• This Week 150 Years Ago

    This Week 150 Years Ago in Hickman – November 3, 1876

    Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from November 3, 1876 On October 27th, the residence of W. T. Buckner of Hickman was broken into, and $104 and various other valuables were stolen. The robbers were discovered by Buckner’s daughter, who sounded the alarm. The thieves ran from the house and escaped into the night. Buckner briefly pursued them but never came close enough to identify them. Upon returning to the house, he found several cotton rags saturated with chloroform. Mrs. Buckner was reported to have been “suffering from the effects of it.” At the time of publication, the robbers had not been…