The Worthington advance., 1876-08-17
A BRAVE BOY,

A BRAVE BOY.
He Thwarts Three Burglars and Secures
Their Arrest.
From the Detroit Tribune. Aug.z.
The sleepy little Canuck town of
Windsor is in a fever of excitement
to-day over one of the boldest attempts
at robbery which has been made there
for several years. TIE place where
the trouble occurred is banking ex.
change Office kept on Ouillette avenue,
near the postoffice, by J. W. Holton.
who is assisted by his l8.year-old son,
John F. Holton. At about O'Clock
this morning three men named Rob.
ert Webb, William Schweltzer, and
John Morgan drove up to the bank in
q buggy, and while Morgan remained
outside to hold the horse, Schweitzer
and Webb entered for the ostensible
purpose of getting So Canadian note
changed into American money. Young
fiolton was alone behind the counter
at the time, and while busy at 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 Holton was in front of the rob.
ber, who pointed q cooked revolver
full at his head, and commanded him,
if he loved his life, to ''show up'' i'm
mediately. ''Never J" cried the plucky
youth, and beating up the muzzle of
the revo1verswithshis outstr retched arm
the bullet intended for his brain dashed
harmlessly by and buried itself in the
WALL With a cry of baffled fury the
robber wheeled. and fled 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 rs 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 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 a few moments
| Webb and Morgan had been captured
and turned over to tho Windsor police,
who came tardily up, but ir time to
put an end to the threats which were
made of lynching the prisoners on the
spot.
SchweitZer, however, did not pro.
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.
wich at the top of his speed. Several
citizens on foot and negro mounted
on a horse followed in hot pursuit, and
were from time to time made the tar.
gets of SchweitZer' revolver, whose
nerves were either very unsteady OF
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 overtake 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
but Bennett was not to be intimidated
and after Il short, fierce struggle
Schweitzer was secured and conveyed
to the pUlice station, where his com
panions were already confined,
Webb is 4 fugitive from London
Ont, where few months ago he wa:
concerned in the shooting of a boy
The sheriff of London had arrived il
Windsor this very morning in searcl
of him. Morgan is well known
Chicago cracksman, and Schweitzer i.
the identical Potomac ruffian who as
saulted officer Packard on Franklin
street several months ago, and ha!
since been living in Windsor to avoit
arrest. The fate of these three worth
les can easily be guessed at, for th'
laws of Canada are merciless in regar(
to such crime as that committed b,
them this morning, They may deem
themselves especially favored if the,
escape with less than fifteen years
Imprisonment.