The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-09
A FLORIDA rREEBoorER.
He Enters Hotels, Robs the Guests. ant
Rides Away

Rides Away
Jacksonville (Fla.) Special 10 New York Hersld.l
Parties just MP from Dsytons, on the Hall
fax River, bring reports of romantic robber
in that region whose daring exploits and
miraculous escapes have fostered the I'M
preston that he bears charmed life.
1t teems that about week or ten days ago
q man on horseback arrived az Dsytona. and
registered at the hotel as John Barton, of
Orlando, Fla. He stayed until Saturday
noon, when he paid his bill and rode away.
During Saturday night, while heavy
thunder storm was passing over Daytona, the
bedrooms of the guests at the Palmetto
House were entered and money aud valuables,
amounting to considerably more than
s., coo, were stolen.
When the robbery was discovered, between
Z and O'Clock Sunday morning suspicion
at once rested on this man. A search was
made about the premises at once, and it was
discovered that q horse had been tied out
near the hotel stable and the tracks were
similar to those Of the animal ridden by Bur-
ton. This animal had been tied out during
the storm, and was ridden away after the
storm was over. being tracked a half mile
south ON the Port Orange road, which Bur-
ton had taken.
oyEETAKEN AND CAPTURED.
A warrant was at once sworn out before
Justice Huston, and Captain Douglass &C.
companied Constable Cox on the chase to
capture the thief. They found him at the
house of an old eetIler on Trumbull Bsy,
about fifteen miles south of Daytona, about
3 o'clock that afternoon, having just eaten
his dinner. He was arrested aud carried
back TO DaytoDa, searched and found armed
with the costliest pistols dirks, etc. A kit Of
burglars Tools 500 IN money and bag full
of jewels tTlnkets God diamonds. There was
only ciIcumstantial evidence against him as
TO the recent hotel robbery.
DARING DASH FOR LIBERTY.
he was placed in the second story Of large
building with four guards to remain over
night. Between and o'clock in the morn
ing he made dash for the lamp, knocked it
over with his hat, kicked over chair, and in
the total darkness and confusion made his
escape. The four guards got another lamp,
and were looking about for their prisoner.
He, however, had made his way 10 the stable,
saddled his horse and had led him out past
the stable door TO near the place where the
horse had been hitched the Saturday night
previous. They came upon him while he
was try ing to ADJUST the bride, and fired st
him G volley with shotguns, when he aban-
doned the horte and ran into the woods un-
hurt.
During the entire day, Monday, many of
the citizens Of Daytona turned out TO hunt
him.
BE CONTINUES HIS DEPREDATIoSs.
No trace of him was found until about
dark, when, having stolen saddle, he en-
| tered the stable Of citizen, stols horse
| thereirom, and was just in the act of leading
| him out when two Of the citizens met him
at the stable door. Another dash into the
| woods followed by an ipeffectoai shot en-
sued. Within the hour however, he was at
| Holly Hill, shout three miles away, and
| suocoC de0 ii getnng sway with horse, sad
| die and briGis of Mr. Carter, associate editor
OF the Halifax Journal.
HE FINALLY ESCAPES.
This horse he rode 10 Ormond, six miles
| further north and there be exchanged it for
| & fresh animal from Airs Penfielde stable,
] still retaining CaTter's saddle. On reaching
| Tinoka River about midnight he found two
men stationed at each end of the bridge and
each man armed with q double barrslled
/ shotgun. Leaning forward he mads dash
| across the bridge, and was fired at at close
! quarters by all four men in his flight, ap-
| parenily without effect, for IS he rode away
| he sang o1t for them to shoot again, as they
had failed to hit him. Another exchange oil
horses was made before he reached Volusia
where he arrived about daylight Tuesday
morning. Here he turned the stslen horse
, loose and taking Carters saddle with him,
stole boat and passed over into Orange
| County. This was the last trace of him
Fired at by at least twenty double barrelled
shot-guns, loaded with buckshot, at close
range when last seen at the bridge he rode
off into the darkness, merrily singing de
faint song. The Dsytona people are in great
establishment over the exploits of this new
Dick Turpin.