White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1867-06-20
a BAND OF HORSE THIEVES.

A BAND OF HORSE THIEVES.
Horse Stealing Operations
Dov Fourteea Years Of Age, a Mem.
her of the Basd-Murder Of Man for
his Horse and e3O-A Few Of our Cit.
liens Impiicated-Nebras City the
Reudexvous for Horses Stolen from
the Lower COantry-UndergrOu
stable on South Table Greek.
It has rally been known through
out the State, that band Of horse thieves
have been plying their unlawful ssoc.-
tion from the Kansas line to Omshs. do
ring . number Of years. and that nothing
giving an idea of their inside working.
had ever been discovered. Once in q
while thief wonld be captured aud sen.
,enced to imprisonment. or one of bis
pals bail him ont. and the matter was en-
ded-no,hing was elected at any trial
whereby the band could be discover ell
and broken up. Our citizens at times
have had their suspicious aroused but
nothing Of Q de6oils character, fixing
gailt upon any one. had ever occurred.
Stolen horses from abroad have been
brought to this city. sold. and afterwards
reclaimed BY tbs owners; but in every
instance of this kini, the seller Of the s,o-
len property would have some reasonable
excuse. letting him ont Of the dilemma
We have no besitsncy in saying that re.
ceivers Of stolen horses have been in our
midst for years; men who have no visi-
BILE maans OF sapport. plenty Of money
and new horses almost daily. reside in
tins city. and are suspicioned Of their vo-
cation. We think with good foundation.
The arrest Of boy q dsy or two since
for being engaged in horse stealing. has
thrown some light upon the subject. He
was examined BY citizens Of this city,
when be made the follwipg
srATxENr:
My name is Benjsmin F. Reynolds
was born in Columbus. O.. sm Ia years
OF sge-am an orpb.n-lsft iha: State
three years sincs-jpined in the band o
horse thieves about three weeks since
was employed BY them to curry horses
to find ont where good horses were kept
and the means to be used to secure them.
was instructed by members of the band
to seek employ ment at the livery stables
in Nebraska City. I became a membe,
OF the organization at 81. Joseph, Mo,
where l met the following named per-
sons. members of the band Samuel
Scott. George Williams. Wm. Harris
Samuel Wilson. Robert White. Samue
Williamson aud George Davis.
l stayed at St. Joseph several days
and was engaged in currying horses 70,
the band. Davis said he Was coming
up the country to steal some horses. anc
asked me to accompany him. We came
together and stole pair OF horses from
MIR. Mcneil. Of Sonora we met Geo
Davis. who assisted us in rnnning tn,
tnimsls of. We lay in the bills nes
Linden. Mo three days. and then started
for Sidney. Iowa. where we met with tn,
balance of the party. who came from an
other direction. They also had stoIer
horses with them. We all stayed ove
night at S'dney-then separated and me
again at Z iward Fosters stable in Ne
braska City. the next evening-tbers
left them. l heard EiwarIs say tha
he had sold three horses for the company
and saw them receive the money. between
two and three hundred dollars, from Ell
wards. ! assisted in putting the horse,
in the underground stable.
l was told that Foster Edwards and
Geo. Washington Hoyt. of Nebraska
City. belonged to the band. and that they
sent the horses out 10 Hoyt's
place west of the city. l tried to leave
them. but they threatened to shoot me if
did.
l left George Davis ont in the brush
last week: he expected to steal horse
from William Handy tonight. 1 was
to meet him at BrownviIle. where we ex-
pected to cross the river in skiHf.
Samuel Wilson is now at Brownville
With horse stolen near S,vanuah-hs in
'aid to be . race horse. Another they
'tole three miles east of St. Joseph, they
'oId at Browuville.
The same band attem pted to rob the
bank at Savaanah. Mo . but failed. One
II them. Samuel Williams. got slightly
,urt; one William Childs was also en-.
jagged in the bsnk robbery.
Davis and WiIlisms killed . man be.
ween st. Joseph and Savannah abonr a
week since. and took his horse, . black
tailion. and thirty dollars in money.
The man was about thirty years of age.
nd lived near Savannah, Missouri.
They shot him three times.
We took ono black mule six miles
rom Sidney. AMI left him with Edwards
0 cell. Can show the ground stabls. |
he company have their signals and
One blow On The whistle
,eans 60 slow two blows. rush to the
sscue. and three blows. take care Of
ourself. and the devil take the hind
lost. The signals arc made with the
and and hst.-Nebraska Cay Nsws.
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