Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-04-05

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s.tion.
without losing any time, three o
them levelled their revolvers upon tn,
occupants of the room, while the othe
three unceremoniously commenced t.
empty the safe. They gathered together
all the money in sight aud, after shoot
my the cashier, who made an cutlery
they mounted their horces and roa,
away. An alarm was Immediately giver
and they,w 20 pursued by the Sheriff
and large posse OF men, but they
reached the Cumberland Mountains IL
safety, and there disappeared.
On the 18th of September, 1872, they
committed one of the most daring and
amazing exploits in the history 0fcrime,
Theyattended the Missouri STATE Fair a
Kansas City, where, it is said, 10000
people were gathered, aud, of course,
the receipts at the gate were correspou.
dinghy large. They remained through
the day took dinner on the fair grounds,
attended the races, and about 4o'clock
IN the afternoon, while the attention OF
the crowd was dra WI to n famous con
test between Ethan Allen aud another
noted horse, they rode up to tho office
Of the fair association, where they found
Mr.. Hall, the treasurer of the fair,
counting up the receipts of the day,
which announced to nearly $40 900.
Mr. Hall sat In the Office with Young
man.
The gang nut revolv,rs TO their heads.
pocketed the money. and made their "a.
cape.
In the sprinp of 1873 they rallied a
bank at s.. Genevie4, Mo. During
the tlipht ,he outlaw wro had tne ha9
OF money in charge dropped it, and the
abandon the booty. 1t was while they
were smartins under this diSappoint-
lneht That their first train robbery was
Planned, which took place on tue Rock
Island road in June OF the same year.
ABOUT - miles east OF Council Bluffs
they took upa rail on sharp curve,
AN express tram was thrown OFT the
,rack. The engineer and fireman were
kllied anu number OF Passengers
'aa'y wounded. Inc gang robbed The
oApresS car, carrying away god bricks,
specie ana notes to very arge
amount. "A large reward was offered
Tor Their apprehension, bat they fond
sale refuge IN Indian Territory.
After TINS affair they committed q |
number OF stage robberies, one of them
on the route to Hot Sprt g.
III January, 1874 the gang made its
appearance at Gads Hill, . flag station
on the Iron Mountain road in Wayne
Missouri. They tagged the
train, robbed the express car, ofSl 900,
and pluudeted humber of the passan-
gers.
The IA lroad and express companies
now determiueI to HINT the game down
at any expense. Pinkerton's agency
took the ca "a and a corn, of detectives
we're sent to Missouri under command
y. Iouis l., Iull formerly a lieutenant
IN the police force of Chicago, One of
lis detectives BY the name of Weicher
went to the rendezvous of the desnera.
loes in the parb of a German immi-
yraut and APPLIED tor labor. On the
after he was tound dead. with
,everal hullat holes in hia hndv ti.d to
tree near the road a few miles from
dr4. Samuel's house. and also unon his
,erson was found A card saving.
"rhis shall ba the fate of ali Of pinu-
rton's detectives who come into Mis-.
ouri"
soon after this Lull had \ desnerate
;yht in the Nnniyan wnods in snuth.
western Missouri with the Younypr
,rothers in which John Younper tGe
leader of the hand was
,iIled and James Younger h,s hrntbar
yas ser,ousIv wounded Dani.l,s the
sheriff of s., Clair county. WAS also in
family killed. and LulI was mnrt,liv
vnunHed diving a few DAYS n frerwari
me nursnir was 90 bot that the ,Iamn.
md Younger bows sonpht refuge in
'pyas.
In January, 1875, Mr.. Pinkerton
earned that Jesse and Frank James
Iad returned to their mother residence
md an attempt was made to capture
hem. A large body of men, well a
rmed, proceeded to the residence of
irs. Ssmuels about miinight. The
ouse was surrounded, and hand
renade was thrown into one of the
oolus A little son of Mrs. Samuels
vas killed by the explos on, and she
ad one of her hands torn Oft. Neither
f the outlaws was at home. They be-
eyed that a man named Daniel Oskey,
wing at Liberty, Mo-, was concerned
a the VISIT 50 they rode over to his
0use, called him to the door and shot
iu.
Ia the spring of 1879 the gang perpe.
.atea another train robbery, this time
II he Kansas ana Pacific road, at IL
mali station near Kansas Civ, The v
assengers we're not troubled, but
loney and gold dust to the amount of
%, 900 was taken from the express car.
he trai of the robbers was followed to
ldian Territory, where they AGAIN
uded capture.
E,,lov,rgth is c,p,a t,,e ro,h.rr IF
,nk at nrnri,gTnn " Va rhan
,'na a"nt har tra,n rnhbe,, IN ILL.,
,7f tha gany slammed train On Tia
- ,5 vn go ,aais '.p rp j.; rnal.r on , 'i,o
et,i. cnuntv Mo Jn.se JawaS onJ
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