The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-09-28
TRAINING u
Two of the u. P. Train Rob-
bers Captured in Kansas.
EIGHTY POUNDS OF GOLD FOUND ON
THEIR DEAD BODIES.
The Pursuit-How it was Or
ganized and Conducted.
A Ouarte,te Of the Villains at Large at
Last Accounts, but Closely
rr.r Followed. =

Since the great express train robbery
at Big Springs, Nebraska, on the night
Of Sept. 18th, hundreds of detectives
have turned their attention to the dis
covery of the perpetrators, and bands
of armed men have secured the coun-
try in search of them. 1t is of the early
discovery of the trail, and the quiet,
persistent and partially successful man
ner in which it has been followed up
that we propose to tell.
j. T. Clark, assistant general super
intendent of the road, was in Omaha
when the robbery occurred, but within
a very few hours after receiving notice
of it he had ridden to Big Springs by
special train and was Dor in possession
of
DEFINITE KNOWLEDGE
concerning the robbers and their where
abouts. Ogalalla, the largest stock
shipping point in Nebraska, is 10 miles
east of Big Springs, and throughout
the shipping season is full of desperate
characters-Texan herders, gamblers,
ETC., and all sorts of deviltry is to be
witnessed there at all hours. A day or
two before the robbery a herd of cattle
was sold to certain parties who pro-
posed driving them south. A few
hours after the robbery six men, armed
to the teeth and splendidly mounted,
rode into Ogalalla and made their head
quarters with the herders of this par
ticular lot of cattle. These were
THE ROBBERS.
Their leaders, name was Collins, and
they came up from Texas early in the
season with a herd of cattle which had
been sold to a northern grower. They
had concluded their engagement a week
or so before the robbery and were get
ting ready to return home, they said.
They remained in Ogaialla about "a
hours, purchasing provisions, blankets,
clothing, ETC., and announcing their
intention of helping to drive the above
mentioned cattle to Il point on the
Kansas Pacific, 200 miles southeast of
Ogalalla. They rode away on the goth,
overtaking the cattle a few miles out,
and remaining with the herd for the
next three days, making only 45 miles
in that time. Here it seems that they
either became alarmed or pursued an
original design, for they saddled up and
left the cattle,
RIDING RAPIDLY AWAY
to the southeast. They were easily
traced, and on the night Of the 25th
camped at a place IA miles north Of the
Kansas Pacific railway, near Buffalo,
| Wilson Co., Kansas. The early notice
given by the Union Pacific authorities
had reused the vigilance of the civil
authorities as well as the commanders
of the Kansas forts, and squads of
TROOPS WERE DISTRIBUTED
at different stations aloug the road. 1t
happened that Buffalo was headquar-
tiers for a detachment of the 10Th U. S.
Infantry from Fort Hayes, 40 miles
east, under Sheriff Beardslee, of Ellis
county. On the following morning
(26th) about 0 O'Clock, the party at the
station saw u couple of men riding
toward that place. 1t was Collins and
a comrade,, who were coming in for
supplies, and they were allowed to dis
mount and make known their errand.
The boys in blue were kept out of sight
until the sheriff had decoyed the rob
bers away from their horse, when they