The Cairo Daily Bulletin

HORSE THIEVES!

ATTEMPTED MURDER AND ROBBERY—KENDALL, THE GARDENER, SHOT DOWN WHILE PROTECTING HIS PROPERTY—THE WOUND SERIOUS BUT NOT FATAL—FLIGHT OF THE ASSASSINS—ARREST OF THE OWEN BROTHERS AND HARRIS ON PROBABLE CAUSE.

We are sorry to state that the assassination of Mr. Kendall, the gardener, on Sunday morning last, was too late to do more than simply announce the fact.

It appears that Mr. Kendall has been in the habit of turning his horses and mules into an out-lot where he allowed them to remain until near midnight, when he would stable them; but, on Saturday night, he fell into a sound slumber and allowed the usual hour for stabling to pass by unnoticed. Between one and two o'clock in the morning, Mrs. Kendall aroused her husband and reminded him that the stock had not been put under cover. Mr. Kendall immediately repaired to the out-lot, and missing the stock, went out upon the road to look for them. In his search he unexpectedly confronted three men, one leading the mare, saddled, and the other two leading three mules. He instantly snatched the bridle of the mare, and leading her pursued the thieves who had the mules in charge. Steadily gaining upon them, and coming near, he ordered them to let go the stock. At this moment one of the thieves discharged the contents of a shot gun at the pursuer, and wounded him in the breast and right arm. The thieves then released the mules and fled.

Neighbors of Mr. Kendall, who had heard the report of the gun, came in, and ascertaining the facts came to the city and reported to Chief Myers, who, with Sheriff Irvin, immediately went in pursuit. The officers soon came to the conclusion that the thieves had intended to steal the horses and swim them to the Missouri shore. They tracked the rogues to the Mississippi levee, near Kline's brick yard where they lost the scent. The officers then passed down the levee to the point, where they ascertained that two men had been seen rowing a skiff up the Ohio and over to the Kentucky shore. These men the officers concluded were two of the thieves. Pursuing the clue further, the officers learned that Jock Owens had been seen on Saturday evening rowing a skiff down the river toward the point; that he and his brother and Harris had been in the habit of harboring in a flat boat moored against the Kentucky shore; that they had been seen together late on Saturday night; that one of the saddles stolen by the thieves belonged to Morgan, of the James' Hub and Spoke factory, and that Harris had been his driver and knew where the saddle was kept; that the other saddle, it was said, belonged to Easely and that Jock had been at Easely's house as late as 11 o'clock Saturday night; that one of the thieves—the one who shot—was a tall man with an extraordinarily large foot, and that Dick Owens and his feet filled this part of the bill. Acting upon this information, and other facts not proper to be mentioned at this time, Jock and Dick Owens and Jessy Harris were arrested on Sunday morning.

The men under arrest may be guiltless of the charge against them, but if guilty they should pay the penalty at the hands of the law. The examination was had before Esquire Biross.