The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-09-04
NORTH LEXINGTON ROBBERY.
Full Particulars of the Daring At
fair.

of August 81, we copy the following de
tailed account of the robbery at North
Lexington on Sunday evening:
On yesterday evening, at 6:45 o'clock,
the celebrated James boys played one OF
their best tricks at North Lexington.
They had been in and about this city
during the day. In the afternoon MIR.
Henry Turner saw two of them down
on the river bank, near the soap factory.
They had hitched their horses and were
resting upon the ground. About the
same time, q strange, heavily-armed
man halted above town, at Smith e. Ham
let's slaughter house, and stayed for
half an hour or more. The omnibus goes
w about halfpast five in the evening.
These three men rode upon the ferry
boat with the omnibus, and were carried
to the other side of the river. The m
nibus was driven to the depot in North
Lexington, where it awaited the coming
of the train. In the meantime, several
citizens noticed the armed trio, and
talked with them.
The train came and nine passengers
got INTO the omnibus. On the return
trip, when almost in front of the large
house, where the recent atrocious murder
was committed, the three men rode out
from behind the house with handker-
chiefs Owe their faces and drawn re-
volvcrs, and commanded driver Gibson
to stop. He stopped. The commander
of the three ordered all that were III the
omnibus to get out, and hold up their
hands, and ordered one of the three to
ride on down towards the ferry boat and
pick UP the stragglers. He found walk
ing ~leisurely along Mr.. George Nance
and Miss Matte Hamlet and a half dozen
other ladies, and ordered them to return
to the omnibus. Miss Mollie Newbold
was OF the party, and declaring she
would not return, started on n run to-
ward the ferry boat. The robbcr called
out that he would shoot if she did not
stop. but she ran on nevertheless to the
boat and gave the alarm. The boat i'm
mediately pulled out and steamed to-
ward the other shore. The alarm spread
over the city like the cry of fire, and
before the robbers were half through,
there were in the neighborhood OF q
thousand people III the bluff looking at
the operation.
Miss Matte Hamlet Immediately ,e-
cogniZed the robbers as the James boys,
whom she knew well. She called them
by naGae and told them they ought to be
ashamed of themselves. Mr.. Nance,
seeing the situation, passed his pocket
book secretly to Miss Hamlet. In the
meanwhile the passengers were as
sembled in a squad on the ground with
their hands up. Two dismounted and
gave their horses to a passenger to hold,
while the third stood guard. They
went through the pockets of all the
gentlemen except driver Gibson.
When all the pockets were riiled, the
robbers turned their attention to the
baggage. They opened and looked
through the contents of all the carpet
bags. and took such articles rs they
wanted, leaving the refused contents of
the satchels and Of the pockets scat
tered upon the ground.
The following named persons we've
victimized:
X. j. Holiness. of the firm of Camp
bell & Holmes, of Kansas CITY, $50 in
money and a valuable watch.
w. I. Singleton, railroad agent at
North Lexington, 81 50 and n watch.
John {. Young. proprietor of the om-
minus line, Sl4 80 and a watch.
Capt. l.. Bergen. State Swamp Land
Agent, S23 and a handsome watch.
ID. Is. Allen, $50 in money. One of
the robbers iancied Mr.. Aliens coat and
vest, and courtoously requested n swap.
Mr.. a. gave HIM a handsome coat and
vest for a linen buster well worn and
very dirty.
William Brown, cOlored, $50 in cash
out of his pockets and Il revolver out of
his satchel.
An employc of the st. L., X. G. & y.
railroad, name unknown, 50 in money.
That those who are not well acquaint-
ed with the surroundings may not have
a bad opinion of the courage and enter
PRISE of the people hcrcabouts. we X
plain. North Lexington is on the north
side of the Missouri river. Immediately
opposite Lexington. Besides the rail
road building there are but three or four
houses in the village, only one of which
is occupied. The houses are built upon
the river bank, on the edge of the woods,
and there are no fences or other i'm
provemcnts. The timber is very thick
and extends up the river bank. The
road from the depot skirts along the
timber westward for about two hundred
yards, and then turns southwark across
the open saad-bar TO the ferry landing.
The robbers appeared at the rurn of the
road and called the halt.
Every foot of the road from the depot
to the river, and all the houses in North
Lexington arc plainly visible from the
bluff on this side. The consequence
was the last half Of the robbers pro-
cecdin@s were seen by Il large number
of people. The robbers were in no
hurry, but did their work Deliberately
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