The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-09-13
Thr 8ulletin.
Z TEXAS OUTLAW IN JAZZ.
fhr Alleged Murderer OF Twenty
!4eNvii Nrn-iIOW III" WNs captured

fhe Alleged Murderer OF twenty
seven n"n-iIOW III" wNs captured
From the Montgomery Advertiser.
From Lieutenant Armstrong, 0i tie
! state police force OF TeXls, we Gather the
following particulars OF The arrest Of John
Wesley Harden, who il said be known
= throughout the Lone Star state A. one Of
the most desI crate and dangerous men in
/ the whole Southwest. About three year.
ago, Harden killed Sheriff webb, Of Com.
/ anche county, and made good his escape.
! lie had previously Killed. according Ia
/ report, twcniy-sIx men at different places
and under various circumstances, and
managed to eIude the vigilance Of detect
ives and officers. except IN two instances,
aud Ia those two he wac roselisd nom the
officers Oftbe law by armed and disguised
irlead, aud COnfedcrGtcs There are
thirteen indictments ugain,t him for
crimes After the killing Of sheriff Webb
and the escape OF Hardin, the Legislature
OF Texas authorized the Governor - offer
reward OF SI,0JO for the arrest Of the
fugitive, the usual amount being not more
than 800, This law wa, pat about q year
ego, and the detective, then commenced
operations, some securing the country
and Others in less demonslratiye ways. 4
detective hired himself a, "A farm iAbOrer 10
to the father nr lalhcr-iu.laS OF Hardin,
nd h. o M tpp a
other art peculiar 10 tho profession
managed 10 learn something Of the where
abOuts Of an absent "friend, whose way
ward course and self-mposed Punishment
Wns causing the old folks at home much
grief and costant uueaSiHe.s. Win this
much to work upon, Lieutenant Armstrong
and hi .ubOldinate--lhe fam laborcr--
he'd themselves 10 Alabama.
Ths at,eut friend was called ~ his
lr.eni- at home by the name Of -wayEe,
and for swayHe The search wa. instituted.
Posting themselves FULLY on tha Geography
Of Alabama, and becoming acquainted
"itli the dIrE places and by-Way- which q
fugitive would probably seek, they lina!I!
concluded to selt down at Pensacola June.
ton tor q short siege. Learning incident
ally o. per-on WaO answered S~ayne',
description, they proceeded to Pensacola.
There they spotted man oriinar.l cloth
ed, wearing stra" Ia, and coatIe.-, and
"rhadOwed' him throughout he day. lie
was accompanied by three companions,
and ordinarily won u have been unnOliced
Their movements aud conversation indi al
cd thar they eSpectedto proceed northwart
on the afternoon train. Armstrong and hs
assistant then revealed heir secret to The
-heritl OF Lscambia, who, with two are three
deputies, consented 70 assist in the arrest.
Harden and his companions were armed
with ordinary sho'guns when they entered
the ears which 'hfy filed in ra"l.- show"
At this moment Armstrong and two Others
entered al the front door with leve!ed pis-
tO,s. nhe the E.cambia sheTih and two
other men duplicated the movement, at
the rear door. Harden was .oyerpOwered, .
after fearful resistance, and kept down by
the main force of several persons. one OF
the men-known as Billy Mann-escaped
through window. and the remaining two
struggled with all their might against the
crowd, with whom they were contending,
now numbering q dozen or more, but were
finally secured. Mann discharged his pis-
tol several times at the cars, but did no
damage. and in return was shot dead on the
track by some one within. The train then
moved of, with Hardin securely mluacIed
and his two companions under close sur
VIGILANCE.
After leaving Pensacola some distance
behind, the two men were allowed to get
of, there being no charge against them.
App'enending, from information received
that an effort would BE made TO rescue
Hardin at Portland, the train pas sed there
without stopping. In order 70 comply
with the law in all particulars, Hardin was
carried before Justice Fuller yesterday,
charged with the murder Of Charles webb.
The two officers, Armstrong and Duncan,
were examined, upon which the prisoner
was emitted to Jail Tor further trial on
Wednesday next.
lie was taken before Judge MINIS after
ward on writ of habeas corpus, j. W.
Watts. Esq, appearing for the prisoner,
and A. A. Wiley, Esq, for the prosecu-
ion. Mr. Watts asked for the discharge Of
the prisoner on the ground that the papers
upon which he was held were insufficient,
and cite the code in support OF this position,
Mr.. Wiley read Geographic dispatches
from the authorities Of Texas, stating that
a requistion for the prisoner had been
forwarded by mail, and Mr.. Jack Duncan
identified the prisoner as the Hardin alias
Swayne they were after. Judge MINIS
ordered thu sheriff to keep him In custody
until further orders OF the court, and read
from decisions Of the supreme court Of
Alabami, which sustained him in THU de-
cison. The prisoner is now in Jail in this
city. lie offered no testimony before the
court lie Is not more than y years of
age, about five feet ten inches high, and
weighs about 10 ponds.