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Show TORTURED THEIR VICTIMS. " Demoniacal Deed of Masked Robbers Near Toledo, Ohio. Ten mnsked robbers went to tho homo of Christian Joehlln, two miles from Toledo, O., and battered down tho doors. Eight men entered, leaving two men outsldo on guard. In the house woro Mr. nnd Mrs. Christlnn Joehlln, John Anderson and Joseph Joehlln; also a 3-year-old boy and an 18-months-old girl. All, Including tho baby boy and girl, wero clubbed Intc Insensibility, bound and gagged. When tho oJchllns recovered consciousness tho robbers demanded $20,000, which thoy Bald they know wns secreted In tho houso. When told that no such amount was thero, tho bandits applied burning torches to the faces nnd feet of their victims, blistering even tho infants' feet Christian Joehlln, an aged paralytic, was burned so soverely that there Is not a spot on his head that Is not bruised. The marauders, boforo leaving, securely tied their vie-tlms, vie-tlms, and searched every cornor of tho houso, securing $300 In cash and several sev-eral articles of Jewelry. |