Volcano weekly ledger., 1857-02-21
'''','''',,,- Int :, Of WIN. sheridan.

.,.zAa,nent OF WIN onoiiioan
onv the following statement Of Sher-
Who rho was sentenced at Orovile to the
''D' Prison for horse stealing, from the
~" -. Court of Session, on Thursday, this
10 wv rlssd guilty to the charge of Grand
erSOn p ne stole a horse from Messrs.
\ ,e ',esI & Bordwell, of this place in De-
esu, aar last and was traced to Grass Valley,
kuoeI Cor Conuty. where he was arrested by
[eTaa1 Sheriff Mclaughlin, and brought
PePuH he was induced to take the horse
'S' ,.-a - by one Charley Hardy, who point
! ~ nnt IL the horse and barn, and stood guard
o., Sin he never having seen the place until
n.D, a shown him by Hardy. Hardy was to
Vai him sr in Placcryille with another horse,
e. the thew intended going to Salt Lake. and
FDsD .n Sance TO the Atlantic States in the
lIs' ue came TO California in lS4S, in Com
= Third Artillery, and after his dis
!ra served as a volnuntt or, in Capt. Bow
IT, ~ during the Indian troubles of 81
.ilowed w mining until '54, when he was ar
..sd I for grand larceny, at Mokelumne Hill,
Es,Svsras County, and sentenced to States
klson for a term of two years, eighteen
18th. 't Of which be served out, and then ef
.aj his escape. He says that there were
/ !. escapes while the prison was under the
tsosgenent of Estell, than when It was un-
L. ,bs management Of the State Directors,
4 that the prisoners had better fare. Af-
4 bis escape, he went south, and at Sonora,
lama associated with a gang Of horse
ksrps There was also an organized band
4 horse thieves at Grass Valley, which has
[sen broken up by the arrest of Jim Web
4 Lsr now in the Marysville Jail, and one or
H. others now in the Nevada Jail. Web
ksr has lust been convicted of grand larceny
Yuba County. Sheridan says Webster
an escaped convict, and was known in Pris-
A IS RattIesnake Dick.
This organized band Of horse thieves ex-
J Luds throughout the State, with agencies
N selling stolen horses at Jackson, Sonora,
fssta Tom Edwards was their agent in
IOnora, and Jack Boyle in jackson. He
|ss unacquainted with the Agents name in
fssta as he had never been at that place !;
b says that Frank Store, and Bob O'Neal,
Shasta, are connected with the band
h says there are more thieves at the pres
b time in the State than ever, and that
karly every town contains an organized
knd He states that there is an establish
|ent near Auburn, Placer County, where
bulterfeit coin is manufactured, and which
h assured us was exceedingly well executed
b calculated to deceive the most expert
bced money changers.
When he first came to Orovile, he recog-
bed about fifty old offenders, with whom he
|ps formerly acquainted. He says they ex-
kded from Oroville, to Spanishtown and
Eyandot. When he entered Smiths gam
|ng House in Oroville. and glanced at the
Ppwd there assembled, he really considered
Fnself in the "den of the forty thieves."-
Fley had congregated here from every por-
fn Of the State.
Some time in December plan was laid by
lese scoundrels, to fire Oroville and plunder
4 town, but that it was postponed until next
ping, when the miners would be at work in
+ Immediate vicinity, and money much
Pre- plenty. He was so informed by per-
\ called Dublin Jack"
We visited Sheridan in his cell and receiv-
this statement from him. He says he was
good man once, and means to be again,
fen his term in the State Prison, for his
Fesent offence shall have expired. He will
sentenced today.