San Andreas independent., 1857-02-28


p1l OF middling old boots, which after got
op p ug u1nanged, and put on the ones now have
hoots 1-.;:y browning had on pair Of heavy
in Co.. .n nails In them-the boots produced
this roat.o enlnk one of them is his we talked
7 a. -. ~ over frequently between ourselves
corn a1; az Anow that any other persons were con-
th;s - ~ 'lis robbery-neyer heard of anv.
Honse ry aIr. was committed below the Cherokee
this county VI nan mile, and In
ne roDoery was committed on Tnesdav
morning February 18th. 1877 punu.,, hsS -
mucn lartner to go than wa has .I'., iau 81
ana we TOOK care of the monev ~ nc. :.. ne ieis
was, that II we succeeded in oo,,; ~ in'en'iohs
and getting away with it, to rnr WY .ne ~. money
and amalgamate the gold, and som :. uic cialli
quantities; have had no conversat;o - ~ sinaii
since the morning of the robberv ~ "i,h Drown
ber; think heard Browning saw ;s 49, ie,nem- sn
maze any resistance not to give him chance
1t was our intention the last morning we ,ror,,
out, to get the money If the stage Was f'u as
passengers or not; they said if their We u', VI
two or three in, it was nothing; could not u. ous
whether we would have shot or not, if rss;s coy
tance had been offered the reason we did no.
open the other box was our being in hurry. and
/ told Harry thought that would do; have
heard Browning speak of going to Australia to
rob, and asked Brown if it was their intention
of robbing the bullion train have heard Brown
say, that he thought there was more money
went down on Monday morning, than any other /;
Brown said he would see how the boxes were
made or something to that effect; Brown said
he had heard the stage driver say, that if par
ties come to take the money from the stage he
should offer resistance; had more money
than | could pack after we had buried the
money and got up the hill, we ran the most oft
way home | thought we should be tracked it
was agreed between Harry and myself that if
we were taken, we should make no confession !;
the first night it was understood that Brown
should be around and see if there was any pas
sengers in the stage-this was about three
weeks ago.
| think Brown said the reason he did not
come up was, that some one was sleeping with
him, or that he could not get up without wa
king them was in bed and Brown with me !;
Harry Browning said to me, come, get up, and
go and dig the hole to put the money in, which
we did, Harry dug the hole; it was near the
ditch where it crosses the road near the Lava
Hill, about half mile back OF the cabin the
hole was dug with a case knife Harry Brown
ing borrowed short gun to go hunting with
and kept it to take out with US, when we went
to rob the stage; he got it from Mother Fiba-
Ger; Brown and Browning had selected the
ground to rob the stage; went in the evening
with Browning and saw the ground this was
three Sundays ago; on Saturday told Brown
ing | thought | could get gun out at French
Camp he told me to go and try and getit;
started and went over to VIM. Stevens cabin
and remained there part of the afternoon, then
came home; | told Browning ] could not get
the gar that ne bad gone awTy: nc then said
we would try and get along without it, | told
him if ii rained it would get wet and be of no
use to US; Browning and myself went to the
ground about three weeks ago with the inten-
ton of robbing the stage-Brown did not come
and the stage went by; Brown came up on
Monday morning and told the reason that he
could not get away-that some one was sleep
ing with him.
came down here two or three times with
Browning to see Brown | took up Browns
pistol, shirt and ammunition, and was to fire it
off and load it again; that was since the first
meeting there it was not shot off until last
Monday night; then cleaned and loaded it; this
was the night before the robbery the we
used we took home Harry carried it up the
HILL then gave it to me- took it home and
laid it outside the house the hole in which we
buried the gold was dug partly with our hands
and partly with our axe; we hauled some leaves
over the ground and gold; when buried, Harry
said he did not think we should get any of the
gold if we did not get caught; told him
thought so too.
Signed] DAVID WALDIN.
Certified to as correct copy, by c. G. Lake,
Justice of the Peace.