The Morning herald., 1876-10-25

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life, to be elected. These thirty-6ve votes
are surely his, and the man who will take
the oath Of Office on the 4th of March next
will be Uncle Sam Tilden Of New York.
| TEXAS JOE.
| A DesparsdO in Kansas-Chased from
the Black atlls-ls Rebbed sns
then he Disappears.
From the Kansas City Times -
Last Sunday morning two we'll dressed
men arrived in this city and registered at
Ebersold's, on the corner of Fourth and
Maine streets. After refreshing themselves
and casting off the dust of travel they
sought the police headquarters and made
| their business known. They had rather
queer story to tell, but one the police au-
| thorities have no reasen to doubt. The
eldest, q man giving his name as Sass or
Seis, stated that he was from Deadwood
City, in the Black Hills, and that be had
been robbed of $500 or $500 in that city by
a man named Texas Joe, alias Mexican
Joe. He stated further that he had follow.
ed Joe from the Black Hills to Kansas
City, and expected to find him here and
recover his losl money. The details Of the
robbery as represented by the man claim.
ing to have been robbed, are but meagre
Ssss, or Seis, says he was on "little tear"
or :" amboree," when Mexican Joe sudden
ly became very eAectionate and sociable.
they were drinking together in true Dead.
wood style, when Joe, in one Of his repeat
I'd embraces, succeeded in relieving him Of
$500 or $500 in money. When he sobered
up Joe was gone and was far upon his way
toward Cheyenne.
He started in pursuit, and kept
it up as fast as horsefesh could
carry him. But the halfbreed, cunning
and used to all the arts and stratagems Of
frontier life, managed to elude pursuit and
reached the settlements afterwards instead
of before his pursuers. But the pursuit
was kept up. Finding that his man was
not before him Sass retraced his steps and
watched for his game. But Joe managed
to elude him and reached Kansas City last
Saturday morning. But on the way to
this city Joe had met with an adventure.
On the Missouri Pacific train, between
Lesvenworth and Kansas City, he fell in
with slick talking young man named
Sandy Short, better known as the part
proprietor of the little saloon called "The
Office" on Main street, just south Of the
BuLene, Moore & Emery's. They got to
drinking pretty freely and Mexican Joe
pulled out scalp to show as a trophy of
his valor in one of his trips to the Black
Hills. In this display Joe lost the money
he is accused of taking from Sass. Sandy
Short is suspected of coming into posses
sion of this money, and has been arrested
and Is now in Jail. To make the matter
more interesting Chief Of Police Hook of
Leavenworth, and Officer Goddard Of the
same city, came down to assist in working
up the case and the capture Of Joe. The
half-bleed was last seen on Saturday night
in the Walnut Street Theatre, since which
time he has disappeared. His pursuers
left on the Fort Scott train on Sunday eve.
ming for Texas or the Indian Territory,
where Joe is supposed to have gone. San
dy Short is still in Jail at this point.
A bloody incident in the life of Mexi-
can Joe was published in the "Times" a
| month or two ago, entitled: "The Indian
| Headsman." The hero of this incident is
the same Texas Joe, or Mexican Joe. He
was carrying the mail as pony express
from Custer to Deadwood when lie was at
( tackled by Indians. He managed to get
away from the redskins, and in hir retreat
succeeded in killing Medicine Lodge, a
prominent Sioux Chief, whose head he car.
ried with him in his mail sack to Dead
wood.
Joe came to the States to enjoy the re-
ward given him for his exploit, but re-
turned only to get into this last scrape.
He is brave and desperate man. His
bitterest mortal enemy Is the notorious
"Persimmon Bill" the scourge of the
Black Hill trail. Bill and Joe have been
at war for some time, and when they meet
there will be one, if not two, bad men
snuffed out as quick as pistol can crack.
The police of this city have been at work
an this case several days and have kept it
profound secret from the reporters. But
if they have been fully conversant with
the character of Mexican Joe they would
have saved themselves trouble and labor
after he discovered he was pursued. He
will be found in the Indian Territory.
| A Terrible Example.
| From the Providence Jou nall
| A melancholy case Of the effect of the
baleful habit Of opium taking In BROOKLYN,