Hide Article Text (OCR)
Her and entered toe ceiling. |Ul1 earned Mr. B. to return to hie room • for hie revolver, in the meantime rthe thief itot out of the boute and •made hie escape with *4ft from Mr. o Benbow’e panta. Mr. B. followed ee quickly aa poeelble and flred hie re « volver three timee at the retreating tburglar. *The burglary wae probably planned Ito catch John Messenger, who clerk* »in Bernard’* drug etore. Mr. Bar- I n*rd had been absent from the etore, I end Mr. Meeeenger too* home with him about |T»0. Quite a number of Ipersons had been in the etore Id the lt;evening and It le thought that some of these parties are oonoerned In the robbery, and knew the room occupied « by Meeeenger, but aa good luck wouldhave it for the latter, he and Mr. Hexchanged rooms last night and Mr. 1B. wae the vlotlm.A handkerchief dropped by the burglar wae found In Mr. Benbow’e room this morning. It ha* not beenrecognised. Ibrand Celebration, 4th of Jely,
Newspaper Details
Alton Daily Telegraph
Alton, Illinois, US
Tue, Jul 03, 1894
Page 2
Full Page
Clipped by
Cathy B.
IL, USA 09 Sep 2021
Other Publications Near Alton, Illinois
Alton Evening Telegraph
Alton Observer
Labor World
Alton Weekly Telegraph
Alton Telegraph and Democratic review
