The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-04-24
THE TRAIN ROBBERS,

nied by tho deputy town mar
shal Of Denton, had gone 10 take the
train for Denton county, Mays was
turned over 10 Sheriff Moon, who
locked him up In one OF the lower
rooms Of the jail, separate from
Pipes and llerndon, who were lnoaroer'
ated few days since on tho same
charge.
A HERALD reporter called At tho jail
10 aee him, and having learned, before
entering, that lac was ayerse to and reti'
cent toward reporters, he disguised his
calling, aud after short talk succeeded
In learning from him the facts con-
neoted with his arrest, which were In
substance the same as stated above
He said " / came down yesterday
evening from Denton, In company
with j. Minor, deputy town marshal
Of that place" After staying over here
all night, lac attended to his business,
and no and his friend had gone to tho
Dallas aud Wichita depot TO take the
train, when no was arrested aud thrown
In Jail. "They refused 10 tell mo what
was arrested for, and that II was only
for me 10 come along. | naked
them II II was for train robbery or
anything Of that kind, but they would
not say. live In Denton, and run n
saloon, II " said, for Sam Bass.
Scotty Mays, ~ he IL Familiarity
called by his friends, IL n young man
some twenty-five years old about five
feet In height, Of muscular build and
heavy set, Weighing about one hundred
aud forty pounds. He has dark, plerc'
Ing eyes, which seem TO question the
interrogation IN the questions are put to
him. IL Ia n we'll known fact that he
runs u saloon and ten pin alley In his
own name at Denton, but which In
really the property OF Sam Bass. Mays,
II liz said, IN II great favorlte OF Bass,
who depends upon him IN his main
stay for information concerning the
movements Of the authorities. During
the late visit OF posse to that county,
directly after the Eagle Ford robbery,
Mays boldly and openly played the
part OF II courier towards Bass
and his men. While Lieutenant
Peak and his posse were In Denton
town he was seen upon several differ
ent occasions to mount his horse and
leave hurriedly for the country, and
while the posse would be securing the
country often sight would be caught OF
the form OF Mays seated on splendid
horse lounging about their front and
rear. Monday evening when the depuN
ty marshal and he boarded the train at
the terminus Of tho road they, by their
uncouth dress and the presence OF pis-
tolls upon their persons, attracted the
attention OF Captain Rosser and Mr..
Shields of this place, who are con-
nected with that road. When nearing
the city Mays and his friend exchanged
hats, for what purpose is conjecture.
The superstition was that Mays aad
his friend had come down In the ca
pacity Of Il spy for Bass aud his men, and
probably to purchase ammunition for
them, when arrested he had on hisper-
son thirty.eight caliber Smith " Wes-
son improved, anda lot OF police whis'
ties. Taking into consideration this
fact, the reporter made n round OF the
gun stores and found that among
others that Mays and Minor had
been at the one of Griflin's on Elm
street near the corner of Poydous
where they had asked the price of
Winchester rifles, appearing anxious
to purchase several. They could not
settle on the price, however, and after
buy ing some zinc TASKS and ordering
u lot of saloon checks struck of,
they left, saying they would call again.
Major Jones had an order from
Judge Duval, of the United States
circuit court, yesterday, to send the
prisoner Scott Mayes to Tyler for trial,
and he will leave this morning under
charge Of n deputy United
States marshal for that place.
During the morning and evening a
number of Lieutenant Peaks COM
mand We're in the city, and it was
limited by the knowing ones that u
number of Bass spies were also about.
II Is fact that several men dressed In
rough frontier costumes were seen
riding about through the city. Near
nightfall, as two of them were riding
up Elm street, and when almost oppo-
site tie medical institute, one OF their
horses stumble and fell, throwing his
rider, when lot OF false whiskers he
had on dropped of. Snatching them
up and thrusting them into his pocket
he regained his seat In the saddle, and
together with his companion rode rap
idly out OF the city.
Major Jones and Lieutenant Peak
deserve great credit for the rapid and
efficient manner in which they have
conducted their operations. They have
now gotten within the lines of the
pickets, and the main gang will In all |
probability soon follow.