The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-08-26
THE LAST OF BUCK HOLBR00K.
The Burglar Who Shot n1urrin.


Buck Holbrook, famous among the thieves
of the West for his adroit skill and daring,
and who shot Policeman Murin this sum
mer, has at last been remanded to cell
from which there is no digging out, until
Gabriel shall blow his trump, and earth
shall give up her dead, Buck lived fast
life, aud like most of his profession, term'n'
ated it miserably enough At the very age
when u man Of correct principles would
have been but fairly launched upon pros.
porous career, he is gathered to his last
sleep in bloody shroud, by the hands Of
pimps aud cypriaus. His fate should be
lesson to some, but it will probably pass I'M
needed. No class Of men work harder for
less money, than professional thieves and
burglars. A soldier in active service
scarcely encounters less danger for poorer
pay.
From the Chicago Times Of the 18th, we
extract the following account Of the funeral
Of this outlaw
When great man dies, the nation does
his memory reverence, aud all honest men
assemble TO pay the last tribute Of respcc,
10 his ashes Ii the deceased should have
been member OF christian church, or =
Mason, Odi Fellow, o. = professional. man,
the followers of his particular creed, craer
or profession, accompany us rVNvs -
! their nna' .es!lns plAtc, ana ;sey AZ 'user,
| red with the ali yas IeIv uonleS SGl houWs
| tha, fire adship or rssp-l, cAa oestow.
| On Yesterday, vsEyluE sons~hEt from the
| usual custom on the occasion Of the death
| Of 3 great villain or notorious thief, the ira.
terlity Of plug,ugles, following the above
examples, turned out pretty generally to
do the fuaers. o5sequies TO the noted Buck
Holbrook, who was sho; while attempting
to escape from the jail at Henuepin.
As has been previously stated, the body
was brought TO Chicago and delivered 10
the woman who had been the companion of
this wretchcd man, and who for some time
past has called herself Mollie Holbrook.-
That she felt as deep grief at his death as
her deprayed nature would allow, isupques'
tionable; and she therefore determined that
| he should be buried in as respectable q
manner as possible. Accordingly, she pro.
cured most elegant coffin, with a silver
| plate on its lid, bearing his name--Leo
Holbrook-his age-29 years,-and the date
of his birth and death. The body was ar.
rayed in the most costly grave clothes, and
| placed in the coffin.
| At 2.3O o'clock in the afternoon, the fra
. ternity Of thieves, pimps, and blackegs, be
gan to assemble at Molie's house, on Clark
street, near Van Buren,, and, at 3 o'clock
there were over hundred of them present
of various grades and condition.
The procession was led by Jack DOwd
and Denny MOnahsn, 10 carriage. Fol
lowing them came the hearse, then the car
| rage containing Mollie. her brother, and
! HobrOok' 5 brother, who, OF course, assumed
| the rule Of chief mourners. Following
| these were carriages containing Tom Cody,
| Johnny Gregg, Ed. OConnell, and Patsy
sullivan, and buggy with Chauncey Levi,
and his "womau." The balance Of the fra
ternity who gathered around the door pre-
vious to the starting Of the procession, were
no doubt, unable to accompany 1t, having
been rendered impecunious by the edicts re
Gently issued from police headquarters. anC
heavy fines they have been paying u IN
J police courts. The notorious Cap. Round
did not attend the funeral, his grieC on thu
occasion, as he said, being too great for Ut
terance. and rendering him more childisl
than would we'll beseem the captain of 8
t many roughs.
). The procession moved from Clark stree
# ut quarter past 3 O'Clock, and proceede
= 10 Graceland cemetery, where the last yie'
=, Of the i'll fated man was taken, and his col
/ fin consigned to the earth.
vt Over his grave but few words were spoken
$ OF course there were no religious ceremc
MES but his body was quietly lowered int
> the earth out of sight, amid only the WEEP
= ing of the woman, Mollie Holbrook, and
}. few casual and Indifferent remarks from tn
4 dozen spectators-al of whom have live
the life which Holbrook led, until what ma,
ural feeling they might once have had, ha
become deadened or entirely crushed out