The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-08-19
THE UNION.

The next night went TO the bank next to 81 Dorado in
Washington street Morris Morgan helped 70 build The
Ell Dorado steps, opened the door with false keys entered
and found beds; discovered that there were too many
Sss sah .os s%s a ss Dun
bars auction store, Sunday nght there were but s4 in
this safe
took il up The sand hills discovered before we
had broken il open l brought the sale down stars
Morris Morgan and James Briggs were arrested by the
police in this scrape Here we lost all our TOOLS which
worth $500 to Not liking to men go TO the
watch house. wanted the rest 10 come and take them
from the watch house by force but they refused They
thought p Mr. PsSu and 0;Ss,
ted and Briggs committed 10 jail :,
Next day went TO Gold Bluff in schooner 3 L. Al,
len had FS days 2 Trinidad BAY
and Jew Peet They from Oregon They said that
five horse thieves had taken about sixty horses from
Sacramento City to Oregon. and there sold them fonnd
Trinidad to be bad place Tor me. played cards with
Dabb, and won all his money about three hundred dol
lars. then back in the B. l. Allen, and paid the
q Dso and Pss also 70 s"
to inform on me il didn't give him money; 30 gave
him fifty dollars
street The policeman wanted to 90 TO the recorders
with him. drew my pistol TO shoot him, and he stood
off There were many people about and gave HIM lhe
policeman one hundred dollars to ia's h'm men
saw Mrs Hogan. She told me there was warrant out
for Whitaker and Long Charley for Iobbing man in
her house OF fifteen hundred dollars She advised me to
leave the town; said the police were searching her
house; said she had secreted Whitaker az the Mission
Next morning hired horse at a stable and rode to
Monterey At this time had Just .aken hs me hsne
rived at Monterey the men were about 70 pc tried LOT
robbing the Monterey custom house My Things were
ef, at Kitchens and have been there ever sHSe wen.
watch house and saw the prisoners. The second nght
my horse stolen from me- Dick Osman was FIRST put
on trial Paburt went down from San Francisco TO de-
fend him, and appeared as a witness in his favor
Whitaker was also at Monterey. Kitchen arrived at
Monterey in the steamer Briggs was then in custody.
We all knew the par,e,s, were guilty AaqSSsn insy
all that robbed eight thousand dollars, though
Randall said he had lost thirty thousand dollars.
for ssd COL sf and s!s
prosecution there was great deal of swearing falsely
and bribery. ALI the money was taken from the prison
lars. first taken out and the balance OF thirteen
thousand dollars equally divided between the prison
The prisoners then paid their own lawyers Ran
dali 60, and The Ss SGe h
in jail but Osman was tried and consented to the
division Parbur told 10 let the prisoners out OF Jail,
Then started foot from Monterey for the southern
mines reached San Jose. In San Jose stole a horse,
saddle and bride, but was captured near San Joaquin
got into row with eleven Mexlcans who took my gun
back 10 Livermore's pass. gave them my watch and
chain 10 release me, and went on foot to Sonora; from
there went to Sullivans and worked about week did
like mining then went 10 Marlposa there worked
about five weeks met there two Americans who knew
me did think myself sale, and left for San Francis
CO on foot.
Arrived here last Tuesday night. Wednesday morning
arose and went the Mission TO an acquaintance
who lives al bakery at the Mission. This same &C
quaintance previously wished me to rob Spaniard'a
house at the Mission.
went to see about robbing Spaniard at the Mission
the acquaintance al the Mission Short and he had on
black hat.
went into the mansion house and looked at the safe
hills on the way back from the Mission to avoid being
SEEM and arrested the sand hills doing nothing
was the way 10 North Beach.
In coming from San Jose 10 San Francis last January
or February came 10 the steamer New ~ with one
Smith, who afterwards shot 10 So tameIto City
while robbing house. We went from San Francisco
to San Jose purpose 10 rob the churches OF the silver
and gold images We were told there 4 gold image
weighing ten pounds, hut we could not find il.
Got stuck mud fiat on the passage In the mora.
ing all hands called in the cabin, and told that q
passenger had been robbed of 81 900 gold dust They
took gold dust and that OF another mans-a passen-
ger; but did not rob il, and know nothing about it.
On arrival here advised robbing the New Star.
met Teddy Mccormack and John Edwards, and went
down to the steamboat | went board opened the
window, and robbed the desk OF about $3.50.
Cross This was principally for the pur.
In its course he stated that San Francisco would have
certainly been fired several places had the arrested
for striking Jansen been hung