The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-09-05

! oregon, and had general pOW.woW. tn,
Governor Of Oregon was present and abou
400 settlers and 800 Indians. General Howar,
! stated the object Of the council to lie to de
wise means to preserve peace until the meet
Of Congress. The chiefs then spoke in turn
| all except Stock expressing friendship and
desire for peace. Gov. Chadwick, on behal
| Of the citizens throughout the State, said Gen
Howard's course would be sanctioned owe
the State. Howard, then in pleasant bu
| firm manner, demanded Of the chiefs all Iu
dams who had been engaged in murders ant
| depredations. He said he would hold them
or some Indians to be produced by them
as hostages until their efforts were exhausted
| in ferreting out the guilty. When found the,
were to be turned over to the proper author
tiles for trial. The order Of Gen. Howard wa.
| obeyed at once by the chiefs. There is NJ
doubt now of getting at the murderers. How
ard will go to see Moses and settle the diff
culties in Washington. The best of order wat
maintained during the proceedings. The re-
suit has sent a feeling of satisfaction oyer the
community. The Indians appreciate the stu
alton as We'll as the whites, and there is nc
end OF praise of those who have brought about
the result.
MISSOURI DAYTIME BANK ROBBERY.
Concordia is town of about 1900 in.
habitants in Lafayette county, on the Lex
lngton 4 St. Louis railroad, thirty miles from
sedalia, the principal banking business of all
mat part OF Lafayette county is done Dy the
Concordia Savings Bank, OF which J. Fl
Leoha'nfcr is President, and A. Ticken, cash
Ter. On the Goth, three men entered the bank
One of them asked the cashier, who was alone
to change $40 bill. While he was changing
the bill another man jumped over the counte,
caught the cashier by the arm and placed one
hand over his mouth. He then took what
money was III sight, and putting a pistol to
the cashiers head, told him to open the safe
lie did SO under the fear of his life and the
robbers took all the paper money in the safe,
between $1,000 and a. 600, refusing to take
silver, OF which there was between s., 600 aud
S5,oo0 in the bank. During the robbery a
gentleman named Sodemar was near the
bank and robbcr, who WAS guarding near
the door, called upon him to advance, instead
OF which he turned and ran. The robhcr fired
second shot at Sodemar, but missed him.
They then mounted their horses and galloped
OIL in southerly direction. The whole rob
berry occupied about 10 minutes. They were
all mounted on good horses, newly shod
Citizens are in hot pursuit.
BANK ROBBERS ARRESTED,
The Sedalia Mo. Democrat has the fol.
lowing account Of the capture of the robbers ol
the Concordia bank: Constable .Erdmanp, ol
Concordia, VIM. Bradford and James Croucl,
have been close on the trail of the robbers
since the robbery, and at last traced them to
their homes near Columbus, johnson county,
about twenty miles from Lexington. Erd.
manu- left Bradford to watch the robbers
While he returned to Lexington to procure .
warrent and get more men. Sheriff Mount
JOY, OF Lafayette, accompanied by F. X. Tut
and Ed Mckee, returned with Erd,nauu, and
at daylight they made descent Oil the house
OF Otto Offut, leader of the party. They sur
prlsed him while eating breakfast, got the
drop on him and secured him without hr.
ing shot They then proceeded to the bone
OF Thomas Rclnick, whom they found in bed
and secured him without any trouble. The
third man, Riley Correl, they met going into
corn field to cut corn, with corn knife in
his hand and captured him also, he making
no effort to escape. The captors took their
prisoners to Lexigton and put them in jail to
await identification. The Cashier of the rob-
bed bank and one Or two others who had u
good look at the robbers while robbing the
bank were sent for, and fully identified the
men. Ofiut, leader OF the gang, was one of
the Bill! Anderson's men, and vias bushwhack-
Ing durin. the war, and is said to be most
dangerous man. lie is about 10 years Old.
The oIher two are younger, and hayc been
suspected of being cattle thieves in the vicin-
ity where they live.