai relisvilh , with the robbery of the house of Michael Mur ray, of Ml. Savage, on the 16th o! June last: with the robbery of the house of James Mattingly, on Wills creek, since the 16th of June last, with the robbery of the store of Turner 1 .ashIcy at Fliutstone on the 12th day of July last.At the conclusion of the examina tion the Justice held Kimberly for court in the sum of $500 for the first case and $100 each in the other cases above mentioned. Warthan was held for court in the sum of $500 in the first case, there being no evidence against him in the others save his owu statements The parties were committed. Mr. Josrph A. rahill api**ared f..r Warthan and Mr. Geo. Smennerfor Kimberlycblnlt;her«r»otiaU
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Cumberland Times
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Tue, Aug 19, 1879
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