The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-24
FIRST EDITION
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whe Hanging OF the Indiana Express
RObbera-Particularso OF the Outrage.

whe Hanging OF the Iadiana Express
Robbers Particulars Of the Outrage
. From the Cincinnati Commercial, Ju,y22.
Our readers have already been made aware Of
the many murders, house burnings horse
stealings counterfe ting operations, and daring
express robberies that have taken place near
Seymour, Indiana, by the Renos, their compan-
ions and pupils. Every effort made thus far, by
detectives from other points, to weed out these
numbering devils has failed, in q measure, at
least Life and property have continued at their
mercy, Within two years they have robbed the
Adams Express Company alone of Sl25,
robbery OF this kind occurred also lately on the
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad
where the American Express Company was
robbed OF o large amount. All these robberes
have emanated from the same source. family
named Reno, living at Rockford, two miles from
Seymour have been the leaders or instigators
of the whole of these daring outrages. They are
also the parties who led the raid in Iowa last
spring, when SO many country safes were
On the 22d of May last the Adams Express
Company's car was ROBBED, about eighteen
miles from Seymour on the line of the Jeffer-
This robbery was done by the Renos and their
friends some OF whom are now in Canada to
avoid capture, and others are under arrest for
this outrage. On the 10th instant the Adams
Express was again attempted to be robbed, on
the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, about thir-
teen miles west of Seymour. The armed guards
| of the Company, however, repulsed the robbers,
| captured one, and wounded some OF the others,
two OF whom have since been captured and for
the remainder large reward has been offered.
James Volney Elet was one OF this gang. and
was captured on the night of the attempted
| robbery.
Charles Roseberry, a resident of Seymour,
arrested by the citizens Of Seymour, who
turned out en- mdsse. FraIl Clifton was also
arrested. They all owned up to their connec-
ton with the affair, and also the attempt to Kill
For safe keeping these three men were
brought up to this city, and imprisoned tempo.
rarily in the various stations, as had been seve
raj other parties arrested on suspicion of con-
4 nection with the robbery in May last, when
$96, 900 rewarded the robbers. They were held
here until night before last, when they left in
charge of an officer of the Adams Express Com
paDy, and heavily ironed, for Brownstown,
twelve miles west of Seymour. Every possible
| precautlon had been taken TO keep theif depaIS
ure secret. 1t was feared that it might become
! knwn to some of the rascals' companions and
that rescue might be the result No interference
was apprehended from Others The officers had
no idea that stern and determined men, who
had become aroused to desperation by outrage,
had their eyes upon these men, and that they
were doomed. 1t must have been that faithful
agents of the Vigilance Committee had watched
the stations of the city closely, and telegraphed
immediately to Seymour the signal for
prompt action; for, when the passenger train
! was swiftly rolling towards Bro wnstown, two
miles west of Seymour, little after midnight
yesterday morning the engineer saw, tar ahead,
in the darkness of dense wood, brightly
cleaning eye OF fire that warned him to stop for
! something, he knew not what. Hardly had the
train ceased to move when 1t was surrounded
on all sides by the dark forms of hundred or
armed VINO Tbey S hU1 say
revolvers in their hands, and quietly stood
guard while their leaders, with strong squad,
went through the train, laid strong hands upon
the trembling desperadoes, and without meeting
with any useless resistance, marched then out
into the wood. The engineer had objected to
their way OF doing things, and threatened to
move on. But he quietly submitted to the de.
tention, when he was informed that ii he did
this he would sacrifice many lives, as the track
was bockaded
TONERS out in the woods, We cannot state in
detail How the doomed men conducted them
selves, what they said, and how they pleaded fol-
lite as the ropes were being fastened around
their necks and thrown over the limbs of one o.
the strong old forest trees, we cannot say. There
were no reporters there to report that triple
\ death-to take down coolly and accurately the
last trembling utterances OF the dying wretches
The story is known only to those who had 6
hand in the affair.
In the morning these three llteless bodies wert
seen hanging on the tree.
In Seymour, and for many miles around
nothing was thought Of or talked of yesterday
but the work of the Vigilance Committee; and
the following proclamation, quite generally
distributed, served to keep the matter fresh.
"AITENIIoN, THIEVES The attention Of, OF al
Win i6eI? Stdsls sSs'tois: ard sy%pathissfs
to the SSpgs Of the gaaGe q na tS
up ns,i M ali o. the classes above named whether i'm
m DIST. Threats have been made Of retaliation Ia
case should resort to capital punishment. II
answer we say should one OF our Committee be
harmed. dollars worth or property OF any
honest man he destroyed by persons unknown. we
- will swing by the neck until they be dead every
thievng character we can lay our hands on, without
inquring whether we have the persons who commit
Ted thai particular crime or not. This applies moi
only TO Sey but along the line of the two roads
and wherever organization exists. Law and order
must prevail"
From The Cincinnati Enquirer. July %.
The poor wretches too fully compreheuded
! what was to be doue. Five minutes were given
them in which TO prepare for death, while the
execuuoners, with grim earnestness, placed the
fatal moose about their necKs. They at first
begged for mercy, but, finding it in vain, they
concluded to make a confession and while
standing with the moose around their necks the
unfortunate men confessed to the whole affair
and also ADM ted their knowledge OF the cele
brated Marshdeld robbery, committed some
months ago on the Louisville and Indianapolis
Railroad, each blaming the other two, anC
denylng any personal connection with the same
For the purpose Of receiving this confession
the time was extended to half an hour, at thC
end of which the ropes we're drawn, aud these
Wretched desperadoes, covered with crime, were
launched into eternity. The crowd then dis
nersed. after the whiting bodies had stifreneC
in the chilling embrace OF the King of TerTors
and Yesterday mornine they were seen danglinl
~ from the branches OF giant of the forest thei
Il faces horribly contorted and purple, and thei
plaring eyes protruding from their sockets
frIehtiul warning to the remainder of the ban
which intests that locality, more especially thos
who are pursued aud likely to be captured.
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