The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-10-20

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H~MasAabi~ Vafwvf ~ the Ja..s ana
SoHesvv III others 1h~ ttan.l ttsrk~n IL
Amer f.ass~rn N~ass ~ Crtm~,
Tile nnmeH Of the James eoys and tho
Younger brothers arr familiar IL the
whole country. The bani which they
r,rre%vni hnH enjoyed success parml
lrlel lsy llo other criminal of ontlaw ur.
ranixatinn un this continent. For eight
years thr#r men hMil Il lir hest ,lstrct
I've talent iii ihe rcnntfy. The authofi.
tiea Ia every State. from West Virginia
~ Texas. and irum Minnesota a. the
the tsnlf, ana tns detectives III Chicago,
Cincinnati and Louisville, have Nil Nv
turns taken hand III tho pursuit III tl,r
roblWrs mud Ia hunting thcm down.
Their tactics were very simple, hut they
never failed Nh tin Mortified ioh. The
rrcret of their success lay iii their knu.l.
e.lge ri the Southwestern country nn.i
their complete isolation from ail I'M,
known friends and oli war companions.
They were continually moving, but III.
ways hy unfrcuurntrtl ruatis anu over
hy.pathS. There werc nearly score
" thu band nj first, and pc,itsl.
ically from four ~ eight III them
you'll fall on n bank III sonir country
,uu. ~ upon railroad train nj sain.
WAY sa.iun. Half III them, riding M
ana down TIN ssrettn ditcharginR rusuIy.
IRA md nilcrinE rn,aaa Ion. aud loud,
would throw Tho tewnS.Inoplc iltp Il
panic, while the other~, llsmoun,ing,
dashed into the l,ank, ovctpow rcl tie
cAHlIiar anl swept Tho contents NJ lila
nAfe into Msk, niil ihcn TIN hand would
liz oil like Tho wind. scattering after thr
inst few hours ride, aud leaving trail
~ blind tllat pntsnerr were thrown tuu
fnr la thu rrlf ~ assr make capture ptia.
able. The attacks Oh tho railroad traiua
wrra similar. Tho objective point being
always thu express tnfra. Individuals
wrrr rnfsl, or over mulastnI save Mlsn
n bscams nccrsfAry un one III thoa rapid
frttestn ~ enforce horse trade, III tho
brief conversations which these n.n lucid
with tllair nAptisas they prnf.tau.l rude
wort of chiynlry. saying rich corporations
wofs their only rr.y, aud they never
killed In cold blood.
THIN EnhohH m DETECTIVES.
That lh.An nth size, III aal NJ long Iii
tlislr nsfafions profession, for prof.a.
lion II eaaa t. bs., neemaI almost like il
mneA,iy Oh thu capacity III American,
officers. Orn mistake, AMI perhaps lin
worst mad, wa that tbraa officials gum.
munc II by attributlng 10 TIN James ai.l
Younger fHmiliaa al. the rfiinrs, Jisrtl.
KAflinH TIM likelihood tint lllufn w.re
others associated with illeu, which Ian
.iilrs proven ~ h. tn fact. iiy tliis ~.
i.,n ~ tho authorities thsse uu.laws.l
men wefe AilA ~ stabli !, perfect ullhia
IN hoina III tknfs .,ass.n, Which tended III
excite sympathy FIR them mil Ii confuse
thu oiilrafH. Then, again, tin dpanrip
iluhs hsfAua NO inixe that nothing
could W. lnAdn ont II lhnin. Wlnn tin
various mnnh III III tie Nurthiieli baud
WIRE captured II wAs utterly Impossible
- identify tlan until neu vllo Ind
known thr nuiinsH personally hi MIR.
nonri Will taken there " identify thum.
THE Akromp ~ rnxin eH,Mxs.
Tho sslr.ei III Illsra men IN robbers
nruLed NJ lsnsasllYiile, n.y., in Tin xpring
~ ISIS, whore u hank waH robbed Ly .lA
u them III precisely tllp manner Il f,1u
slehcrlbea. IA J.eeml,er, 1870, tllay
rode into t.sllaliil, DesrissH county,
No, kiIlsl The e.sliiar, John w. Sheets,
Anl catfi.4i ~ liz uonenls III tho bank
HAfr. On this 90 inisi thn robbers were
traced to Clay runnts, tho hume ~ ihe
JAniuH l,pyr' moihsf. and yet thu outlaws
esinblinli.d tiieir iLnurHlln. III Tim rrit,ln
Wy lilp hiIi Iayiss III illn merchants IL
t.ibuity, nllure thay iad h4eh The daY III
Tho robbery. Tie NEAT exploit Wa TN
mpAtE later, whom h.vrn III fin b.lildItn
Ipln np ~ tItn Hafa N the knilals Ulty
LspuHltion grounds. aud III tn l,rs#s aer
II ~, I'M people rtIi,,ot tho ticket NJ III
~ thn days reralpta Car,tlon, losa,
WAr siAll4.l on thr III day III Jnne, i47l,
And tln hank rnIlryel III Ill ~ ipsA-
nre. In ihn flight ll. rubl,rra TUNED
uii u purE,liuK party AMI wofss.d them.
The baaks ~ Columbus, n.y., and of
IT.. tien, sirse, Mo, wrin nAst nill..l,
md tlian In lh7j Il thin Vim wrecked Oh
iln lsock Island mud I'arilie road just
s,tst ~ tnnncli Huff, un,i liz oanr.na
"a plnndnIuI. 1i,ern ~ ,ngi.ner a,M
killed, INT lie ral..ufn luAelsrl Missouri
In Blfots. They alsl.a Disappeared III
thu weetern committees ~ tlni '3lnk. Hnb
.eqnsnt il salupInsntA rhpN II That ifpm
~ ~ s Fl..' Thy n',le aul'il, away Yer
I'M fhHaHss) hui uNVN VI GbHtuh1ltu
security under assumed uanips. The
neat yuAI after All. Iowa i,nlu Iobber,
train ~ thu ~. Louis aud Iron Munt.
tain rDad MAS Jagged ~ uAdal,ill, md
nvo nnn hGld u, prisoners 9OD i,arsrn
gsrs willie they l.lnicIy robbed ilc
tslAnis Express .Hi, Hi. ALTAR to,E
I'i. s,t's nixty iaIIrs Leio. w. Lpnin,
tlia Wfsat WINS nafe, Mnnei.,
i III, lew ni.lna west N kansns t'lty,
naa rlloht u Al the plnuu In stopping
llia Kansas ia 'iiir train, aud MelI%,
Fargo i to. Int ~, tOO worth IL gold
dust. Thu Mmn day anothaf doinil III
thc gang made h III cent III TIM Garinth
Hank. NJ Misristi III. TIuir wns ~
inissAking the In,l.ilsork. Ii VA. Tho
snnan programme IN .sury INSTANCE, aud
the trail I'D straight 10 Missouti. I'he
Huntington Nv. WI Dn,k vr.t n.At,
aud tlaa thu Misa luf1 p.n,iii train III
Otservllle last numnisf.
HooTt AMOUNTING ~ ESQ. NM I'm ials
IN Tnk HAND.
This II thu record III TIN principal
robberiss down o. tin Horthneld affair.
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