The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-05-06
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BOLD NAIL ROBBERYlN low A.
Individuals Robbed and Horses
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individuals Robbed and Horses
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Especial to the HaWk-Ege.l
OrTUMwA, May I've are indebted tc
Mr.. F. J. Leach, driver of the Western
Stage Company, for an account of one o.
the most daring and successful robberies
we ever heard Of. Mr.. Leach was driving
from Corydon to Centerville. AT Corydon
i've passengers, one of them citizen and
four Of them strangers, got aboard the
coach, paying their fare, two Of them to
Promise City, the first station out, and two
to Centerville. At Promise City two more
strangers got aboard, and the two who had
paid to that place continued on, making
six passengers, one riding on the outside
and the others inside. The citizen lef. at
Promise City. just as the coach or hack
was rounding on to the fridge at Walnut
Greek, nine miles west of Centerville, the
passenger on the box suddenly presented
q revolver to the left breast OF the driver,
exclaiming, 'Hold on there, out here,
Cd d-n you. You have gone tar
enough. You are in the hands of the reb-
els, and will put a hole right through you
if you don't stop.r Looking around, the
driver saw the inside passengers looking
out of the window, each one holding re-
volver in his hand.
OF course, there was no alternative but
to submit, aud he accordingly turned his
team out to the side Of the road. The six
passengers instantly jumped of and out Of
the coach, and ordering the driver to keep
his seat, proceeded to unhitch the horses
and tie them to the stage and the trees near
by. They then took out the mail sacks,
ripped them open with knives and DELHI
erately examined the contents, putting
most Of the packages containing more than
one letter In their pockets, tearing the sin.
gle letters open aud appropriating the mon
ey found, 90 far as the driver could judge.
He saw them take some money from the
letters. While thus employed wagon
was heard approaching from the direction
Of Centerville. Four Of the robbers started
over the bridge, met the team, which prov
ed to belong to Mr.. A. Sagger, OF Promise
City, who with his son, young man OF
about 20 years, was returning from Center.
vile, with two horse wagon. The rob.
bers met them, brought them over the
bridge, unhitched their horses, unhar-
messed them, and then demanded Of Mr.. S.
aud his son their money. The old gentle.
man had no money-ihe young man had
thirty dollars-they took twenty-five dol
lars, and handed him back Ave dollars.
After this they waited about twenty
minutes for the western bound stage to
come up. When they heard i. coming,
four Of the party went out and met it, took
possession, and piloted over the bridge to
the place where the other coach was, and
went through the process of embarrassing
the horses and robbing the mails, as they
had done with the other coach occupying
in doing 30, about half an hour. When
this was all done, they selected six of the
best horses-three out of each team, mount
cd them and rode OF towards Promise
City, exclaiming as they left GOOD even
ing, gentlemen" They robbed two hous.
res, taking a saddle from each. The agent
OF the Western Stage Company, George
Pratt offered . reward of t25 for each, or
$50 for the arrest Of each of the robbers.
The followingis description Of tie rob-
bers, as given by the driver: One TALL
man without whiskers, hair dark aud
shingled short, dark clothes, gaiter shoes
and cloth or cashmere cap. Another
medium sized man, rather heavy built,
with q very red face; had very light
growth of hair, light colored, had OF a
broad brimmed white hat, aud over coat
of heavy corded goods, made in the style
OF soldiers' oyercoats, with large black
buttons and gaiter shoes. Another tall
and rather heavy built man, with dark
complexion and dark whiskers and NOUS
tache, had on citizens dress, black over
coat and a black hat; when he had his hat
of his hair stands up bushy IN front. AN.
other medium sized man has no whiskers.
dark coat, had on grey and black barred
pants and black hat. Another rather
small man with blue eyes and light hair,
curly and rather bushy-had on . light
coiored hat. The other man cannot be
described. ala - fs
The horseA are described as follows: two
roam horses. one about, 10 or II, and the
other about . or s years old : the. latter had
the hair rubbed of his hips by the brsech-
Ing; one white horse about II years ola {;
one Light grey about years old; two bays,
one with star in the forenea6 aud light
hind foot, and the other.has sore or weak
eyes and his near hind foot at the gamble
joint is swollen.
Later sdvices Atate that the three coun.
ties, -Appanoose, Wayne and Decatur, are
in arms and are in pursuit Of the robbers,
The mail sacks that were robbed are here.
. ms 1f -psns ]. w. N.
From 0t. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, April 29.-The officer in com.
mand ofthe paro!ed prisoners on the steam.
er Sultana, previously reported exploded
above Memphis, states that they were all
eastern mon on board. The Democrats
correspondent says the Sultana was going
at ordinary speed at the time Of the catas.