Daily national Democrat., 1859-03-13
Placer County,.

The Placer Courier has the following
items
RoBBERY.-Mr. John Davis, who formerly
kept dairy in this place, while going with
his team to Sacramento, last Saturday, was
attacked aud robbed on the bill beyond the
| North Fork, on the Auburn road. The rob
Der took from him about 5000 After he
had passed his purse over to the robber and
that individual had examined its contents,
Mr.. Davis asked him to leave him a sufficient
sum to bear his expenses to Sacramento. The
robber asked him how much he required
for that purpose ?" He replied, twenty
dollars" oh, no." says the robber, " times
are too hard for me to give you such n sum
as that; five is as much as | can spare you
it is not every day that | can strike such n
customer as you" With this he passed him
over a V and event on his way rejoicing"
MAN KILLED AT M1omGAN BLUFF-We
| learn from Mr. Burland, of Michigan City,
that a man was killed, by the caving of a
bank in the keystone claim, at that place,
on Monday last. The name of the unfortu-
nate man was not known by our informont.
1t seems the workmen engaged under the
bank discovered it was in the act of falling
down, and gave the alarm and ran to get
pub vi but why DuG ln6 person hllIGu not
learning his danger in time, was struck bv
the falling body of dirt rs high as the shoul-
ders or neck, with such force as to kill him
instantly.
The following clippings are from the Pla
Ger press:
FOUND DEAD.-Coroner McBurney was
called on Wednesday last to hold an inquest
upon the body of H. S. Bradley, who had
died suddenly, in his bed, at the Orleans flo
tel, on Tuesday night. 1t appears by the
testimony before the Coroner, that the de.
ceased came to the Hotel on the evening of
his death, took supper, and retired, apparent
ly well, about l l o'clock. The room he oc-
cupied contained three other beds, and the
Chinaman making the beds on Wednesday
morning left the room without discovering
the man was dead-in fact, supposing he was
still sleeping But about o'clock, P NJ, the
Chinaman observed the quilt on the bed OF
the deceased was torn, and Immediately in
formed Mr.. Gibson, the landlord, of the fact.
On examination, it was found that Bradley
was dead, and that his dog, in trying to wake
him, as is supposed, had torn the coverlet
very badly.
SLuICE BoBBING-One day last week while
the owners of the Dane claim, near Gold Hill
(of which we spoke last week as making 81
ozs in nine days. were gone to dinner, their
sluice boxes were wfshed up and robbed OF
a quantity Of gold-more or less as might
have been in them If these robbers call
again they will meet warm reception.
SchnaGel & Co., mining in the same vicin-
ity, were also relieved of small amount.
The miners will be compelled to adopt the
40 code-hanging for stealing. Hemp is a
wonderful preventive, if given promptly, for
petty larceny.
An INGENIOUS THIEF-On Wednesday last
a Chinaman attempted to steal from a pile OF
gold S20's, lying in the office of Wells, Fargo
& Co., Auburn, in the following new and in
gcnious manner: John had long -stemmed
pipe, about two feet, the bowl of which. on
the bottom, presented flat surface of about
an inch square. To this surface quantity
of adhesive paste was spread over With
this pipe in hand he commenced tapping the
bank" But unfortunately for John, as he
was hauling in the first 500 which he had
stuck his pipe on, Charley Palmer, the clerk,
caught glimpse Of the transaction and dis
concerted the golden expectations of the thief
He was Immediately arrested and sent up for
examination. On his person was found "A box
of the paste, which, together with the pipe,
is on exhibition at Wells, Fargo d. Co.'S.