The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-10-15
Home gavo Barnes majority of,
100. in n vote of nbout 1900.
INDIANAPOLIS, October H..

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1SDIASApOLIs, October H..
Threo hundred and forty.si1 town.
ships and wards in seventy counties.
give net Republican majority of
1902; same, places in 1874 gavo net
Democratic majority of 855, and in.
1879 Republican majority OF 1857.
CntcAoos October II.
Returns from 60 counties in Ohio.
including Cincinnati and Cleveland.
indicate 1000 Republican majority
on tic State ticket. Barnes run be-
hind about 6000. The Republicans
gain four and probably fiyo Con.-
| gressmcn.
San FRANcfsco, Oct. II.
Gold, 1887 and 100. .sg,.E b
Currency, % and 92H.
In tho Summer of 1868 the stage, (.
coach running from Boise City,
Idaho, to Corinne Utah, was stopped;
by five stage robbers, and tho treas.
uro intrusted to Wells, Fnrgo & Co.,.
to tLo nmotlnt of SGi, 900, was sto1en..
Tho footpads divided tho gold dust
and coin, buried tho bullion, amount
ing to about $50, GOO, near tho scene,
of tho robbery aud then fed in differ
ent directions. Ono of the robbers.
with tho design of cheating his fell
lows, returned to the plant, unenrthed.
and buried it about four miles dis.
tant, and proceeded about his busi--
ness. 4 few days after, ho was cap.-
tnrcd by The authorities, nnd with,
two others OF tho gang, who were.
subsequently arrested, sent to the.
Nevada State prison ut Carson, for.
eight years. He who transplanted;
The treasure, died in prison, frat tell.
ing his comrades and one Of the.
guards who had befriended him, tho,
location of the treasure. The guard
tried to find it but failed, and turned,
the case over to Wells, Fargo i Coz.
They employed Robertson, Of Oak--
land, to work up tho case. Robertson
found where the treasure had beent
buried, but it Ind been removed.
probably by tho other robbers Who
had in the meantime beon released.
from the penitentiary. Inyestiga-
ton convinced tho detective that q.
portion Of the bullion amountin
about $4,000 or $4,000 bad been:
disposed Of in various places around.
Virginia City, and it was traced to
tho Carson Mint, whcro 1t was run;
into coin. The robbers, alarmed at
tho close watch kopt upon their
movements, separated and disap-.
peared. In May last, threo of tho,
robbers met ut Panamint, und ono OF
tho party sRid that if he wero in San
Francisco ho could easily obtain,
means to take him to the spot
where tho plant was, md raise it,
suggesting at tho snmo timo that they
had boon away SO long from that Soc
ton Of tho country TINT tho authori.
tics had givon up all hopo of either
finding tho bullion or obtaining eyi.
denco upon which to rearrest them..
They came hero and after some littlo
difficulty, managed to Grouso the
cupidity Of George Il. Baylcy, a
young man doing business In Oak
land, who furnished them with money
md i'll Juno last, they travelled
across tho mountains and to their.
annzcmcnt; discovered that tho buk
lion had been carried away. They
spent week or so III vain search for
the treasure, and returned to this
city. On their way down they con-
cludcl TO swintllo their outside part-
ncr, which they did by passing off
on him bar of bogus bullion. Sub
scqucmtly they begun TO fear t!ins {.
discovery Of tho character OF tho bur :
would get tllofn into trouble, nnd
whilo all tirco were crossing tho Bay
together, snhtcllcd IL from Bayloy
nnd threw IL overheard. Bayley pro.
cured II warrant for the arrest Of tho
parties, charging them with grand
larceny, In stealing II bar of bullion,
valued Ht SO, 500. They were arrested
last night, in Oukland md gave tho
inmc OF Wm. +. Wilson, Henry
thompson and james Langley.
Iheiapson is said to have respectable
connections. In The Police Court
10 day, tho accused waived n prcliuIi.
) nary examination for no other pur.
pose than to shut out Tho facts OF tho
case. ~ .cxaninnlion Of ono OF
the witnesses. developed tho fact that
: the bar wns bogus, which appeared
', 10 greatly nstonislI tho prosecuting
= witness. However, connael for tho
y defense said he wished to mako no
J dofcnso before tho Poiico Court, nnd
II would go before Tho Grand Jury.
Tho Coult held the parties 10 answer
IN the sum Of $4,000 hail each. rho
IL case is ono OF tho most remarkable
|; that ever cHmo up in this city. WIN.
=, has become Of tho missing S95, 900 ID
:, u mystery, bat it isprcsumcd Tint In
8, some way Tho location OF tho bullion