The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-09-22
outrage. R. A. C. Martin and James
Garnett were in the bank at the time of
THE MURDER OF THE CASHIER,

: Garnett were in the bank at the time of
Il THE MURDER OF THE CASHIER,
and when they sought to intercede for hir
they were also fired upon, but escaped be
I fore the robbers could add them to the Lis
of their victims.
Western Missouri sheriffs now claime
that they had cleaned out the bandits, bu
a startling occurrence on Sept. 26, 1872
showed that their claim had no foundation
in fact. Upon that day there had been al
enormous attendance at the Kansas Cit,
fair grounds, and the James boys and tn,
1oungers had laid plan to intercept ane
Kill the treasurer On his way to the city
ard rob him OF The large sum in his charge
Luckily, Il treasurer that afternoon lef
earlier than usual for the city and by al
unaccustolned route, the accident saving
his life and the $4,000 which he carried
with him. A ticket seller, who was charg-
cd to bring home 1910, collected at the
gate after the treasurer's departure, was
attacked by three horsemen in the early
dusk of the evening and in the presence OF
thousands of people. The robbers seized
his box and, when he resisted, shot him
and rode off. The James boys never pub
| ished fuller or more emphatic alibis than
they produced a few days after this
MEMORABLE OCCASION.
The robbers got very near st. Louis when
on May 27, 1873, they captured the bank
at st. Genevieve, Mo. The cashier, Gen.
Rezier, and his son were on hand, and
when the two robbers entered the bank and
presented their revOlvers the son ran for
the street, a shot which the robber fired to
interrupt him inflicted only flesh wound
in the back. The general was forced to
open the safe from which the robbers took
$500.
The West Missouri bandits first tried
their hand at train robbery at Adair, Iowa,
where, at s 80 2. NJ, July 21, 1873. they
threw the engine and two baggage cars OF
the Rock Island express off the track the
engineer being crushed to death in the
wreck. Masked figures arose from the
darkness and, firing repeatedly drove the
passengers into the cars. The express car
and few Of the passengers were robbed,
the entire booty being not less than So, 800. |
Jan, Is, 1874, occurred the robbery of
the Malvern and Hot Springs stage by |
band of Missouri horsemen. They GOT
about $4,000 cash and an equal value in
ieWlery. A couple of weeks later occurr
ed
THE ROBBERY OF TRAIN,
Of the Iron Mountain railroad at Gad's
Hill Mo.
Jan. 30, 1874, the trading steamer Ellen
D., while tied up TO Point Jefferson. La,
by five handsomely dressed men who,
coming at different times and appearing to
StranU tn
acted in concert, overcame the crew, and
'emoved from the boat 81 900 in cash and
900 worth OF judicionsly selected goods.
Among the other noted robberies NAV
,e mentioned that of the San Antonio and
Austin, Tex. stage, April 7, 1884; the
obbery Of a wealthy merchant in Yale
ounty, Arkansas, in November, 1874: {
he Tishbonnege Bank robbery at Corinth. {
iiss., and on the same dav the robbery of !,
10000 from a Kansas Pacific railroad :.
rain at Muncie, Kan. !
THE NEXT TRAIN ROBBERY a
ccurred on the Vandalia line, at Long
'oint, H., July 6, 1875. The robbers, &
lree in number, shot the engineer dead a
nd then ran the engine and express car e
head about two miles, when they ordered Il
H 1
[e refused, and they fired number of
lots into it, but lacked the nerve to break is
the roof. Meantime the conductor and b
number Of passengers came up on the d
,e, and the robbers, who were evidently :
'ros at the business, ran off. The gang :,
ere subsequently given away by woman y
Ierre Haute and punished. It has p
ways been supposed that the shot which
lied the engineer was fired more through
than intent. is
In several other robberies the operations W
the bandits were crowned with sac- tC
ss. the most notable being the Otter q
lie, Mo-, train robbery. in which band :.
eight men captured 5000. It was :"
AT NoRTHFIELD MINI, J"
at the bandits fairly met their Waterloo, 8
ID the truthfullness of Hobbs Kerry's 81
received substantial confirma-
IN. The robbers had never before gone co
far north, and as if in anticipation OF tn
ern resistance, they had never before e2
uipped themselves SO thoroughly or ta- lr
n more careful precautions. By tWos :,
d threes they rode into the town on mag W
ficent horses that had been purchased OF
st. Paul for the undertaking. The ha
sh upon the bank was made Sept. 9th, tb
76, three OF the gang entering the bank &c
lille the remainder did duty outside. The VI
shier, Haywood, refused the robbers Tn
quest to open the vault. Bunker, th,
'rk, made dash for the outside, follow I
by Bob Younger. who shot him in the a..
builder. Meantime the citizens outside -
d begun to open fire on the robbers, who
gan to call on those inside to hurry up, co
they could not long stand the fusilade. IL
e three then retreated, one of them, af- -
he cleared the railing. shooting the ut
hier dead, remarking as he did it, ssas of
FARMING to those bank cashiers to open of
when we ask them to-" 40,
THE FIGHT ON THE STREETS ,,,;
S hot one. From windows and gal II.
les and from behind fences the citizens e.
lred in a fire upon the robbers, two of
m fell dead from their saddles. A u,
I'd was SO sorely wounded that he near ''e
ell, and was forced to beg his compan- car
s not to desert him. One of them got
the horse with him and held him du- u
2 the retreat. This was full Of hard 80
\ and disaster ~ the robbers uhn ~ hay
dalia were attacked by Sheriff Gilspin all
possee, VINO Killed one OF the band and hay
lnded and captured two others, who R;t
fessed that they were the Yaungers,
that the dead man was Charlie Pitts. hes
,se killed at Mortified were identified tow
Miller and Bill Chadwell. The d {
myers recovered of their wounds, and az,
e tried and sent 10 the Saltwater Peni-
tiary, where they persist in maintain me
an annoying silence on the subject of ten