The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-16

ua,ion, the burglar held a little col
loquy with Cobb, and responded 70
the invitation to 'come right along,
by, mot while I'm alive, at the same
moment producing tho ever ready re-
volvers, one in each hand and full
cooked. rs no one IL the party ear
rics a heavier armament than pen
knife, il is but natural that the burg
lar walked into the back room. \
one armed man sitting by the stove
grabbed his coat as he went through.
but soon let 90. Cobb was at the
back door before he got out, but
Chris. Rcicherts lesolvers cleared
the way and let the robber into the
woods. The Dutch constable then
obtained short rifle and, urged by
promise of reward, went after the
chap. Within SIGHT Of the depot
and about half mile off, he came
to bav, held 4 discussion with The
constable and convinced that wide
awake officer that he dare not arrest
or shoot him without warrant. BY
this time Mr.. Cobb had obtained and
loaded a shot gun, and was marching
up TO rein iorce the valiant Teuton.
whom he met rcturning with the in
formation that he had no warrant
The fellows gave them one glimpse
Of his heels ~ he went down the
track toward Mt Vernon. and thus
ended the Btrtram campaign-the
constable covered with glory and
Cobb i'll possession oi the burglars
mokepipe which he threw from his
p ,cl>et VIII n he so sud lcaly honored
his guests BY presenting arms!"
Another freight was due about this
time for G. r., and G. and Y. had
only time to telegraph the situation
t. the Marshal at Mt Vernon before
taking it. We have not the particu
lars OF the engagement at that place,
but as the train stopped there this
morning Mcssrs. G. and Y. learned
oueh to show that it was lively
affair. The Mt. Vernon Mlrshal,
it appears, gathered a posse and went
to the depot, whore he soon found
the object Of Of his search. Fire was
opened here at once-the burglar
took down one side Of fence and
the posse down The other, cxehang.
ing shots rapidly. The Marshal was
shot in the head, and student ,hro'
the arm, and il was thought the bur
glar was hit. But at all events, he
again took t. the woods, south OF Mt.
Vernon, with large crowd Of armed
men, gathered by the excitement at
tendant on the shooting, after him.
This was the situation, 50 far =.
/ they knew in Vernon. when the en-
press came through "Wednesday 4.
| II. About !. o'clock. however, a
telegram came from Iangham, who
had gone from Loudcn to Vernon the
evening before, that they had the
mans coat, hat and boots, which he
had thrown off to facilitate running,
and were still after him; that he was
coming this way and We should be
alive. This represented the situa-
ton at close Of actual hosilitics last
nigh, the posse arrested by dark
ness. slowly beating tho woods where
he had disappeared.
On the arrival Of Langham's tclc.
gram, there was great excitement in
Upton. There WAS arming in no,
base and hurrying to and fro. Al
the old muskc,s, double barrellcG
shot guns and rusty revolvers in town
were collected and appropriated by
some thirty or forty men, who went
out in wagons or on horseback all the
roads leading north and northwest.
Not lpng after our braves left towl
for the field Of glory, telegram
came from Marshal Hale (who hae
been on the railroad all night to SCI
that the fugitive boarded no trains
stating that he had stolen hors,
from Poets mill. This, we supposed
meant tina, he was this morning fort,
miles away, and that our brigade wa
was wasting time beating an emp'
bush.
/ No further light came to aid on
speculations until about three p. m
when in comes messenger fror
Linn Grove, stating that his WACO
load of six men, early this forenoo
had struck a man from Peet's mi
who was following the track Of tn