The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1845-10-17

passed on together. This was IN 1871.
In consequence, Father Drishell aud his
son William were lynched. Campbell
was n universal iavorile Of Rock river,
and was brave and generous man.
/ Soon after. class of men distinguish
I ed themselves as friends of law and or
der and got up meetings donouucing
I lynchlng. Ii has since appeared tina.
their zeal WAS all IN their own behalf. as
the largest portion Of them have been
proven TO be connected with the gang.
The chairman Of one Of these meetings
! has been IN the counterfeit business for
severa! years, whilst others are Nnown as
advisers, spies and secreIers.
Last spIing, a convention was held a
Bridges TO determine what had better be
done with Mr.. Haskell, Pos, Master a
Inlet. Finally 1t was voted to burn him
out. Accordingly, the time was set. AMI
one man allotted 10 burn his house, an.
other his store, and another his stable.
He had become obnoxious TO them by
his efforts to Uui them down, as they had
robbed him OF large amount of specie.
In severe thunder storm, they wen, to
his house. All stood out doors but SUIT
ton alias Fox. He entered the house in
his stocking feet; and, as the lightning
flashed, lie saw his way 10 the trunk I'M
der the bed covered with curtains. He
took she trunk to an empty house at a
distance, where they divided the spoils
Of which bridge GOT 500. As Mr.. Has
kell proved that Bridge owned that he
had received this amount, he got an exc
culon therefor and secured it. 1t was
owing to The wrong form of action that
he did not get the whole oft
/ Owing to the excitement occasioned
by the robbery of Milford, they found
/ Il necessary 10 scatter to different parts
of the country, and so were unable TO
carry out their designes of burning Mr.
Haskeli's buildings.
/ The Bel,idere post office was robbed
some time ago. As is usual in such ca
ses. there were those 10 cry "self.rob.
berry" The following facts have since
come to light: Favor was "sjrht yet.
ter" SO called. He was diving stage or
team on the road. He writes SAWYER,
the post master at Inlet, postage free, to
send up a hand, as he had "got a sight"
. This Fred Favor stood out doors ., the
Milford robbery SAWYER sent IN
Birch who knew at whose house to stay
willis, surveying 1.-THE sight" Burch
went back and sent up Sutton. who also
knew where to stay he took the money
and divided it with Favor, SAWYER, and
Birch. Not long before or after this
robbery, very mysterious letter was
written to the department, at Washington.
sigued Harley Wayne" 1t wanted
MIR. Ames removed from the post office,
hut named no successor. |, wanted
James l.. Loop brought before the U, S.
/ Court, OH prs'eace of violating Ame.'
ranking privilege. But when there. this
charley WAYNE" would make some
awful disclosures. The whole tenor Of
the letter seems to be to blast the charac-
teIs Of MIR. Loop and Mr.. Ames which
were and are now above suspicion.
Nauvoo is the head quarters of borus
making, though 10 one pretends tina.
Mormons have ANYTHING to do with it..
The material is brought up in bars from
ST. Louis and it is run into money 6y
sundry Englishmen who make dies. One
Of these Englshmen moved into Iowa
where he keeps tavern for horse.lhieyes.
coun,erfeters, robbers, &C., &c. He
unGersells the Nsuyoo manufacturers
bo:h in bogus and dies.
One of the principal counterfeiters
lives in De Kalb county he sells j, two
for one, but never tries 10 pass II excep,
to his confdenis. He goes cas-, once or
twice wear and gets i, in Vermont. He
brourh, the LYONS and Oweqo bank mo.
new TO This state, mar, of which he sign.
ed off himself. An eastern gentleman is
supposed TO bring GU, lot also. as he
comes GU, twice wear and sees all the
bio devils; he has recently been out
4 When ou, the las, time before this he had