, 1873-07-26
THE IOWA BANDITS,
The Sc0undrels In a Fair Way Of
Being Captured.
They Are Surrounded by Their Pur-
suers in Worth Ooun-
ty, Mo,
Personnel and Previous Opera
ations Of Tho Gang.

spsetaE Dtspa.ch to Ta4 Chicago Tribune.
,,s st. JosEffi' No, July 25;-This morning
Kansas City, St. Joseph 4 Council bluffs Rail-
road Company, reoivod tho following telegram,
copieh Of which he immediately placed ii tho
hands Of Sheriff Gatos and Marshal Richie:
''s., HOPKINS, July a., 1873.
There ts'no doubt but ne have tho traot Of nvc Of
she railroad robbers. Two Of them passed south or
% ra u s a1ans s hp.r
country On tho old Kaun.s City trail and viii doubt
ss' Es gss 99s,aor eat 1 1sa' nsss hs fosts
eEoB. the Hannibal \ st. Joseph noad bofore long.
to trade With eyery that they nsot. Thrro u no
doubt @ ~ to ths identity Of two Of the men,:
tsignod) w. Z. ADAMS
"A gentloman who came In. Conductor Abe
Hayers train, on Thursday night, informs us
that dutiu8 tho eyoning threa telogEams wezo
received BY h1r. Tayor; Stating that 4 part Of
the robbers had CROSSED the Hannibal d g.
Joseph Railroad o fow miles caat Ut ohil!icotho,
Tho last telegram stated that tho purHuera
wero very close On the acoundrels; that tho peo-
plo In every section that could be reachod BY
telegraph had boon advised, and that the roads
mon. II IL further addod Tint two Of the rob-
Ssrs Sss of n''' Clay eg' County. Sessr Sas
there boen such a, determined pursuit, Of
I'd III L4lh lIl6tduEOs 1a41 pUHGi tllRf
the RAILROAD companies can use has beon brought
light t. fainisG in{otmatton. In this ety snpt
Barnard !, lis a. aS 3D.. osety eest and in bis bis
eSsdafIs sgSsd Issp @ nnl sohstsny sa advised of
nation they receive: It aeeu1s almost impossI'
b1e for the scounerols to escape, and yos, II the
bo taken without n tarr,bIo conalot. Thosse men
wste once notorious bushwackers:, At TUG
close OF tho war they turned out as
robbers and murdorors, and since that time
there is scarcely crime they have a not 6osn
trlck terror into the hearta Of tho. people.
Ouvlews form a society with eye7y mans handa
against them, Thoy know that eapt'4.~ means
Setstai Dt.paseh 70 TAs cht'age 1rt0sna 9ra,, .a
railroad sobbers s atl eagerly lookea fot SeEe
by tho railroad and express officials from parties
in pursuit OF tho robbers, the most important ai
which locates tho robbers IN Worth County, Mis-
eouri, This report Htates that they hayo then
as Pas aea fssnE s fsn1 On IT tham
lodging around in all parts Of til
country trying to elude their pursuers, and tia
they aro trying to tsado them off. thinking tha Ia
chain Of their pursuors. Tho railroad men AZ
very oonfdont Of their capture.
Another dispatch was received hero to-da
which Gays that in =, . scaled bag IN the erpros
cured by tho robbers 9S,337.
ITO tho dssociated Prea4l
DEs MONIES, Iowa, July as kilograms II
ceiyed this morning from officers In pursuit c
ncar Pattonburg, No., on Wednesday, goin
south. 4 dispatch from st. Joaeph, Mo., tL
morning, says that tho five men wore seen
Worth County, No., on yesterday morning
trade trade thom n Of for Trash ones, but could not.
posse Of o!1lcors loft st. Joseph thiH mornin
: to got below them. Men arc folowll
them up from the north and wost. The
have. got demoralized, having been defoate
il now positively known that one Of tho horst
, roao BY them was hore at tho racea last summon
that he camo from Missouri, and WAS ruled o
the course US professional racer. A full all
complete description Of all tho mon and horse
they have stopped On the way.
4 telegram from San Francisco, CAL, to-da
says TINT tho scaled bag Of Wells, Fargo 4 Go
which was in tho roebed express ear, eontslat 3
b1under OF the telegraph operator.
The Coroner'a inquest on tho body Of Rafrert
; the engineer, who waH killed. by the robbor
closed yesterday. Tho j9ry say, that .The 50
On tho Chicago, Rock Island 4 Pacific R.ilroa
from Council Bluffs to Chicago, on the night
the 2lat day Of July, hoing thrown from the trao
beswoon Anita and Adair, Iowa, without any ne
llGence on the part OF said Company, by Il
I mlsplacomont Of tho rail, with folonlo
: inteut, by certain number Of masked meu
; us unknown; and wo further find that tho 81
John rafferty, refused to abandon Ills train wht
, npprised Of danger, and died mantully at h
post" ;.
from facts which have come to their knowledg
: believe that tho robbers Of the Iowa railro
. . train are tho same gang that robbed tho bank
5 St. Gonoviove, Mo-, last hay, tho Rusaollyil
: (Ky.) bank two years ego, and tue dsllat
bank, in this State, and also oommittoa 50
eral other bold robberles. Their rende
yous IL said to bo Jackson County, Mo-, al
: their homes arc scattorod around In that a
: CLAY aud Lafayette and Ray 0ountioa. Some
Q their names ara Jesse and Frank Jamos, D
: Shepard, Cole, Lounger and Mccoy. Their fa1
lilies arc said to cultivate small farms In t
countios named, and their homes arc surround
i, by those OF relatives sud friends who would n
Themselves commit crime, but would shield the
0 tlosperadoeB TO tho last.
J. Newspaper Interest Sold.
: ST. Louis, Mo-, July 25.-An 1000 intort
l.