, 1859-11-17
TIE ROCK ISLAND C0CSTERFE1TEEs.
Remarkable Career of Old Bigelow.

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According to his own statement, bigclow has
been engaged in tue business Of countertciting
T.. f,.,, @o,re o,d Ina bccn con.;ctea nj ,cost
'os Jo'4S ee"s A"0 A1' o~A %N. - A~As.
iouF times, anu served terms ol imprisonment
in four State penitcntiaries. lie is one Of an
o,d.timc class of outlaws now thinncd out bv
dcoth' OF ~ oe'n9 o'e''AAea :" .Ae's '"sn''
The lie Of Old Blgelow, could it gire the details
| of his career. his hair.breadt1 escapes from
;,st;,o and t,,o r,r;oux w,vs in whicl, he has
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built up reputation scarcely pa'a'elled " any
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KIND puoiisnea IL 'ne las. 4aa''e' VI eea'a's:
| Ills career has declared h'm TO be possessed
Of rare qualities Of cunning, skill and fxcdness
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calling would Aase gwen nl1n competence ano
bonor in his old age. As ii is he pillows his
ur,, hair. within nr;son wal.s. and sees at the
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sunset o' l1e ious n'sn' u 'a'A'As ~oo"' ~
close in upon bis name
~, IA resident os that vicinity several particu-
AL "'o 4e ~ :.
lars Of b'selo" ea'ect "n'eu a1e "a 4''usn ~
tercst:
In 1859, Digelow, his SOP, and a man named
| ~ ,xora errss,sd nj titcir Residence. m
com,,,cii'e leland nhout eight miles IN the
at Tho, o1niorcd WI known LAWYER
1. h"ra ~ d.isna thi:m rhe case was tried be-
fore n M.cistrate whose office was in the old
.hrimstone corner" on Front street. Owips
sere Tsipased the LAWYER Receiving for bis iet
so.rsi hnrss After n few days a farne,
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.nn, *nu =, scarcf n n bnrse which he had lost
He.r;no that 1}icclow had ciyea horse fo
lis fse' he took an opportunity Of seeing tI'
n;,a ~ ,d art;nn bni hi. horse bad White iac
ss ns fset 1a Hc .ras about ri5inr up lie sea1cl
ia,, ~ co1rIrded IN xss, Tho face nf III
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,amna. aa' ,et,;,r .,ot,';nr far hi. Ire The r.,
! rest caused considerable excitement, end III
rnro Tnr ~ nf ths nr;enners seated h;mseTbr th
n s,,.. ~ 1ott;rr son, fr6r, mt of The store
= SiocSed All IL face and Iands. and The officer VII
s.as stst;onrd NJ th+ door was requested to l.
l. tho s.n;cccr man" nut The officer. who is on
:G; :ae .ara ns ,h,t ~ hc did mt zee mr. hlac
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D. ,!.o',. ,s" .n,n ~ ian The II : Marsh
'g ottc%nted to % arrest him at ono time mud four
te il necessary to call on Capt. Hedges to assn @
nlm vim ad us .n1 ~ ~ nnp.a ,he connsnT W
~ stationed outside Of the house to prevent an {
" cape. The SPY found BiEelow at home, and
ter stopping WIN nun no ehp'1 e saue ~ nat
- tbr house Which t6ey now found closed again
ut outsiders. After parley they were admitted
=, 1ss ~ ~ fcn,ad ,6e1n md were n1o1t c-,ri
~ -, +1is .ssrch when ana,hcr inrest;ratioR "
IT, proposed, and upon going into the cellar
s.' which was stored large p,!e q potn'oes' N
eoneluusa Sa - * Z. sud;rr n;oe;or rhn -
'od hn1;ed in the ni)e. having blanket around b