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amvwri «wra rovitMCml/OiApthe•hio’cmforCM(orMBoniMiOlfiw«SOIJetCetUdEmPmHaJacWcTol]iIIIiiThr+m of tk# Bus 4Mt4 ;f#r T*ro«ck Ticket* tm Mtoklga* Cltf.ForMvtrtl yean JtmMovo tus boon ttrroriitd bp a baud of thlemsod Manader*, who have plundered n^dtucM and boom. Mod-bagged ciMxens, burned buildings mod com* mitted Quoierooa other depredation?.The recent attempt to burn the i#»* flouring mill, built on the site of the one destroyed about a year ago, mithoroughly nrouaed the cltiiens that under the direction of the horee-thlcf I (re detective company,DeteetlveKUogeo-1C. smith, of Indianapolis, was employed to work up the esse. Charles Copper, a young man from Indianapolis* was sent to Jamestown by Ktiogensvnith,and in accordance with the program agreed upon, was employed by William Orear to take oare of his horses.♦ 0Copper was known as Charley Wilson.” He managed to fall io with a gang of Jamestown bruisers, who styled themselves the Big Foui, f and who had been suspicioned by the citizens. He went fishing with them, was out with them of nights and they soon took him into their confidence.A raid on the depot at Jamestown was planned, and Wilson” could hardly hold the crowd in check until he could get word to Kllngensmith tocome to bis assistance. Klingen-smith made frequent visits to the town, in the guise of a peddler, andformed the acquaintance of the gang, hence his presence there Friday, in response to a cipher message fromWilson” created no uneasiness, and did not interfere with their plan torob the depot that night..Friday night Detective Klingen-smith and a number of members of the horse-thlef detective company surrounded the depot, and when the grand rush was made William Abney, William McGill and Dale Covey were captured in the building,with Wilson” who had drawn the#charges in the revolvers of his companions. The three prisoners. were brought to Lebanon on Saturday evening and are confined in the county jail. McGill and Abney are the leaders of the gang, and have confessed to having attempted to burn the mil! a few weeks ago. and Supt. Gossett’s residence a short time sfncei They also plead guilty tohaving sand-begged Dr. Banta and to burning George Cox’s barn.Covey is a sort of a drunken sot,whose love for liquor made him a ready tool in the hands of Abney and McGill. He is married bat does not support his family. Abney is also married, is a carpenter by trade, but spends all his money in revelry. McGill is unmarried', and made his home with his step-father, James Skimmerhom, nekr Jamestown. ‘The people of the community feel greatly relieved since the capture of the gang, and express the belief that one or two others wilt be taken iqyel.atIolt;oo0o0000000trilt;0tritnmMebesbfotyg«asorhi9164oltltT Connell ProCMdiiinaiINNtl
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Lebanon Pioneer
Lebanon, Indiana, US
Thu, May 01, 1890
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