Kellyton is hard hit by burglars: almost every store, the express office and the post office broken into; the Webb & Walden store's front door bored through and the job abandoned

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KELLYTON IS HARD HIT BY BURGLARS

ALMOST EVERY STORE INCLUDING EXPRESS OFFICE AND POSTOFFICE IS BROKEN INTO BY THIEVES SUNDAY MORNING.

Alexander City, November 9.—(Special.) One of the most notorious burglaries ever committed in this section has just come to light, in which almost every store, together with the postoffice and the express office, in the little town of Kellyton, a way station six miles from Alexander City, was sacked, early Sunday morning.

It appears that the burglars first went to the express office and looted that for all the C. O. D. express packages in the way of clothing and also obtained a 50-pound package of C. O. D. whisky. They then went to the postoffice and looted everything of any value, except the stamps. No money was, however, in the postoffice, and the haul was not of much value there. The store of S. J. Thomas was thoroughly gone through, much valuable dry goods and various other valuables, including a fine double-barrel shotgun and a fine revolver, were taken. The store of Mr. Nelson was also broken into and many valuables taken. They then went, evidently the last effort, to the Webb & Walden store, and they had only about bored their passage through the front door when, it is believed, daylight was approaching, and this job was abandoned.

From this, it would appear, they went to the stable of J. A. Brown and took a mule from the stable and made off in the direction of Goodwater. Near the town of Goodwater the mule was found by the roadside and the saddle thrown into the brush near by. It is supposed they were so heavily loaded with loot that they needed the mule to carry the load.

Officers have today been at work on the tracks, and with the number of clues at hand it is believed a wholesale haul will soon be made.

Citation: "Kellyton Is Hard Hit by Burglars: Almost Every Store Including Express Office and Postoffice Is Broken Into by Thieves Sunday Morning," an Alexander City dispatch dated 9 November, The Birmingham Age-Herald (Birmingham, Ala.), Tuesday 10 November 1908, p. 2; image, Chronicling America, Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85038485/1908-11-10/ed-1/?sp=2).