The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-04-05
THE STAGE COACH ROBBERS.
Ham White and John Vaughan
Safe In jail.
Particular. of their Capture.
The Registered Letters and the
Money Found on their Persons.

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Money Found on their Persons.
Capt. Hall, of the rangers, generally
stands by his friends, but he went
back on the STATESMAN Thursday when
be failed to meet ours and the expec-
tations of An eager public by making
his grand entree into the city at 10 A.
N. He did not appear till half past
P. NJ, when q great multitude thronged
the Avenue and followed the guards.
men to the court house and prison to
get view of the faces of the terrible
WHO ARE THEY?
1t seems that our iRformants were
and that only one Of the
Vaughans is at all implicated
in these terrible outrages. He
is twenty-one years old, ha:
been seduced from paths OF virtue
IN which he was reared by an excellent
father and mother, by the desperate
Ham White. John Vaughan is said
by those who know him to be natu
rally kind, generous and amiable. HI
has become addicted to whisky of re
cent years, and has caused his parents
and two brothers, both Of faultles.
fame and conduct, infinite anxiety.
White has occasionally visited the
home of the Vaughans, and was toler.
ated by the old people because he wal
the young sons friend, Eddie Vaughan
is a graduate of Tehuacans University
and an excellent and patient, toiline
schoolmaster. His connection will
these lawless deeds is of course impos
sible. In fact Mr.. Vaughan, the father,
and these two sons, of whom We hav,
spoken, has the sympathy of the en-
tire community. The history Of Ham
White, the outlawed felon, we gave
Thursday.
Lieut.. Hall and Privates Pendleton,
Allen and McMurray left this city
on horseback about 2 o'clock or
Monday night last and rode as rap
idly as possible to the place where
the San Antonio stage was robbed,
about twenty-five miles from the city
and within three or four miles of the
Blanco river. Finding the spot, g
short distance from the road, wherC
the robber had stopped to open the
packages, they gathered up lot of pa
pers left upon the ground, and among
them postoffice bills giving the num-
bers and particulars of registered
money letters sent from New Brauufels
and Bracketsville, in Kinney county,
to the Austin postoffice. Here they
took the trail of horse and followed
it in the direction of Lockhart -four
or five miles, then losing it. but they
hurried on in the same direction, oeca.
sionslly hearing of a man passing that
way on a good bay horse, but learning
definite. About 12 N. Wednes.
day they. arrived in Luling and
stopped at a livery stable to feed
their jaded animals, and as they dis
they noticed man in the
same stable saddling bay horse, and
the moment they looked at him sharply
he appeared nervous and uneasy
Lieut.. Hall then entered into converse.
ton with him and as he gradually
drew near the man began to give back
and finally said, "Don't come near me,
raising his hand towards the inside Of
his coat. Lieut.. Hall said "Why, you
appear frightened" and he replied
that ''it is enough to Brighten anyone
to- be surrounded by three or foul
men," At this moment the three ran
gers, who were off few steps, drew
their pistols and the Lieutenant seized
the man by the wrist, the others clos
ing in and assisting in disarmlng ano
searching him. Inside his coat, mex
to his breast, six shooter was found,
and from his pocket $500 in $40 bills
was taken. His saddle-bags were ther
searched, and In an old, dirty shirt,
$57O was found in Q dirty sock, and
the packages of money and the amounts
exactly corresponded with the numbers
given in the postoffice bills picked
up where the robbery occurred. Thil
man proved to be Ham White, and hl
and John Vaughan had been passing
themselves off in Luling as brothers
and they had made some inquiries
about the time the stages left; SO i
would seem they had made up thei
minds to push the business of robbina
stage passengers and the mails
About the time the rangers had go
White swell in tow" some one
inquired if they were also going to ar
rest his brother, this being the first in
timation they had that he had com
panion. Starting Immediately to hum
the brother the fellow was pointed out
to them and they drew down on hin
and he surrendered. This was Johr
and though at that time hi
feigned not to know White, yet b,
soon admitted that he had travelled
with him from about Lockhart. A s.
bill was found in Vaughan's pant!
pocket. and Sill, all 10 % bills, II
his side coatpocket, but nothing in the
way of papers or letters were found in
his possession. Lieut.. Hall asked him
where he got the money, and he said,
"Where do you get yoursi" and be-
ing pressed further replied, "It'I
none of your business. The
next morning. after the two
prisoners had slept together II
Lockhart, Vaughan said that he had
borrowed the money from White. Or
the way to Austin White partially con
victed himself, In jockular way, Of
robbing the stage coaches by referring
to the nervousness of the passengers.
The Lieutenant asked him why he did
not leave the country rapidly instead
of pikeing about the country where be
was liable to be arrested, and he replied
that there was no use in q man tearing
himself all to pieces in the brusf