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rl CAUGHTAT FARMHOUSEWilliam Hippie, of Newville, Hidden Under Bed at Keem-portz Home, Locust PointT180'onfrtpareithlt;dr\v«cnra]ha801Meohanlesburg, Pa.. Oct. 24.—An attempted robbery occurred early this morning at the home of John Kcen-portz, a farmer living at Locust Point, about two miles west of Mechanics- I burg, and the robber was captured, bv About C o'clock a noise was heard in a bedroom and Mr. Koenportz went upstairs. He found that the bureau Va drawers had been ransacked and the ar furnishings of the room disarranged. P° Looking farther, he found a man un-nef-Dr. it a ture* I low ked. t be ald-•ntl-inlt; ander the bed and ho grabbed him. He vvlwas William Harvey, of Newville, a up farnl hand who had worked for Mr. th ts a i Keenports at times for several years. Th but at present was engaged on other tw farms In the neighborhood. Entry to rh the house was made through the cellar, ra Mr. Keenportz telephoned to Me-chanlcsburg for a constable, who immediately went to Locust Point, and ah *1he two men brought Harvey to town, ar where he was given a hearing before gr Squire Mohler and taken to Carlisle ha Jail for court. afTwo previous robberies occurred at the Keenportz home recently. On Sep- lit tember 25 the house was entered and pc $30 In money stolen and on Septem- cl ber 28 the sum of $6 was taken from th one of the rooms. Nothing else of ar value was missed In the earlier rob- i ( beries. r’e
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Harrisburg Telegraph
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, US
Tue, Oct 24, 1916
Page 9
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