Indiana State sentinel., 1845-11-13
INDIANA STATE SENTINEL.
Extensive Org 'tion OF Nurderers
.rs,d Thieves.


two Of the five murderers of Cn Davenport. William T.
Birch. alias Hsines and john Long, alias Howe. Both
these well known the Rock River region and
need description hands The people there viii
always r. ID Fox alias Suton arrested,
long time since by this chivarous Bonney and mas
been kept IN rnns secretly safe IN OF the s oi 'n
State In order prevent alarm 1t reported thai nc
sted for horse s'ealug. the gang bave accom-
pces all the Western States, many o "ho WI" ho'
steal murder but viii knowingly harbor those VINO 10
both This intrepid Bonnry who lives at monrose Zee
county Iowa took an discovering the muTdrer
of Miller and !icey who the two Hodges and Tom
Brown succeeded in bringing the two Hodges TO the
gaIows Tom Brown Is still at large and has recenty
bern traced from Iowa Missouri Indiana and Ohlo lie
making arrangements pass coupteTfeit money finding
out proper places stop and the men to circulate H.
T. will be remembered that when the two Hodges were
tried Birch Sutton Long Co., were on hand to prove
an alihi, usual. Ii was of no avail however They
were hung protesting not their innocence but that there
evidence enough hang them Bonney succeeded so
well In the of the Hodges that he induced To
undertake the discovery of the murderers of Col Daven
port By process best known to himself disclosure oil
which would deprive him of his magic he discovered that
the murderers of Col Davenport Birch, Sutton and
Long and others who should be arrested and taken TO
Rock Island, wherever found. with without process.
The two others are John Baxter and Aaron Long Let
all those knowing these organize posse nstaner,
and take them Rock Island. There gang of lawyers
aud keepers all along that country who IN the
of these murderers and in due time will he exposed
The publications in this paper by representing these v
lains somewhere in this vicinity STILL enabled Bonney to
find them out Every number of this paper has been
seen by Birch and SutOn and when in Ohio they felt
SAFE The keeper Of the great depot of all sorts OF knaves
at Louis owed Birch the first article about him. As
is usually case, after the MURDER they all fed s Upper
Missouri Atkins, TO stay until one should write
them whether they mstrusted. A fictitious letter
written Akin that the murderers of Davenport
were pursued, and that he would be lynched If be was
found harboring them but names called. Big
Davis and is in that region. Either Aiken
Davis turned them in another direction. They then stole
horse each, travelled nights and slept days. and to
ST. Louis. There a certain blackleg" tavern keeper
showed Birch the Democrat, and they fled to Lebanon,
Illinois There they stole three horses and fled TO Terre
Haute, Indiana, which they separated, Fox, alias
Sutton taking by himself to the residence of his
father respectable farmer by the name OF John Fox, In
Wayne county There he arrested for passing
teTeit money and bound in the of $500. His
father baied him. Bonney asked them if they knew he
arrested They replied, but his father baed him.
They undoubtedly from their confluence OF being rescued
thought Fox was still at large But after being baed
he arrested another counterfeit money charge but
really for the murder Of COL Davenport and has been
privately secure for some time. Fox born on the
farm where his father lives in Indiana and is about
2S years OF age Long and Birch said to be North
Caoinans born The former 23 years of age and has
broken nearly every frontier Jail in the West The latter
years Of He and Fox have been at their devil
res eight years and have before this been arrested
they boast. Long is pupil of the celebrated villain
Brown who killed Bellevue Iowa, few years since
Bouney after securing Fox went in search of Long and
Birch. who with another knave have robbed an
honest old farmer Sandusky Ohio Saturday night
o week last They to do as they did by Muford il
they could; If not as they did by Davenport. When
Mulford counted his money on his knee Birch be
said TO Mulfod, You must have been id lazy devil
not have scraped together money than this your
age. Birch says he killed in his ife and
opposed to killing Davenport. Blu. Long said, dead mer
tell 30 tales and fired away. There doubt however
but Birch Long either would kill West if they could
get a good chance. By the way, they stole a splendid
hod Off in India
until her should give orders the proper
disposition of her. B1nney first Birch the
track in Little Sandusky and recognized Col Dagenp0r
chain and a Stranger frequently spoke 10 him. Blu
as Long not with him, he did arrest him. Find
ing that they be in Lower Sandusky together hC
ahead of them and made arrangements for thel
He arrived ia the morning, and they pas
sengers in the Southern stage night Just they
about being arrested notorious blackeg, purely
sympathy, and without the least acquaintance with them
stepped up Birch, and said You going be
ed" His is Rich, and he ought be in the State
Prison. No this said than Birch tore off the
watch chain and threw it away. This was seen aad the
chain found. answering COL DavenpOrs description
exactly. They then arrested and taken away
Whilst on the passage the Lake from ST. Joseph
here Birch suppOsng that the gold chain and other articles
of evidence against him in Bonnqys porImantesu
went, with fetters the clerks Office, took
threw overheard When asked why he did so he replied
felt full of the DEVIL and wanted to do something.
They arrived here about o'clock a NJ, and taker
JAIL where Mr.. Lowe, sheriff and Mr. Perrior
aur gave their usual good attendance and they
kept safe until about nine O'Clock, when they
off for Rock Island in company with Bonney, the sheriff
of Sandusky, Ohio and VIM. Wessencraft one of ou
city police. Lest the of their might get tC
their accomplices around Inlet and Washington Grove
they to hurry through be at Dixon Friday
morning, and at Rock Island Friday evening. Wha
will then uansplre cannot be conectured. Thes
who have been Ouraging that community for the las
five years, will first engage lawyer. The Rock Islant
Court will soon sit We think it will be week. if
this Their lawyer, is generally the case, will advise
change OF venue. Perhaps he will make them swear
of The circuit They will to go through the wnte
without trial in hope break Jail in the Shous
trial be forced, they will swear some necessary wtnes
is absent. and cannot be had, Davis Aiken,
other wretch, by whom they expect prove aibi
trial is still forced then they may have the luck to ln
of their accompices, yet undeected, willing per
ure themselves and that they them somewhe
else on that day. This has been the usual course in suc
This Long is the who robbed Frink & Walk
eT stage awhile ago and Fox that he and Birch die
the very act for which Bliss sent to prison. WheI
here they told that Bridge had been ynched Brcl
Immediately said that's the death shall die. and
cried. He continued, | have done a great many ba
things Rock River; the people arc peiudiced agans
never killed any want a fair trial do writ
to Knox to defend me do let stay here until the
citement is don't want the people kill me; bu
they will do it if carried there now,' &c. Blu
Long reproved him aud told him stop his whining say
ing not afraid Pve done nothing to trouble me-
Insnfesfing the greatest Indifference Birch seemed
great coward and could easily be frightened by fear of th
lynchers. confess all his dark deeds. But is doubu
whether Long would confess the galIows. We woul
not be all surprised if Birch should turn States ev
dence. this is his first arrest But Long has bee
arrested often, and has always escaped that nohin
need be expected from him but the daring acts
break away. The people Of the Rock River country car
be grateful Bonney, for his months cor
slant, shrewd and daring pursuit of these murderer
and he should have his S250G in ready god the momer
he delivers them up We hope there will be no backin
the reward is too often the case. We hav