The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-10-26
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1t IS finally traced 10 e CarSOnEsmlnts
willie it was run into con. The 18bera,
alSned at the close latch kepEupoG
thpE movements, sepals ed and aisapa
psared. In May last threeNf the r61bers,
without any Encouragement whatever,
and without the faintest suspicion that
they were within hundreds of miles of
each other, met in saloon in Panamint.
None of the trio. had a. cent, and while
they were discussing the feasibility of
stopping the Panamint stage, one of the
party said that if he We're in San Fran
cisco he could easily obtain the means to
take him to the spot where the tsplant"
was and raise it, suggesting at the same
time that they had been away so long
from that section, of the country that the
authorities had given" Up all hope Of either
finding the bullion or obtaining the evil
dence upon which to rearrest them. To
make long story short, they found the
means to reach this city. -, i. e.,
AS soon as they got here they looked
money to 60 to where the bullion was hid,
and after some little difficulty managed to
arouse the cupidity Of George R. Bailey,
He furnished them money, and in June
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and to their amazement discovered that
the bullion had been carried away. They
spent week or so in a vain search for the
treasure and returned to this CITY,. On
their way down they concluded to swindle
their outside partner.
They either manufactured or obtained
possession of a bogus bar of bullion, with
a thin veneering Of aluminium gold. This
bar they pretended to have raised from
the cache, and it was turned over to
Bailey, but not until he had paid SITS in
solid twenties for it. The supposed bar of
gold Bailey kept hid away in this Icity for
several days, but concluding that it would
be safe in Oakland, put it In a sachel on
the Goth of July last, and went over on the
Oakland boat. It appears the parties who
had swindled Bailey, anticipating trouble
as soon as the rascality was detected, kept
track of Bailey's movements, and,
learning that he was going over
on the boat, dispatched three young
men to seize the sachel and throw
it overheard. The programme was
followed out to the letter. Bailey's
attention was attracted elsewhere and in a
twinkling the sachel was snatched from
his hand and thrown into the bay. II
can be readily understood why Bailey
made no cutlery. He carefully took in
the bearings of the spot where the sachel
dropped, and, failing to recover it, boldly
procured warrant for the arrest of the
parties, charging them with grand larceny
in stealing a bar of bullion valued at
$500. They were arrested last night in
Oakland, and gave the names of William
F. Williams, Henry Thompson and
James Langley. Thompson is said tc
have respectable connections. In the
court to-day the accused waived prelimi.
nary examination for no other purpose
than to shut out the facts of the case.
The cross-examination of one of the
witnesses developed the fact that the bal
was bogus, which appeared to greatly as
| tonish the prosecuting witness. However
the counsel for the defense said he wished
to make no defense before the police
court, and would go before the Grand
Jury. The court held the parties II
answer in SIS 900 bail each. The case il
one of the most remarkable which evel
came up in this city. What has become
of the missing $35, 900 is mystery, bu
it is presumed that in some way the loca
ton Of the. bullion was discovered bv sonlt
one connected with the State. Prison a
Carson, and removed.-Soa Francisc,
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