The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-09-14
CAIRO BULLETIN SATURDAY SEPTEMBER H. 1872

H'Sbe WIZ hSustr vi Ouukt hFlUktOil, cus'
Hancock, and II. T. Simpson were en-
tered, and gold watches stolen from the
latter two.
About two o'clock that night two men
were seen on the streets driving a sorrel
mare to buggy. Suspicion was at once
fixed upon these as the guilty parties, and
at sunrise yesterday morning four men
went in pursuit. 1t was ascertaned that
they had gone in the direction of Water
loo.
The capture of the robbers was effected
by Messrs. William 4. Blair (city marshal
William Bark, William Joiner and w.
Is. Warson. The robbers had stopped for
dinner, and were about unhitcbing (they
we're travelling in fine top-buggy drawn
by sorrei msre) their horse near the
residence of Esquire Pettypoo, a few miles
below Gravelly Springs. They offered
little resistance, but expressed much sur
prise as Mr.. Blair and others rode up, the
marshal demanded their surrender and
telling them that he intended to Ego
through them like n dose of salts" A
search of their person discovered nothing,
but on examining the buggy the pin of
breastpin was observed sticking through
the lining of the buggy top. The party
Immediately went "up-stairs,' in the Ian
guage of one of the gallant gentlemen, and
found there eight watches and handful
OF breastpins, etc. On opening drum
mers satchel which was in the buggy,
files, faws, and other burglarious instru-
ments were found, among which was
murdorous slung-shot.
AT this part of the game the counte-
nances of the robbers fell. They seemed
to give up all thoughts of escape, and to
make up their minds to suffer the peralty
of the law Of they could not by some i'm
genious trick manage 10 break iail). Their
arms having been taken, they were placed
| in the buggy, and, W tn their captors be-
| fore and behind, turned toward Florence.
/ Just above Gravelly Springs the party
was joined by one of the many ubiquitous
candidates now canvassing the county, and
! further on by the Marshal of Athens and
his companion. The prisoners, who were
/ elegantly dressed, expressed much annoy
ance at the heat and dust seeming not to
care much for any thing else.
Florence turned out en- ndsse as the
party rode in town. Much excitement
prevailed.
At night it eliminated in the haning.
The Jail being insecure, Sheriff Hudson
had summoned eight men in addition to
the jailer to guard the prisoners. About
midnight great crowd came to the Jail
and demanded the keys. The guard re-
fused to give them up and fired on the
mob. 1t is said that the fire was returned.
AT any rate the jail doors were broken
open and the guard disarmed. The cell
wherein Tom Clark and the robbers were
confined were also broken into, and the
three men taken out and carried immedi-
ately to an adjoining square, and hanged
L.yth a IL
three were suspended from n tree which
stands in the rear of the site of the old
Masonic lodge.
In the morning tue citizens
found them there. One was
identified as Tom Clark; one
was a short, stalwart man, with the initials
+. Il. and a star in Indian ink on his right
arm and two hearts pierced by AN arrow
on his left hand; and one is supposed to
be - Gibson. We understand that one
of the robbers directed his portion Of the
1865 in money, which was found on their
persons, to be sent to his sister, Miss Kate
Schilee, Of Indianapolis, Indiana. The
man who attempted to escape, was shot by
some person unknown, recaptured and
hung with the others. 1t is the opinion of
DR.. Hannum, who examined his wounds,
that death would have resulted from the
pistol.shot. The younger robber marched
up boldly to the tree and requested the ex-
ecutioners to hold him up and drop him,
instead of drawing him up. The prayers
of Clark were agonizing, and were heard
by the citizens living near. Clark is said
to have killed sixteen men during hi:
. life.
The indignation of citizens at the out.
! RACES of these men were so great that the
. ladies of the community, and many of the
J colored people, requested the mayor to
have the bodies buried outside of the GEM
, etery. Esquire Rice, in accordance with
, this request has ordered that the bodie:
! be inferred in one of the old fields neal
t our town.
, Messrs. Hancock and Simpson identified
. their watches among those found in pos
! session of the burglars.
. Coroner, Ed. Brown, summoned jury
3 and held an inquest this morning. The
verdict was that the parties came to their
} death on the night of the 4th inst. by
; strangulation by hanging, at the hands oil
, parties unknown.
Messrs. l.. Z. Powers, John r. Petty, Jo-
! seph Miner, Andrew, Brown, j. r. West
moreland, and A. w. Porter, composed
the jury.