Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-08-27
THE KILGOUR ROBBERY


was in town yesterday, and related the fol-
lowing facts i'll connection with the robb cry
and his subsequent capture of the " roao
knight" At 10 o'clock on the day of the
robbery he was leisurely driving "a o-horse
buggy, on his way to Virginia. He had been
in deep study for a while, when he was sur
prised by seeing a rife muzzle stuck under
his nose, and commanded to stop and
deliver" He mechanically refined up his
horses, and by request, emptied his pockets
of what loose change he had IN them, amount
ing to SO 90 The robber then demanded
that he should pass out what gold he had
but the victim stated that he had none, al
though he did have $500 in gold and gold
notes on his person. Ktlgour is a powerful
man, while the robber was ii slightly built
one The formers idea was TO get the latter
near enough to him so that he could lay his
hand upon him; but the " knight was not
eau ht mapping, he would not trust himself
within reach OF kilgour's powerful grasp.
The robber then commanded Kllgour to
throw out his watch, which had been exposed
to the formers sight, and ali the time the
fellows rife was pointed at his victim. Xii
gour fearing that the thing mi sht accidentally
20 off, he threw out his watch, after which
he was ordered to drive on He drove pretty
fast until he got out of range of the rifle,
then he stopped to see what direction the
robber would take He soon observed him
scampering over the hills, and became salts
fed that the fellow had a horse concealed
somewhere in the vicinity. klgour then
rapidly drove to Sheriff Crppin's place, with
whose aid and that of a half dozen Indians,
search for the highwayman began. They
rode along until they got into Long Valley,
Cal, at which point the Sheriff stated he
could 60 no further, as he had gone beyond
the limits of his jurisdiction. On the way
back Kilgour stopped at Lyman BARRIERS
ranch, and related his adventure to him, and
Barber volunteered to accompany him in his
search for the robber Late in the evening
they reached Woodford's, where they were
told that their man had stopped there in the
afternoon and asked for the road to Placer
vile. At this point they enlisted another
Henry Merrill Night overlook
the trio where the Piacerville and Aurora |
roads meet, and the darkness compelled them
to remain until the follow orning. 1t |
vas extremely cold, an passed the |
hight in running up and nn the road to
keep warm At the first glimmer of dawn
he little party started out to reconnoitre,
kilgour taking the Placerville and the other
wo men the Aurora road. The only weapon
n the crowd was a shot gun, and Kilgour
ook that. Barber and Merrill had not rid
len more than twenty minutes before they
spied fellow camping alongside of the
Dad, and from the description they had of
he robber they felt confident, at the first
lance, that he was their game; but being
harmed they did not attempt to capture
im then and there. They rode on a few
lilies further, to Stevens ranch, and from
he meantime the fellow who had been seen
amping, also rode up to the ranch, with his
ae thrown across the pomnel of his saddle,
lie dismounted and entered the house for his
reakfast, taking off his coat in which there
yo pistols, and hung il on nail Stevens I
ad been made acquainted with the supposed :
naracter of his last visitor, and by some ex-
client maneuvering managed to get posses
on of the fellows arms, while he was eating
t length he arose from the table with the
vident intention of proceeding on his trip, ,
ut he was informed that he must stay until
10 arrival of the man he had robbed The {
Glow became frantic and made a rush for :
is arms. His discontinue may be imagined
hen he found them gone. About this time
Ilgour arrived at the ranch. The fellow
enied being the robber, but his voice which
.lgour recognized, gave him away Kill
our then took one of the pistols which had
cen taken from the robbers pocket, and
I'D him if he did not give up the stolen
atch in moment he would blow his brains
ut This somewhat frightened the "knight"
nd he drew the watch out Of an inside a
ocket of his coat and passed it over to the c
wner. He begged hard to be let go, it +
cling h is first offence, but despite his en- G
'eaties Kilgour took him to the Genoa Jail.
lis exam ination took place yesterday, and {
Q was held over to await the action of the 7
rand Jury The prisoner is % years of