San Andreas independent., 1856-09-24
aF The San Joaquin Republicans, of

possession of the highwaymen who robbed
Mr.. Sarle's teamsters, at the time of their
arrest, have been recognized as the prop
ertv of Mr.. Rogers, of the fremont House,
about thirty miles from this city, on the
Mokelumne Hill road, and by him claimed.
The horses were taken the morning after
the robbery of the teamsters.
The two men who robbed Sarle's team
sters have been arrested. One of them
proved to be an old offender, and an es-
capped convict from the Penitentiarv, and
has been tnrned over to his keepers at
Point San Quentin. The Mexican con-
fessed and he was accordingly placed in
charge of an escort, and sent to Mol1el-
umne Hill, where he is to be legally dealt
with Before his hearing had commenced,
the Mexican plead guilty Of highway
robbery, when the attorney for defense,
waived trial.
The Stockton 4rgus of Wednesday last
mentions four additional robberies, which
have been committed in its quarter. One
occurred last Monday evening, on the op-
posite side of the Stanislaus river about
three miles from Heath's Ferry. The
person robbed was named Abraham Chest
nut, rancher and teamster. He first
noticed on the road about fifty yards from
him two men, Americans, on horseback,
when two others on foot, an American and
Mexican, sprang towards him from the
roadside, presented their pistols at his head
and demanded his money. He told them
he had none, when one of the robbers in
threatening manner said, you tell id
lie; you have been working all the sum-
mer and have made money; we want to
see your big poket-book Finding moth
ing on his person, the American, (still
holding his pistol at Mr. Chestnut's head
told the Mexican to search the wagon,
which he Immediately did, when he found
Mr.. Chestnut's pocket-book, containing
$3.50, under some hay in the feed box,
where it had been concealed. There was
a fifty cent piece in the pocket-book which
the robbers offered to Mr Chestnut, but
he refused to take it. The robbers de-
manded his pistol, but he refused to give
that up, saying he would retain that if it
cost him his life. The Mexican then said
to the American, "never mind, we have
got all we want, let us 60" They then
left him.
A second robbery was committed the
same evening upon Dutehman, Of Sl11 so,
about five miles from Stockton on the lower
Sacramento road The robbers were two
men with sandy whiskers They led him
some distance from the road that he might
not be enabled to give an alarm in time
for their capture
The same night two teamsters, driving
for j. Sarles, of Stockton, on their way
down, near the American House, on Muir
phys road, were stopped by two highway
men, and their money demanded They
had but S2S about them, having forwarded
down the bulk of their receipts to Mr..
Sarles, by Express. The teansters were
unarmed, and gave up what they had,
when the robbers rode off,
A fourth robbery is reported by the
driver Of the Mariposa stage, who saysthat
on Tuesday evening last teamster was
robbed of $500 on the Mariposa road, a
short distance this side of the Merced
river. The robbery was committed by a
band Of seven men, composed of Ameri-
cans and Mexicans. The 4ryus may well
say that the whole country is literally
swarming with robbers