St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-12-25


ly was the rend.zvous of scoundrels, and
the one or two saloons or groggeries left
standing became their ordinary abiding
place. The Reno tmily consisted of
old man Reno. who has been all his lite
Desperate old MIS- Reno. who died
last Summer, and who supplied the
brains for the crowd John Reno, now
in the Missouri Pcnitentiary; Frank
Reno, Clinton Reno, Simeon Reno, VIM.
Reno, LAURA Reno, and one younger
son, who is known as "Trick Reno
! The old man h no was Of Swiss origin.
but lived for many years in penmsvlva-
MIA, where he and hI> wife were married.
Seymour is two miles south of Rockford
and Is NJ the crossing Of the LETTERS IN
vile, Madison and lu.,iauayults railroad
ami the Ohin and Mississippi railroad.
1t is quite a large village, bat, OWING TO
the proximity of the Rrnos and their
rang, it had become AN unsafe PLACE for
peaceful and law abiding residents. who
lived III state OF Constant fear for their
lives and property. The progress of the
| place was materially retarded bv the
outlaws who thrOnGeI II. For several
years robberries and murders have been
frequent in the viclnity-n fact to such
an extent that the people have long cOn-
Iemplated taking the law in their own
hands, on account Of the defect in the
state law, which prevented the comvic-
ton OF persons arrested and charged with
crime. Continuance after cuntnualic"
of the trial OF prisoners IN, followed
with general rapIdily. unit it was found
/ that the law could not b. enforced In
addition 10 the ordinary rohhcrie- and
murders which have taken place in the
vicinity OF seymour. large and cXIraor-
binary robbrres frequently took place :;
'he express companies were often robbed
trims have been stopped in open day
light and the passengers pillagcd and
plundered OF their properly.
In February last Il RAID was made up
on all the county trca>urrr'S salc- in
Northern Iowa. taking Tie whole cJun-
ties through from the Mississippi to the
Missouri. All these robhrrie< were eth
er planned or executed 10y the Rrno> and
their contcdcrate-. For the robbery OF
the Mills and Harrison county sales in
/ Iowa., >hur,ly atlcrward. Frank Reno.
Mike Rogers, Charles Anderson. VII
liam Deerlng. and Albert Perkins were
arrested and confined il the Mills county
Jail. Shortly thereafter they MANAGED
20 break Jail. and made their escape in
he dead ut winter. cro~>in. th, NIi-,i,-
-ippi on the ice, and ,rayclnr., 3un mile,
IN foot. thev finally ma,l. their ,yg,. =,
Windsor They r,maip..! n M",!-.r
um.il toward tn. latter par; %. Ma. Ia~t.
when. another RAID h.uIn- i,.,n MANNED.
hoy lett for Indiana. Don tL,. 33I eft
Nav last. the car> Of the ! tI,I-ou,i,...
Madison and Indianap.I, railroad ,yl.l.
-toppi.g at Ml~lvill, >t.,rI,,,-,n i.nl.,f-
ed station or rather watrrin- p'.rr-
were iorcihlv seized \ number II per
sons who had ARRANGED ia. plot before
hand, quietly uucuuplc. IA, ,Apr,.,~ car
and locomotive from tn. balance of rhc
train, several of ih.m ut tito a.. y
press car. while others mounted into .,u.
cab ct the locomotive. iuru.Ia ...,.
ural Of stem on, and ~ho. zap. ~. away
from the station. Tine whole tim. w.,>
done - completely and yNp.liuou-,y
that IL" locomotive and car w.r. almn-:
out of sight h,.tor. rh.. r.;lv ~ r.apl.
were aware OF til" trick THAI had been
played on them. The tarn w. AZ
once given, bat IL wA~ then Too .air IT,
stop them thry had '1m-n'.! WltH t"-
locomotive and 'Np'o~~ car, leaving the
passenger ears ana ''li''r" ct the tram At
ia, stallion. Inc "''' person except the
ro"''ir' Oh the ""s-'-' car Wa an cN-
press Inc