, 1879-04-04

Chamberlain and Mays corrohoratrtl each
otncfs testimony, the .noor Dutcllman Was sent
- 1al nin lev daTs later, on this side Of the
uhso Tie two cheeky thtovcs t!tskle,l tho psnTts
| llUrscs.
EhamGcrlatn was n uarcaevil in all the term
,!aplIca. lic WIS Htsays as ready TO- capture n
horse IN tho daytime al AZ nirllt. rlc grcater
Tue rak llo rnn The moro sattstartson he dctivch
lFoM tlle adventure.
Tfi1 CRIME WHICH, snNr HIM 70 TIE rBs1-
TRNT1AKT.
md which, Patscy was Informed constituted
"true bill Of Divorce was tho stealing Of tho
snmo lsorse thscu nights in succession. This
happened in tho '30.. The horse, o n'agn1rent
gray, was extracted from stable about ten
miles from t,awrencc6nrE. Ind, mud the next
day by Chamberlain htnstlt In disguise sold on
ihe streets Of l.awrcnccGurg. Tic following
night tic horRe Disappeared frum tic purchasers
Btnble md bofOre lyreakfast wns tlle pr0pcrty Ut
fhtmcr rot len tnllrAawaY. Almost before dark
on tle farnaer with forged warrant demanding
t'I, lsorse, claiming tl'nt tl!u real owner OF It
waited IN Lawrcnceburg to Identify lls proper
y. An hour later Chamberlain .7as nstridc tho
H. sas known to be the wcarcr q an cxeep-
slona''s ilashv pair Of pantaioons.. These pnn.a-
looms Rnye him away. lu tlisgusl,g himself fur
s ride Into Cincinnati, as he crossed the Miami,
H. c fn to ets io S. a% sg weto aterNa 5 sss
found some gray horse ttttrs. Cllumbrria!1. was
shortly after apprchcntlcd. Ills anlcccdcnts enn
tribtlted largely To strengthen tic horse-ar cv
tduncct anu lle was convicted.
AS 4 GAMBLER
Jim Chamberlain was also notorious. nia iace
was familiar up md down tic Ohso md htIssis-
stnDt tn those days nf steamboat traycl Whit
even the an1't sobcr,!!nintcd occasionally rlskel
,,,,, on, "littlo ganon t't.t TO while away the
gang, however, An honorable gnmc had Tow
attractions fur lin. liz was several times
arrested for aomn sktnninE transaction a.nl
lronst. but he WIS never lanucl n prisoner. tlo
would always make good Ills escape bcforo tic
1lcxt ln1n!lnI was uadc. i pnrtl, 0r thu uxccct-
ing smnllRess Of his hlntts always cnllIIed lm
to slip the irons. etl]cin HI expert swlln,rr. ho
never Ind my ditllculsY In p!totlng himself
ashore.
Alter Lis release from bis term tn the pcntot,-
tiorY ho broke Tor west Of illc Mississippi.
Hero, under tho assumed mama OF John
Rodgers, flp secured Government uppotpt-
ltle cast to tic west Of tic Mississippi. jim
made an admirable agent, and ACCOMPLISHED his
contract to the c,trc satisfaction Of the Gov-l
cr'1ncnt officers. After this liz WIS known to-
bu engaged IN several steamboat bureartcs. but
no officer was smart enough to cauturs him.
Then Ito drlftcd off to California. Several
gentlemen tn Southern 1ndlana With
whu'n your urcorrcspoudentllasc converscd and who
!aIn In 1850 a. John Rodgcrs, then tic shef-
1T Of Efdorado County, At Balary OF s25 U0U
year. Chamberlain recognized NIL Of his old
Lawrcncebnrg acquntnlantes. mud faithfully
charged a. them not to give lin nway, and they
Subsequently Chamberlain wus nj the head OF
a caug Of thieves In Southern Indiana. story
Is told of ono OF Ills laterlay adventures which
truth u which is voncird ior by sons 81 tIc M
bestcttlzets IF Dearborn County, Ind. Chamber
lain ailti his gang eanccd to 1c passnE through