The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-10-03
IDENTIFIED.
u'DANIEL's PARTNER IN THE HUNT
INGTON BANK ROBBERY.

ter. the Heroes vi Gsasl's fftI1, Nun.
che and other Plnndcrimg EN- plOits.
A Lexington, KY, telegram to the Chi
cagO Times, October LIST, throws more
light on the West Virginia bank robbery.
II says: The excitement Is still high
through this part OF the State over Tie
Huntingdon, W. Va, bank robbery. The
Identification Of one Of the gang us the
notorious Thompson McDaniels. u Mis-.
souri, desperate, has been fully verified,
and the conclusion accepted by the Louis.
VILE detectives. who were certain ut first
that the dead man was jesse James. The
report which first went abroad. that the
robbery had been committed by the
Jamescs and lOuDgrrs, Of Missouri, hav.
Ing been thus partially disproven. u great
deal of interest is felt us to who the other
members of the gang are. The robbery
was done
EXACTLY LIKE SIMILAR
affairs which have occurred In Kentucky,
Missouri and Iowa. aud a little light
upon this transaction might settle be-
You'd reasonable doubt the
IDENTITY OF THESE BOLD NIGuT-RIDERs.
There are two or three OF the old Guam.
trell band living near Lexington, one OF
whom your correspondent met to-day aud
obtained some interesting Information
from him.
There is sort OF Freemasonry en-
listing between the old guerillas, and the
source from which the news comes en-.
titles II to hearing. NV informant
says the four men who did The Hunting
| ton business are old hands AT that kind o,
work, but little known to the public
They have done their work quietly for
years. letting The Jameses and Ioungers
get the credit for their deeds. and tlen-
selves enjoy the ill-golfon gains. The
four men who robbed the Huntington
bank. this man atiirms, were Thompson
Mechanics. now dead
CLELL MILLER, JACK KEAN AND CALVIN
CARTER.
The man now In custody in Frcntress
county Is one OF the robbers. aud when
identified will be found to be either Mil.
Ter, kean or Carter. Miller. he says. he
thinks was the man who robbed the bank
IN Corydoii. Iowa. When this bank rob
berry began. he was arrested IN Missouri,
taken To- Corydon. and had II preliminary
trial. which resulted Ia his release in
some way. Miller and kean are the two
heavy-srt men who are described by the
Huntington cashier and said by the Lou
isvillc detectives to be
THE YouNGEHs.
The misunderstanding man, whom Bligl
thinks u .Iarrette. Il brothcr-in-law of the
YOungrrs. u Cal Carter. These four men,
Miller. MciDaIiels. Carter. and K.ali.
were under Jim Read. the Texas tlesper-
ado. aud constituted the baud who robbed
the FL Paso stage between Austin and
San Jacinto in April. 1874. Read was af.
terward killed by Sheriff Morris. in Tex.
as, but the remaining members Of his
party were never made known until now.
This man. Jack kean. who Is pretty
likely TO b- in the Fentress county prison,
owned Read as brother-in-law. having
married Reads sister. Last winter lie
was living near kearney. in Claw county,
Mo-. under the name Of Tom Brock. but
aft-rward disappeared. He was AT Mum
Gle along with the Mcdaniel boys and
Clell Miller. These four men were a 50
ut
THE GAD's HILL ROBBERY.
They have score of COME lera,es living
along the Texas and Missouri border. and