The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-03-13
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, IN, attempt to Rob the State Treasury of No
/ brasAa in Broad Daylight Ma,
Killed aud Another Captured.
A Lincoln (Neb.) special of the 2Sth give.
the following account of an attempt to rob tn,
Nebraska state treasury: Legislative ant
state officers we're thrown into a state of ex
element about 2 o'clock this afternoon by Al
attempt to rob the state treasury, which re-
suited In the death OF one OF the robbers and
the capture of another, while third escaped
The men came in at the front door Of the
treasurer's Office, and presenting their guns at
Deputy Treasurer Bartlett told him to throw
up his hands. He asked them II they were in
| earnest, and being assured that they wanted
no fooling he complied with their demand to
hand out bag containing about $500, which
| one of the men took, and two of them walk ii
out Of the office face first and the other backed
toward the door, covering the retreat by hold
| ing his pistol down on Bartlett.
1t seems that two detectives of Lincoln,
| Pound and Davis had in some way learned Of
| the scheme and were on watch at the state
house. When the two first men came out of
| the door they were commanded to halt and one
| Of them halted. The other ran and was shot
by Pound with charge of buckshot from a
| navy revolver. He fell upon the stone steps
MORALLY wounded and died in a short time.
The third man, when the shot was heard
| had Just reached the door going out of the
auditors office. He slammed the door shut,
ran back through the auditors Office, jumped
out of window and escaped
The man who was killed was carried inside,
and proved to be Jim Griffin, notorious
character who has been around Lincoln for
several years, and three years ago killed Jesse
Campln in an alteration, crime for which
he was acquitted on the ground of self-de
Tense. His back was filled with fifteen or
twenty buckshot, one or two Of which passed
through the body.
The captured man is Alvin Mcguire He
has been before the courts frequently and has
served term in the penitentiary.
Jim Griffin died at 4 O'Clock tuis afternoon.
A week ago a man who escaped gave away the
plan of the robbers to the detectives. They
saw the governor, who told them to let the
plan be matured and capture the robbers in
the attempt The day originally fixed for the
attempt was Thursday. just as they were
coming in Thursday, Deputy Bartlett stepped
to the door and looked out. Mcguire weakened |
and the attempt was given up for that day. |
The missing man, whose name is said to be |
Walker, then informed Pound that another at |
tempt would be made to-day. Detective Pound |
concealed himself in back room from which |
a door opened into the hall. Thompson, an
other detective, stood at the door in Bartlett's
Office. When ne heard the robbers hold up
Bartlett, Thompson signalled Pound, who
stepped out of the door and covered the rob-
DerS WIN MS S1OIguns round SAYS he
halted both. Mcguire stepped aside aud
threw up his hands. Pound thought he had
a gun and pulled the trigger of his own gun,
but when he saw Mcguire had no weapon he
threw up his own gun, firing over Maguire's
head. Pound then halted Griffin again when
Griffin turned and snapped a revolver at him
Pound then shot him.
Many citizens severely citlcise the detec-
lives for not making complete arrangements
Tor the capture of all concerned alive instead
lot ", fa,.1 20, lrf11
70 so far as to intimate that the Job was put
up by the detectives simply to make reputa-
ion. d,
LATER.-The coroners inquest upon the I
body OF Jim Griffin, killed by Detective Pound |
saturday afternoon in the attempt to rob tho =
state treasury was held on the Cd at Heaton's :,
rooms. Testimony was given by
!. Milton hoffman, the governors private
ecretary, j. L. Caldwell, Willard and Mcguire.
The latter testified that Jim Griffin worked a
ne scheme up. He came to Maouire several v
ines and told him they had soft thing, and b
persuaded him finally to go into it. He testi- q
leu that when they were in the office Griffin :,
wanted to gag Bartlett, but Mcguire said they q
ad not time and they gave it up. q
The examination of the body of Griffin a
bowed seventy-nine shot in his arms and u
ack. As these shot were double BIS, of which q
bout fifty make u load, it seems evident that h
c must have been hit by both charges which =. :,
ouud fired. Pounds testimony was that he v
liter threw up his hands he (Pound) elevated 4
Is gun and fired over Maguire's head; that
len Griffin came out and that after he had
allied Griffin and the latter had attempted to II
loot him, he fred at him. If it is a fact, D.
owcver as the number of shot indicates. et
lat Griffin was struck By both charges, Pouna NJ
ust have shot him before he drew his pistol ID
, Pound at all. ~
THE coRoNER's VERDICT. =,
On the 2Sth day Of February. A. D. 1888, at q
C hour Of 2:30 p. M. In the county Of Ian -;
ster and state of Nebraska, the deceased, u
mes Griffin, came to his death by means Of NJ
'nshot wounds inflicted by one A. L. Pound, NJ
nose first name to the jurors is unknown; of
d the weapon used in the infiction of the 10
FUNDS which caused the death Of the de- NV
ased was double-barreled shotgun, loaded -
tn powder and leaden balls, and then and VI
ere by the said A. l.. Pound held and dis IN
arged at and against and into the body of 70
ceased, and we further find that the killing to
Is felonious. or
In witness whereof we hereunto set our 10,
nds this LIST day Of March, A. D. 1885. ~
CHARLES 0. WELDON,
AUSTIN HUMPHREY TEL
We, the undersigned, believe the killingwas thu
lawful. A. d. BURR, the
G. L. BAUM, me
W. c. LANE. In
+, the undersigned believe tn, killing was 90,
felonious. GEORGE BAssErMlS &c,