The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-07-26
ST. LOUIS.
Daring Express Robbery.

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press robbery Of $4,000 worth Of rail
road bonds and over 10000 in money
occurred to-day. The messenger, leav
ing the driver in the wagon and the safe
unlocked, went up an alley to deliver g
package, which proved to be bogus
when the robbers, two in number
jumped in the wagon, gagged the drl,
yer, and drove the wagon for several
blocks, when, after rifing the safe oil
over $4,000 in money and SSO,OOO IN
railroad bonds, got out Of the wagon
and left the driver, still gagged, 10
manage the horses. The driver was
arrested after driving several blocks by
the police and carried to the station
house, where he stated the above par,
ticulars. There was one package OF
gold amounting to $4,000, with several
packages of value, which the robbers
did not take.
Robbery on the Mobile and ONO
Railroad.
ST.. LoUIs, July 25.-The Times this
morning learns from the passengers by
the Mobile and Ohio railroad that a
daring express robbery occurred on
that road in Hickman county, KY, on
Saturday night last. 1t appears that
three men who purchased tickets at
Union City, Tenn, for Clainton, KY
got on the train. When the train
halted at Moscow, two of the robbers
got off and their confederate remained
on the platform OF the car. Observing
no one but the messenger in the ex-
press car as the train moved out from
the depot, the two jumped into it and
presented revolvers to the head OF the
messenger. They forced him to hand
over the keys of the safe, which one OF
them ransacked while the other stood
guard over the expressman. After
taking out all the money, supposed to
be about $1,000, one of the thieves
placed it and the key in his pocket;
The robbers then pulled the cord, and
when the train slackened up, jumped
out and took to the woods, where they
escaped under cover of darkness. The
train backed down to Moscow, where
a description OF the robbers was sent by
telegraph. The citizens of the place
armed themselves, and to the number
of TWENTY-FIVE turned out to hunt for
them in the woods. But when the
train renewed its course the thieves had
not been secured. As they took the
kew of the safe with them, it could not
be opened so as to ascertain the exact
loss.
a Man Murdered.
At Meridos, Illinois, yesterday
William Edmundson, the son OF an old
resident of that place, dunned Mr..
Hockwith, Of Brown county, for small
sum ofmoney. Hockwith denied the
debt, whereupon Edmundson struck him
a tremendous blow on the neck with
brass knucklers, breaking the spinal
column and killing him instantly. An
attempt was made to arrest Edmund
son, but being armed he resisted sue
cessfully and made his escape. Hook.
with leaves family.
Delinquent Taxes 10 be Collected.
The County Court has approved the
action of County Collector Mcguire in
his attempt to collect the delinquent
taxes of the Iron Mountain, Pacific
and Western Missouri railroads, and
authorized him to employ counsel at
the county's expense to defend any suit
that may be brought against him or
his bondsmen.
Satanta and Big Tree found Guilty
OF Murder.
The Republican learns from Jacks
boro, Texas, that the report that the
Indian chiefs Satanta and Big Tree had
been killed while attempting to escape
is untrue. They were both tried at
Jacksboro and found guilty of murder
in the first degree.
Judge Seward, who presided at their
trial, thought their punishment ought
to be commuted to imprisonment for
life. Mr.. Tatum. the Indian agent, was
also using his influence to secure this
result. General Sherman had ordered
that they be held till final order from
the President should be received, and it
is probable, therefore, that they will not
be hung. Satanta takes his imprison-
ment very hard, and says the raid on
the Wilson train is the first one he has
ever been engaged in in Texas, and if
the whites will release him, he will
never make another.