Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-18

Berry still kept on and yet the Sher-
lift called to him again to halt, but
Berry paying no attention.. Glascock
shot at his legs, thinking to cripple
him, and thus capture him, but the
Advise Creator saw best TO make his
wounds deadly, and for this Glascock
is sorry, but perhaps if Berry had
had his choice, he would heye pre-
ferred death to long confinement, for
at that time, he begged the Sheriff
to shoot him, that he did not want to
live.
BERRY's GUILT.
There can be no mistake about
Berry's being guilty, for he con-
fessed it before witnesses, and for
this reason Glascock can not feel the
remorse he would, if he had made a
mistake in his man, and In addition
to his confession we have otherproof,
which is sufficient in itself, for we
took occasion on Tuesday to inter-
view Detective Leach, on this point,
thinking that his evidence might be
pertinent to the occasion. We were
introduced t, Leach at the depot,
just befare he left, by Sheriff Glas-
cock, aud was surprised at the per-
sonal appearance of the man. He
was q short, wiry-looking little fellow,
dressed in a very outlandish manner.
He had ON an old pair of shoes, al
most worn out pants, o new hat and
a loose coat with the tails cut off.
The only thing in his appearance that
would strike q casual observer, was
that brilliancy of his eye. He had
an eagle eye surely; under his ccat
he had a long "45" calibre pistol
with two belts full of cartridges. He
was evidently fixed" for auy body.
During our conversation with him,
he stated that he could identify Berry
if it was necessary, but as he had con-
fessed there would be no neeG of 1t.
He says he knew Berry about 2 years
ago, when he was in business at North
Platte, Neh., with a man named
Garretson. He said that they broke
up and left their creditors in the
lurch. Jimmie Mckee says the
above is correct. After that Berry
went to the Black Hills. The next
time he saw Berry he came TO his
(Leach's) store in Ogalalla, Go:
he has q store there and attends it
when not scouting) to get a pair of
boots on lick Leach would not
let him have them /; Berry then went
and got this man Collins to come and
pay for the boots, Collins raked up
money sufiicieat to pay for the boots
and Berry put them on. A few days
after this the train Was robbed Ca
short account of which We append)
and Leach went at once to the scene
of robbery and took the trail and fol-
lowed the robbers two hundred miles
through the wilds by himself. At
last he come up with their camp and
saw them sitting around the fire
counting the money. He saw Berry
and Collins and recognized them
both, as the men that came for the
boots. He heard them all talk about
their plans and learned their different
addresses, and he says the deceased
is the same Berry that bought the
boots and the same one he saw in the
camp with the money. This and
Rerry's confession settles, without
the shadow of a doubt, the fact that
Berry was guilty.
We could give you a full account
of Leache's movements on Berry's
trail, but they are OF n interest, so
we will close this painful story with
a short account of the robbery.
The REWARD.
The individual reward offered for
Berry was $500, and ten per cent. OF
the money recovered, one of the $500
packages was S35 short, so that left
the amount of money recovered, ST.
100, ten per cent. of that added to
the $500 makes the total reward of
fered here S776. At a meeting of
the captors last night it was decided
that each of the 4 men that assisted
the Sheriff, were to have 500 each
and Glascock was to have the 1876.
As it will take SIS dollars to pay the
expenses of the trip, which falls on
the Sheriff, he will get as his portion,
$500. We understand that there is
a good chance for a large reward
which was offered in Omaha, Ne
braska.
LEACH's SAY.
During our interview, Tuesday,