The weekly union record., 1865-09-16
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Akkksf OF IHk LA PORTE STAGE ROBBERS. I
Several weeks ago We noticed the robbery |
OF the Oroville and La Porte stage q it was |
on its way to this place. On Sunday evening |
last Chief Burk. officer Rice and special officer |
Deal, OF Sacramento, arrived st this place with
three OF the express robbers in charge They
we're placed in the lock up till Monday morn
ing, when the above named officers placed the
robbers in the Oroville and Woodville stage
en- route to Downieville via La Porte. The
particulars of the whole affair and of the sr.
rests are thus given by the Sacramento Union:
" On the 10th of August the stage running
from La Porte to 0roville was stopped between
three and four O'Clock in the morning BY two
men with shot guns, and one With pistol. who
had taken the precaution in advance to build
fence across the road to render i, impossible
for the stage to escape until robbed. The
robbers succeeded 10 obtaining q gold bar
worth S2,l00 and about 500 10 dust, the prop
erty OF Wheeler and Rutherford, expressmen
of Marysville. This firm subsequently offered
reward of two Thousand dollars for the ar
rest OF the robbers and The recovery of the
treasure. On the 10th of August, Rutherford
received a dispatch from p Corbit. of the
town of Nevada, stating that be knew one OF
the men who bad committed The robbery. and
that il funds were furnished him be would fol-
low him. Rutherford, in company With officer
Doubler, of Msrysville, at once went to Ne
vada. At about one O'Clock p NJ on the 2Stb
of August, Rutherford called hastily at the
station house in this city for an officer TO ar.
rest man on the San Francisco steamer.
Chief Burke sent officer Rice to the boat. and
in few minutes Rutherford, accompanied BY
Corbtt. returned with their prisoner, Louis J.
Dribblesbee. In coming from Nevada to this
city in search Of Dribblesbee, Doubler had
remained short time at Lincoln, while Ruth
erford and Corbitt came 90 and got sight of
their man at or near the boat. When the
prisoner was searched nothing Of consequence
was found upon his person. S. Deal had
noticed Dribblesbee day or two before about
the horse market and was aware that be bad
pawDed gold bar, or rather block. with a
clothing dealer in that vicinity On bearing
OF the arrest be at once procured the block,
which proved 10 be the end of bar sawed of,
worth about 500 The officers then sue
ceeded in posting themselves pretty fully in the
case. Chief Burke arrested Corbitt as an &C.
cessory to the robbery after its occurance and
Rice and Deal went at once to Nevada, where
they arrested another of the principals named
F. Carpenter. and secured another section of
the bar and small quantity of dust On
subsequent visit to Nevada Deal and Rice ar.
rested a man named Jack Wellington as an
accessory before the fact, and brought him to
this city. 1t appears that Dribblesbee and
Carpenter, who have been engaged in mining
at Nevada, and third party, who has sue
ceeded in making his escape, planned and exc
cuted the robbery, travelling about forty miles
from their place of residence to accomplish it.
| They afterward sawed the bar into three parts,
each taking third. and also divided the dust
Within twenty four hours after information
was lodged at the Police Department, two of
the principals were under arrest, and about
81 800 of the treasure recovered The officers
ascertained, also, that DribbIesbee bad sold to
Mills Co Sl59 worth of dust, and souander
ed the money previous to his arrest 1t is said
that after Dribblesbee and one of his partners
resumed work at their mining claim after the
robbery, that the partner robbed Dribbesbee
of his share of the stolen treasure Watching
favorable opportunity, Dribblesbee covered
bis partner with gun, and threatened to kill
him on sight if he did not surrender up his
share of the gold, which demand was complied
with under the circumstances. Afterward
fight ensued between the two, and the partner
swore ont warrant against Drbblesbee for
assault and battery, and placed it in the bands
OF Corbitt to serve. As to the precise nature
of the evidence against Corbitt and Wol6ng.
ton, as accessories, we are not advised. Car.
penter is said to own valuable mining ground
at Nevada. Dribbesbee is, we believe,
brother of a man of that pane who has been
connected with the Indian Agency in this
state"