, 1873-06-28


| who havo not loarnod modern business points,
! pupila, porhaps, OF st. LoniB aohools,-and our
streot, llko tho monument noar its lako-Bhoto
| terminus, will ronnin unfinished.
| On1oAdo, juno 20, 1873. DOUGLAS PLACE.
ATTEMPTED BANK ROBBERY.
a Raid on tho peoplc'a 1snnl1 OF
Chtllic0tflc, Nlo.--Tho ERtnglcndcr
Shot md 1Kl1ted--T1lo others HVound.
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ca''feoa', No. n: ~ na Gerrf;po"de"es Of tho st.
| Last night, at about II o'clock. four men went
to the house Of Maj. 8. MoWilliamH, President
littlo WY outside the corporation lines, md al
tomptod to got possession Of his per8on, In ordor
to got the koyB Of tho bank and rob It. Tho
| Major was forewnrnod and foroarmed. Ho Ind
was opened botwoon tho robbers and tho inmntoa
| Of tho dwelling. The rinGloador Of the robbora,
Smith Rnmbo, was killed. OH tho spot, and hia
followers tlod. These followers havo since boon
| arrested.
Tho aboyo Ia brief outline Of the events Inst
night, but they will bo best understood nftor
abatement Of the following dotai1a: Last Mou-
| day weok, young man named Btunl, who wns
since boon living in his noighborhood, camc to
Maj. MoWiliams' honBo aud told him tint Hnmbo
| and certain others who wore named, had formed
| b conspiracy to rob tho bank, and TINT tho time
| fixed upon for doing 30 was tho rext evening
| C,ucBday). Brunk aaid that ho himself WINS in
| cludcd by nambo In tho party TINT wna to engage
In the robbery and ho gave all tho particulars OF
| tho plan. He said TINT Ran,bo was to como up
| to tho house Of an acquaintance noar town, ap-
paront1y on goclal visit, aa ho WIS to bfiug his
wife with him. This was for tic purpose OF
proving IN alibi aftor tho decd was dine. At o
certain hour In tho night ho was to come up to
| town, meet hts confcderatcs, accomplish the rob-
bory, and return to his friends house in good
| time before morning
nambo did como up, at tho tfme stated by
Brunl1, but some accidental circumstances pro-
vented tho carryiug out Of hls plan that night,
| 80 the matter was postponed.
Drunk again posted Maj. hloWilams In regard
to tho timo Of tho postponomont mud tho change
Of plan for that occasion; aud everything hap
again caused Rambo to postpone that timo to
| last night
Maj. MoWillinme, nfter full consultation with
. few trussy friends, planned his mode OF nleot-
that Rambo hnd threo confcdoratos, namely,
Jim Manso, George Monroe, and Brunk him
self, who were to 60 ont to tho Majors
house short timo before midnight; TINT one
for Maj. 1Iowilliams, ask an interview On
| business, and, WHOM he CAME to tho door, seize
him, menace him with woapo1ie, disarm him IT
| armed, md take him and his fatler-1n-law, Mr.
| Ware, prisoners that Rambo was then to take
McWillians and Waro; securely bound, down to
| o secluded part Of tho town, while Mrs. Ware
| and her dalghter, Mrs. McWilliamB. should pro-
coed to tho bank with tho other three men aud
mont for them to do 30 being that in case they
/ did not como with tho money, or iu case they
made IN alarm. in town, MelYilliams and Ware
| would be shot by Ra1nbo.
Six men were stationed In Mai. McNil1iama'
house. well armed, namely: Joseph Cooper,
CnaEier OF the peop!oB Bunk VIM. u. Leach,
Assistant Cashier; MIR. Waro Mini. MoaYilliams,
| colored man who was In the employ, and stran-
ger whose name your correspondent failed to
| got:
Tho plan WAS, that when tho robbers camo
MoWilliams was to appoar ut the upper window
and hold pnrley with them. Meanwhile tho
blinds Of d window on the first floor were to be
| openod from within, md Brunk was to ontor by
mounting box outside for that purpose. Then
circumstances were to govern further pro-
| ceduroa.
At d few minutes pact II o'clock tho four men
oamo, aud Brunk acted as spokesman. Rambo
waB thoroughly disguised; ho had On gum
coat, m old piece Of coarBo tow-cloth was tied
about his neck; ho wore dark-colored alonch
hat instead OF tho light straw hut which lie lad
worn during tho day; his face WAS blackenod
With common blacking, and besides Ill this ho
had dark vofl drnwn ovor his face. His NC
S 70 IL o wa t. nsad gG
that he ahould do 80, md finally he reluctantly
consented. When be did 60, he skulked under
the portico, 80 as to DO out Of the aight Of 1tc-
Williams, although tho night WAS dark and ho
1 NO"A@ A~sNNEe~
When Maj. nfowilliams appeared ut tho win
| dow In answer to tho summons Of Drunk, tho
other three mon outside moved Off Blort da-
| tnnce but BEunk camo to the lower window,
which ho had previously selected As the ono Aa
was to enter; tho window blinds wero thrown
opon and lo hastily entered. Immediately upon
hia entrance, firing began. Your correspondent
were from the inside. Tho robbers, however,
returned tue fire, and Manso aud Monroe fed.
But Rambo was shot down dead, threo balls at
loast having entered bis person, one it the upper
the arm, and another in the upper and back part
! Of tho head.
| When the firing began, other partios, who
we're stationed at convenient pointa with horses,
| rode hastily up toward the acone OF action, and
| by mstake were fred upon by those who had
! boon defending tho house. Fortunately tho
mistake was discovered before anybody was
seriously hurt, although ono man got slight
bullet wound In his foot.
| Before morning large number Of tho citizens
OF this place Wero appraised OF the event that
| had transpirod, and ono aud another posse Of
competent mon went in eearch OF tho two rob-
| borB that had escaped. Monroe was found at
| home in bod-his home being about four or Hye
| miles south of Chillicothe- he WAS arrested
and brought to town, and was Of course lodged
lu jail. He confessed to having boen engaged In
the attempted robbery, and gayo an account Of it
Which substantially confirmed Tho statements Of
| Drunk.
uR1nbo was III town q considerable part OF yea-
| terday, Inst eyoning, however, about 1uHk he
left town in his wagon but 1t has boon ainco as-
cortalned that he unhitchod hia horses in the
woods about mile and a half OF two miles south
Of town, whoro tho wagon aud ono Of tho horses
was found this morning. Tho other horao ho
rodo up to this place on lis robblng expedition.
Nambo lived in tho south pnrt OF tho county,
| about oght or ten miles south OF Ohlllicotho,
| where ha owned about 400 acroH Of 1and. Ho
has. however, been III peouniary difficulty for
three or four years. and tho general opinion IL
that whom hiB affairs came to bo settled he would
bo bankrupt. 1t IL supposed that this condi-
ton Of his affairs induced him to engage in tho
desperate undertaking in which ho lost ha lifo.
Ho was largo, portly mnn, With woll-formod
head, and Intelligent, though rather sinister
looking face. He was apparently 81 or 65 years
old.
All tho parties engaged hayo heretofore boon
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