, 1876-12-30
The county.Seat Of Williamson
County, IT.. Again a Centre
Of Interest.
Full Account of the Recent Bootless
Operations Of Daring Des-
peradoes,
The Desecrat0rs Of Ltneoln's
Tomb Beginning to Talk
at Random.

DARING nOUBERY,

DARING ROBBERY.
ST. Leuis Globe Democrat, Dc. 2e.
Early yesterday morning Capt. McDonough,
Chief Of Police, received call from Mr.. William
licndricls, Deputy sherif Of Williamson County,
who desired tic assistance Of the St. Louis
police In ferrctinE out (if within their jur3sdic-
tfon) the perpetrators OF d mort daring robbery,
which was committed during the Inter part Of
last week at Marion, the county seat OF William.
son County.
For some weeks previous Marion had been the
headquarters Of most mysterious individual
The stranger succeeded, In @ short time, In 80
tnRratiating himself with tile people that during
Ills visit he lad the entrcc Of most Of the houses,
such private families as list catered to his
sto,naclaic wants. In this way he became more
than ordinarily we'll acquainted; In fact, l,e
knew the tns and outs Of most Of the houses OF
Marion. Yet, strange % It may seem, no Que
knew ii, name, further than tllst hc responded
when addressed a. "Lcm."
Afr. Isaac Gayltt Is resident Of Marion, and
Lives, will Ills family, in the mtdst Of the town.
q % aow sS s e ss seR, ssnns S s"s M
wife alone. Mrs. Gavltt b,tslcd herself with
putting awny the supper Dishes and while In
tho snslst Of her work was called 10 the door BY
loud knoc!s., She responded thereto. aud, on
opcning thy door, was ,eonfronted b. two inen
With their features 60 hddcn behind luxurious
crops of fnlsc hair that had she known them she
would be scarcely nblc now TO speak positively
Us to THUR identity. atr. Gavitt, it seems, was
in the habit Of keeping his money nnd yalualaes
In u safe at AoMc, wiifcl, fact the robbers were
evidently acquainted with. Mrs. Gayttt WIS
met with thrrats Of death II she made afl cutlery,
and demand was 1.,atle upon l!cr for the safe
KY. She answered that shn did no: hare it.
After some further parlcy, tn which the woman
held resofutcty TO the position bla had taken
ut tue start, the robbers seized her, and after
tying her ar,na securely and gaggfng her, bound
she she was VI unablc to moyc. With tl,is thcy ieit,
Wishing llcr, with the coolest c1r0nteryn plens-
mt evening. The men had not been gone
| from the house gteat while betUEc Mt. Gayitt
/ returned. A curtain may be drawn orcr hts
CONSERVATION and horruf, since words would
fai! to picture either rs manifested upon aiscoy-
cring bis wife IN her helpless coudttton. As
soot as she could be released ehc told Of her
experience, ald Of m expression let drop by otlc
house, to tho effect TINT they might do better
before tho night was over. Mr. Gavtt again
started off down street TO notify his acquaint-
auvcs, aud to warn them to bc prepared for q
i.rard thu warning and needed IL IN the main
WAS the agent Of the American Express coua-
pany.
thing over S500, besides two wasches and q
sninll amount III bills. Tho large package the
| agent took out aud stored securely away, Ia a
quarter where It would never be looked for.
The outrage upon Mrs, Gavitt was tue theme Of
with thu coming VI late hourp. and at midnight
Marion had subluod iutu sluluber. Some time
between the midnight hour. ind morning: the
two thieves emerged from thclr p'nse Of hiding,
10 which they hal Fetrcatcd after their failure
ut the, Gayitt house,, and bent their steps
towards tho e1prcss Office, which Is ia an t*o'
lated building near the depot. Evidently they
knew the lay OF tic land, and liad prepared
srltf anil nj, fnn
vigorous onslaught. on t!u .Cotnpauy's. sate.
a ncighboring b'acksmittl-ahup was broken
open alld robbed Of slcdge. Gnce inside
the. express Office, the robbers went to work
with will, The safe was tumbled over upon
its back, and With slettRe-harnsner the eonbt
nation apparatus was knocked on, leaving nn
opening 1tito tue space between the Interior lin
ing and exterior. Powder was pbured Into The
space,-a Charge for full-ardgcd colunbiad
s t1e 'eRs Hh SSe's sa ff eetss
thr1r purpose, the sate-1cor being blown COIN
plctely OF. Their chaRrin at finding little te
pny then, for their trouble can bcttcr bc tlnas
lnxd than told. SingulArly enough, Mt, out
llouscs within stone-throw. The thieves nlad'
no further attempts q. robbery that have beer
asccrtained, but got themselves ont OF town BE-
fore tho break OF day.
counts Of the nigbt'adolngs, tho Deputy Sheriff
Mr. Hendrick, at once took steps to ferret GU
the thieves. They were truced to an adjoinlnt
town, but there the trail was lost At thi
point reports soneernn,g them 1csa.ae cGntils. M
anuther that they went south. Hetdrck wen
uycr the ground carefully, but could anl
nothing lcfinItc, and finally came to 1t. Louis
hoping that here Ills men might be found. III
mysterious party first referred to. known onl
O." Lenn to Ills victims, IL thought to be OH
VI the robbers, and complete description 0
Lin, has been lodged with Chief AlcDonough.