Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-02

weapon, and, pulling the garment up under
his arms, told the officer to search him.
The officer did 30. and of course did not
discover the weapon. The peace guardi-
ans, however, were not satisfied that all
was well and took Shinn to the Police Sta
ton. Captain Lee and Chief Drew ques-
toned Shinn, but the latter told plsus-
ible story and they turned him loose.
Little did they dream who they had just
had within their grasp
There was considerable excitement over
the matter at the police station last even
ing when they heard of it from Captain
Aull and detective Hume, who had come
down from Folsom on the late train to re-
port the news.
Officer Gibson was completely knocked
out. The fact that reward of 81, 600 was
standing for Shinn's capture did not tend
to ease the officers feelings.
MORE ODD JOBS.
Shinn, in resumipg his story of their adj
ventures, says that after a short stay in
Sacramento they started out on anoth sr
tour. This time they went through Gala
veras, Tuolumne, Ell Dorado and San
Joaquin counties, pillaging houses blow
ing open safes, etc. They robbed the post
Office at Elliott, San Joaquin county, bur-
glarized hotel at lone and various other
small jobs, as Shinn put it.
They were accompanied on these later
depredations by Delaney and another tough
character named Snow, who joined them
somewhere on the road.
When they returned from this campaign
they held consultation and agreed that it
was about time to give California rest and
try some other field. They decided to go
to Chicago. Delaney was delegated to pur-
chase the tickets. He came into Sacra.
mento and sent to San Francisco for four
second-class tickets to Chicago over the Dem
yer and Rio Grande road. They boarded the
train at Loomis on the 30th of May of this
year, and arrived in Chicago on the 9Th of
June On the 9TH of June, the gold bar
which was taken from Wells-Fargos box
on tn eQuincy and Oroville stage was taken
to the mint in Chicago for coinage, and the
desperadoes received their returns on the
18th Of the month.
All of these latter facts were traced up by
Detective Hume before Shinn made his
confession.
Shinu says that after their arrival in Chi
cago they resumed business and up 10
the time of their arrest had committed
something like twenty or twenty. five rob-
berries and burglaries. They protested to
be carpet. cleaners, but this was only used
as blind" to facilitate them in their me-
farious operations.
Shinn and Dorsey are believed also to
have engaged in some other affairs, par
ticularly the wreckirg of a train, which
Shinn did not mention, and Chief of Police
Drew of this city has taken the matter in
hand and will investigate.
For the past four weeks Chief Drew has
been searching the banks of the American
river for the rendezvous of the robbers, and
only succeeded in finding it on friday.
which fact will give an idea as to how Sc
curely the desperadoes had hidden when
necessary. The Chief received informa-
ton about month ego from Warden Aull
that this hiding place really existed, and
the Chief determined to find it. When he
did, he discovered evidence which goes a
great way toward establishing the truth OF
Shinn's assertions.