White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-01-05
ARREST OF. X. BEAR.
A Uaited States Express Robber Cap
tured in Oregon, After q Years Wan.
deriags-Justice. About to Overtake
Determined Criminal.

i. q Determined Criminal.
Our home readers will well remember
the robbery committed BY j. K. Beer,
upon the United Ststes Express company.
at Browuville. more thsn year ago. Il
oceurred on, the 98th Of August, 1869,
sud created great excitement - we'll ..
sstonisbnent. Mr.. Bear was . m,s of
family ssd much eaieemed in Brownsville.
and hy Superintendent Shepard. whose
confidence he enjoyed. He is about %
years Of age. and was the last man who
xas suspected Of committing snch .
crime. In sn evil honr be gave wsy 10
temptation and made himself Kissing
snd o by-word among men. Hs did
mora. He wreckrd loving family for
ever, and destroyed the hopes of q fond
" lie and beloved child. The former, no
longer willing to be connected with such
. man. md despsiring OF ever seeing him
again, procured . divorce. snd this man
Bear. once so foil Of promise Of leading .
life of usefulness, returns wifeless and
abandoned man. His capacity to lead
such life was shown both before and
since the act which las destroyed him.
for where he Was finally overtaken Mr..
Edward Morsman had snme difficulty in
EcouviceisR his friends that We wss really
the man Bear. Of whom he wss in search.
1t is unnecessary TO recount the cir
cumstances Of the robbery. They are
fresh in the memory of most Of cur citi-
gems. The amount of money stolen was
SIS 900. The most vigihnt pnrsuit
failed to capture him. Traced to the
southwark as far as Memphis. be eluded
the officers there and came North, intend.
ing. according to his own story. to come
to Omshs and buy ticket over the Un-
ion Pacific to the West. Mr.. Bear, by
the way. is very reticent about the weary
ond tedious life he led afterwards. lie
admits that every day he suffered an agony
of punishment from mingled remorse and
fear. Whenever he wonld stop in place
long enough to make friends. spprshen-
sions of exposure. and looking on every
man as sheriff, caused him to move to
another.
Mr.. Morsmsn. the United States ex.
press agent of Omsbs. wss selected to
undertake his arrest. His whereabouts
having been sscertsined. Mr.. NJ. on
December I'd. armed with . rsquisition
from Gov. Bntler and Q commission to
act IS the seent Of the State, started for
Salem, Oregon. Bear was st Oregon
City. where he was engaged as sgeut oi
the California and Oregon railroad. He
had changed bis nsme to Andrew j.
Cnrtis. and hy thi. name was there known
and esteemed. Mr.. Morsmsn proceeded
to Salem. the capital. when Gov. Grover
issued the necessary warrant for his arrest.
which Mr.. Nj. made Immediately on his
arrival ct Oregon City. Hs found Bear
in his Office. aud when he made known
the object Of his visit. the only answer he
made was. "All right. sir !" ss though
he knew the fate he had SO long strug
Qled to avert had st les, orertsken him.
The culprit was pot in irons and convey
ed to Omaha. where he arrived yesterday.
The trip was without special incident.
At tbia time Of writing We have moth.
ing Of importance concerning the lost
money. The opinion seems to be that
the prisoner will plead guilty to crime
which he freely confesses. Il ia the he.
lief that Bear knows where $500 of the
money is. and his story that he lost il
ont of the skiff with which he escaped. ia
not credited. That amount was put in a
tin box. and wss in . package 'hipped
BY John L. Carson to the Fist National
| hank OF Omaha. Bear will be taken 10
Brownville to-day Omaha Herald.
Dec 26h.