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

done about the robbery, out iinineoi0'e-'
left for the north.
It is understood that steps will De TAKEN
Immediately to have Nelson lIeerateo iloM l
Folsom. District ATTORNEY BruneI sa:u
last night that he will proceed al once III
the matter.
THEY RESUME WORK.
After this robbery the two desperaooes
wendell their way to Chico. They re-
NAMED there several days and engaged IN
two successful garroting adventures q
Cbinaman and q young man who resides
in the suburbs of Chic being their Vlctims;
On The road 10 Indian valley they STOOD
up several pedestrians, but Inc ia''er
were not of the withdrawing oroer- ;,
From Chico they went to Orovlile, ana
committed burglary which dld not pau
out well.
They left Oroville the next day and
headed for Marysville. They rested Tor
day or two there and then started out 10
do little business" This business con-
sisted of the making OF bold descent
upon saloon near the 4uba rlVer orluge
on the Marysville side. they covered the
barkeeper with their pistols, and also neio
in subsection a couple OF men VINO nap
pened to be louDging in the saloon; Ihey
TOOK what money the barkeeper mad 10
to him. The firearms were evidently taken
for temporary safety's sake, as they were
found near the saloon some time after the
bold robbery, where the desperadoes had
thrown them.
All this was done during the month OF
July. and it was not all that was done dur
ing that month, either, as one OF their oold-
est outrages was committed on the last day
of July.
II seems that Dorsey had become tired of
the hard luck they had been having, IN the
way of lot getting enough money, ana at
tributed it to the petty Jobs" they bad IN
dertaken. He thirsted for something on
larger scale and proposed that they hold
up a stage. Shinn agreed, and the stage
which runs between Milton and Sonora
31st of July, as before stated, this robbery
was committed. The stage was stopped in
lonely spot on the road, and
THE MASKED ROBBERS
Ordered the passengers to get out and stand
in line. The driver was ordered to throw
down Wells, Fargo q Coz strong box, and
he obeyed While one of the robbers kept
the passengers covered with his shotgun
the other blew the box open with giant
powder But hard luck was still pursuing
To get even, however, they compelled the
passengers to surrender their coin. The
party yielded up about $50. The stage was
then allowed 10 proceed on its way.
Although the authorities searched high
and low for the highwaymen for some
time no trace of them could be found.
Shinn says that Immediately after this
robbery they made hasty tracks back to
Sacramento and eDsconced themselves in
their almost impenetrable retreat on the
banks of the American.
During August they were in Butte county
but did nothing of importance in the GRIM
inal line until September 10h. On that
date they stopped the stage running from
Quincy to Oroyille and secured from Wells,
Fargo & Co.'s box gold bar worth some
thing like $731 This was another very
successful piece OF highwaymenship, and
the desperadoes were as successful as usual
in escaping the pursuing officers.
After this raid they came back again to
their Sacramento headquarters. They did
not go out again, remaining there all win
ter, and combining their operations to the
Capital City and near vicinity.
AN ADDITION TO THE PARTY.
1t appears that about this time Dorsey
and Shinn were joined by another notori-
GUS criminal and eX-convict named De-
laney, who accepted their hospitality at the
rendezvous. and assisted them in their SUBJ
sequsnt depredations.
They anticipated cold and wet winter,
and built them a neat little cabin in their
retreat. with lumber which they managed
TO steal in the neighborhood.
The first operation in which the new
member of the family partook was the
bold atteEp to rob the saloon at Twenty
ninth and streets, The two marched into
the place, wearing masks made of barley
sacks. Dorsey was in the lead. They
presented their pistols at the heads of
the proprietor, NJ. G. Dandried. and
two men who happened to be drink
ing there at the time, and demanded
that they throw up their hands. The two
guests obeyed, but the barkeeper ran be-
hind the counter and into q rear room
where he kept his rife. Dorsey followed him
aiming bis pistol, but did not fire. When
Dandried reached the rear room he
seized an unloaded shotgun, thinking it was
his rife and, aiming it at Dorsey, snapped
the trigger. With an oath Dorsey ciinched
with the man. The latter swung the shot
gun around and struck Dorsey on the
head, knocking off his hat and mask.
Dorsey was staggered, but recovered Just as
the saloon keeper was reaching for his rifle,
and leveling his revolver at him, fired two
shots. One of the shots struck Dandried in
the arm and the other in the side, neither
Of the wounds, however. being serious.
Dorsey thought he had killed him. and
hastily left the place, remarking to his
companions as he went out: Hurry up,
boys; we're done up"
The saloon-keeper, as soon as he could
recover sufficiently, rushed out after the
dacnaroAnoc md Hrod oauorol chnts of
them with his rife, but hit none of them.
1t was never known who these robbers
were, until Shinn's confession cleared il
up, and at the time the authorities were
inclined to treat the story Of the affair as q
hoax.
ANOTHER UNSUCCESSFUL JOB.
On the night of October 1st of last year,
which was shortly after the saloon affair,
the same trio, masked and armed, made a
descent upon party of Chinese hop. pickers
who were living in little cabin down the
river near Merkley's ranch. The Mon
golians not complying to the robbers de-
man6s as quickly as they should, the latter
set upon them and beat them unmerci-
| fully. One Chinaman who attempted TO
leave the cabin was shot twice, but not
fatally. The wounded heather ran to-
ward a neighboring ranch, bowling Justify
lOT uclp. HSdIluS tldt dSslStdnCe WOulu
arrive the despersdoes decamped. Shinn
says that in his hurry he lost his vest, in
the pocket of which was one of the identi.
cal. watches taken from the young men on
the American river bridge, and for the
theft of which poor Nelson is now serving
time in the Penitentisry.
Shinn told OF various other Jobs they
engaged in during the winter, such as bur-
glarizIng houses and standing up" belated
citizens in the suburbs. He could not rec
ollect the exact dates, nor many of the de-
tails. however, of these small Jobs. Some
of them, he claims, he did not participate
in. for the reason that he was suffering
from rheumatism and had to remain in
the cabin.
ANOTHER STAGE ROBBERY.
Matters ran along in this way until
April. Then Dorsey complained again
that they were INDUCING in too many
small jobs, and suggested that they hold
up another stage. Shinn was agreeable, so
he and Dorsey joined hands again and
started for Placer county. They picked
out the Forest Hill stage as their game,
and held it up in regulation style early in
the month of April.
| A gentleman named Muir was passen-
ger on the stage, and upon arriving in this
city subsequently related story TO the
effect that when one of the robbers Dit was
Dorsey aimed his gun at him and de-
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