Nebraska advertiser., 1869-09-02
HEAVY EXPRESS ROBBERY

The heaviest express robbery ever commit
ted in his city was perpetrated last Friday
night by the most unsuspected individual
who ever had a chance 60 do 80. The eoni.
nimity Of our citizens was disturbed from
center to circumference last Saturday morn.
ing, by the 70 all stunning report that ]. K.
Bear had decamped the night before with q
large amount OF express money. No one
seemed willing 70 credit thestory. but look
anxiously for some clue to place the matter
In q different ught-so completely had he
won the confidence Of this community
when the following note was received by the
parties addressed, through the postofnce.
completely SCATTERING the last hope OF many
who feared that he had been murdered for the
moneys
BRoWNvILLE, August y, 1853.
HOHadGV & Ca1bOun, Publishers Democrat.
81 suppose before you read this you will
have heard the rumor that have absconded
with q large amount Of money, which you
can believe ls true and no mistake. The
amount is about $4,000. Suppose You Will
get aJOb Of printing circulars giving full des-
eriptlon OF me, when the superintendent,
Mr. quick, comes down. You can show him
thiss and I recommend you to get up as good
a poster or handful as he will need TO dis
tribute over the country. Wonder how much
IeWaro tney VIII oner for my arrest? Expect
2E NA0aEAs AANAD - OAl
Inlng, however, that you can give me credit
for, and that is this-Tdon't leave BrownviIle
owing different parties any money, not even
me printer, as I have paid every person that
1 owed AGENT justlg. Well, expect when you
near nom me next IL will be TO the effect that
am I'm the hands of an officer, as I know
there are ninety-nine chances that I will be
caught 20 one that I viii escape; but I prefer
to takO that one chance for $4,000. There Is
only one thing that / feel sorry for, and that
~ my wife; but 1 do not think she win trOu-
Die neT1eII much nhOuE ma NQr least II would
advise her notto.) Won't this make a splen-
did local for you. J.. X. BEAR"
The depraved and b~ragadOcio tone Of the
above note led many 20 suspect its genuine
ness; yet, being beyonddoubt his handwrite,
bred a disgust in the minds OF hts former
friends as deep and lasting as the friendship
of the day previous.
His preparations to abscOnd wereas bold as
possibly could be, only hiding the main fact.
Friday he went all over the city paying his
d~ebts-even going after bed time Friday night
to payOf a note OF 500. Friday morning he.
ordered two small tin boxes made at Shell
lenberger Brothers, one to place inside the
other, and leave a half inch clear all around.
Late in the afternoon he brought back the
box closed and requested that IL be sauldered
up tight. The superstition, from the size and
shape Of these boxes, is that he had placed
the money IN the smaller one, placed It in the
larger one, and thus had them sauldered
tight for safety While travelling or to bury.
He also purchased a rubber overcOat on Fri
day at Hetzels. He is known to have been
in the saloon gambling till nine o'clock,
when he went home and was with his family
until near eleven. We have heard rumors
that he was seen on our streets Saturday
morning by one person abOut two o'clock,
and by another about four. Saturday morn
ing Charley Strong's skif was missing from
the foot Of Atlantic street, and parties up
from Aspinwall say a person was seen in that
place about day light Saturday morning an
swering his description, who took to the
brush Immediately on being discovered.
lie also left a letter for his wife, in which
we learn ne intimates that he has morphine
with which to end his earthly career II cap
tured.
The Division Superintendent, w. b. Quick,
came down from Omaha Monday, and had
bills printed offering $1,000 reward for the
capture OF both Bear and the money, or $1,000
for either, and giving the following descrip-
ton Of the fugitive;
Mr.. Bear is twenty-five years old; i've feet
nine and a half inches high: weight about
one nundreQ ana lorty POUNDS; rather Slen-
der: dark complexion; smooth skin: dark,
large, full eyes, showing the whites largely
high cheek bones; black hair, cut short
dark eyebrows. broad, but hair not long:
large, full upper lip: black muStache; has
scar on left side Of his neck, caused by pistol
ball-skin burnt and blackened by powder,
and plain to be seen; carries bis head a little
TO the right side; is slightly stoOp-shOuld-
cred, and shoulders rather broad; has scar on
left arm, between elbow and shoulder, caused
by a pistol ball teeth large, and show plain
ly when talking; when talking speaks slow
mere pants; linen coats; and officers black
rubber OvercOat, long and new.
Altogether, considering the circumstances
and surroundings, the position occupied in
society by the culprit, his business prospects
and chances for making money honestly, his
host OF warm friends and family Of wife and
child, make this one Of the most remarkable
crimes which has ever come under our no.
tice; unaecOuntable and startling IN its char
.acter and breeds more doubt OF human hon.
esty han a thousand offences from those
gradually grown criminal.
Numerous parties-induced by the reward
ARE now after him, and, as he says in his
letter 20 the Democrat, will make his chances
for escape oAe In one hundred. Yet up to the
hour Of our going to press no clue as to his
whereabouts has been discovered, and most
of the parties in pursuit ave come In.
DOfy's washing machines and the Novel
ty Wringer, at &c. DEUsERs.
Efres-Nearlv a destructive are occurred