Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-07-20

Defiance station, but dS they uttIeh MIt-
dlebrook station Capt. Parent saw man
in straw lat there. and remarked III
60 and see the agent there a;.d find out II
he has seen them" When they got there
they found the three monte mtn lying On
the platform resting, and readily rec,gniZ-
ed them FROM the description they had had.
Capt. Parent asked where they Werc from.
and they said Winchester and that they
were going to Stanton. The Captain said
they had a warrant for them and would
take them to town. Sheriff LghtHer, at
their demand. read the warrant for their
arrest, and they all denied the names it
contained. The cattle drover'' drew
Colts revolver--Capt. Parent covered him
with his pistol. Sheriff Lightner had his
pistol cooked, ready to use it on the dro-
ver's confederates. The drover put his
pistol back, but refused to give it up. Aid
was called, and Capt. Parent seized him,
and. aided by Mr.. Charles Price, took the
pistol from him; he was then handcnffed,
and all three were brought to the City on
| the cars.
THEIR ARRIVAL.
| flee and the town was soon in ii ferment,
not less than five hundred people gathering
on New Courthouse street. The monte
men were very cool while being searched,
but were anxious about counsel beii g sent
for; they wanted Judge Shetfey, who was
absent in Washington, telegraphed for,
and then wanted his partner, Capt Bum
| orJn hpt didn't him OlncH
when they were told that he was the Com
monwealth's attorney. There was good
deal of humor about the boys-cne of
them, n orion, saying i'll a tone of CT We
and paternal reproof to MIR. Fur, who
came in eXcitedly to identify them, ''Now
didn't tell you it was against the law to
play cards in Virginia; just see what you
have got yourself into" But Furr could not
see the fun of it just then. Smith the old
drover remarked in reply to some comment
upon his homespun dress, that sin these
hard times an honest man had to dress in
what he could get''-everybody saw the
fun in that. AS they were searching the
old drover, IL bundle containing several
thousand dollars-iIany packages CT
$1,000 in bills came out of his bag
with one hundred dollar notes, &C.
1t was more money than had been
seen in StauntOn since the panic. and near
ly drove one young lawyer wild. Don't
touch it, for goodness sake don't touch it,
Send for llWyer-let Lawyer count
it," screamed the young member of the
bar. s'Why CAN'T count it p demanded
the Sheriff pretty sharply. '''Cause twont
be legal, shouted the young man, ':nobody
but a lawyer can count all that money"
AT last the money was counted 10y Mr..
Geo. NJ. Cochran, Jr., who had been sent
for by the prisoners to act us their counsel
and Capt. james Bumgardner, Jr., who
appeared for the Commonwealth It foot
ed up apparently $4,000 and Was sealed and
deposited in the National Valley Bank
great part of it turned out to be
bundles of store bank note advertise
ments after the fashion of greenbacks.
The men were committed to jail and i'm
mediately telegraphed to Gordonsville for
a friend who came over Oh the mex. train.
ALL "ADJUsTED.''
The next morning IL large crowd was
Justice John Mills, Of Spring Hill, and
Justice B. y. Ferguson, both CT these gen
tlemen having been sent for, not magis-
trate who was elected in Beverley Manor
the nearest district, having qualified Capt.
! Bum gardner was there for the Common
wealth and Capt. Cochran for the prison.
ers, but the only witness who knew any
thing of the transaction, Mr.. Fur, did not
put in an appearance. It appears that the
boys" had returned Mr.. Fnrr's money
something they had offered to do when ar
rested at Millbrook and also when before
Justice Cease. They said Fur had bet at
cards and lost his money fairly, a: wholly
denied having grabbed it or matis any
threats TO him. There being no irtelli
gence OF the whereabouts of Furr, AL hi.
being the oaly evidence against the prison
ers. the Commemorative ATTORNEY con-
scented to their discharge and the men left,
starting on foot on the Ricnmond road.
The reward of $500 was divided between
Messrs. Lightner, Parent, O'Rork. Crow
der and Hilbert. Capt Crowder and Hill
bert In their pursuit had gone towards
Wa,neSborO and then Lade a circuit back
to the Valley road and struck The train at
Verona for Harrisonburg. They were on
the right track but the other party struck
the game higher up.
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A DEPOT FOR INFoRMATION.- Mai
Z. II. Woodward who is SO well known in
this city as an energetic and wide awake.
railroad man, now occupies the position,
OF General Western Passenger Enligranc
Agent, and has opened his Office near the
corner of New Court House and Augusta
Streets, adjoining the law Office of Mr.. d.
S. Young. The Major sits in his neatly
| furnished office, surrounded by his maps,
charts, illustrated travellers guides, and
every variety OF railroad matter, and will,
the proverbial courtesy of our railroad cffi-
Gals, has welcome for all, and valuable
information of Western routes, Western,
lands, and Western men, which every
| traveller in that section ought to avail him.
self of. Maj. w. represents ten greae
Western Roads " 18th their connections. be-
ginning with our own &. Il O., and COM
municating with every part of the great
West. lie fills a place long needed here
supplying to the traveller the infol nation
which heretofore one could only get In
our larger cities, he is thoroughly posted
in all matters connected with his business
has it all on his fingers, never forgets any
thing worth remembering, and as he has
recently been over the routes he ADVERT
Ses, having Just returned from Texas. can