The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-07-23
LONG POINT TRAGEDY.
Arrest Of One of the Suspected
Murderers-Strong ProofAgainst
Him-Indignation of the People
Lynch Law Threatened.

William Bridgeman, another of the
men supposed to be implicated in the
| attempted robbery Of the Adams En-
press carat Long Point. on the Wanda
| liz railroad. and in the murder of Milo
Eamcs, the brave engineer, has been ar
rested and is now in custody ut Terrc
IIaute, Ind.
THE STORY OF TIE CAPTURE
will he read with intense interest where
Eames WAS SO well known and where
his murder created such intense indig-
nation. On the arrival OF Larry Hazen
OF Cincinnati, and Londgran and Thiel
OF st. Louis. at Long Point, it was found
that the murderers had fled in a NORTH
erly direction. The detectives arrived
at Nincennes just half an hour behind
the murderers. but although every pre-
caution was taken, the men succeeded
in jumping town before their exact
whereabouts was discovered. The en-
tire police force of the surrounding cit
les were put on the alert, and the move
ments of all suspicious characters noted
On Friday morning the Chief of Po-
lice of Terre llaute received Informal
ton which led him to dispatch officers
Regan, johnson, Eandeyer and Gibson
to point called Oaktown, about forty
miles south of Terre lIaute, on the Ev-
ansville and Chicago railroad The of
ticerS arrived there about o'clock in
the morning, and proceeded in Il west
crly direction towards the Wabash
river. A few miles brought them to Il
jungle of woods, through which they
made their way with great difficulty.
They had almost despaired of accomp-
fishing the object of their yisist, when
they met Il boy who gave the encourage
ing information that he had come across
a man answering to their description, Il
few miles beyond. Following his d.
rection. they come shortly upon clear
ing, where they found
TIE MAN TuEY WANTED.
\ reconnaissance was made. to see
that their presence was not apprehend
ed, when officer Vandever entered the
clearing alone. Approaching the man.
he said a: "HOw are you, Bill?" On
grasping the mans hand he held it
tight. Officers Gibson and johnson
came out of the woods, pointed their
loaded revolvers. and they had him safe.
The spot where he was found is an en-
tanglng swamp, and which contains
log hut, long the resort of thieves and
deSperadOeS, known as
LITTLE THIEVES CABIN
The capture was made in the night.
If the surprise had not been so sudden
the prisoner would probably have
fought for life, as he was heavily armed
with twolarge navy revolvers and Il
bowie-knifc in the belt around his waist.
At Oakland the Jail was surrounded
by an angry crowd of fully eight hum
drcd men, anxious to lynch the prison
er. Bridgmen was well known in Oak
land as desperate: his name has
been IL household word for years in
Knox and Sullivan counties. Only Il
few months ago he was hired to kill a
certain detective in Sullivan county. but
failed in the attempt and left with the
money. Since then he has kept
out of the reach Of the officers of the
law. hid at times in swamps and other
inaccessible places.
Yesterday Bridgman was taken to Ter
re IIaute 10 await examination. Intense
excitement prevails there, and the opin-
ion is universal that he is
THE GUILTY MAN
The evidence against him is strong.
On Thursday, the day of the murder, he
was seen in the immediate vicinity of
Long Point. On the Friday morning
following he took dinner at Il farmers
house, where he said he had travelled all
night, and was very tired and hungry,
and this statement was confirmed by the |
dirty and travelWOrn state of his cloth !
ing and his manifest anxiety. He |
answers to the description of the larger |
of the two murderers, especially in the
fact Of two fingers being missing. An
other fact against him is that he had on |
q long linen duster and felt hat, an
swcring to the clothes the murder wore. !
To questions put to him he told half Il |
dozen different stories. saying ut one |
time that he had not been away from
home, and again that he was just re-
turning from there.
The doors of the station house at |
Terre IIaute had to be closed, So great
was the throng to see the suspected mur-
derer, and there was Il strong desire to
lynch him. Among the objects of ex-
there were two large breast
plates and masks, all of steel, very
heavy, and provided with thongs for
fastening to the person of the wearer.
They were found near the scene of the
murder by Detectives Lonegan and
Thiel, and it is supposed they were
made especially for the occasion, and af-
thrown away for fear of i'm
peding their flight.
The other murderer was traced to
swamp about six miles from Vincennes.
Special dispatches to the Glohe-Demo-