River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-08-17
A BKANE ROY.
lie Thwarts Three Burglars and Secures
Their Arrest.


lie Thwarts Three Burglars and secures
Their Arrest.
From the Dcuoa Tribune. Avg Z,
The sleepy little Canuck town of
Windsor is in fever Of excitement
to-day over one of the boldest attempts
at robbery which has been made there
for several years TIE place where
.he trouble occurred is banking ex.
change office kept on 0uillette avenue,
near the postoilice, by J. w. uolton.
who is assisted by his lS.year-old son,
John +. Holton. At about s O'Clock
this morning three men named Rob
ert Webb, William Schweltzer, and
John Morgan dcove up to the bank in
buggy, and while Morgan remained
outside TO hold the horse, Schweitzer
and Webb entered for the ostensible
purpose of getting a 50 Canadian note
changed into American money. Young
iiolton was alone behind the counter
at the time, and while busy mt the
cash drawer saw the man Webb slip.
ping around the end of the counter
with his evil eyes fastened upon the
safe and its contents. With one bound
young Ilolt0n was in front of the rob.
Der, who pointed cooked revolver
full at his head, and commanded him,
if he loved his life, TO ''show up i'm.
mediately. "Never T. cried the plucky
youth, and beating up the muzzle of
the revolver with his outstretched arm
the bulletIntended for his brain dashed
harmlessly by and buried itself in the
wall. With a cry of bafiled fury the
robber wheeled and fed out of the
door, and leaping into the buggy with
his two companions, lashed the horse
into run. There were few persons
on the street at the time, but several
men who were standing on a corner
near by had heard the pistol shot, and
seized the horse as he came rushing
past. The three robbers leaped from
the back of the buggy and fed up Pitt
street to Lower Ferry, and thence by
Chatham street, Sutton's fruit garden.
on the corner of London street and
Victoria avenue. A mob of excited
citizens followed close upon their heels
and fired several Intellectual shots at
them as they ran. The fugitives took
refuge in a large asparagus bed, and
from their place of concealment blazed
away at their pursuers as the latter
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 tardiIy up, but iE time to
put an end to the threats which were
made of lynching the prisoners on the
spot.
Ccbwaif1ap hauavor lid NOT ,,ro
pose to yield up his liberty so easily,
and leaping the fence at the south
west corner of the garden, he travelled
along the street car track toward Sand.
witch at the top of his speed. Several
citizens on foot and negro mounted
on horse followed in hot pursuit, and
were from time to time made the tar
gets of SchweitZer revolver, whose
nerves were either very unsteady or
else his aim was atrociously bad, for
all his bullets flew wide of their mark.
The man upon the horse had not the
courage to oyertakc and seize the fly
ing robber, and finally gave up his
saddle to citizen named Edward
Bennett, who galloped a short distance
beyond Schweitzer, and leaping to the
ground, met him face to face. The
desperate and painting thief pointed
his empty pistol at the man who had
stepped between himself and freedom,
bus Bennett was not to be intimidated
and after q short, fierce struggle,
Schweitzer was secured and conveyed
to the police station, where his COM
panions were already confined.
Webb is a fugitive from London,
Ont, where few months ago he was
concerned in the shooting of boy.
The sheriff of London had arrived in
Windsor this very morning in search
of him. Morgan is a well known
Chicago craftsman, and Schweitzer is
the identical Potomac rufiian who as
saulted officer Packard on Franklin
street several months ago, and has
since been living in Windsor to avoid
arrest. The fate of these three worth
les can easily be guessed at, for the
laws of Canada are merciless in regard
to such crime rs that committed by
them this morning. They may deem
themselves especially favored if they
escape with less than fifteen years
Imprisonment.