Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-06-21
DARING ROBBERY.
How Two sleek Ones Worked Craw-
ford County Farmer.

DEs MONIES, June l7.-About 0 o'clock
yesterday morning tho follow ng telegram
was received at police headquarters;
DEpHAM, Iowa. June l8.--Chief OF
Police. Des Moincs; Arrest two men
who will arrive on south. bound train
from Slater, for robbng a man on train
uf III 800; one large man, has whiskcrs
all over face, five days growth one small
man, whiskers ON face, about four weeks
growth, They will get on train at Slater
Junction; had better go outside Of city
aud meet train, inquire Of conductor for
the two men that got on at Slater An.
swer here Ms soon us arrested. L. T.
MOODY, Sheriff Crawford county.
Officers Page and Livingstone started
north ON the 10 o'clock Northw cstcru
passenger and met the objects Of their
search on a freight train few miles out
Of town. The men were at first disposed
10 resist. but the officers got the drop on
them and easily took them In, The
larger of the two men. giving the name
Of Wilson. had very bad looking gun, u
~ caliber six shooter aud between them
they had VI $50 in their possession. were
well dressed and carried gold watches
But they were tough all the same.
In the evening Sheriff Moody with two
assistants arrived on the scene aud started
back to Craw ford county with the men
in irons The story of their crime as toll l
hy the Crawford county sheriff Is mn inter
csting one. The smaller Of the two men,
giving his name as w. G. Greene, appeared
in Denison several days ago and talked Of
buying farm lie approached an old
man named Eastman, who lived in DEM,
son. and proposed buying a farm Of him
lie told the old man H. would come
arc nd the next morning with carriage
and they would 60 out aud look at the
farm. which they did. A few miles out of
town in woody. secluded place they
met heavy, rough looking fellow q foot
who pretended to be an extensive stock
buyer. They entered into conversation
and the stock buyer finally proposed u
little three card game The old man
wouldn't bet, but the stock buyer pro
duced roll Of ~ 800 and offered TO give
IL to Eastman II he could pick the right
card, which Eastman did. The stock
buyer said he would keep his word and
handed the money 10 Greene, whom he
termed friend Of EaStmau's to count
and asked TO see il Eastman had as much
money to make good the bet II he had
lost The old man innoCcntly handed
over roll Of money TO Greene to count.
There was ~ 800 in the roll and when he
had counted IL Greene cody handed both
rolls to his partner, the stoCkbuycr, who
quickly got behind his big gun and back
ed of with the Doodle. Greene warned
Eastman not to follow as the man was
dangerous, and promised to make good
the amount. saying that he thoughtlcssly
gave both rolls Of money to the bod foot
man. They then went back to town and
Greene went TO Eastman's house and
took dinner, cXCusing himself 10 time 10
join his confederate in getting out OF
town on the 1870 n. m. train. aud then
farmer Eastman began to be alarmed aud
notified the sheriff, who forthwith telo.
graphed to Carroll. but failed TO catch
the men there, but overlook them at
Dedham. They escaped him In the dark
there, when after learning they had gone
to Slater (ShCldahD he wired the Des
Moincs police with above results. The
men laid in the depot at Slater five or six
hours, with the impatient sheriff only
thirty miles away. unable to get at them,
but supposing the Dcs M0ines police
were after them.