Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-08-14
Highway Robbery at Dunleith.

"A Dolu case OF ROBBERY occurred
at Dunleish, en- Friday evening last,
which smack, somewhat of the ex.
PLOTS of the knights ct the road in
olden times. The affair occur. ed on
the on skirts OF the cisy, about s
o'clock. and ia close proximity TO
two houses. The robbsr is q tramp
named Jas Long, a man apparently
abont 26 years old, who claims Cin
cinnati 80 his residence. The VIC
tim of the dastardly outrage is q
boy named Thos. A. Peterson. aged I
about IL years, who was on bis way
from Des MONIES TO Warren, whore
he had engaged to enter Tuttle's
barber shop as an apprentices. Pc.
terson arrived st DuDleith on Friday |
afternoon, and in the evening was
taking stroll up the track while
waiting for the night passenger |
train bound east. Ga reaching the
thinly settled part of the city, be |
noticed a man approaching on the
track ahead of him, and moment
or two later he passed the stranger,
who hailed him at once and request.
ed him TO stop. Peterson turned |
about and was confronted by a |
cooked revolver, which was firmly
clasped In the hand of tramp, who
ordered the boy to throw up bis
hands. threatening to blow cut biz
brains If he failed TO comply with
the demand. The latter did as re-
quested, whereupon the tramp
Event through the lad" in most
scientific manner, appropriating the
sum of S. 80 and a pair of sleeve
buttons, which he took from Peter
sons vest pocket. He thea ordered
his victim to divest himself OF his
coat and vest, which the tramp de-
liberately tiled 90. Finding them
too small, however. he returned
them 90 the owner. The villain fur
Their compelled the boy to exchange
his new boots for an old and dilapi-
dated pair worn by the tramp, after
which he was marched short dis
lance down the track. whore he
was ordered to take off his shirt, q
new one, and put on in its stead a
dirty shir. which the tramp bad dis.
covered in one Of the pockets Of
Peterson's coat. ThiI done, the
robber appropriated the linen, and
thereupon stood watch over his VIC
tim for nearly two hours, compelling
him to first cit down, then lie down,
and threatening to blow out his
brains ii be stirred without being
ordered so to do. The tramp at
last permitted Peterson to stand up,
and placing the revolver to his head,
ordered him TO make tracks tor Ca
lena. The young man did as di.
rected, and after placing what he
considered safe distance between
himself and the bighwayman, the
lad took TO his heels and ran down
the embankment through the woods,
and continued bis flight until reach
ing farm house about half nj
frcm the track. Here he was shown
the way back to Dunleith, and ar
rived at the hotel in that city at two
o'clock in the night more dead than
alive from exhaustion and fright.
Ga Saturday morning. Peterson
took the freight train for Warren,
and while passing the dry bridge in
this city near Ryan's slaughter
house. on the train, he discovered
the robber, with other tramps,
standing by the railroad track, IN.
der the bridge. The boy proceeded
to Scales Mound, and. acting upon
the advice of the train men, returned
to Galena on the freight, arriving
here little alter IL o'clock. file at
once notified Marshal Ryan of the
facts connected with the robbsrv.
giving the officer a description CT
the tramp. A warrant was procured
of E-quire Britten, and the Marshal
and posse, accompanied by Peter
son, proceeded to the rendezvous of
party of tramps on the bank of
the river, near the Normal School.
On reaching the foot of the hill, in
close proximity to the camp, all of
the tramps took to the woods but
one, whom Peterson instantly rec
ognized as the man who had robbed
him The fellow in question started
around the foot Of the hill, and, on
nearing the officers, he was ordered
to stop. Instead of stopping, how
ever, he took to bis heels up the
Normal School hill, and was holly
pursued by Marshal Ryan, who
caught his man in a corn field in
side of the enclosure, and brought
him to the city. He was fully iden>
tilted by Peterson, and on bis per.
son was found the shirt belopgi pg
to the young man, which he had so
unceremoniouslv appropriated, to.
gether with pair of sleeve but
tone, which Peterson also identi-
fled. Long was given lodgings at
the Jail until this morning, when
he was taken before his honor Es-
quire Britten for examination and
bound over in the sum of $500, in
default of which he was remanded
to the custody of the Sheriff. Ga.
lena Gazette.