The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-09-24

last SATURDAY sheriff Cox assisted h>
u..s,s q 4 Schumacher. T. Herhig
lsnl q. Busffner. took 10 the states pris-
~ AZ J.n~rr~anvilie six ~ the gang ~
leu,Iaws who have becn doistg desttmeni
~ Cxumhia tnw nship for : numher q
xcars mast. James Jones. Harvey >tchol-
.on. tsenrge Parsons. Henry CoonrAd
Re-. Robsrfs aud Ambrose Edwards.
Zach "a serge two years. /
They we're al married men, aud mos'
III them had hern raised ia that nelYb'
ihoorhood. but were willingly led int"
,asca,;ty ~ such iniors rs the Reeves
and Archers. From accounts. probably
hal, : dozen mere IN fhe same ~neixhnor-
hood ought 20 keep them COMPANY
They are generally ahard gang. Har'
vey NichoIson's father. after whom ne
was named died IN the p~enitentiary. hav-
inc hecn cent there for passing counter
lsei, money. which he Obtained Of one
Lnughery. who cut quite = swell In me
1~neighhorhood several years co..
James Jones aud Nicholson gave the
Gang away AFTER they were arrested
Homes Is quite = genius, and Il viii he q
surprise II he don't escape before his Two
wears expires. He l. M expert ~ max
ing keys aud opeaing locks lie wa
locked up stairs, ia the female uepa.'
mens At the jail for fear Of injury. to mn
nv his ~confederates alter he had tes'i
ifisd. and n guard kept AT the door, az
lonl, hsd IN ordinary large lock on. pa
urday morning, after breakfast, VIM
The guard wss away less than nv
minutes. he had made . Key out o.
: pewter spoon he had used AZ breakias
aud unlocked his room door, but y
l,imely arrivsl'of the Sheriff preven's
his escape. He testified IN court ina
|. had made a dozen keys for the purpo
= az burglarizing different houses, and IN
~ .hey were now sunk in the soil, mur'
" mud OF Potaka river
NJ r1e,old maj he went with Geo. Reev'
one Of the Reeves murderers. into J.
EIlis' store at Ellsworth. several tim
ara thew carried OF all manner Of q
: =" Goods and groceries aud lived fat.
Re s'ld also. about robbing old Merit !
- hor near the town Of Dubois. Tat
] ell was an old man. above 70 years
the tough a. white oak, used TO hunting q
rouuhing il all his life, and was =
,osed bv his neighbors TO always Ia
rday mopev about him, as be always p
idge cash for what he bought. He lived .
day. lao cabin. with the chink and dau0in
n Of ~ many places. so hat he could DC e.
RlER 10 watched from the ont side 81 Ms
hich when his single room would be TX up
the the ire in the large stick chimney :.
5ery- a. the early settlers built In all y
houses Jones said him and Geo. Zee
e s. and another went to rob Tabor enc nj!
Par INT got there before Taber went 70
,eny /: and watched though n Of the holes
he the wall. and saw him put his breet
.nder his head. After = while, hea,
,.~-shim snore, they opened his door an'
! : went in. Reeves pulled the old m
= (" nsnts from under his head. which "
!. him IN, and bouncing out OF pea
orosc grabbed for his trusty rifle. but the
YER hers were too quick for him, and ran
pris- TIE woods out Of sight, before ne g
~iniure them. Jones says that lie
I: fine took the money out Of Tabor's pc
cases. While running, and when they stol
fined NJ divide declared there was none.
Nv such incidents he said he could :
c.,-lregarding mysterious disappearan'
0 property taken by the gang, but he
enough to satisfy everybody tina
nnes country would fare better II the y
gang worked for the State. and
jury hoped petty thieving 10 hat locaii!!!!
cease while they are 1t Jenersons''