The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-10-26
A STORY.
The Upshot OF . stage Robbery In Idaho
in Is0s-A Mysterious Gold Bar and q
Leaden Duplicate.

in Ises-A Mysterious Cola Bar and q |
Lesden Duplicate.
From the San Francisco CALL
William F.. Wilson and Henry Thomp- |
son, arrested on complaint Of George
r. Bailey, of Oakland, on a charge Of
grand larceny, waived examination in
the Police Court yesterday, by advice
Of their counsel, and were held to an
swer before the Grand Jury, with bail
fixed at $4,000 each. Bailey, the COM
pl lining witness, was placed on the
stand to enlighten the Court as to the
larceny and the manner in which it was
committed, and in answer TO a question
by the Court, he said: "To tell all l
know about this case would take a long
time, as it is a very long story; but to
be brief, l a say that l had a sachel
which l entrusted to William F. Wilson
while l was going owe to Oakland with
him. When we reached the wharf l
missed him, the sachel and It's contents.
/ rau through the train, but was unable
to find him, so l got off and telegraphed
to the police here"
"What was in the sachelp" asked
the Court.
"I don't know, replied the witness;
"but it was represented to mt that it
contained a bar of gold represented to
be worth Sc, 800"
Counsel for one of the defendants
then asked the witness where and how
he obtained the bar.
The witness hesitated for a few mo.
ments, and then said, az obtained it by
advancing s775 on it,"
SNOW" said the counsel, "you
might as well tell us all about this, as IL
will have to come out some time. Now,
didn't you get this bar from these de-
PENDANTS and know that it was stolenP"
"No, SIR" answered the witness. lie
was then ordered to step aside, and n
other witness named S. Robertson was
examined, but the testimony he gave
did not serve to enlighten the Court.
The counsel, who had cross-examined
the first witness, then stated that the
bar which was represented to be worth
$4,000 was only lead, gold plated, and
was not worth 800.
The Court was at a loss to understand
the status of this case, but as the &C.
cused waived examination, they were
sent before the Grand Jury. This body
will probably get at the bottom facts.
After the examination Robertson was
interviewed, and following is the sub
stance of a statement he made: In the
summer of 1868 the stage running from
Boise City, Idaho, to Corinne, Utah,
was stopped by five stage-robbers, and
treasure intrusted to Wells, Fargo Il
Co. to the amount of $64, 900 stolen.
The footpads divided the gold dust and
coin, buried the bullion, amounting to
about $50, 200, les the scene of the rob-
berry, and then fled in different direc-
tions, each one selecting his own course.
One Of the robbers, with the design OF
cheating his fellows, returned to the
"plant," unearthed and buried it about
four miles distant, and proceeded about
his business. A few days after he was
captured by the authorities, and with
two others of the gang, who were sub.
sequently arrested, sent to the Nevada
State Prison at Carson, for eight years
1t seems that the robber who trans.
planted the treasure kept the secret fol
some years, but finally told his associ
ates of the circumstances of the case
and later, when taken down with a ia
tai illness, communicated the secret tc
. n guard in the State Prison, who hat
been uniformly kind to him. This
guard ~endeavored to find the "plant,'
but the description of the place of bu
; rial was so inaccurate that h,
was unable to find it, and, after severa
unsuccessful efforts to unearth it, con
cluded to give the agents of Wells, Far
, go IL Co. the benefit of his information
= The result was that about a year age
, Wells, Fargo & Co. engaged S. Rob
ertson, of Oakland, to "work up" tn,
;, case, offering him a handsome per cent
: age of whatever bullion he should re
CONtI. WI. ttDbCl tSOh NislOCu tilC opO
: where the plant was supposed to be
and found conclusive evidence that h,
: had reached it, but unfortunately TO
. him the plant had been raised and re
, moved to another place, evidently b,
!. the footpads who survived the origina
mover of the treasure, and who, it ap
pears, a short time before Mr.. Robert
' son reached the spot, had been released
> from the State Prison. Investigation
: convinced the detective that a portion
of the bullion, amounting to about $l3,
, 600 or 5000, had been disposed of i
: various places around Virginia City
. and it was finally traced to the Carsol
" Mint, where it was run into coin. Til
robbers, alarmed ut the close watcI
kept upon their movements, separates
;. and disappeared. In My last three O
. the robbers, without any prearrange
g ment whatever, and without the faint
i est suspicion that they were within hun
dreds of miles of each other, met j
IL a saloon in Panamint. None of tn
trio had a cent, and while they wer
: discussing the feasibility of stoppin
l. the Panamint stage, one of the part
said that if he were in San Francisco h
q could easily obtain the means to tax
n hic to the spot where the "plant" wa
u and raise it, suggesting at the sam
~ time that they had been away so Ion
from that section of the country this
IS the authorities had given up all hope c
l. either finding the bullion or obtainin
r, the evidence upon which to rearres
5. them. To make a long story short
y they found the means to reach this city
!: Here Wilson and Thompson becam
i. involved in the case, and Bailey wa
;nJ,oad to odyanca mora money IN o.