Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-05-06
h .so,or,ows rsobber Caught.

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Titusvillo to this city on Monday was
for tho purpose Of obtaining a requl.
sition from tho Governor for James
Sacgcr, who participated IN half mil
lion robbery at Petroleum Centre, Vc
mango county, in 1868, and who Is now
in custody at Denver, Colorado Tho
roquisition has been granted, and tho
officer is now on his way TO bring tho
prisoner to Pennsylvania A history
of tho robbery is interesting Five
men living in Sacgcrtown,' six miles
from Mcadvillc, entered the housc Of
wcaltay man named BcnnohoG,
whilo tho family wore at supper, and
at tho muzzlc OF tho pistol compelled
Bcnnehoil TO deliver up tho key ofonc
of his safes, in which he kept an enor
nous sum of money. The old man
fought the robbers desperately but
was compelled TO succumb to superior
force All the inmates were rendered
helpless by tho gagging process, whom
the robbers opened tho safe and 80
cured over s500,00O in United States
notes.-the profits Bennchof derived
from the lease of oil lands in the neigh
borhood. After securing their plumber
they appropriated his slcigh and drove
several miles into tho country, where
they left the horses and rctrcatcd to
places ofsafety.
The robbery was committed on u
winter evening and was planned by
Saeger, who, with his accomplccs,
lived about twenty miles from the
scene. BennchoG did not trust TO do
posit tho large amount of money in
tho banks and concluded that safe
would be tho most secure depository.
To rondcr it still more secure he en-.
ployed n man TO watch the premises.
This individual is supposed TO have
been bribcd by tho robbers TO assist
them in their operations After the
robbery the money was secreted for
three days, IL being the understanding
among the robbers that they were 10
meet at n specified time and "whack
up," as the manner OF division OF spoil
is termed in thieves slang Before the
time Saeger sttie the whole amount
from the hiding place and jumped The
country, leaving his companions with
no money and the guilt Of being par
ties to the burglary. Two Of the rob
bcrs are serving out long terms OF i'm
prisonment, and now the principal has
been arrested after beingalugitive from
ustice six years. The arrest was made
by the chief of the Rocky Mountain
!, detective association.
The prisoner has recently confessed
that he was tho identical Bennehofi
robbcr, but ayerred that ilhe had been
armed the officers would never have
taken him. 1t was tho first time, he
said, in an interview had with him,
that he had ever been takcn unawarcs,
although he had been followed and
watched for six years llc also relat-
cd somewhat OF his life since the time
ofhis robbery. After leaving Saogcr-
town with the moncy--which he had
! in an old clothcs-bag-he engaged as
coal -hcavcr on steamer on the Ohio
river. The first stopping place was
Pittsburg, after which he went 10
New Orleans, and from that city pass
, cd over to Cuba. lie did not stay
there long but went on to Mexico
( from which country he passed up "a
Texas and has been ,hcrc 10 tho cattle
: business for three years or more The
, ,.o,ol "a hta fri,, IN Colorado ia now