The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-10-07

% s~lst them "a robblng the Chicago 4 Al.
ton express train q Glendale. On Ne night
% Oclober nnallv consented q "a, and On
that evening met Jcsse james, Miller. Dick
Little, WIN. Ryan and map named Hob.
They furnished me arms, and we went 70
Glendale, took possession q The depot, and
made prisoners * everybody there.
We compelled the agent 70 stop the train,
and Jesse and Miller robbed The express
CIR, while ~ rest Of ~ stood guard over
the engineer and passenger In The melee
Jesse James was shot N the Lex. After we
finished the robbery we went TO a. old house
about one mile from the depot and divided
the booty. We got altogether over $40, 900,
but they only gave me 500. Jesse and NIL
Ter and Little took the lions share. After
the division we separated. Jesse telling
Ryan and 20 60 home and stay there and
no one would ever suspect us, and 70 be
careful how we spent our money. We went
home. and would never have been discov-
cred had not let something ont while
drinking" The witness, Basham, pleaded
guilty 20 completely IL the robbery about q
year ago, and received sentence OF ten
years, but has been pardoned.
QUINCY, ILL.,. was struck By death
dealing tornado about 4 O'Clock on the
evening Of the Gath. A number o. buildings
were demolished. The molding-room Of
Bennett, puffy 4 Co.'s stove foundry was
crushed into ruins. George Rowland. aged
10. q molder. was instantly killed; Henry
Ellerbrook, aged Is, was fatally injured and
died soon after being taken from the ruins;
Frank Smith was also probably fatally in
jured. The molding-room OF Comstock.
Cordle & Co.'S foundry, near by. shared the
same fate. and one man, "Doc" Miller was
seriously hurt. Joel Harris'~ sons tobacco
factory was partially demolished and sever
al Of the inmates were injured. A number
Of other buildings suffered 10 q greater or
less extent. The total loss by the storm j.
estimated a 100000.
THE Mohr 4 Mohr Distillcry at La
| fayefte, Ind. one OF the largest In the coun-
/ try, was entirely destroyed By fire on the
9th. Loss. $l35.0o0; insured for about
$4,000. Two hundred head 81 cattle In the
pens, belonging 70 Henry Hopper, Or ST.
Louis, were cremated. The Ewry Wooden
! Mills were also destroyed. Loss, $4,000.
CAMDEN, Schuyler County, H., was
struck by tornado on the 26th, which de-.
molished several buildings and shattered
many Others The wife Of DR.. Watts wa,
killed instantly BY the falling walls Of theil
residence. A two-story building, occupied
As Z drugstore and Post-ofice on lower
floor, and second story as Masonic Hall
was blown down and burned. entailing
loss Of about 5000. The total loss Ia III,
village il estimated at $4,000. TIVE
churches, the Methodist Episcopal ant
Christian, were completely demolished
Dwelling-houscs and barns were torn ant
twisted into al shapes; fences and orchards
corn-felds and hardwood timber groves
were completely riddIed. and In places corn
fields appear like stalk-fields in early spring
after being pasturcd by drovcs Of cattle
The estimated loss 10 the farming com
munity within five miles Of the village 4
$4,000. The storm lasted but five minutes
and was accompanied BY heavy hail ans
sheets Of rain.