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v, ' said‘S^^Tlie Oconomowoc Free Frets 0lltsj[| • . V* » I Vlearns from a source, which it considors )Jea, reliable, that the town treasurer of !5rln ' Uool r.. Washington Co., aUcmpied to rob him- £;V(? a self of the funds belonging to tha town qUjn ii- Fie told his wife he was going to a Ji’-.act01 r, tant part of the village, and that, he ..cor, !'• would not return until the next dav 1,1 .Soon after he had left, a pedlar stopped i exaa c at the hoiuo and as he was a friend, ho ||D, t ct obtained lodging for tlio night. Tho wife ‘ a , unwittingly, put him into tho room which jJ0„:,jt contained the money. About ten o’e'oeb pr°chearing a noi3c, she arose and opened ibe aite|.door, when three men rushed in with their ' ’ r . i , •, , chap\l faces bliicicca and otherwise diVMHcd. jo a hi orr- i hreatcniug to shoot her if she raised an • 0|Uj d alarm, they went upstairs to the peuiarV^p ? it room and attempted to break in the door.8 After repeated trials it gave way and as ^ the foremost robber sprang in, tho pel- ^,,rjl ^ lar firpd «i revolver* killing him when tho other two lied. Upon-examining the.|j0,v-.body of tho robber, it was found to be j()(T a that of the Treasurer, bimsaif.a or[i 'gent5 JSfipi’arsons who send ne wspapers • r anc* pamphlets to hut ope, should be care-, ful not to enclose them in wrappers. asj^ V it subjects them to letter postage, verier- ^ * ally so high that the papers are refused . ^^ i /I 'r
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Chilton Times
Chilton, Wisconsin, US
Sat, Feb 12, 1859
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