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A Htraafr Kobbfry.On Wednesday night a very strange robbery oe*cur red in this county. Mr. J«cot Worthiiii'tou, Sr., an inlt;h*|M'n llt; iit, well lo do farmer and an old resident of the county, w »ke on Hnirsdo m-.rimnr to Qml that his two hordes, hi- buggy, all of his uuun-v which had been placed m a trunk, a iju.miity ol cooked fixxl which had been hit I nun a “lot;rolling given bv him the day before, and two adopted eliildrcu, one a hoy aged about lourteeu years and the other a girl aged twelve. were missing. A w hit*- laborer lt;I timing to he from North lt;*ndina, and who had been working with Mr Worthington ahout a month, vt is also missing, u».| it is supposed he committed the r »id»«*ry. A parly headed h MrW orthin_toii and his soil -«»t ,.ut a- -.»..ii i- po--iMeto hum for the rohher with his plunder and tin ehihlren, and had tra« ked him .doin'the road h adi11iT to Montiet |h tor some ■ I»— i mee, Imi nothing further levs yet le-.-u hear I l,‘,rorIrr, h'tfrntnj JMessrs. A. A Worthington,.I tines K B*»*s andU. It Marrow, win*started in pursuit Iroin M uli-son, were joined by Mr. tieorge Carter, DeputySheritf of Brooks comity, Ha , and Mr. .lamesBrooks, Marshal of Boston. Da The fleeing tliiel, I*. B. Bush, with his strange hootv. was traeed through Leon info lt;iadsden eoiiutv, where Sheriir Mitehell ar.*l hi- deputy, Mr .lamesBowen, joined the pursuers I’ur-ning Uu-h into Liberty eouniy, Messrs .loliusoii util lt;*\. inline,ot Bristol. Wefe addl’d to the |o--eAhout, Itl o'eloek Sund i\ morning the put-u mg party ratne upon Bush, at a point J- mdr-from Bristol ami one mile ea-l o| the Ap-ihu hi col i river Bu-h was aitmd, -loosed li/lit, and re | used to sum II del I In polt;lt;e \\ . ie dt ter milledto rapture the tliiel lie \va- tired upon alnl Id Ito the •'round dead -shot through the In all w ith a W ineliester i itie I* ill Bu-h • I umed to l.r from Calhoun eountv, and was makiin' his wavthither.His remain- were buried and the pursuingparty started on their return trip, arriving at1 allaha-see ahout i* o'eloek ihis morning, havmg. * « ■the stolen property and children in their posses, sion. They slopped here an hour or two uni resumed their journey towards Madi-on. The stolen ehihlren weto William and Lili i- Burnett, brother and sBur and aged M» lilts ||' ir.speet i\ i'l v
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Tallahassee Weekly Floridian
Tallahassee, Florida, US
Tue, Feb 05, 1884
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