The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-05-10
MISSISSIPPI Pirates CAUGHT /!
Ss 900 W ertA % Property Recsvsrso

MISSISSIPPI PIRATES CAUGHT 1
$4,000 worth 81 Property Recsvsrso
Etcoupil.d from the McGsse,s North Iowa Timsa
,Asw e ,,s 81 s':ss.. -
i Z nmouSH ndixe 8elonkin0 %
III - ~ aS T., rendezvous o. this
- 70 ffalGSs T. - Upper Mississippi,
49, for y69x past tho old Ferry Build
IT, On the west side Of thsEivsr from PrGjs
rio du Chen Upper Ferry. The revelation
Of their place d locasion hia been lhads 81
man named Ralph --- Who has been
for ssme time in sheir employ building boats,
&c. He had . quarrel with the party, and
gave such information - led to On immedi-
10 organisation for their detsstisn.
| On Friday morning last Constables Kee
and Brown Of MoGregor, and several Of our
most active citisens, left this place for the
Island known ~ Big Island, opposite to the
mouth Of Sui MAgill Greek, about i've miles
below this, and nearly opposite Wyalusing.
After . thorough rsconnoitre, the bost CON
tanning Kee, Ralph, and our fsllow-oitixen
Ssndford L. Peck, ESQ.,, discovered . tent or
camp IN thn3aland in which were found
Geo. Scoy % English butcher Of MoGre-
gor, mar lily blind, named Howell, and
boy nine years old, whQAme We hGve
not learned. These were ksd, and from
them il was ascertsined th1S@s man calling
himself DR.. Bell was in Command Of boat
moos11ip some Of the sloughs Of the leland,
and aid boat was loade3 with stolen
good Ae3mount Of several hundred dol
lars. Oo1Ae next morning Kee, Peck and
the boy proceeded TO look up the boat, and
having discovered it, came up to within close
distance before any signs OF life were axhib-
tied ON board. The barking Of . dog on the
pirate vessel reused its captain, and he
spranc ont on the bow in his shirt. Seeing
the boy, it 10 supposed be took the party for
friends, and remarked that his .wife Was not
ap," requesting than - sshold on" At
y moment, the skin being near TO the ban
DIT, Kse Was leaning forward to make > pris-
konsr Of him, when Bell sprsng into ~ boat
presented revolver ct the door Of it, and
screamed to the party "God damn your souls
I'll blow you toaAeM!" Mr.. Peck, who was
in the line OF daoeee, fred his revolver, o.
be supposed falAlly--e1al fell back wound
through the side Of tIshSat from the che
| on which Bell had fallen. Believing that
Bell was seriously wounded, and having
hoard that his wife was prsoticed gunner,
ID 16ailing party deemed \ most prudent
~ GS = No fegor for force sufficient
= Nc boat and bring it into port.
f eely ON the arrival Of Kee and
Peck Nth their prisodsrs, Capt. Nelson Of
the Alex McCregor,aW WAS prssa1Ie9 epon to
IT. his beat dow@s6e che battle n ID, ed
out SO persons SSmprising nar Of or
- cio1Rapy, armed with such wS1poaS -
1seuld S6nv epiently obtained, enlisted for
NJ var. The Alex McGregor took the pass
ssngers down to the vicinity Of the boat, bat
during the passage, three suspicious looking
customers were arrested on board, and the
McGregor carried them to Prairie du Chen,
whore IL was learned that heavy robbery
Of jewelry had been committed the night be-
fore.
The adventursrs found the bost on which
Bell was shot, but the bird had flown. Mrs.
Bell and her young child remained ON board.
| A guard was detailed, and upon further ex-
plofAti0n two more boats, loaded with plum
der, were found further down the river. The
| 6rst boat was fastened to the steamer Penn
binaw OF St. Louis, and brought to our
wharf the same evening. The other pirate
crafts were towed TO Clayton City By Capts.
Ne Haven and Goodrich OF the Junction Fer
| ~ Line On Sunday, the Alex McGrsgor,
with two or three hundred citizens on board,
left her wharf and proceeded to Clayton
City to bring up the plumber and the victo-
rious band who had it in charge. Whom
near that place, the Fred. LorenI Was met
with the booty in tow.
| BY request, the Lorens detached her
pirate consort and tho McGregor took the
| passengers on board and the freight in tow.
! Stopping ct Wyalousing, Ne learned thai the
| village physician had been called that morn
ing to take ball out Of the head Of a stran-
ger who had stopped half mile from there
| to get his breakfast. A committee Of SIX
WAS appointed to scour that section Of the
country. The committee has since returned
unsuccessful. The goods are placed in the
hands Of the Deputy Sheriff Tuttle. There il
not less than from "a 900 to $1,000 worth
Of property already secured, and the Vigil
lance committee have despatched men to other
depots whore it expected the plumber is stored
This robbery has been going on for nearly
year, and it 10 feared that many men here.
tofore regarded as honest win DO fouQ1
deeply implicated in this astounding villainy
| Rumors OF all sorts are sfoat. The prison
ers are beginning to confess and expose their
acdhplices. Bell il evidently badly hurt
anAnot far distant. The officers are on ths
alSst, An1 Nh hoped that this 10 10 result in
the breaking up Of ono Of the most formid.
able band q robbers ever Organised in tbs
west. The name Of John Bishop, the Usage
land robbcr, 10 connected with this party, and
It's believed by the prisoners that boa,
containing 3 10, 600 worth Of goods from
Ii Crosse and other towns, left the dcpo,
first spoken Of on the 18th Of last month
fo1fhe benefit Of said Bishop sid boat WA
seen near Moscatine two weeks ago, bounc
for ST. Louis.
CTThe N. Y. Herald makss very mech
and pathetic appeal for the President, ..
follows: Certainly the Presidents ie1elisvcd
ofall responsibility, for mono Of NJ Secom-
mendations have been carried out; even the
tgagusy revolutions ore still hanging are
| a. Advices from all commercial centres
lek the continent, describe stagnation Of
tbusiness, and general exercise Of caution.
/ G5rNo maA can be provident OF his tims
wheh mo- reN1ent IN the choice Of his com.
pany.
| md h.pplass Of city
eos senber, but the oharsc-
tefs ~ lion.