The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-08-31
A Brave Boy.
Detroit Tribune. !

The sleepy little Canuck town o.
Windsor is in fever of excite ment over
one of the boldest attempts at robbery
which has been made there for several
years. The place where the trouble oc-
Cured is banking exchange Office kept
on GuiDlette avenue, near the Post Office;
by ). ". Bolton, who is assisted in the
business by his eighteen-year-old sou,
John F. Holtou. About eight o'clock
the ovsec morning three men, named
Robert Webb, William Schweitzer and
John Morgan, dove up to the bank in a
buggy, and while Morgan remained out
side 10 hold the horse, Schweitzer and
Webb enCered for the osYensible purpose
Of gev,ing a two-dollar Canadian note
changed into American money. Young
IIoltOn was alone behind the counter a;
the time, and while busy at the cash
drawer saw the man Webb slipping
around the end of the counter with his
evil eyes fastened upon the safe and its
contents. With one bound young Hol-
ton was in ,font of The robber, who
poiDied cooked revolver full at his head, /,
aod commanded him, If he loved bis life,
TO "show up" Immediately. "Never "
cried vhe plucby youth, and beating up
tue muzzle of The revolver with bis out
Sur stcbed arm, the bullet intended for
his brain dashed larme ess bv and buried
itself inio Lbe wall. Win cry of hafi1ed
fury the robber wheeled aud fled out OF
Tie door, and leaping into the buggy
with his two com panions, lashed tue
horse into run. There were few pep-
sons on the street at the time, but several
men who were Standing on corner near
by had heard the pistol-shot, ana seized
the horse as he came past. The three
robbers leaped fon the hack of the
buggy and fed up PINT street to Lower
Ferry, aud thence BY Chatham stree ;,
to Sctton's fruit garden, on the corner OF
London street ana Victoria avenue. A
mob of excited citizens followed close
upon their heels and fred several inef-
fec.ual shOts al them as they ran. The
fugirives took refuge in large asparagus
bed, aud from their place of concealment
blazed away at their pursuers as the lat
ter were leaping the fence, but luckily no
one was injured, and in few moments
Webb and Morgan had been captured
and turned over to the Windsor police,
who came tardily up, but in time to put
an end to the threats which were made
of lyuching the prisoners on the spot.
Schweitzer, however, did not propose
to yield up bis liberty so easily, and
lie. ping the ferce at the southwest corner
ol the garden, he travelled along the
svreet-car' track toward Sandwich at the
top of isspeed. Several citizens on foot
and negro mounted on horse followed
in hot pursuit., and were from time to
time made the targets of Schweitzer's
revolver, whose nerves were either very
unsteady or else his aim was atroc.ously
bad, for all his bullets few wide of their
mark. The man upon the horse had not
the courage to overtake and seize the
flying robber, and finally gave up his
saddle to a citizen named Edward Ben.
nett, who galloped short distance be.
yond Schweitzer, and leaping to the
ground, met him face to face. The des
perate and painting thief pointed his
empty pistol at the man who had stepped
between himself and freedom, but Ben
nett was not to be inundated, and at
ter a short, fierce struggle, Schweitzel
was secured and conveyed to the Police
station, where his companions were al
ready confined.
Webb is fugitive from London, Ont.
where a few months ago he was con
cerned in the shooting of boy. The
Sheriff of London had arrived in Wind
sor in search of him. Morgan is wei
known Chicago cracksman, and Schweit
ger is the identical Potomac ruttian WHIT
assaulted Officer Packard on Franklin
street several months ago, and has since
been living in Windsor to avoid arrest
The fate of these three worthless Cal
easily be guessed at, for the lawSof Canad,
are merciless in regard to such crime a
that committed by them. They may deem
themselves especially favored If the,
escape with less than fifteen years i'm
prisonment.