More on the burning of the courthouse in Monroe Co. The Galveston Daily News Galveston, Texas Dec. 20, 1887 Buried Bonds Unearted from Beneath the Floor of a House in Knoxville - Secreted There by Burglars - Culprits Captured Knoxville, Tenn., December 19 -- The chief of police of this city today found $10, 000 in bonds secreted under the floor of the house recently occupied by the burglars who were captured here last week. The bonds are part of the $55,000 stolen in Tompkinsville, Ky., a few weeks ago, when that town was sacked and burned. One of the five burglars, now on his way to Tompkinsville in the custody of a Knoxville officer, today made a confession and told where his share of the booty could be found. The fact was telegraphed here and the bonds were soon found buried in an earthen jar. A telegram from Glasgow, Ky., states that the burglars expect to be lynched as soon as they reach Tompkinsville. Four of the five are named Reeves and their mother is now under arrest in Knoxville. Two of them are wanted for the murder of the sheriff in Terre Haute, Ind., a year ago. It has been discovered that they were perfecting a plot to rob all the banks in Knoxville this week. SCKY Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky Barren Co Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybarren Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html