Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-07-24
PERILx or THE RIVER!
A MOustaia Wan Robbed while Making =
Macktnaw rr5p-Arre.t Of the
IhjcVe..

J. L. Vernon, = man Of miatlle age, Who has
worked in the gold mines Of New Mexico, Coiofa-
10, Utah, Montana md California for the last
twelve years, arrived in this city yesterday from
Benton, On his way to his former home III jackson
county, Ohio. where his friends now reside. He
eas.e down to Benton from The mines some time IN
March, and ind, 8 that he would be compelled to
wait for month or two before he would be abi" u
secure passage down the Missouri on q steamboat.
hi-c. niaciinaw built expressly fol him, which.
as soon completed, was launched. and -. YER
non, All Ill miner canned RockfrllOw. and another
nla whose name Mr.. Vernon did not know, but
WHO wanted to descend the river, took passage anu
started the long run for Sioux CITY, Mr.. vernon
gave Roc fellew hundred dollars to come down
VITA, Is he was out vi funds.
Yne trio started ~ III the river in the mackinaw
with goodly eurply OF PROVISIONS, ami we'll
equipped generally Tor almost any emergency Nj.
Vcr.on had in be about his body about $7OO IN
gold DUST the .ult VI ms twelve years labor IN
III. mines, and i've buffalo r.bes, valued at about
f very ,4iusHe blanket, VIII nv & lsQ kh Is
hul,.e as present hts father. Everything PASSED
Oh sI.oothly during the ride from Is. ntUm IL lis
malc OK. Nj Vcrueu dad n.t ret his Companions
know the alvln, II gold tl.st he had upon his per-
Unlh got almost to the latter iiac,. whelt he
OccAllle 50 Cllalcl Dclt
much weight that he WIS compelled t. Remove
it, placing II ior s.,ic keeping in his .aichel.
AT EisInir k t - stopped day 10 lest and re-
crulL their stock 81 provisions. The vaiuabies III
the boat w.r taken to u public house and safely
stored The next ia. just " dusk the party m.,.ie
arrangements to start out s.ain. Another man
wanted 10 80 10 slouA LHs. aud every lining WAS
ram. fprr,d In fine As were ting 10.
Vernon hpl tnrd 1" 10 IS his field glass, anu asked
one y, his conn II he woulant ak back to
the hotel anu gel it. lie reiaeea the q ound that
he had been drinking snew hat fire. iy, AND ttita'
feel like v xIkiix. Nj. Vernon ther upon picket
~ Iii. lid and .e,ulneL ~ thc hotci leavAM, the
three mel At.,; in tn boa, which Contained All
his we.lth. Ne gene bst y lew Miu,stes, but
WHEN he got back thtr was no boat III sight, 's't
the ir,ih vi the matter son forced itself upu his
n,M. that lie had becu uped. a"d that these scoul-
mel, wh.n hr h I'd b. frlen.lcd in numerous ways
had lu.,a.ly Icft Inn. taking wffi tht IN hi boat
money ami Ut .er vaiua!,les.
Mr. Vernon in,nle.l afcly secured y small boat
and started downs til river in pursuit IT the thieves
hut nuc, cover OF the night they had every advan-
taSe .iesira IL escape. and he saw nothing more
OF them. He pursued the party to Staining kOfk,
and was able occasionally gather little infOr-
nation them. enough 70 satisfy him thar they W, re
C,,,,.~ir1 the r,ypr At Standing Rock Mr.. YER
non currhr he Silver Lake just as it preparing
70 descend the river, and, disposing Of his boat,
took n.ssay.. thereon.
Inquiries Mt the varfo,s wood yards along the
river div NJ the fact that three men had been
sern bu, short time pr, yiously going down .tleana
in a mackinaw. and thus Mr. Vernon was enabled
to track them 70 81, kton Here they purchased
clothing, etc. and again took to their b"'r. They
ere seer by the crew Of the E. H. Drfee about II
orck,rk 4. m Thursda1A msking their way down
strea" close to the NEBRASKA s"'re me a.se liver
LAKE . ~. v.an .t,sr .sc - raining .h. fcts
IN The case te exraphed to the various points along
the river and also 70 this city, for the officers to be
." ,m watch for the tl'iev<s Yesterday morning
he came down 20 .n.s Guy " .."" '" -
..,,.. h. we're in POSSESSION Of the sum total
of hi. worldly wealth.
La evening sh.rif Mcdonald received a tele-
gram from vcrmi'liA stating that three persons
bearing the ae.cr" :. .ose ~. o ~ .,' "e. :.
sea'.n -. ~" ;nm.aia,.ly PENNY sheriff Dan
w.no,.,d. accompanied by Mr.. Vernon, started
out in carriage for tue town to identity the prs-
o"srs. -.
1t II t0Oe holDed that VIC ""i"''"""'e se1s'e"'"l