The Penny Press

Man Knocked Down and Robbed. A man named Francis P. Keller, who resides, we believe, at No. 639 Central-avenue, was knocked down night before last, and robbed of his porte-monnaie, containing about $20. He states that he was overtaken at the corner of John-street and Clinton by a couple of men, about one o'clock, who accosted and asked him the time. Before he had an opportunity to reply, however, one of them struck him with a slung-shot, which felled him to the earth. They then rifled his pockets and fled, leaving him stunned and bleeding upon the sidewalk. He had been visiting some friends in the western part of the city, and was on his way home when attacked by the ruffians, who deserve the severest punishment, if they could be but found and brought to justice.