Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-04-01

/ lJlbtiS pals SIaiS anu 0OftfDOE
/ Crittenden, between whom the plan was
evolved, will receive in the neighborhoei of
500, 0O0-the aggregate amount of reward
offered, minus the ST. 00U to be paid to Little.
Confession of a Train. n.Robber.
KANSAS CRY, March 31st-The confession
OF John Land, the trsin-robber. was given to
| the press to-day. 1t is the same as antioi-
pated in a previous dispatch, and iuculpates
| the james boys, Miller. Little, Bugler, Cum
mings, Matt. Armstrong and Creed Chap
man. Lands confession is as follows At
A. NJ. Two men came to me. They were John
Bugler and Creed Chapman, and Chapman
| said John, what do you want to work so
| hard for! We don't work, but get lots of
money easy" Bugler said, How would
you like to go and help us rob train ?" |
said, II am making $40 per month, and
don't believe l will make more money by
robbing trains than in digging wells.
Bugler said, "If you will go
We will insure you more money"
Bugler said, Jesse james. Frank James,
| Dick Little, James Cummings, Ed. Miller.
Henry Bdgler, John Mott, Charlie Derduff.
| Armstrong, Greed and myself" l said. IAN
right; will go in with YOU" | quit work
at once, and all three of US started up the
railroad toward Glendale. After walking
short distance they left me and struck off
| across Gn6 country, Wnlle L went on TO 0leu-
| dale. think it was about o'clock when |
reached the platform of the station. went
inside, and John Mott was there. We had a
short conversation about a drill which /
wanted to use, and then stepped out of the
depot upon the platform, and saw a man rid
ing down the road toward the depot on a
large bay horse. He hitched his horse, came
up to us, shook hands with Mott. who. turn
| ing to me, said: Mr. Land, 1 will intro
| duca Won tn Jessia Tamau Tr,ooaIiataly
after shaking hands. he and Mott walked
away to the other end of the platform and
| held short conversation. Jessie then came
up to me and said: Mr.. Land, 1 urder-
stand you are going in with us
to rob the train to night?' said, Yes.
SIR" Jesse said, Have you any arms?' 1
answered, YES: breech.loading rifle" He
said, BE sure aud bring it with you. Meet
us at the cut back Of Jack Coles farm as
soon after o'clock as convenient. Come
alone. When you get within two or three
hundred yards of the spot signal us by
whistling twice. The answer will be one" l
| then turned aud went back home. My folks,
except my brother, who was not at home at
the time, retired soon after shutdown. A
little after s l got up, took down my rife, and
slipping out in my stocking feet, got away
without raising any of the family. On arriving
at the cut l gave the signal agreed to- 1t was
answered, and | stepped forward and was
| met by jesse James. All the old gang were
there, six of them, and Armstrong aud Der.
duff, whom l knew before, and who had
| joined the regular gang short time before
but was the only one of the neighborhcod
boys who had got there. Shortly after Greed
Chapman and John Busler gave the signal
and came in. Following them came john
Mott alone. Pretty soon train was heard
coming, and Jesse James said, ''The boys
who are older hands at the business will stop
| the train and go through the cars and get what
| there is there. You fellows run along outside
and FIRE fifteen or twenty shots apiece to
scare the passengers" Jesse stood upon
pile of rocks on the track and swung
lantern, and the train came to a stop within
a few feet of the obstruction. Chapman,
John Bagley and myself stood on the south
| side of the track. while John Mott and two
others were on the other side. The first
| thing they did was to break into the express
Car. We all had white masks, and as 1 began
at once to fire and the excitement raised,
did not notice who it was went into the cars.
Before we had been long at work / saw a
man come from the train with lantern
aud start 20 run east. John Buger called
out, LOOK there. What does that mean? ;"
Creed Chapman at once fired at him, followed
| by Bugler, and 1 took third shot. just
| then some one called out from the train,
Don't shoot him !; he is going to flag the
freight" After the men in the cars got
through they came to the head of the engine
and were joined by those on the north side,
| aud then all of them came over and joined US
on the south side. We all started off to-
gether. went through the wire fence and
went due south f'r some distance, when we
were halted by Jesse Jafnes, who said "Boys
| it is death to any man who gives this away.
Go to your homes as though nothing had hap
pened, and meet me on the east fork Of the
Blue next Wednesday hight Tone week from
that night and we will divide equally" We
then separated, and went home and to bed
without disturbing the family. 1 went to
work the next day, taking my gun with me-
and that is what gave me away, for some one
saw me and told the officers Of it, and when
they came to where 1 was at work they
found it and took me in and put me in Jail
here Tndependepcs). We had all agreed
not to give the thing away, but things got too
hot for me, and 80 now tell the whole story.
The Steamboat Disaster.
MEMPHIS, March 31st.-Captain S. G. Nc.
Intyre. of the Inflated steamer Golden City.
left this morning with thirty men for the
! wreck. A diver accompanied the party, and
search will be made for the dead bodies sup.
posed to be in the cabins of the sunken vessel.
q. F. Neimeyer, of Indianapolis, who was a
passenger on board, made his appearance on
the street this morning, badly burned on the
hands and neck. He was on board when she
drifted from the wharf and was compelled to
Jump overheard He was in the water for
nearly half aH hour, and finally manage1 to
reach the shore in an almost exhausted condi-
ton.
SECOND DIsPATCH.l
MEMPHIS, March 3lss.-The steamer Full
ton, which conveyed Captain Mcintyre and
party to the wreck of the Golden City, has
just returned. A diver went down, but could
do nothing. The wreck lies in twenty-five
feet Of water, with her hull up stream, and
the current is so swift that all efforts to go
through her cabin by the diver proved fruit
less. No other dead bodies have bsen recoy-
cred since the one mentioned yesterday,
| which has been identified as Mrs. Anna
Smith, of Springfield, Mass, who had been
visiting relatives in New Orleans.
Shot Dead ut His Door.
ST. LOUIS, March 31st.-The news of
terrible assassination has been received. 1t
occurred near Antonio, near the Jefferson
county line, about thirty miles from here.
| The residence and general store of Joseph
Yergoi, Postmaster, and one of the oldest and
| wealthiest citizens of the county, was fired
by an incendiary Thursday night. When the
family rushed from the burning building the
assassins, lurking IN shed across tae road,
fred shotgun at Yergoi and riddled him
with buckshot. He fell bleeding and died in
| few minutes, About dozen villagers were
present when the crime was committed, but
the deed was so unexpected that no attempt
was made to follow the assassius. The de-
ceased, besides being a storekeeper and mill
owner, had done business in loaning money,
and some think that his harshness ia this re-
spect caused his death. Suspicion points to
man named Tressler, who year ago pur-
chased team of horses of Yergoi, giving him
a mortgage upon them. He took the animals
to Kansas, where Yergoi had him arrested.
He was brought back, and sentenced to six
months in Jail at Hillsboro. While confined
he frequently declared his intention of killing
Yergoi. He was released about two months
ago. Yergoi had been resident of the county
for thirty five years. He leaves wife and
five children. A reward of 81, 900 is offered
for the capture of lis assassin.
Attempt to Destroy the Andre Monument
with Dynamite.
TARRYTowN IN. ", March 31st.. The
Andre monument at midnight was partially
destroyed by dynamite. Since the attempt
to destroy the monument on Washington's
birthday by George HeAdrix, now a refugee
from legal pursuit, the monument has been
carefully guarded, 1t is mystery how the
perpetrators succeeded in lodging their ex-
plosives They had to act quickly. The
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