The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-04-05

APPLETON CITY, Mo, March 81. 1871
CAPTURED BY THE YovSGEEs.
In one Of my letters I referred to an M.
fair that occurred At Monagaw last fail
when several men from this pmca were
captured by tho Iouugcrs and their
crowd; but / believe l did not toll tla
whole story, which is very intorestinr.
and illustrates tho character of the mon
with whom Mr.. Pinkerton has TO leeL.
Mr.. Pinkerion will be interested 10 bayo
1t in de.ail for believe he has writ,cn TO
gentleman here for tho ontiro ci-cpm-
stances. Last September Some horses
were stolen in Csss county, and fovorsI
stores broken open by the samo thiavcs in
single night. Tho robbery was rri-
lished in all the Western papers, aud viii
be remem bered. Sir. a D. Robbins. of
Burdett, Case county, and j. w Miller
OF Brosley, whore tho horses were stolen
tracs cd tho thieves 70 this place. by n re.
culiar shoe that the horse wore and mo-
culisrity IN bis gait. Hero they secured
the assistance OF several gentlemen. ana
started for Monigaw. Tho ua-tv com
sisted of these two gentlemen. TomCobh
young drugges. hero with as cloar an
eye and rs frank face Us ever man look
ed into, II. NJ. Cotton, a YOUNG fsrmrr
and M. WycoG, lumber merchant A
few miles below, n young man named
Heter Joined the party ns a guide, and thcy
succeeded in tracing the horse TO the barn
OF man named Morrow, who lived inst
on the edge OF the Monigsw woods From
here it led them TO blacksmith shop at
Lowry City, a small settlement two t1i,as
away, when they lost tho trail. but found
another, made by q nowly shod lorao.
kar al 10 l.
again, and concluded they would cali on
him. He was there with Kirkpa.r,cI,. an
other of the tribe, but sftor q Iittle tue.lc
and several shots, they both got away and
fed into tho woods The party rcrraiDoj
over night at tho hotel ut Roscoe. whore
Lull is lying, and started after their mon
again.
THE YoUvGERs rEEcAUr1ov.
These Iounkera, whenever they ma In
the country, have spies stationed nj an
tho approaches TO ihoir dcns. who r,va
them warning with bugle b.ast. No ono
has ever seen this bugle, nor the mv.l.rj-
Gus musicians who play it, but it Is Al.
ways heard by persons who hayo met the
foungers while crossing the woods. I.uU
and his party received the warning a11u!
half an hour before tho fight occurred.
BUT, TO RETURN
TO my story, and although IL rcaGa like
romsncei although it smscks Of GGyen-
ture Of that peculiar sort Of which Eratlo
is the patron saint, / can assure tho read
ors of this letter that every word is
true.
left the party on their way from Egs-
coo TO the woods. They went 10 old srpf-
fers house and inquired after the stolen
horse, of course no one had seen or hoard
of it. soon after they had heard tho I'M
gle, and they say its notes were the sUe.l-
est music, echoing and ro-echoing nm ana
down the glens aud oaverns tin h seemed
as If sthousaud bugles had boon blown
About twenty minutes after they reached
tho stream near tho hotel and pau.rl n,
the foot Of the hill TO rest thoir h1rsas
and counsel together. II wa concluded
that tie Cass county men hsd botter no
up 20 the hotel alone and look ~ The. Ia
bes, FOR one OF the younger gang named
Wilson, the same man, | believe WIN,
wished to pound me for WRITING uthgi
d--n stuff about US fcllows,' was l,vipo
there, and so large a party might fy.ft,
his suspicious So tho two men won, an
and were gone sometime. WykoE won.
dering what kept them, started up tho sim
TO reconnoitre. lie had been g9ro nd
moment when tho three who remained a,
the foot, Cobb, Cotton and Helta-. hoard
suddenly the tramp Og hortcs behind
them, and
Hello, there
One Of them answered tho call ,.,r, q
Hello and they saw five rDo- -..r,
upon them. The leader, who proved q.
be John Younger, tho man Lt.l Rnra
ordered them 20
THROW boWS THEIR ARMS
and hold up their hands, saying. ..ow
we've got you, you. By Cd,
we've got you now, and each Of tho par.v
leyeled doubled-bsrreilcd shot Gun nd
the boys, who threw down their reyoIvor.
90 the ground. Each Of Younger rarlv
besides his hhct gun, had four reviewers
in his belt-End some had knives. Ta.r9
were two Youngers, John and Bob. and
Mccoy, and kHkpatriok, and Morrow
the two men they had tried 10 Grrc.t DO
day before. John Younger rccorr sad
Cobb, and aaid
Tom Cobb amt you old enough 90 10
better than this p
Cobb responded Familiarity, and got OF
his horse, when Mccoy ordered him 20
hand up those pistols Cobb offered Dim
his own, muzzle first
'No, said Mccoy, the other end frat IL
you please
Tho ruihan took it.-a email si2eI Elk. /
ingly:
thieves with, amt it,
How many Of you arc therer asked
John Younger, who seemed 70 BE- tie /
leader.
Six, answered Cobb.
who are they
'une 10 lumberman from Applct9n
and the other two are from CasS COUNTY
" That are you doing hefsr y
Those Casa county men have Lost some