From the Richmond Dispatch, 7/29/1864, p.1, c 6

Robbery of a Storeroom. – Julius Spencer, residing on Church Hill, near Chimborazo Hospital, was robbed of all his groceries some time during Wednesday night. The thief bored a hole in his basement door, by which he was enabled to open it and thereby gain access to his stock of provisions on hand. The articles taken consisted of two hams of bacon, some little lard, and a bucket containing about five pounds of flour.

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