The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-04-25

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4 CHARACTER OR TwO.-In u State
Prison is 4 man of large frame and
great physical power, known as
Thomas Heffron, who is pegging away
under Il life sentence from Elko coun-
ty for robbery. lie is 35 years of aye,
a native of Florida, and was sentenced
March 9, 1870. The otfense for which
he was sent up consisted in shooting
and robbing one Henry 4. Corcoran,
in Ruby Valley, ElkO county, the lat
ter part of February, 1869. The wound
inflicted by a shot precedent to the
robbery was thought at the time to be
mortal, and Heffron's trial was post
poncd from time to time for twelve
months. or until the wound had be-
come outlawed as murder-one year
and a day. Corcoran still fingered III
the County Hospital, and Hebron was
then tried and convicted of the crime
of robbery and sentenced TO the State
Prison for life. Corcoran remained in
the Elko hospital for nearly two years,
and some two months since was ent
home to his friends in Ohio. where he
died soon after his arrival. The poor
fellows sufferings were long AMI terri
BILE. but death at last mercifully re-
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his murderer Is gloomy indeed, al
though he hopes some day to escape,
through pardon, a new trial or an urI-
guarded 9at,. Thomas IIetiron las
several times been tried for felony
once for murder-and has doubtless
robbed more stores, stages, sluices
and SOLITARY horsemen' than any
man in the state. He vas formerly
one of the leading spirits i'll a large,
well-disCiplined and aDlv-O~f1icered or
ganiZation of highwaNnIen in Califor-
nia. composed OF professional thieves
of every grade, nationality and color,
and Justices OF the Peace, hotel keep
crs. SheritfS and Others passing tor
respectable and honorable citiZens.
The organization had means, and not
unirequently invested hundreds and
II times thousands of dollars III some
legitimate business in order TO es.ab-
lislI a rendezvous and disguise the
real character of its chosen agents and
operatives. They were bound to-
Getller 10y the most fearful oathS. and
conviction OF n of them was next TO
impossible. Hebron and two others
zone and perhaps both of whom are
now in the California Penitentiary)
ann to this Stcte as f~Orerunners OF
the organization for the purpose OF eS-
tabli>hing Il RENDEZVOUS for the shelter
of others of the gang WhO We're to
follow As strangers and operate {
ing to instructions on stores, stage
lines. or whatever else their local
agents here might suggest. The three
started a saloon i'll IA town q few miles
from Virginia, hut Hetfron, being
Young and somewhat di>>ipated,
'.lalked too much with his mouth"
for the others To establish a good rep
utatiorI, and the rendezvous WAS
abandoned. This was several Years
ago. one of the trio took to the high
way between Grass Valley and Marys-
Vile, was caught. convicted and sent
to the State Prison. Hebron and the
other went to another outlying town
and started a hotel. Things worked
well for a while, and several robberies
were planned by the landlords and
carried out 10y members of the band
from California. Blu Hebron took to
drink again and the hotel was closed.
His partner wentto California; and Hetf-
ron to Virginia City, where he put up
at the International hotel then kept
by Ike Batenan or Armstrong, we
don't remember whichl. He was
dressed i'll the hight of fashion and
himself as a capitalist and
operator from san Francisco.
his arrival at the Office of the hotel
he placed his satchel uponthe counter.
took Il memorandum book, and wrote
an inventory of the contents !
t%tictitiousl ofthe satchel andthen gave
it to the clerk OF the house with in
>tructions to take care of it until he -.
got ready TO leave. The clerk placed
it carefully under or in his desk. At
hat time the Overland stage went out
late in the night. Watching an oppor- .
unity. Hebron stole his Satchel out, =
ripped open one side of it with IA knife
and slipped it under one of the seats
in the Overland stage just as it was
about leaving. Next morning he call
ed for his bill and the satchel. The
bill was rendered but the satchel was
gone. He raVed terribly; he was
ruined; there were several thousand 7
dollars worth of valuable papers and
stock intie satchel," referring =
he clerk to his memorandum book.
The hotel must pay for it. The Clerk
to Austin to search the s
and passengers. The search
MAS made, the satchel found, and part
# the papers named in the book, but
of value was gone. The
lotel proprietor offered to compromise,
Iut the price was Indignantly rejected,
suit was commenced, but Jake Z
Clark, Sheriff, demanded security for
:osts before serving papers. Here!