The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-17
CRIME.
A Notorious Missouri Criminal and HIS


wacker, was Oh Wednesday last consigned to
his old quarters in the iai of Nemaha county,
Kansas. Bona is well known IN this city az n
most reckless and daring thief, and during the
years l662-3-tbe reign OF martial la v IN Mis-
souri-carried matters with high hand; every
species of property OF u removable Kind being
subject to the caprice of this truly Loyal
to be always a vntue, and Bond, who had been
petted and praised for raids on the so-called
Rebels of Missouri, suddenly found him.
self arrested, confined in the jail of
Buchanan county, and charged with stealing the
n ules OF the Rev. Moses +. Lard. Unable to
furnish the requisite bail, he WAS kept in jail un
til the next term OF the court. When MS case
was called Tor trial, be was defended by Messrs.
Bassett and Tut, but the testimony was so posi-.
tive that he was found guilty and sentenced to
the State Prison Tor three years. He served out
one year of his term, and was then again turned
loose upon society. No sooner WAS Bond re-
leased than he again commenced his system of
plumber. Gov. Hail. this city, was among his
hrst victims, from whom he stole two valuable
horses. Next we hear OF tni, desperate as the
terpetrator of o murder in that county, Kan
sas, for which he was placed in jail at Sc
Deca, the County-seat of Nemaha county, from
which he afterwards made his escape,
and has until lately been going at large, com
mittlng his depredatlons Wi lmpunity. Lately
there was h robbery committed in Pettls county
by some OF Bonds gang. A portion OF the stolen
property was sent by express to him at Sedalla
lie ascertalned that package was at the ex-
press office, and called to get it, but suspectlng
that be might be spotted, lett without getting IT,
That night be attempted to break into the office,
but when about eheCtlng an entrance was shot
by parties within. Upon being wounded he
fed, and the next day was found sec1eted, with
his arm broken, and his face and head filed
with shot. In this condition he was taken
to Seneca and LODGED III Bis old quarters, to
await trial tor murder. 1t is doubtful whether
his trial will be had in the Criminal Court o the
county, as the feelings Of the community are
highly excited against him."
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial
gives the following account OF noted family OF
robbers who have infested the neigh 0orhoOd of
Seymour, Indiana, during the past le Y years.
The father OF this family is one William Reno.
The correspondent says he has lived IN Jackson
county for over thirty years. and up 10 two
years ago. when stolen goods were found in his
possession, was considered an honest though
eccentric man. About ten years ago his family
endeayofed to have q guardian appointed for
HIM, Oh the ground that he was insane. Falling
in this, his wife obtained a dlvo 'ce from hun.
This seemed to have disturbed the family
relations but very little, and tue boys sometimes
lived with the father, aoOut one nile from the
de1ot in Seymour, and sometimes with their
mother in that city.
There are five boys-Frank, John, Sim, Clint,
and Bill. Of these Clint is considered strictly
honest and honorable; Frank and john are
known to be sate-Dlowers, ETC., aud SIN AMI
Bill though nothing is positively known against
them, are looked upon with suspicion.
The first robbery of note they committed was
"blowir g" a safe at Azalia, Bartholomew county,
Indiana, by which they got $4,000. Frank lett
the country and went to Canada, it was said,
when cousin of his turned states evidence
against him. He is now under bonds to appear
before the United States Court at Indianapolis,
for rotbDg the post office in Jouesvllle, in the
same county, but is in no Danger OF conviction,
the prime pal witness against him, Grant
Wilson, was assassipated a short distance from
hls own house, in Jackson county, about three
yeaIs ago.
frank, while supposed to be in Canada, would
occasionally visit the States and rob some SAFE
that " as lett unguarded, and so expert was he,
thaShe was never detected. In these operations
John was also supposed to have hand. There
were numerous robberies committed in and
near Sey mour in 1866, in which, 1t is supposed,
John bore conspicuous part, though there
were no arrests as the people seemed to be
afraid Of the destruction OF their property If
anything was done TO ferret out the thieves
In October, 1866, the express car was robbed,
near Seymour, OF about $i5 600, though $50, 900
in a sale, Was recovered. John Reno aud Frank
Sparks were arrested as principals, and sim.
Reno as an accomplice, but were soon bailed
out. About five or six months after wards
Frank and John robbed the safe of one OF the
counties in the northern part of the S.ate, and
secured about $4,000. Frank was tried and
acquitted of the charge, but his lawyer said
after the trial, that he and John were guilty.
Last December John robbed Il safe in Gailatin,
Missouri, and is now serving out a sen 'ence of
twenty-five years in the Missouri PenItentiary
for his crime.
The citizens of Seymour believe that Frank
Reno was at the head of the late robbery OF the
Express Company's Car, on the JeffersOnvllle
Railroad, near Seymour when the ROBBERS OBJ
tanned $96,000.
Woman whrown into a Well by Hex
Daus Law.
From the Toronto Globe Gulyli.
The magistrates of Markham have been in
vettigatng strange case that has recently come
to light i'll that township, involving a serious
charge against a young woman named Mrs.
Mary Harrington. The charge, ii true, aud it
was sworn TO by the party whose lite was at
teDpttd by the act, reveals a shocking ab -ence
of human feeling, and an amount OF moral ds-
pravity scarcely creditable in one whose rela-
lioDship was SO close to her whose life was
threatened.
The deposItions taken before the magistrates
are to he effect tbat on the 9Th of May last the
accused, young woman, about SIX monl hs
married to the son OF the prosecutrlX, persuaded
her mother. n-law to visit well at some dis.
tanee from the house Tor the purpose OF procnr-
ing pail OF wafer. The old woman was in the
act of STOPPING to draw up the pail, when she
was pushed headlong down the cavity, dis.
tauce of about forty ieet. Her clothes extended
as she descended the well; the shock was not so
great at the bottom as TO Kill her, and when re-
stored to consciousness she found herself lying
across the bottom, with her teet against one
side and her head upright.
There beng only foot or two of water in the
we'll, she was saved from drowning, and her
son coming along shortly after wards, secured
the assis' ance OF some neigh bors, and rescued
her. After disposIng OF her mother. ln.laW
Mrs. Mary Harrington went TO the residence of
neiehbor and assumed despondent, ab.
stIacted mood, saying that some one was dead
at their house, without adding who 1t was.
The elder Mrs. Harrington at the same time
being re cued, was beng attended by physi-
clan 10 whom she refused to state how she fell
in except 10 once contradict the idea that 1t was
by accident. The affair was thus attempted TO