Will "tho west build his monu
ment?" Galena Jeff ersonian.
'the lnrrapri ffluidrrrra.
The following particulars relative
to the murder of Col. Davenport, ta
ken from a pamphlet lately publish
ed at the Gazette and Advertiser of
fice, Galna, may be relied upon as
correct.
"It seems that the robbery of Col.
Davenport had been long in contem
plation, and was a favorite scheme
with many members of "the ganq."
He was known to be immensely rich,
and it was supposed, kept large
amounts of money on hand at Rock
Island. Birch, however, who had
been a good deal about llock Island
anu uavenport, nau obtained some
knowlcdf'C of T).' lrwmotarv ni.
fairs, and was of opinion that he
kept his money in M. Louis, uud
never had much at Rock Island
Birch, therefore, witli his usual cau
tion and calculation of chances aud
profits, w as at first opposed to the
enterprise, but the arguments drawn
from the fertile imaginations of his
coadjutors, who pictured in glowing
colors the certainty ot making a raise
ot thirty thousand dollars, iu Amer
ican gold and Missouri paper, as the
result ot this ,"riifc" upon Colonel
Davenport, finally brought him over.
