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Show Successful Boy Robbers in Cincinnati. Cincin-nati. Cincinnati, January 4. A daring and unique robbery took place on the Harrison pike, just outside the oity limits, at an early hour Sunday morning, the burglars being mere boys, who were masked, and oonducted it inregular dime novel style. Theodore Wolf lives in a small house a little apart from his neighbors. His wife, who was alone in the house, was abed and asleep. She was awakened awak-ened by a knock at the front door, accompanied accom-panied by the summons "Open this door, or well break it down; we're robbers;" and then, . while the woman almost fainted with fright, the threat was executed, and the masked marauders stood before her. "Where isyourmoney and your silverware?" demanded one of the robbers. The woman detected the voice of a boy attempting to speak like a man, and she refused to give up the valuables. One of the ruffians threw her upon the floor and choked her, while the other went through the house, scattering everything to the right and left,, and shouldering and pocketing whatever struck his fancy. When the house had been thoroughly rifled the two youthful robbers made goo rhpr escape and have not yjt been arrest' J, nor ia there any identity iden-tity of either know a to Airs. Wolf. When Mr. Wolf returned scarcely half an hour after the unique robbery had been committed, com-mitted, he found his wife nearly overcome with fear, and she has been dangerously ill . ever since. ' |