Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-03
The Cadiz Bank Robbery - Desperate
EncOunter-FiVe Of the Robbers
Captured and Part OF the Booty
Recovered.

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EneOunter-Five Of the Robber'
Captured and Part OF the Booty
Recovered.
from the Pittsburgh Dispatch, May I'd
In our last issue we gave a full report
of the daring bank robbery perpetrated OF
Sunday morning, at Cadiz, Ohio. Our re-
port was in every particular correct. De
tectives in all quarters Of the country
were notified of the affair, and in the
neighborhood of the robbery force OF
experienced police officers, armed and
mounted, started on Sunday evening in
pursuit of the fleeing desperadoes. OF
their movements we have received from
among the many rumors in circulation
last night the following report, which
we Judge to be correct, as q telegram pub
lished elsewhere seems to confirm it: A
detachment of the police, thoroughly
armed, led on by an ex-deputy Sheriff of
Jefferson county, Ohio, overlook the en-
tire party IN the woods near Lagrange
they called upon them to halt, but the
bold and daring robbers, drawing
revolvers, dehed them. The Deputy
Sheriff gave them few minutes to
surrender, but they resolutely stood togeth-
er, and swore they would not be captured
alive. An order was then given to fire
into the crowd, and charge upon them.
The first fire from the police was returned
from the robbers, and short and decisive
battle was fought, which lasted fully ff-
teen minutes. The loaded reyolvers of
the party pursued soon gave out, and one
of them fell bleeding to the ground from
bullet which had entered his high.
Three of the villains were captured and
securely bound, and the other two disa-
bled rufians went to work en- their pur-
suers with formidable bowie knives.
Finding themselves in the minority, and
that resistance was no longer of any use,
they fed into the deep recesses of the
woods. One of them was captured, hav-
ing in his possession $3.50, 1000 in Govern
ment bonds. The other escaped, but it |
was thought that he was hiding in the |
woods, and would be captured ere long.
He has in his keeping 100000 Of tho
plunder, if the robbers did not secrete
their booty previous to the encounter.
The prisoners were all conveyed to the |
Jefferson county Jail and placed in sepa-
rate cells. We could not learn their
names, but it was rumored that the man
together with one of the prison
ers, were both notorious characters, well
known in this community.
An evening or two previous to the Cadiz
robbery fruitless attempt was made to
rob the National Bank of Wellsburg by
4 gang of six robbers. As both towns are
n close proximity to each other, it would be
ar to infer that the same villains oper-
lted in both places. The following are
he particulars Of the Wellsburg attempt
ID robbery Mr.. Ralston, who is engaged
lS watchman at the cotton factory at
Wellsburg, having struck the hour of
welve on the bell, was returning to the
,ngine room, when he was seized by one
'f two men lying in wait. After scufle
Salston, who is q one-armed man, was
blindfolded, and marched
lown street TO the bank, and at the muz-
lies of couple of revolvers, compelled
0 call upon Mr.. Hagan, the watchman
here, to open the door and come to his as
istance, giving as a reason that he had
'adly mashed his hand. Mr. Hagan told
i'm it was too early in the morning, and
efused to open the outer door. Failing
o gain entrance, after remaining few
minutes at the door, during which time
salston managed to get a momentary {
limpse at the gang, not sufficient, how I
yer, to identify any of them, they again
scurely blindfolded him and marched s
i'm back to the factory, where they tied
i'm in a char, placed gag in his mouth
nd left him, one OF the parties standing
uard over him until three o'clock. for
reater security.