Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-10-13
A Very Singular story.

By Yesterdays dispatches to the E :
terprise from San Francisco we have tie
following: ...... -...-..... d.
La tn. snmmer If 1868 a stage coac'
running from R.,ise City, Idaho, to Ch
rinne. U,ah, WAS stopped by five stag
robbers and treasure TO the amount at
SG4. 600, intrus:ed to Wells. Frrg" Il q .
xas stolen. The robbers 'iivi''ed in
golJ dust and coin Md hurled b" hH :
ion, amounting to about 500 0Oo. #
the scene Of the robbery. AID thr' Il
iD different directions One If H.
beers. wi b the design of cheating his
lows. returned to thu plant ~ q 'i"-"''
and buried it abou, four mirs d.
and proceeded abou, hi hnSinr =
few DAYS after he was cap urrh by
authorities, and with two oshr's
gang who were subsequent " a'r">
sent to the Nevada State Pro. st ..
son for eight Yeats. He vino bad "
pjarted the treasure die!i in pms II
telling bis comrades and "ne 1T ~ +
op guards, who had befri'Ei 1t II m,
location O. the treasure. The gnart -
TO find it. but failed, and tur"-d the e >.
over to Wells. Fargo Il Co. aud ''''-'
employed $. Robertson Of Oakl' nd g.
work ND the case. Robertson tou
where the treasure bad been cs,nc- 81! 4,
but it had been removed. probAbl, +,
the other robbers. who bad been r-l' a>e
fron, the peniteptinrv in the mean IN
Investigation convinced tie d-trc w.
that a portion IF the bullion, .'uo"u'".
to about $4,000 or $4,000 8 Ia 81
disposed of in various places il VirHi IA
Civ, and it was tiualiy Traced I" theC
son Mint, where il was rnn ln'" com
The robbers, alarmed mt the close watch
kent upon their movements, srpnr 'te'
aud Disappeared. In Nay last three -
thu, robbers met at Pannnint. nri "n
Of the party said that il he wrr- i'll Sn'.
Francisco he conld easily o6ain ,l"'l'
to take bin t. the spot ~here the p'"r
was ard raise it. suggesting at the sam
time that they had been away so bon:
from thu section of The country tina, tie
antbori les had given mp all hopes at
finding the bullion or obtaining e"idtnr'
Uron which to TearrtSt 'ht m ibet
zane here, and after some little diff
caity managed to arouse me rnp'dl't
George Il. Bailey, a young man "ni Z
business in O,ksan1, and he furnish
them money, and in June last they 'r.,-
eled across the mountains and to Their
amaze ment discovered that The buil"'
had been carried away. They sr+nt
week or so in vain search for the treas
urt. and returned 10 this city. On heir
way down they concluded 10 SWIM.
their outside partner, VI hich they did by
passing oft on him bar of bogus butt
ion. Subsequently they began to fear
that the discovery Of the character OF the
bar would get them into trouble. IA
while all were crossing the bay t"Seth
they sna,cbed it from him and 'hr-"
overheard Bailey procured a warrin
Tor the arrest Of the parties, chargins
them with grand larceny in stealing
bar of bullion valued at Sc. 800. They
were arrested last night in Oakland anc
gave the names Of William Z WIiso''
Henry Thompson and James Langle,
Thompson is said to have respectable
connections. In the Police Court to-day
the accused waived a preliminary exam
nation. for 10 other purpose than 10
shu. out the facts of the ease. Cross
examination of one of the witnesses de
veloped the fact that the bar was bogus.
which appeared to greatly astonish the
prosecuting witness. However. counsel
for the defense said be wished to maxi
no defense before the Police Court and
would 60 before the Grand Jury. The
Court held the parties to answer in $4,000
bail each. The case is one of the most
remarkable that ever came up in hi
citv. What has become of the missing
$50 900 is mystery, but it is presumed
that in some way the location of the
bullion was discovered by some one con-
nected with the State Prison a, Carson
and removed.