The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-08-26
Another OF the Pike County Bur-
glars Arrested.

Another Of the Pike County Bur-
glars Arrested.
The Petersburg Repos1v gives an account
Of the arrest of Robt. Webb, plasterer by
trade, who had heretofore sustained good
character, but proves to be one of the gang
of burglars that have for sometime infested
Knox, Pike, Daviess and surrounding coun-
ties. He was taken at Washington, Davies
county, while at work and brought to Pike
and thence carried to Knox. Two Of his
accomplices, Robt. Walters and Ralph Ed
wards, who had been previously arrested,
turned State witnesses and testified against
him:
Walters testified that Webb made the
proposition TO him to rob Esq. Highland,
stating that they could get about {, 1000 there
that be (Wel had plastered Highlands
house, and knew where he kept his money
that he had seen Mr.. Highland take money
out of the kitchen cupboard several times,
and pay il to bcnds in his employ. That
he had found ost that there was prayer
meeting in that ncighborhood every We'd
nesday night, which was attended by Esq.
Highland and family. Walters further tes-
titled that on the next Wednesday night,
Webb and himself went for the purpose of
robbing ESQ. Highland-rode through High
lands lane before dark, dismounted, hitched
their horses in the woods, and remained
there till dark they then spread their coats
ON a pile OF boards near HIS house, and laid
down to watch the movements within-that
as soon as they considered it safe to enter,
they approached the kitchen through a
porch-that about that time Webb stumbled
and fell, which made noise that awakened
the family.
Esquire Highland testified that on the
and Henry Edwards (another of the clan
who is now in our county jail) took dinner
at his house, and before they left, Webb in
quired of him whether the neighbOrhood
prayer-meeting was still kept up what
night in the week it was held and whether
he and his family attended it; that on the
following Wednesday night he and his wife
did not 20 to meeting, but remained at home
and retired early TO bed; that they were
soon awakened by a noise in the kitchen,
and Mrs. II. got up, found the kitchen door
open, and saw two men running through
the house. Mr.. Highland also stated that
part of his money was kept in a cupboard
in the kitchen, and that be had taken
change from it in the presence of Webb
thus corroborating the testimony of Walters.
Albion McCray recognized Webb and
Walters at the trial, as the same men that
he set across White river, from Knox coun-
ty, on the morning after the burglary, just
after day light. He also gave some
description of their horses, which was testi-
fed to by Walters, and which were seen by
two other witnesses to pass through High
lands lane on the evening previous. There
was other circumstantial evidence produced
at the trial which went to substantiate the
testimony of Walters. Alph. Edwards tes-
titled that Webb and Walters (both being
tOgether) afterwards told him of their at
trmpt to rob Esq. Highland, and the circum-
stances attending it, as proven by other
witnesses and that Webb urged him Ed
wards) To go with him TO make a second
trial, but that he (Edward's) refused to join
him. Wcbb's bail was laid at 81 goo, in
default of which he was committed to Jail
at EincenueS