Silas Jones
The Penny Press, Cincinnati, Monday, 21
November 1859, page 4
A man named Silas Jones, residing near Alexandria, was robbed by some sharpers, near the reservoir in Cincinnati, on Friday night last. He was found bleeding and senseless by the Police, minus all the money he had, amounting to $117.70.
He states that he encountered some well dressed men who at once made themselves familiar, thereby winning his confidence, and after visiting the Museum with them and imbibing until he was intoxicated, he new companions knocked him down and robbed him.