Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-10-06
Further Particulars.

| Further Particulars.
In regard TO the killing of the two train
robbers the Hays Sentinel has the follow
ing:
Sheriff Bardsley was carried away with
JOY at the death of the two robbers and
recovery Of the geld. and for q time
shouted and acted like q wild man. He
guarded the gold persOnally-sifting on
the sack. with his coat of. sleeves rolled
up. and two revOlvers in his belt. Bards-
Iey's party Will receive q pro-rata of the
reward, amounting to about So, 600.
Coroner Talmadge summoned a jury,
consisting of Jesse Mccoy, NJ, Cox, w.
b. Mead, W. IL. Tucker. A. J. Jordan
and ID. HOlstein, and. accompanied By
our reporter. repaired by the midnight
train to Buffalo station. and by the dim
light of candle viewed the chastity re-
mains, all covered with blood and dirt as
they were. and then waited the coming of
daylight.
The jury was sworn, and then it became
evident that owing to the absence of all
actual participants in the ARRAY, it would
be impossible TO render an intelligent YER
dict; and pOstp0nement was made after
the examination of j. NJ. Thompson, w,
A. Sternberg and the bodies. 1t was dis
covered upon examination that with the
exception OF slight scratch on Collins
left shoulder, neither had received wounds
other than ball through the heart.
Collins was killed by q ball from o 50
caliber pistOl-prObably Bardsley,s-his
cGmrade by ball from Is caliber needle.
gun. The bodies were placed on Thurs
day nights freight train and taken to
Ellis. where Il large crowd awaited their
arrival. The body OF Collins was ident,-
lied by dozens of his old Texas acquain-
tances, but tor long time the body OF
his accomplish could not BIZ identified.
Finally, Anna Langs appeared in the de.
pot where the bodies were lying, and
stated under oath that she recognized the
body as being that OF William Colts. for
merry OF POttsville. Pennsylvania, but
more recently of San Antonio. Texas.
HIS father now resides in POttsville. He
was light-complexiOned man. abOut
thirty years old, light hair and sandy
beard. about i've feet seven inches high.
and weighed 1S5 pounds. Collins Was
dark-complexIoned, with black hair and
beard, about flve feet eleven inches high,
weighed $50 pounds. and is supposed to be
twenty-eight years old. No papers were
found on either of the bodies, with the
exception OF an envelope before spoken Of,
containing q few verses of poetry In a
lady's hand writing. The inquest will
proceed when Bardsley and party return.
VI the antecedenfs of Colts we can OBJ
tain nothing, but from the many Texans
about Ellis We have gathered great deal
Of the history of Collins. He is described
as beng affabie. of pleasing address. in
telligent and decidedly handsome, His
aged father and mother now reside i'm
Dallas. Texas. and are SAID to be of the
highest respectabiiity as well as quite
wealthy. Joel was always a wayward
son, and has been Implicated in MANY es-
capades. He killed Il Mexican IN San
Antonio in 1873; and it is believe by that
he has killed others. He has been up in
the world several times OF late years, bat
was passionately fond of gambling and
lost heavily. lie has driven cattle from
Texas once or twice, and last winter
drove 800 beeves through to the Black
Hills, and spent several months in the
principal cities of that country. HIS
movements from that time to this are un-
known. He was an accomplished trick
ster, and at one time swindled w. w.
Wells out of 600 head of cattle, and in
like manner succeeded in beating Akers
& Bennett out of 800 head. 1t is stated
that he once lost so. 600 in u gambling
house in st. Louis.
Our readers can depend on the fore
going as the correct particulars. Many
groundless stories are afioat We have
gone to the fountain head for our news.
and can vouch for its correctness