Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-18

Ii ne naQ Deen taken alive anu re-
ceiving an affi NATIVE reply, said, 81
never thought he would be taken
alive. He has said a great many
times he would never be taken alive"
at this they all began to cry, the
wife, one little boy and 5 little girls
1t was a very distressing scene.
Glascock searched the house but
found no money. The house was
well provissioned for the winter.
Hams without number, sacks of -four
and coffee, kegs of molasses &c., &c.
After Glascock left Kazy's about
40 of the citizens come aEaind sand
some threats were mads about taking
him away, but they did not make any
attempts at all, it all ended in talk.
Sunday night they arrived at Mexi-
co, and placed Berry In a room at
the Ringo House and summoned DIR.
Russell to attend him. At this
writing he is under the influence of.
chloroform. 1t is not thought that
his wounds will prove serious. He
will be sent to Omaha as soon as he
is able to be moved. Kay never did
tell anything, he stuck up till the end
that he knew nothing of Berry. He
showed his nerve, but that did not
keep Berry out of Limerick.
The Sheriff and posse, will receive
a reward of about 81, 900. This re-
ward will be divided between the
caDiors, just how We do nat know.
Glasscock got the clue, planned the
capture, but of course could not do
the work by himself, at least, he did
not think he could before he started,
but we must cut this account short as
we wish to give our extra to the public
before the business houses are closed,
berry is o resting very 9 asy. He
has an Ugly leg on him.
IATRR.
At 20 minutes to one o'clock last
Tuesday James Berry, one of the
Uoion Pacific train robbers, died at
the Ningo House, with little pain or
dread OF death. After receiving his
wounds near Kazy's house Sunday
morning, there was 10 reaction at all,
and Monday night gangreer e. set in
and from this he died Tuesday.
Berry did not seem to dread death at
all, and often told those AROUND him
he would not die. His hrother-in-
law, James Craighead, ofFultop was
with him in his last moments. His
sister and friends came i'll on the }
O'Clock train from Martinsburg, but
were too late to see him u i've. Lam
ny Jones went in a buggy for his vie
carly In the morning and she arrived
about 4 O'Clock and was surprised to
find her husband dead. She has the
sympathy of all, in this her bereave-
ment. She has 6 children, one boy
and five girls, all dependant OF her
for food and protection. We learn
that she is a most excellent lady and
worthy the sympathy of all. What
ever he may have done, his wife and
children still ling to him with a ten
der love, such as becomes the true
woman,
! Monlay night Berry made a con-
fession, and said he was in the roll
berry, but said he was not sorry for
it. He made this confession in the
presence of several witnesses. He
spoke of Collins, (whO was shot II
the detectives, and is now claimed to
be innocent by his father. who :
BRINGING suit for damages) as the
leader. He would say nothing about
hose of the gang who are yet alive.
He said he would not ~''squeal" on
then. DR.. Lacy prayed with and for
him, several tunes during the night
before and the day CT his death. He
paid no attention to tbs, except once,
when the DIR. had let the foot OF his
bed and gone out, Berry asked ''who
in the He'll was that?" He said he
was not afraid CT death. When tolC.
he must die, he seemed to think that
he vas being scared into telling so ne
thing and would boot ut the idea of
death. He died without scarcely a
struggle. He suffered much the night
previous, but everything was done
that could be, to make his illness and
death as easy as possible. AboGi
half past 3 O'Clock, Tuesday, DR.. s.
n. Russell, County Coroner, sum-
mone6 the following named gentle
men as a Jury of Inques.; h, r,
Cauthorn, w. NJ. Shumate, james
Pasoueth, A. B. Daniel, j. NJ. Coons
and j. X. Luckie. After hearing the
testimony produced the Jury return
ed as their verdict that ''The deceas-
ed came to his death by gunshot
wounds, eight in number, Inflicted
on the left leg, by a shotgun in the
hands of H. Glasoock, on the morn
ing of October 14th, 1877, as We t.
lieve, a necessary act il the discharge
of his duty"
The remains were, on Wednesday
morning, inferred by friends in the
Richland grave yard, in Galloway
county.
What adds solemnity to the occa,
|, sion, is, that only q few hours preyi'
Gus to Berry's death, his aged moth
er departed this life, and side by side