The Daily Dispatch: November 5, 1863., [Electronic resource]

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During Robbery.

--Some few nights since an old man named Wilson, a resident of Church Hill, was garroted and robbed of $1,400 in the following manner: Being in the neighborhood of the First Market- house, a short time after dark, he was accosted by two fellows, who insisted on being treated. To get rid of them, he went into a drinking house near by, ordered liquor, and pulled out his roll of notes to pay the bill. After paying and drinking he started for home.--When on Broad street, between 20th and 21st, a fellow overtook him, offered to sell him a pair of fine ducks for $2.50, and insisted on his going to a shanty at the foot of the hill south of Broad street to look at them; but he declined, promising to return after supper. Wilson continued along Broad street till reaching 23d, when he turned to go to Marshall, followed by the "duck seller." On getting to the mouth of the alley, in rear of the late Capt. Burke's residence, three ruffians sprang upon him, choked him down, and, despite his cries for help, tore open his shirt bosom, robbed him of his money, and then ran off. Persons living in the neighborhood heard the cries for help of the old man, but the night being rather dark they did not feel willing to risk their heads even to save the life of a fellow being. The robbers have not been discovered, and probably never will be.