, 1875-08-19

h1unrHYsBono, ILL.,, Aug. 17.-Ou Thursday
evening laHt the Bleslfr Of this county, J. D.
Klnball, With lilo aid OF the City Marshal OF this
place, arfested two desperatocH, who have With
in tho last two weeks. in the vicinity OF Ara on
tho line Of tho Cairo i st. Louis Narrow-Gasge
Railroad. In thls county, committed five or si1 OF
The most daring aud bold highway robberies that
lavo over boen committed Ia the State.
Tho circumstances Of tho arrest are about
these: On TUESDAY, evening laet. ]ust after tho
rain-storm at this place. man rosldiug q short
distance out IN tho country very quietly aud con-
fidentIaly Informed tho Sheriff that he had seen
BONO very misunderstanding characters conn.,
ing into to"n In tho nidss Of
tho rasn.storm. and Immediately upon
this information tl.o Sheriff turned
detective, aud also put His vary ec!ons and gen.
tlomau1y deputy. William Bradley, Jr., Mt work.
1n the course Of tho night tho whereabouts OF
tho two BurrtconB mon NoEe ascertaIlod beyond
. doubt, and to the eutto satisfaction OF tic
bhrf1 aud his deputy. Immediately after this
lhc bholia dispatched Deputy Bradley to the VI.
ciulty whore tho robbcros lad bnc, committed tnr
toacriptIona OF tho robtors. In the meantime
tue 8hctit,, uasunpected bY anv nnrson kcp. an
eye conttnualls unon their hiding place bnts day
ard night until telegram from Deputy Bradley
to tue Sheriff announced that thoy woro the
seception Of the dispatch the hixha aymou
werc IN tho clutches OF KimsIa aud
l.oucEer. 1holr names nro Montgomery
htoyens and william Flood. Stevens wAA
found to b1 wuuujod In bnth arms by
pHtol or gun Hhots. lIis statemens al to how llo
received tho wounds waB al follows; On tho
MONDAY night previous to hia arrest. AUNT
twenty mon, most of thern heavily inaalted Ard
Armed with louble.barrelcd aEo!-Enns and pia-
to|B. came to llls house and calsod him sp from
hs he'd. Tley inquired the wav to nciEhhor'H
house, about . 1nilos listant, but they could MT
unlcrata0d hin diroHtlou worry distinctly, owing
to tho great distance they wore from tho house.
AMI. in or,lor that he might DO better heard. lse
went out In tho yard q few Hteps, Several men
who had been concealed noar by rushed upon
lin and t9ld h!m to come along with thcm. lto
asked for ltb clothes, but they would not per-
init him to bAve anything hut his pants. lilo
esked for lis ehoes aud has but they replied tuat
no would not nead them. a1l started
With lum through corulio!l. Whau about f1ty
yatda from lts i.ouYn he made sudden uugn
and escaped from custody, and they commenced
tstug at linn. Three al,ota touh pfIect IL la
arm, After his escape be went to William
Floods Residence aud lilcd him to come with
ceal himaelf until ho could recover sufficiently
to mako Roo:l his aacape from the mob that had
sought hts llfo, His statement Al to tho shoot
inE. presume, Ia tEue, because ho Was copsid-
ored Tad and dangerous man In tho COM
mtlnttY.
Botl OF the prisoners have served Z torn In
tho penssanttaty, and may add thai OH satur-
DAY evening, the Sheriff srreatul q .nan by tho
name q boln8ton Ditch, VIII, re4ideH in tho
town Of Ava. mud IL supposed to boloue to tho
gang OF roabors in that part Of tie
country. ShoriY Klmball deserves Rrcat
credit Tor his promptnesn and determination in
bringing those outla~B to justice.