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A case of uncommon Interest was before Justice Jones yesterday, which drew quite an audience of Interestedspectators. Hiram Kimberly and Jos.A Warthan, from the vicinity of Ml. Havage, were arraigned before the Justice, charged with numerous robberies committed in the county recently. It will be remembered that a number of robberies perpetrated in and near Ml. Savage, created such uneasiness that a reward was offered for the apprehension of the guilty parties- Tills led to the arrest of Hiram Kimberly and Joseph Warthan, the parties who were brought before the squire yesterday morning. Kimberly was first arraigned for the robbery of u pocket-book from Himon Blutaugh, of Ml. tiavage, containing the sum of $111.55. Mr. Ulu-baugh described the manner in which his house wa« entered, and the charac-ter and amount of money that was stolen from him by some party on the night of the 22d or morning of the 23d f July, 1872. He said that he slept nusually sound and he believed that he was chloroformed, and that had it not been for the open condition of his dwelling at the time lie believed lie would have been sleeping at this time.Mr. John 8. Craigen, druggist, was the next witness. He testified that some time ago Kimberly came to bis establishment and purchased an ounce of*chloroform, which he said he (Kimberly) intended to use to detect a party who had been robbing his spring-house of the milk therein kept; that lie intended putting the chloroform in a jar of milk, and, taking out all the other ars, leave klbe chloroformed jar us a detective agent to discover the nocturnal thief,Mr. Craigen stated, however, is fore he left the stand, that the chloroform, ilaced in un open room, as described ,y Mr. lJlulmugb, coultl not possibly have affected him to the extent of producing the extraordinary stupor which Mr. 11. thought occasioned undue som-nulency on the night ami morning pre*Tfce lug Wl Ing of praye bo'de tnovli stand most the clt; Thi llvurc was t os joi uai g ten.” At ing a was I»ng 1 •!obu the p I 8an arid lt;eal lt;i ••lilt d m e Herv!in praii Hurt dlS4 1st L cruH praic 'It. wart of KTtlie vi Day little froa tow I that •*WJ day be;oatsill 'willcbeiceding the roberry. At the conclusion Mr. Craigen h testimony, Josephof Mr. Craigen s testimony,Warthan was called and sworn lie testified that on the night of the 22d ofJuly last, himself, Kimberly and a man named hamuel Porter, went to Ulu-liaugh's house, and that Kimberly poisoned the dogs, after which they made considerable noise knocking on the palings to ascertain whether the dogs uad been really killed or not. They then made a forcible entrance into the house through a window and secured the jKxketbook of Mr. ltlubaugh. Witness further testitied tliat he afterwards divided the money between Kiints*rlyand Porter, keeping the lion s share himself. To use his own words, hekept one-lialf of the amount and divided the other half lietween Kimberly 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 (Kinilx*rly.) These witnesses testitied that, to the lx*st of their lielief, the prisoner w as in his bed from a little after 10 o'clock at night until 5 o’clock in the morning.After the testimony in this case hail been taken, Kimberly was charged with the follow!ag separate offences, in all of which Warthan gave testimony and acknowledged his complicity witr full and remarkable precision and de tail.With entering and robbing the horn* of Henry T. Weld, of Ml. Savage, within 00 days last, with the robbery of a lot of tlt;xls, the property of O P. Jewett, of Buirellsvilb with the robbery of the house of Michael Murray, of Mt. Savage, on the 10th of June last; with the robbery of the house of James Mattingly, on Wills creek, since the 10th of June last, with the robbery of the store of Turner I«ahh!ry at Fliutstone on the 12th day of July last.At the conclusion of the examioa tion the Justice held Kimberly for court in the sum of $500 for the first ease ami $100 each in the other ea* above mentioned. Warthan was heb for court in the sum of $500 in the first case, there being no evidence against him in the others save his own statements The parties were commit ted. Mr. Joseph A. ('alii)l appeara for Wartliau and Mr. Geo, Smcnner for KimberlyBIngseui aujt usrC bv i ban andi one uud vidi holelarg$‘J0willsUxPlane an i dr clt;vhasBUMIh'llkin»OVrceibat1carpot
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Cumberland Times
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Tue, Aug 19, 1879
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