Rock Island County IL Archives News.....William Wells Murdered April 5, 1856 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com August 24, 2007, 6:40 pm Auburn [NY] Daily American April 5, 1856 The Banking House of Cook, Sargeant & Parker at Rock Island, Illinois, was robbed of from $2,000 to $4,000 on Tuesday of last week, in the middle of the day. The robbers entered and seized Mr. Thorington by the throat, and held him speechless, while they helped themselves to the gold. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/rockisland/newspapers/williamw58gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb