The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-01-29

,cwever, = messenger in the employ OF
lac company who was in tie first Adams
Express car that the Reno gang rObt,e,l. I
las name was John Dunbar, and he I
and ,.
- nj i:3p the reporter waited on Mr.. !
Dunbar. and told tina; gentleman, what he /.
xIn.ed. Mr.. Dunbar Was gentlemanly.
bat very decided. lie recoll-c:ed no de-
isiis, couldn't tell how much was stolen.
lidn't know that ii was the Reno bows that
Iii il. lie knew he was robbed and that
was all. Mr.. Anderson here very kindly
came Ia the reporters assistance and tried
To induce Mr.. Dunbar TO talk, but i, was no
use. Only two facts could be ascertained
one that Mr.. Dunbar's experience ante
dated that of Messenger George 4. Miller,
who Vas robbed ., seymour, Ind. in 1866,
aud the other that John E,san, who had
worked ON that case, could probably tell
something about it. Whe.eupon the re-
porter wished Mr.. Dunbar pieasan, trip
and entire Immunity from the visits of
professional bandits and Withdrew.
Subsequently, the necessary facts were
obtained. snd the story OF tine various de-
Preda,ions committed by the gang, their
various escapes, and the awful character
Of their taking of. were found to be n isl-
lows
THE SEYMOUR ROBBERY.
About NJ minutes past u, ON the night Of
Saturday, the 9th OF October, 1866. the east
bound mail on the o. and NJ. Railroad
stopped As usual at Seymour, Ind, for sup
I,er. After the train had started and got
about three-quar:ers OF mile from the de-
pot, the beilrope was pulled. Obedient To-
the summons, the Conductor stopped the
train aud proceeded to ascertain what Was
the matter. When he arrived at the express
car, the messenger. George &. Miller, stated
tina, three men with white linen niasts, hole,l
, Ter ewes, had entered the ear, drawn their
pistols on him, and demanded that he help
them open the money safe. Urged by the
proximity OF huge navy revolver's mIzzle
to his forehead, Miller had given up the
I keys or rather allowed them tn be taken
from him; whereupon the yobbers opened
the way safe and took ou, some Sli,S00
The through safe for Louisville being sealed
the marauders were unable to open that, but
they united their strength and pitched il
bodily from the car. trusting to lind time
and opportunity To relieve il ot the bullion
and other treasure which it contained. s,
soon rs the messenger had told his story
Mr.. Temple, then \ route agent OF tn,
Adams, got of the train and walked back I,
Seymour, where he gave the alarm to Harry
Hoffman, the depot agent, and other ciri
zens. who ut once turned out in pursuit.
party OF men coming down the road iron
Seymour on hand ear soon came to tn
spot, ON the north side oil track, where tn
the through safe had been thrown off tn
car aud rolled down the embankment som
ten or twelve feet deep; but to their grea
establishment, TIE safe had been lifted owe
worm fence nearly seven ieet high, an
. carried more than hundred yards into I'll
woods, where the robbers had finally cor
cluded to abandon it and protect themselve
: from pursuit. Although no one seemed ,
. hive had any doubt but what the robber
: had been perpetrsted by the Reno crow,
none oi the citizens dared take measures Il
their arrest, Notwithstanding the continue
. presence oi the Renos in the immediate =
entity, and on the next day, Sunday, job
. Esgan found himself summoned to the ofit
; Of MIR. Anderson, the agent Of the Adams
. this city, where instructions were receive
! by wire from Mr.. Gariher, OF Cincinna
, then the President Of the Adams, for the d
! tective to proceed to Seymour on the ir
: train and there meet Larry Hazep, the note
. siiy cop" Of Cincinnati. Arrived at Sc.
mour. Eagen and Hazen and Mr.. Temp
. lay quietly around and took in the lay
: the land They visited the scene Of the on
; rage and tracked the depredators by the
foc,marks through several fields Of fall ,
winter wheat, till they came right upon Il
Enclosure where old man Reno lived, abo1
5 one mile from Seymour. Jack Reno's stel
: were particularly easy TO trace, owing to Il
peculiar conformation of the toes and hee
: Of his boots which boots. by the way, q
! still preserved as desirable piece Of ev
dence in this direction. II was pretty pla
TO see who had committed the robbery, Al
the question to be solved was
HOW TO CAPTURE THE ROBBERS.
, Next day. Tuesday, the 9th of Octobe
was a general election, and while fgnrir
round the detectives learned from reliab
sources that Sim. Reno, Jack Reno Al
Frank Sparks, three members Of the gan
had been Observed to get on the baggage c.
. II the mail trsin, rs she pulled out from Il
Seymour crossing. Mr.. Waters, one of Il
; Adams superintendent, being on the srour
on Tuesday, consultation was held betwet
him and Messrs. Esssn, Hazen and tempt
: n a result Of which warrant for searchir
! the Reno mansion and warrants for the a
! rest OF the various members Of the gan
were duly issued. The next trouble ";
that the town Constable refused to serv
them, alleging it was more than his life VI
worth to do so, wherenpon the one-arm'
; Justice consented to derutize Eagan an
Hazen for purposes Of capture. This pr
ceeding in itself was irregular and illega
the parties dePutized not beirg residents
the township, but the Justice wisely refuse
to stand on ceremony, and placed the wa
: rants i'm the detectives hands.
As was said before, Tuesday was electic
, day. and the would-bc captors were muc