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A bold attempt wjw irsjiclo afc burglar-Iiltig the brewery of August Kuelm, sutMhtmlsburg, last night, during wlileh ubou t forty jihbiH oxelwnged-way,; just south of ^out;j'12o'clock Mr, Kuohn ’w««•? a wakenod* byhearing a noise in tho oifluo, immediately lx?low the room in the third story occupied by liis.family, wife and two little children, . Ilo hastily utOBO and started for the stairway to dcscond to tH'6 second story, but' he . had hardly opened, the Coo: when a mail who had boon stationed' at tho foot of the stairs hied at him. Mr, Keiihn returned to his room, and getting his revolver, again attempted to descend, firing as ho started, but the fellow returned the Are, and kept up Bueh a fusil-jiido that Mr. Kuclm started for another door, No sooner hud ho opened it than two men who had been stationed to command that door opened tire, directed not only at him hut also at Mrs. Kuohn, who had raised .a window and was calling for help. For ten minutes tho family were in mortal terror, tho lull lots whistling around the liolpless wife and children, until the two men who were working upon the safe in the oilico finished their work and had blown the door oil’. ,As Mr. Kuohn never keeps any amoun t of money at his brewery, they got nothing at all to pay for one of the most dcspai-aUi ventures on record in this part of tiic country. There were five men in the party. A largo chisel and a broken drill were found near the ruined safe, which had been drilled in and blown open.Mr. Kuohn is right after Ins terrible experincce . of being a target for three •men, but . his ;wife. is very bodly prostrated by the terrible ordeal.Several suspicions' character were seen in town that night, and is supposed to have, been the work of strangers, who left, after .the job on some of the midnight trains.
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Hamilton Daily Democrat
Hamilton, Ohio, US
Tue, Jan 04, 1887
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