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v.#.i*•bsoUpper Alton lUitW by Ik* RegnietGaeg.BitrUlt;o'weapon to fir© nt th* m.0wmBurglar* went through t pper Saturday night and mad© on© of ' heir Y periodical raida on the cltlsens. They Rvisited th© hom© of Mr. A. II Hast* inlags and effected an entrance. First b visiting th© lo© cheat they lunch®! lib* nc©rally and then boldly started to ran- b sack the house. They secure * $6 lt;■In money, a gold breast pin and «e\-©ral other article* of vslae before t © f»ffi!y was awakened. Mr. Haetinj • I b seised a revolver and in hed Into tie a room where the men were. They (ltd a and he gave pursuit Into the yard, e Her© a fodlade of shot* was fired, f Mr. Hastings emptied hla revolt©* at | li the fleelrg forms and they returned j a th© flre. No on© was lr»J ir d. «They went to the home of Mr. Ed- I ward Rodgers, placed a ltd ler to th© e sec ii,d atory window, and wore In the I act of raising it, wheu Mr. Rodg*»rs « was awakened. H© arose and they j f jumped from th© ladder. They took 11tb© ladder back to the barn-yard and t then returned Mr. Rodgers saw them iwalk acrlt; as hla lawn, but bed no iI
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Alton Daily Telegraph
Alton, Illinois, US
Mon, Oct 01, 1894
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