Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1858 — Opscent Upon a Band of Robbers Nine of the Party Arrested. [ARTICLE]

Opscent Upon a Band of Robbers Nine of the Party Arrested.

On Friday night, the G,r. hist., two men ; named... C. N. \Voriey and H.enrv HdWards ; were arrested in iucennes ou charge of r<. blicrt Tiny wi re suppyrsed to belohg t<> a band of thieves, having tb“ir h-ad-r;uarters in this town, arid who had hud plans to rob Mr. Osborn, Hup>-r'intendenft 'of the canal. Mr. put. tip .at-’ii hotel in Vincennes, on : Friday night, and, suspecting their designs; j set a trap-for the thieves. lie left a small ■ package ofjrioney in his room as a bait, and / line of the party avus arrested v bile in the. ! act of "abstract ing -the .money. T 'dwards was arrested in another part of- the -er"-. and the' parties were taken before Fsqnir . ? »n Saturday, and Worri-v wis lieb; ;, a ij j n Sri-dcii’, ill -default of which In- went to jail, lldwards was brought to 'his town, when he 1 made such disclosures iis I’-ad to-the.ar- : rest of ?<>i era’ 1 f the g ,‘ig. /On Sundae" Fobert .''’alters. Frederick •Jennings, n-nd Hugh Shaw were arrested in Alfordsville, a short distance from this town, ami brought here for examination. Shaw and F.dwards turned State’s. <widen- ", and Walters and Jennings not being able to give . bail tor-their appearunce at f’ourt. were ’ committed to jail. Hugh .Shia.w / was subse- ' quentlv arrested on another Charge,.and tn -default of bail, war- committed to piii. (.)?, 'Vednesd--: , ng ‘hre-.> women were ar--"stc ’ . el taken b--fore a Justice tor exam- : ation, on the charge of concealing stolen ods, ami were held to bail in the sum of .s liio each for their : appearunc-o at Court. ')n Wednesdnv Henry Edwards' security, gave hirti'up, and not bring to -y’v ’ other securitv. was com mitt- . - . j ith The otTiec-rs.were still wat< bing tor the dis fosnre of'such facts .• wmild r'dl had to th arrest of more‘.ho were thought to be conneetodj with the gang: and on Wedncsdav they arrested ,‘X If Edward , lather of Henry Edwards, en 1 --.h irg’o of concealing stolen goods. Hu as e\ imiued and held to bail in the sum .?f .'Sl.bliu dm one charge, and SKOO on anotner. and in default cf bail, was eomniijted to jail ort Thursday. A. 11. Edwards was Justwe of the I’-ac.e, and Walters was both Pi»s.tmaster ami Constable .at AlfordsvilE I'itcrsburg Reporter. A Drwrt Di.er.. -’I he .S'/. I.outs ~R<publican tell" a queer story ot the conduct ot a deer in that city. Its .owner, night, before last,-ret ired to , bed. having taken his money ; d raw 11 ran d p lace d it o n a so fa. co v eri lig i t wi th a handkerchief, and left the door of tins room op bn,-. guarded by » couple of chairs. While he was asleep the deer ascended the | stairs, nunped over the chairs, went to the I sofa, p lied the handkorebief from off the ; money craw-er, and actui’l" ate iip §47 bank ) bills. W hen the o" c . awoke the pet hud 11 i §2 bill in his mouth w ii-ic.h bill was rescued I from the -'ut e o f the §47 M -j hi't'e for the deer's sake tVmt the bills were all good. h. . N'kt.K'i Eqt wn j-.- The Douglas organ ot I De k a lb 'Countv . Illinois., takes ground in fa vor "f the right ■' 1 y-r■> 'a t- v- '-*

(t(7*Dr. Wra Tichenor, the Lecompton this pTnce, was on Thursdaynight last arrested bv a deputy United States Marshal, on a charge of robbing the mail. Poor Lecompton! The cause of more dev--iltry, AS hat a catalogue of crimes Lecompton ha» caused to be committed, and he still wanders from'place to place. What would our Republican neighbors do if it was not for Lecompton! P. S. —VV under if it was Lecompton that induced the stealing of those -horses <»f which the Gazette speaks this week!— -Expositor. Well friend Berry, in answer to your inquiry, we not say that “Lecompton induced the stealing of those hurres/' nor drive say that ail 1 “Lee jmpto’n Democrats are horse-thieves, but we do say witdiout the fear of succee ' contradiction, that all hors* thieves >- Lecompton Democrats "• Wp d-on't winder at your being sick and tired r s Le-i-mp’- n. for th- fact i«, it hr.?- pre-veu a • most ss terrible and destre:-e n ' ur party, ae the Devil w.as among s'-. ine at Gadara in anciept times