Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1876-11-07

ASOMA NE. u - k3IAGE QUhhEh.-- u etAC
summer Of 1864 stage coach run-|
ming from Boise City. Idaho, to Co
rinne, Utah, was stopped by FIVE stage
robbers, and the treasure intrusted to
Wells, Fargo & Co., to the amount of
$64, 900, taken. The footpads divided
the gold dust and coin, and buried the
bullion, amounting to about $50, 200,
near the scene of the robbery, and
then fed in different directions. OnelI
of the robbers, with the design OF
cheating his fellows, returned to the
place, unearthed it and buried it about
four miles distant and proceeded about
his business. A few days after he
was captured by the authorities and,
with two others of the gang who were
subsequently arrested, was sent to
the Nevada State Prison at Carson
City for eight years. He who trans
planted the treasure died in prison,
first telling comrade and one of the
guards who had bcfrlended him, the
location and whereabouts of the treas
ure. The guard tried to find il, but
failed, and finally turned the case over
to Wells, Fargo & Go. They en-
ployed S. Robertson, of Oakland, to
work up the case. Robertson found
where the treasure had been concealed,
but it had been removed probably by
! the other robbers, who had in the
meantime been released from the pen.
itentiary. Investigation convinced
the detective that a portion of the
bullion, amounting to about $4,000
or $4,000, had been disposed OF
in various places around Virginia
City, and it was finally traced to the
| Carson mint, where it was run into
coin. The robbers alarmed ut the
close watch kept upon their move
ments, separated and disappeared. In
| Nav last three of the robbers met al
: Panamint. One of the party said u
he were in San Francisco he could
easily obtain means to take him to tho
, spot where the plant was and raise 1t
Suggesting at the same time that they
had been away so long from that sec
: ton of the country that the authori
: ties of the country had given up al
!. hope of either finding the bullion oil
] obtaining evidence upon which to re
! arrest them. They came here and at
! ter some little difficulty managed Il
J. arouse the cupidity of George r. Bal
= ley, a young man doing business il
d Oakland, who furnished them money
G and in June last they tracked across
a the mountains, and to their amaze
4 ment discovered that the bullion ha'
}. been carried away. They spent
e week or so in diligent search for tn
r treasure, and returned to San Francis
), CO. On their way down they conclu
t. ded to swindle their outside partner
which they did by passing off on hir
r. a bar of bogus bullion. Subsequent
,f " they began to fear the discovery G
a the character of the bar would &c
D. them into trouble, and while all wer
Ie crossing the bay together snatched
D. from him and threw it overheard
IS BaiIy procured warrant for an a
d. rest of the parties, charging them wit
Is grand larceny in stealing bar
=. bullion valued at $4,000. They wer
Y arrested last night in Oakland, an
,r gave the names of William F. Wilson
le Carey Thompson and j. Langle.
Thompson is said to have respectabI
= connections. In the police court t
! day the accused moved preliminar
- examination for no other purpose tina
!, to shut out the facts of the cas-
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