The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1878-03-29
BURaLARs CAPTURED.
The Arlington Safe Robbers
Run In"
The Gang Composed or Cittssns OF
Arlington ana Vicinity.

The Gang Composed or Cistssns Of
| Arlington ana Vicinity.
The readers Of tue BULLETIN will re-
member that In the latter part OF Febru.
AIRY we gave the particulars OF the bur-
glarizlng Of number OF stores at Airing.
ton, Kentucky, and stated at the time
that 1t was believed the burglars were
all men who resided In the community.
This opinion seems to bave been well
grounded, as will appear from the fol.
lowing from the Paducah Ne,cs Of the
10Th inst, which gives an account OF the
capture of the entire gang:
We learn from Capt. +. Whit. Thomas,
commercial tourist tor the cigar and to-
baccO house OF Leigh u Stevens, who
returned this morning from a visit to
Arlington, Ballard county, the parti-
culars concerning the arrest Of q portion
OF the gang who robbed the store houses
of Boswell e. Holt and Ringo & Mc>
Donald. Of that place, on Monday night,
February oath. OF $4,000 and $500 respec.
lively. 1t will be remembered that day
or two after the THEFT an account OF the
same was published in the Ne1s, when 1t
was stated that the suspected parties
were thought 10 be persons who were
acquainted with the houses robbed,
though the job Of blowing open the safes
in the same would indicate the work OF
experts. The work then begun to ferret
out the perpetrators Of the deed was
continued INCREASINGLY by several gentle
men OF that portion Of the county until
Saturday night last, when their efforts
were crowned with success. Ii would
seem that the mysterious actions Of par
ties first suspected lead to their being
watched steadily since the robbery, and
that some had been frightened, or to pre-
vent arrest had left for other parts OF the |
country. Nothing however transpIred
TO cause the arrest Of any OF the parties
suspected, and with the exception Of the |
gentlemen who were working night and
day to settle upon the offending parties, |
the matter had nearly been forgotten and |
many OF the losers by the robbery con.
cluded their property was gone and the |
thieves beyond arrest. The old saying |
of "murder will out" proved true In this |
as In many other cases, and last
night developments Oc,
Cured which has startled the |
entire neighborhood. That day the par
ties who were working up the case, "is
the police say, learned that some OF the |
suspected parties were going to Bard.
well, q station on the Mississippi Central |
above Arlington, and thinking probably |
another robbery would be attempted |
they arranged to follow. 1t happened |
that some men from each party went to |
Bardwell on the same train aud though |
bait was laid 10y this express agent at
that place telling brother of one OF the |
suspected parties that he had considera.
bic money on hand, and expected to 20
away that night, yet no attempt at rob>
berry WAS made. The suspicious actions
OF some of the parties, however, occasion-
ed their arrest, when one, probably hav-
ing the idea OF dangling rope or tree
dom before placed before his eyes, turned
states evidence, to the CONSERVATION of
Bill who heard him, and gave the names
OF the gang engaged in the robbery OF
Messrs Boswell Il Holt and Rlngo & Nc
Donald. He stated also that they were
organized, numbered eighteen
and were sworn in tor mus
.ual aid and rescue; that thier ren>
lezvous was at Meacham's mill, on the
river, short distance above
Columbus. and that he and the others
low there had gone to Bardwell to make
general raid. He gave the following
lames aSmembers of the gang Ito which
We add their occupation. all of whom
we're soon after arrested: VIM. Wright,
armer; Lyon Boyd Jones, loafer; Tom
Pickett, loater; James Glenn, loaier; X.
=. Williams, barkeeper at Milburn and
he leader of the gang; Wat Bales, mer-
liant at Arlington and had good credit,
md himself. Alb. Samms, loafer, the par.
v who turned states evidence.
Rufus Moore, col0red, who is thought
% be an accomplice, but who will be re-
aimed as witness, was arrested last
hight at Rives' station, on the P. & NJ.
Dad. He was arrested by w. L. Ringo
md was returned to Arlington to-day.
Other arrests will follow the above and
before the week has passed it is expect
ID that the whole gang will be brought
o justice. Those captured have been
AIKEN to Blandville for safekeeping.
None of the stolen money has vet been
recovered.
In addition to the robbery mentioned
Ibove it is thought the same gang were
he perpetrators of the robbery at Union
City, Tenn, some two weeks since, by
which business house of that place
ost some $l,400.
1t is also understood that the gang was
in counterfeiting, and it was
aid in Arlington last night that there
onlr bod haor fnnnd In Mi.rnnri