Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-03-03
Notes nm RascaIity.

We learn that grest excitement exists
at the present time in the northeast part
Of Wayne and in Holmes counties, in this
State on account of the discovery of a
most desperate. well organized band Of
BURGLARS. horse thieves and counterfeiters
reaching from that locality through to La
grange county, Indiana. The citizens Of
Mt. Eaton, Wayne county, hare formed a
vigilance committee, who have made sew
eral arrests, and it is said that number of
heretofore considered respectable, are con-
nectee with this gang. John Craven, a
farmer living in the neighborhood of Mt.
Eaton, is one of those arrested.
The information which led to the di.cov-
cry of this gang, was elected from man
by the name of Henry Bevington. This
Beviugton was convicted in Huron county,
sometime in 1854, for passing counterfeit
money, on two indictments-fve years
each. Through the exertions of hi. friends
a writ of error was carried up to the Su-
preme Court on one of his indictments,
and the case was renanded for new trial,
and Gov. Msdill pardoned him on the 9TH
er Indictment. He was sent back to HUI
ron county, and the Prosecuting Attorney
of That county entered nolle In the case,
and Berington was once more clear of the
meshes of the law.
Instead, however of profting by his ex-
perience and leading an honest life, he. in
company with Silas Cheny, now in the
penitentiary for horse stealing, formed this
band-among whom was younger broth
er and brother-in-law of Bevingtou. To
insure safety in their operations, Beving-
ton removed to Lagrange county, Indiana,
which was their bead quarters. Not long
after its formation, the stores of Mr.. NJ. A.
Pinkerton, Of Mt. Eaton, and Col. joss, Of
Weinesburg. Holmes county, were robbed,
and no clue of the burglars could be OBJ
tanned. Subsequently, several horses in
the neighborhood of Weiuesburg were sto-
len, and the thieves tracked and caught
they proved to be Henry Bevington, Robt.
Bevington, and Feasel, their brother-in-law.
They were confined in the Holmes county
jail, and shortly made their escape. A re-
QUESTION was obtained from Gov. Chase on
the Governor of Indiana, and they were
pursued and re-arrested in Lagrange CO.,
but in the meantime, Henry had been com
mitting depredations in that county, and
vigilance committee, rescued him from the
officers in order to make him answer for
the crimes he had committed there. Rob
ert Bevinglon and Feascl were brought
back, tried and convicted, and are now SER
wing out their respective terms in the Pen
itentiary. -~t --
Henry Bevington, being retained by the
vigilance committee in Lagrange county,
and threatened with summary punishment,
promised that if they would spare his life,
h. would faithfully reveal all the opera
tions of the gang with which he was con-
promise it is said, he has
and faithfully performed. A
large quantity of the goods and other arti
c!es stolen have been recovered on the in
formation given, and the names Of the ac-
completes disclosed.
One of the leading and most influential
spirits among the band was Silas Cheny,
a wealthy farmer, who was sent to the
penitentiary from Wayne county for horse
stealing short time ago. Since his In
generation in the penitentiary, he has been
principally confined to the hospital by
sickness. Great exertions have been made
by his friends to procure pardon, and we
understand that the only thing wanting at
one time, was the certificate Of the physi-
cian-but these discoveries preclude the
possibility of a pardon. Remonstrances
have been forwarded 10 the Governor
against granting one. and the vigilance
committee declare they will hang him if
he ever comes back TO the neighborhood.
Surely "the way Of the transgressor is
hard. d."-Okio State Journal.