Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-12-11

! ot 'he ZIth UT. we believe,ait was hrst
published in the N. w. Advertiser. As i,
is sought for with considerable interest. W G
give the entire confessions. IS $500 ttlss.
On or abou, the 20ih Of June, me and
Aaron Long left The Cascade, TO 90 to the
! Stale OF Missouri, to settle some business
that was left unsettled. and we came 10
Bellvilie. and there we went a board or a
| steamboat and went TO Nauvoo and then
we started 10 the State of Missouri. and
4 had some clothing a. George G. Redln's
aud We wentby there To get them When
we got there We found A aud Z; when A
informed me that him and L. aud o had
| concocled the plan to rob Davenport on
Rock island. and he wished thar should
go aud help them take This valuable prize;
which consented to do if could e, rad
OF my brother. said tina, he could man.
age tna,, and he told Aaron Long that he
had business on Rock River that he could
not manage without some person, and A
pretended 10 employ me to 90 with him.
| then inquired where we would see o;
aud A told me that he was concealed IN
that come after sunrise. The mex, morn
ing we all went to Madison, all four of US
Aaron Long went as far as Madison To
get our money changed. so lhM we could
divide our money. aud paired. Aaron
Long siaid with me until evening. and
then he left for the Staie Of Missouri -
Me and A and E staid all night and the
next day until night, and then we got
aboard If a boat. and q was aboard. We
ih'n IF. Madison for Albany The first
night we got to Burlington. and the next
day we got to Rock Island and that night
We got TO Albany: and A and E went up
through town; aud me and . took diff
feren, way. and we were to NEE, at long
bridge that runs over a wei marsh. that is
called The Ca, Fail, on the road thar leads
to Union Grove. When we al left the
road and went through the woods until we
got IL Uni IN Grove.
After dark A went TO one Of his friends
and col some provisions. | heard The
mans name called but do not recolleci il
for certain. The next evening, we parted
again, and was /" meet At Albany at ten
o'clock. which we did, and then we stole
a skif and proceeded down the river
On the Iowa side Of the river we stole
two cnais: one of them was blue, cloth
coat. with the tails cropt off; the other
was coarse, dark colorrd frock coat
We then come on dawn HE river close TO
M"llne and landed. A. E nd q all emf
10 the woods and concealed themselves,
and then came To Rock Island and pur.
chased some provisions, aud retnrn-d To
Them again. Tina, night we all come to
the Island. aud intended 10 make an al
tack on Davenport and family before they
went to bed, while they was all in one
room: but before we could get ourselves
blarked and disguised, they went I" bed,
and we was disappointed. Then we re.
turned on the Illinois side and robbed
spring house nsl above town. and Then
we made for the woods and concealed
ourselves all day and a, dark we Ill enl
over To the Island again bu, tn re was
some men on the Island fishing. and
we was disappointed again. We then
returned again. and the next morning q
came down to town and purchased some
provisions and returned to us again. 0 is
abon, five feet and ten or eleven inches
high. spare made and light compile xiou,
with rather dish face and narrow chin. and
blue eyed, and had on when he was with
us blue cloth coal, palm leaf hat Ken
lucky jeans .pantaloons. and large. coarse.
stnga boots.
We now held a counsel. and came TO
the conclusion tina, there could be nothing
done after night, aud the mex, day was
the Alb day Of July. We all thought, that
they would all leave The house and then
we could rob the house wilhou, any diff
Guilty. II was put on me To come down
10 town and ascertain where the party
was to assemble; and did so. and then
went into the saloon and got a flask of
whskev. and then they returned Ia the
party. and they stated tina, they had been
IN the watch, and they thought thai every
body had left the Island. and O then
put on ,huse two cnats that was stolen.
and then we all got in our sk,ff and all
lay fiat down in the bottom Of The skill,
bul A. aud he rowed over. and we APP
preached the house. entering il on the
back part, and saw no one. and me and
aud O entered the house, and E stood ont
and watched. After entering one or two
rooms, A turned quick To me and said.
"ihere comes ile old mani and by this
time he was in the room where we was
and | said 'iake, him Judge then A drew
pistol and he'd il drawn in his hand al
full length. and as he cooked her al the
same time he said "stand, sir:" and III AN
insranvthe pistol wen, oi; and then Dav-
export turned quick and seized his cane,
and made one lick at a. and then A threw
him, on the floor and then demanded his
money and he said it was up stairs in an
iron safe. Then A put handkerchief
over his ewes. and lied his hands, and
then asked him ii he was hurt much. and
The old man replied ,ha, he was. and A,
told him il was all accident. 4 then came
in and took from his poke. gold watch.
and then A came down stairs. and +
went gu, again. and then The old man
took on, Of his poke. three hundred and
sixty dollars and gave il 10 A. iHe e5a
D. all this time. was mp STAIRS, trying
n, nnen Tho safe q came dawn and A