The Daily Dispatch: January 19, 1861., [Electronic resource]

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Bold Outrage — a citizen Gagged and robbed.

--About half-past 2 o'clock yesterday morning, as Mr. F. H. L. Allen, of this city, was on his way to his home on French Garden Hill, he was attacked at the intersection of 9th and Clay streets by three men, who threw him down, seized him by the throat, placed a towel over his mouth to stifle his cries, and robbed him of between $1,400 and $1,500 in bank notes. Notwithstanding this rough treatment, Mr. Allen managed to utter some shouts for assistance, which attracted the attention of Mr. Wm. G. Dandridge, residing close by, who threw open a window and frightened the thieves from their work of plunder. This was a fortunate circumstance; for Mr. Allen had in another pocket a large sum of money — between $3,000 and $4,000--which the highwaymen failed to obtain.--They had no doubt followed him from his establishment on the corner of 14th and Franklin streets, presuming that he had a good deal of money with him, and made the attack in an isolated neighborhood, where there was little prospect of interruption, and where it would have been an easy matter to have thrown the victim into a ravine in case of resistance.--The numerous acts of lawlessness that have been perpetrated lately, show that we have an organized gang of desperadoes among us, and call for redoubled vigilance on the part of the officers.