The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-06-07
BASS BACK.
Colonel Samuel With Ills star Pays n
Visit 10 Ills Old Home and Throws
the Village Into the widest
Excitement,
With the Goodness and Daring Of the Devil,
No Rotakes two Horses Captured
from Bass and Gang by Sheriff
EaDar Of Denton.

| Hiltink NOstter Win n pisiOI-A
New Member oi the dang -Uhnsc,l
Through Wise County -Uiiizons oi
Denton a. hot Pursuis,
Tho startling information was re.
received In this city laet night, that
SAM Bass aud hia gang had returned
TO Denton.
Early In the morning Sam Bass,
Henry Underwood, Frank Jackson,
Charles Carter and two others, one of
whom Ia said to be named Barnes,
rode into the town and went direct to
Work ~ Co.'s livery stable. The host.
Ter, Charles Mcdonald, was just open.
Ing the stable. Underwood remained
on the outside, while the Others rode
In aud ordered Mcdonald 10 saddle
two horses which had been previously
captured from Bass, by Sheriff
Eagan, OF Denton county, and placed
In the stable by him.
When Mcdonald refused to sad,
die tho horses, jackson struck hun
over the head with pls
tol. Carter and Jackson then saddled
the two horses, Bass oil the while
keeping his pistol pointed at Melon
aid. One OF the saddles taken was the
property OF Alex Cockrell.
John Work, the stage driver, was
asleep over the stable at the time, and
upon being awakened gave the alarm
OF BASS Bass ~ But the robbers
were two hundred yards away before
the loss was discovered. Mcdonald
Joined In the alarm, and soon n dozen
different parties were In pursuit.
The robbers went In y northerly dis
rection. After the alarm was given
armed citizens left the town every few
minutes for the chase after them until
nearly fifty had gone, when the last
account from there had been received.
The robbers had got about two hours
start Of their pursuers and had prob,
ably arrived at their old stamping
ground long before the pursuit COM
menced, L.
Carter was in Denton Wednesday
evening. He was not previously known
to belong to the Bass gang. The au-
thorities have writ for him for cattle
stealing, and tried to capture him
when he was In Denton, but he eluded
them and got away.
Wednesday q party Of fifteen clti-
zens chased Bass out Of sight on Den.
ton creek. The gang was followed all
the way from Stephens county, through
Wise, by u party Of rangers.
The following is the statement OF
the affair as sent to The HERALD by
Charles Mcdonald, the hostler:
| am employed ut Work Bros
livery stable, in Denton. John Work
came into the stable about nine or
ten O'clock last night, and told me to
be on my watch, that he would not be
surprised II Sam Bass did not try to
get the horses captured from him by
Sheriff Eagan some time since. About
one o'clo ok this morning, some party
came to the stable and wanted to put
up two horses, ard 1 would not admit
them, thinking that they we're some
OF the Bass party. | got up and put
my clothes on, and set up until day.
break. Not hearing anything more of
the party who wanted to put up the
horses, | concluded to take nap. i
slept until little after sun-up. l got
up and opened the door, and went to
cleaning out the stable. The wind had
blown the shutters too. In about five
minutes the door was pushed open by
Sam Bass. He spurred his horse and
ran him up to me with his sixSshooter
drawn, followed bp Jackson, UnderN
wood, Charles Carter and some other
party that did not know. They all
had their six.shooters drawn, and
said they wanted their horses. | said
what horses, they said, ''get them
horses quick or | will shoot you"
refused to do so, Frank JacsBon
then struck me on the head with
his pistol and told me to get the horses
or he would kill me. Bass told him
not to hurt me. / told them did not
put the horses In there, and l was not
going to take them out. Bass said to
me, "Stand still and don't move or |
will shoot you." Bass then told Frank
jackson and Charles Carter to dis
mount and get the horses, which they
did. They took Cockrels fine saddle
and rode out Of the stable, leading
the horses and going north. AS soon
as they cleared the door l ran up town
and raised the alarm. In about halt
an hour a party OF eight or nine men
started pursuit. All this time ] was
unarmed. CHARLES MCDONALD.
EUROPEAN MATTERS.