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Thlevls*A case of uncommon interest wa* before Justice Jones yesterday, which drew quite an audience of Interestedspectators. Hi rain Kimberly and Jos.A Wartlian, from the vicinity of Mt.Savage, were arraigned before the Justice-, charged with numerous robberies committed in the county recently. It will Im- remembered that a numix r of robberies perpetrated in and near Mi Savage, created such uneasiness tliat a reward was offered for the apprehension of the guilty iHirties This led to the arrest of Hiram Kimberly and Joseph Wartlian, the parties who were brought liefore the squire yesterday morning. Kimiierly was tirst arraigned for the robbery of a poeketdiook from Simon Blubaugh, of Mt. Savage, containing the sum of $111.55. Mr. Blubaugh described the manner in which his house was entered, and the character and amount of money that was stolen from him by some party on the night of the 22d or morning of the 23d of July, 1870. He said that he slept unusually sound and he believed that he was chloroformed, and that had it not been for the open condition of his dwelling at the time he lxlieved he would have been sleeping at this time.Mr. John S. Craigen, druggist, was the next witness. He testified that some time ago Kimberly tame to bis establishment and purchased an ounce of^chloroform, which he said he tKim-lierly) intended to use to detect a party who had been robbing his spring-house of the milk therein kept; that he intended putting the chloroform in a jar of milk, and, taking out all the other ars, leave kthe chloroformed jar as a detective agent to discover the nocturnal thief*Mr. Craigen stated, however, before he left the stand, Unit the chloroform, placed in an open room, as deserilied by Mr. Blubaugh, could not possibly have affected him to the extent of producing the extraordinary stujior which Mr. B. thought occasioned undue som-nulency on the night and morning preceding the reberry. At the conclusion of Mr. Craigen’s testimony, Joseph Wartlian was called and *wt.ni. He testified that on the night of the 82d of July lust, himself, Kiinlierly and a man named harnuel Porter, went to Blu-fjaugh’s house, and that Kimberly poisoned the dogs, after which they made considerable noise kiux king on the palings to ascertain whether the dogs had been really killed or not. They then made a forcible entrance into the house through a window and secured the I** ketbook of Mr. Blubaugh. Witness further testified that he afterwards divided the money between Kimberly and Porter, keeping the lion's share himself. To use bis own words, he kept one-half of the amount and divided the other half U-tween 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 (Kimlierly.) These witnesses testified that, to the be* of their lielief, the prisoner w as in his lied from a little after 10 o'clock at night until 5 o’elock in the morning.After the testimony in this case had been taken, Kimberly was charged with the following separate offences, in all of a hich Wartlian gave testimony and acknowledged his complicity with full and remarkable precision and de taihWith entering and robbing tie horns of Henry T. Weld, of Ml Savage, within 00 days last; with the robbery of a lot of tools, the property of O. 1*. Jewett, of Bairellsvilh; with the robbery of the house of Michael Murray, of Mt. Savage, on the 16th of June last: with the robliery of the house of James Mattingly, on Wills creek, since the 18th of June last, with the robbery of the store of Turner A I .ash ley at Fliutstone on the 12th day of July last.At the conclusion of the examination the Justice held Kimberly for court in the sum of $500 for the first case and $180 each in the other cases above mentioned. Wartlian was held 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 i»arties were committed. Mr Joseph A. Cahill appeared f..r Warthau and Mr. Uc» Stnenner for Kimberly-Personal*.id I 11 t i.„ a! i..
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Cumberland Times
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Tue, Aug 19, 1879
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