The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-10-25
THE U. p. TRAIN ROBBERS,
Sheriff BardsIey Interviewed by .
Times Reporter at the Man.
sion House.
He will Visit General Pope To-day
10 Try to Settle a Adherence
as to His Claim for the
Reward, for the Cap
turet of Joel COL
iins.

sSlscr II George w. BarIsley, of Ellis coun-
ty, arrived in the city from Hays, yesterday
and stopping at the Mansion. He Is the
officer who had command of the posse In the
capture of Joel Collins and VIM. Potts, the
two alleged Union Pacific train robbers, near
Bufi.,Io Station. The prisoners, as our readers
know, were dead when they were taken, hav-
ing -en killed by Blrdsley's men, who con-
sisted of small detachment Of the Sixteenth
Inf,nl v, under command of non-commis-
sioi.e,. officer, who was ON duty on the occa-
siu.l, In pursuance of the following order:
FORT HAYS, Kansas,
September, IS, 1877.
Post Orders, No. 30.
Pursuant to telegraphic instructions from
the Iit adquarters OF tine DEPARTMENT of the
MISC Iri. second Lieutenant Deven Z. Allen,
of Tie sixteenth Infantry, will proceed with
"A detachment often (i0) enlisted men, mount
.-i. along the Kansas Pacific railroad, toward
Wallace, ansas, and eldeavor IN arrest the
train robbers mentioned in the enclosed dis
patch. The men will carry three days cook
Ell rations.
By order of
ISigned.l CAPTAIN VANCE.
LfyEN &. ALLEN, Second Lieutenant, 10th
Infantry, Post Adjutani.
The main facts in the capture have been
published heretofore except the verdict OF the
Jury ut the coroner's inquest, which is is fol-
lows:
THE VERDICT.
STATE OF KANSAS,
COUNTY OF ELLIS,
An inquisition holden at Ellis, in the coun.
ty Of Ellis, on the 2sth day of September, AMI
the sth and 10th days of October, 1871, before
me, Charles w. Talmage, coroner Of said
county, on the bodies of Joel Collins and
William Potts, there lying dead, by the jurors
whose names are hereuntO subscribed. The
said jurors, upon their oaths, do say that Joel
Collins came to his death by pistol shot
through the heart at the hands Of Georye
Barisl,y, sheriff of Ellis county, Kansas, in
The dI charge of his duty; and that William
Potts came to his death by carbine shot
F. Sloan, in the discharge of his duty as as
sistanI 10 Sheriff Bardsley.
W. H. FUCKER. o. e HEATH,
II. +. HoIsTEIN, w. ]. JORDAN.
Attested by Charles W. Talmage, and given
under my hand this the 10th day Of October,
CHARLES w. TALMAGE,
Coroner of Ellis county, Kansas.
As there has been some misunderstanding
a. TO hom the reward shall be paid, Sheriff
Bardsley informed a TIMES reporter that he
was here to press his claim as the rightful
person to whom it should be given. 1t seems
that Lieut.. Allen of the 10Th Infantry claims
for his men the reward, while Mr.. Bardsley
thinks as he worked the mater up and called
in the assis' ance of the soldiers he ought to
hsve il. The amount as pro rated is
S3,2i2S,1s which is quite a neat little sum for
one days work.
"The total amount" the sheriff went on TO
say, taken from the prisoners was in gold,
silver and currency, all told sl9, $500. which
was turned over TO the proper authorities at
the proper time" Sheriff Bardsley will go to
Fort Lcavenworth this morning for the pur-
pose OF laying the case before Major General
Pope, rs commander OF the military depart
ment Of the Missouri, where he thinks he can
by p, ain statement of the facts, be relieved
from further trouble in getting his reward.