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Browsing named entities in The Daily Dispatch: June 13, 1862., [Electronic resource]. You can also browse the collection for William Parker or search for William Parker in all documents.
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Robbery in Petersburg.
--William Parker and J. B. Ciala have been arrested in Petersburg as implicated in a recent heavy robbery of the store of Messrs. Howell & Thompson, in that city.
The madus operendi of the thieves is thus explained by the Express:
On Monday afternoon two men entered the above-named store, and one of them requested permission of the proprietor to write a letter, asking at the same time for a piece of blank paper on which to write.
The request was acceded to in the most gentlemanly manner, and the follow walked to the desk behind the counter to write his epistle.
A few minutes afterwards a third party came in and asked to see some flour.
This being in the back part of the store, the proprietor took him back, where he was detained some time in showing his stock.
In the meantime the one who was ostensibly writing the letter took occasion to rifle the money drawer of its contents, amounting to over $1,000. The plan of robbing was a very well arranged
The Daily Dispatch: June 13, 1862., [Electronic resource], Reports of casualties. (search)