Show Cru l Murderous Itobbors WHEELING W Va December 23 The horrible outrage and robbery by hooded burglars the pasfcthree e days has greatly exited tle people > of this city On tSunday six masked men entered the home of Mrs Workenur in the east part of the city and after horribly beating the family stole about 5000 in gold Last night four men evidently of the same gang brqke into the house of Elijah Marling a bachelor miser < and finding only 182 on his person put him to the most terrible torture to force him to reveal the hiding place of his gold He was tied to the bedpost stripped and aired hot poker applied to his back and thighs in no less than twenty places Hot oil wa also poured down his back and his sufferings were terrible in the extreme He evidently had 110 money concealed In their anger at their failure theburglars struck him a heavy blow on the head and left him hanging insensible in his fastenings He was found six hours later nearly frozen and half dead and his condition is dangerous dan-gerous He is nearly GO years of age ihe robbers work with seeming impunity im-punity and all efforts to locate or capture cap-ture them seem useless The county constabulary is powerless and dwellers in isolated houses inconstant dread I p |