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The Daily Dispatch: February 20, 1865., [Electronic resource], Two hundred dollars reward. (search)
d hand-axes, brought surreptitiously on board, rose on the crew, took possession of the steamer, threw overboard part of the freight, and robbed the clerk of the money in his charge, putting all on board under duress. Later in the evening he and his party took possession of another unarmed steamer,--the Island Queen,--scuttled her, set her adrift on the lake. These transactions occurred within the jurisdiction of the State of Ohio on the 19th days of September, 1864. On the 16th day of December, 1864, the accused was arrested near the suspension bridge, over the Niagara river, within the State of New York. The testimony shows that he and two officers of the insurgent States, Colonel Martin and Lieutenant Headley, with two other Confederates, had made an unsuccessful attempt, under the direction of the first named officer, to throw the passenger train coming from the West to Buffalo off the railroad track for the purpose of robbing the express company. It is further shown that