The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-07-31
Observation-Disclosures.
They are Identified IS Being
"Missouri Knights"
An Organized BAND Of Despera'
does.

Every ID ,rl i. being usde to ferret On
: and bring 10 ia-,is~ the men Who committee
tie late r.ilx.y rotber. 90 the Rock Islans
road.
The United S:aiss kKpress company, b
sides the reward OF $500 for each individual
robber, od<r liberal reward for the rec"v.
cry Of the mooey Lost BY them, or any p q
t,on thereof The company have received
another telegram from S,n Franci-co stating
that the hrs. report -ent IN reference to the
sealed bag belonging to Wells Fargo & Co,
We an error. Il contained 81 .e37 instead
of S637, AZ =. 6rs, supposed. rhir makes
the total loss Of the Express Company
1851.
The Non -urea Of Sunday gives the follow
ing telegram, sent to g. s. Stephens from
West Jackson county. Missouri.
GALLArIs, July %. 1873.
6. s. -6seven-, Council Bluff, Io~s:
Tvo OF the men implicated in the train
robbery near Adair passed twelve miles
wOOtuWsB@ ot AhU6uay SvS0luks
They-crossed the Hannibal & 81. Joe rail.
road Friday morning. One Of them l. one
of the three men who stayed with the woman
south Of the wreck Saturday, Sunday and
Monday, that wore the 6ne boots, heels
turned inwsrds. The mother Of these two
men-they are brothe.s-.iyes in Clay
county. They are known ss h'ghwsymen
and robbers ih the southwestern COUNTIES.
They are the ssme men who robbed the
Cmydon, Richmond and Ga'laiin banks.
they seemed 10 be q terror IL -vsry body in
this country. They sometime pas. lived in
this c.unty They separate! ab..u six mile~
vet Of Pstten-bu-s. fifteen mile. north of
here. was in thai c.'inty yesterday. You
Will hear from me again, | think. 1 will go
vert - far ~ Grand river bJ,om, twelve
miles; will probably return here. Have
men west Of Petersburg to get the trail.
E. w. JACKSON.
The St. Louis Tsm<s for Friday rays that
was received in that city Thrrs.
day, At police headquarters, which taken
with the facts before known, leave not .
shadow OF q doubt bu; thai several members
Of the party who robbed the train on the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad,
near Adair, Is, we're with the gang Who
robbed the St. Gepevieye bank last May,
and have been connected With o:ber daring
viliainiss OF . similar character, perpeirated
during the past three Or four yearA.
The members q the banl we're almost
without exception engaged on ole side or
the other in the s ,u,hwess during the civil
contest, acd know the vida and fastnesses
Of the O,ags country and all Missoori foot
BY foot.
Osase township, Jackson county, is the
rendeEvous for several of ;hem, and when NOT
on the war path they range aDund in the
east part of jackson, the vest part Of Clay,
md the wilder portions of Ray and Lafayette
counties T.ley have houes there where
heir families live and cultivate smSli farms.
ALI about them are relatives and friends Who,
although they would uot be guilty Of euch
deede, will shield the perpetrators Of them
to the last.
The police here know the men by reputa-
lion, and recosnz. their handiwo'k, and,
while they are perfectly c,'Di:.isnt Of the
guilt Of thee half dozen desperadoes. they
realize the difficulty Of getting hold Of them.
Something over two years ago the gang |
rode into Rpssellville, ~, 10 broad day |
light, dashed mp to the bank aad oserpower- |
ID the oficere Of the institution, killing
,ne of them named Long. They hastily |
rifled the vaults and then rode of With their |
treasure, firing a parting salute from their
revolvers
The party was tracked hack TO Missouri,
md the authorities Of Kentucky believed
hey had sure proof against Cole Younger,
,ne of the gang. They made out the pro-
per papers and sent on detective Bly,. of
with email posse 10 secure Cole. |
By conferred with the police here, and then |
raced his man to one Of the counties men
toned above. Cole va. there, and BY aP-
,lied to the sheriff of the county for aid. |
That official frankly told him that it would |
,e useless to make the attempt 10 get Cole
,ut of the county. I, couldn', be done, and
Blv went home empty handed
1t v,a the nucleus Of the same bsnd which
robbed the GalIatin bank, Of this State kill
INK Shes,p. the caahier, hastily plundering
he safe and then dscaEpias.
They are the same men Who rode up to
he Kansss City fair grounds, 1870, and in
he sight of Eve Thousand people overpower-
ID the gate keeper and carried of the cash
box. fortunately taking the one which con-
aimed only small portion OF tie receipts.
More recently they made descent upon
lie banks Of Savannah, NO., snd Cnrysion.