Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-23
STAGE ROBBER CAPTURED.
HE COMES TO SEE THE FAIR, BUT WILL
NOT COME AGAIN.
Deputy Constable Flick Stumbles Over
the Forest Hill Stage stopper
and Arrests Him.

On the I'd of this month the Forest Hill
stage, which runs from Auburn, Placer
county, to Forest Hill, was "held up" by a
lone highwayman about five miles from
Auburn.
Five passengers were aboard, but the
disciple of Claude Duval did not molest
them, being satisfied with the contents of
Wells, Fargo & Co.'s treasure box, which
contained considerable money After
emptying the box the robber placed in it
note addressed to ]. B. Hume, the express
company's Vidocq, and threw it back upon
the stage, at the same time ordering the
driver to Hgit' as fast as he could. The
note contained the highwayman's sarcastic
compliments to Hume and defying the
latter's efforts to capture the perpetrator of
the robbery. No signature was added. but
the whole was an imitation of Black Bart's
terse missives.
The matter was of course reported to the
Sheriff of Placer county and the Consta-
bles, as well as to Wells, Fargo G. Co.'s
Office at San Francisco.
Detective Hume investigated but could
find no clue regarding the highwayman,
either as to his identity or his whereabouts
BLACK Bart at his old tricks again." was
what some of the newspapers suggested,
but many of the residents of Auburn and
vicinity attributed the robbery to the no.
torious Sharp, whose depredations had
been frequently heard of in that section
before.
The matter had almost been lost sight of
when the suspicious actions of q man,
known as Henry Williamson, attracted the
attention of the authorities at Auburn.
His appearance Tailed exactly with the dis
criphon given by the passengers of the
robber, and his arrest was decided upon.
But Williamson got wind of their inteu
ton in some manner, and suddenly dis
appeared, nobody knew where. All efforts
to trail him proved of no avail for some
time.
Williamson, it now develops, came to
this city, and took in the fair. So did some
Placer county people. He was recognized,
and word was sent to Auburn to that et-
feet. Deputy Constable II. L. Flick of that
place at once repaired to Sacramento and
began his search.
The deputy could find no trace of his
man at all and was about to give up hope
and go home.
Yesterday afternoon, however, Flick was
strolling down street deploripg his bad
luck, and was just about to cross Eighth
street when who should he bump into but
Williamson. 1t is needless to say that the
deputy 'pounced" upon his man and es-
corted him to the City Prison for safe-keep-
ing. He was booked en- route to Auburn.
Flick naturally feels very jubilant over
his capture, as there are rewards offered by
the State and the express company amount
ing to 81 500. He says there is no doubt
that Williamson is the man who robbed
the Forest Hill stage, and is confident that
he can be successfully prosecuted
The prisoner stoutly maintained that he
was innocent and assured the officer that
it was case of mistaken identity. He said
he had no objection to going back to Au-
burn with the Constable or to standing
trial, as he says his acquittal is certain.
Williamson is a medium.sized man, about
thirty years old. He was dressed in q plain
suit of dark clothes, wears a heavy black
moustache and large slouch hat.
Deputy Flick left for Auburn with his
prisoner last night.