WHOLESALE BURGLARY.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3180, 29 April 1879, Page 1

WHOLESALE BURGLARY.

Burglary is not unfrequently carried on in the United States on a far grander scale than that on which the British burglar conducts his operations. It partakes more of the nature, of a raid on a village or small town, and results in a hand-to-hand fight between the robbers and their intended victims. One of these burglarious invasions took* place recently .at Oaktbwn, a thriving village inlndiaim., Oaktdwn.it is stated, "has been afield for the operations of burglars for the past six years," and its inhabitants, therefore, hare the advantage of knowing exactly what is best to, bo done when they are threatened with pillage. On New Year's Ejays the postmaster of paktbwn was: informed; byt letter, written by a friendly haud.ithafc on the next or following evening ■", the; village,,would be visited byf a > gang of burglars.- The citizens I accordingly ldst no time in making pre» 1 paration:tp|meet the: intended onslaught. Parties of defence were brgauised, and several armeed men wereplaced ia each business house. At II; jb'clbck on the next evening the burglars ' were heard attemptingtbforceab entrance into a saloon which; waa garrisoned in anticipation of an attack. 'They were allowed to open the door but when they had effected this object they were'greeted with a volley of shots "fired by the party inside. The robbers immediately fled, one of them, however, falling pierced by three shots I and mortally wounded. Another ran along tho railroad track, pursued by a number iof cilizens firing. The fugitive returned | the fire as he ran, emptying all the chamI bers except one of his two revelvers. He I was at last caught, and" proved to be a I member of " one of the best families of i Southern Indiana." He has, however, " been a source of sorrow to his parents for many years," and has already served, three terms of imprisonment in the penitentiary. He has three bullets in the back, the result of his escapade, and is altogether ins a bad way, but shows no signs of regret for his misdeeds. The rest of the burglars escaped, although burdened in their flight with a huge supply of tools, dark lanterns, " jemmies," powder, and flasks, which they brought with them.