The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1845-10-03
From the Chicago Democrat.
Further De,ciopmcuis---Arrc OF the yIu,
derCrs ofGol. Bnycnpprt,

Pion, with two of the five murderers Of
Coi. Davenport, VIM. T.. Birch ala,
Hanes, and John Long alias Howe
Both these men are well known in IN,
kocK Rlver region and need no descrin.
uon at our hands. The people there
will also rejoice 10 learn tina, Fox alias
Sutton was arrested, long time since
by this same chlvalrous Bonney and has
been Kept in irons secretly safe in one OF
the JalIs of this State. In order to pre-.
vent alarm, II was reported that he was
arrested for horse-slealing. as the gang
have accompIices all over the Western
States, many of whom will no, steal or
murder, but will knowingly harbor those
who do both.
This intrepid Bonney, who lives a,
MonIrose, Lee county, Iowa, took an in.
terest in discovering the mnrderers Of
Miller and Licey, who were the two
Hodges and Tom Brown. lie succeed.
ed IN bringing the two Hodges TO the cal.
lows, but Tom Brown is still at large and
has recently been traced from Iowa TO
Missouri, Indiana and Ohio, He was
making arrangements to pass counterfeit,
money finding out the proper places to
stop and the men to circulate it.
II will be remembered that, when the
two Hodges were tried, Birch, Sutton,
Long ~ 20. were on hand 10 prove an
abb, as usual. /. WAS of no avail, how.
ever. They were hung, protesting, not
their innocence. but tina, there was no,
evidence enough to hang them.
Bonnev succeeded so well in the case
OF the Hodges that he was induced TO un-
derake The discovery of the murdercrs of
Col. Davenport. By process bes, known
10 himself, disclosure of which would
deprive him Of his magic. he discovered
that the murderers of Col. Davenport,
were Birch, Sutton and Long and two
others who should be arrested and taken
10 Rock Island wherever found with or
without process. The two others are
John Baxter and Aaron Long. Let all
those knowing these men organize nos
Sc instan,er and take them TO Rock Is.
land.
There is a gang Of lawyers and tavern
keepers all along tina, country who are in
the secrets OF these murderers and, in due
time, will be exposed. The publications
IN this paper, by representing these VII
Ia'ns somewhere in this vicinity still, en-
abled Bonney 10 find them oni. Every
number Of this paper has been seen by
Birch and Sutton; and, when in Ohio.
they fell safe. The keeper of the grea,
depot Of all sorts Of knaves, at st. Louis.
showed Birch the frs, article abou, him.
AS is usually the case, after the muir.
der, they all fed TO Upper Missouri, to
Aken's, TO stay until some one should
write them whether they were misirus.
ted. A fictitious letter was written Aiken
that the murderers of Davenport were
pursued and that he would be Lynched
If he was found harboring them; bu. no
names were called.
"Bg Davis" was and is now in that
region. Either Aiken or Davis turned
them in another direction. They then
stole horse each, travelled nights and
slept days, and run TO 81. Louis. There,
a certain "black leg" tavern keeper show
ed Birch the Democrat, and they fled 10
Lebanon, Illinois. There they stole three
horses and fled 10 Terre IIaute, Indiana,
near which they separated, Fox, alias
Sutton, taking route by himself to the
residence of his father, a respectable far.
mer by the name Of John Fox, in WAYNE
There lie was arrested for pass.
ing counterfeit, money and bound over in
the sum of $500. His father balled him.
Bonney asked them if they knew he was
arrested! They replied, "but his father
bailed him." They, undoubtedly, from
their confidence of being rescued, thought
Fox was still at large. But, after being
bailed, he was arrested on another coun-
terleit money charge, but really for the
murder of Col. Davenport, aud has been
privately secure, for some time.
Fox was born on the farm where his
father now lives, in Indiana, and is about
% years of age. Long and Birch are
said TO be North Carolinians born. The
former is % years Of age, and has bro
ken nearly every frontier Jail in the west
The latter is % years Of age. lie and
Fox have been at their devll,ries eigh,
years and have never, before this year,
been arrested, as they boast.
Long is pupil of the celebrated viii
lain, Brown, who was killed at Bellevew
Iowa, few years since.
Bonney. after securing Fox, went in
search Of Long and Birch, who, with
another knave, were to have robbed an
homes. old farmer near Sandusky, Ohio,
on Saturday night, week, last. They
were to do as ,hoy did by Milford. il
IN rAuII sf 4. L..