The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1878-08-30
dUa'ejnlo5 Ex;,mii,.cr'.
ANOTHER BANDIT BROUGHT
TO BAY.
Wounding and Capture Of Henry
Collins by q Sherman Posse. ,'i
The Young Man Talks his Little
No Piece Cautiously. Il nan.

~ o. $40 lHt'II ilITW tiI 1Nttptt, IL. |
Yesterday -qttnrp9on news Was
brought to sheriff Eybrhearts tflia-
BILE and active deputies, ~ II. Haley
and j. NJ Winter,. that Henry 'Col-
Inns, one of the late Bass, gang, was
seGretad ut the, residence, OF bis COUSIN
joel Collins, "a farmer residing ten
miles south of Sherman, near tie
Pennington roada. and Two ana
halfmilosl east, of Howe station pn
the Texas Central railroad. He hid
been there since FRIDAY last, and was
waiting for money. with which, TO
skip the M country. n Immediately q
posse of efficient men was organized,
consisting of Deputy Sheriils il. ii.
Haley and j, NJ, Winter, city mar
slial $. ID, Bal, policeman George
Bond and rx-marshal VIM. Erwin.
Mounted and, armed they left for that
place last night. and this morning,
lust after sun up, they quietly APP
preached the. house through u corn
field. When within about thirty
wards of the house they saw Joel
Collins standing in tie door, who
Immediately spraDg back, and his
manner clearly Indicated that the
bird they were looking for was there
In "a twinkling the officers surround
the premises, and as George Bond
rushed around to the west side of tllel
ofthe house, Henry Collins sprang
out at the west door, firing as he ran
in the direction the brush adjacent
a dry b.anch near by. Bonds horse
was under such Roadway that he
found il difficult TO rein him in, and
fired several wild shots at Collins.
Collins concentrated his firing at
Bond. and the second shot hit Bonds
horse, the bnll entering the left side.
of the inv and coming out just be-
hind the base of the right ear. This
madelthe animal circle round in such
u manner that Bond could not mike
his tiring very effective, But Just at
this lucky mplnent Marshal S. ID
Ball appeared on the spot, and fired
two SLOTS at Collins, from h Colts
improved army revolver, the first
shot, passing over Collins. head, and
/, the SECOND striking hin in the calf
of the left leg, breaking both bones
and passing out, through the boot
and an, several inches above where
il enforced The ball took .tbi, course
from the fact that il struck Just as
the limb was raised in the act of run
MING. and as. Il was fired from an cle-
waited position. This brought the
{ young man down, and as his pistol
fell several feet, IN front OF him, hc
threw up bis bands and told them
u not tp shoot any more, lie fell IN
, .tIn brush abogt forty Yards from the
house, Ills wound was then washed,
his broken limb'bandagcd and placed
in, !, frame. and bc laid on a ihattrass
rnnd taken to Howe Station, where he
OIL WAS put on the north bound train and
brought TO, Sherman ut 1880 this
No. forenoon. When the news of the
capture, spread through SherpaIi,
.nla great crowd gathered at the tepoi
TO gel, Il peen, at the young bandit,
and il was difficult to make tie
crowd press back sufficiently TO give
1.-The officers room TO carry Young Col
Inns TO tue express wagon in wlti,h
, jle was, taken to1tbc iiil, After lic
nas carried In and given a cup Of
water, the Register reporter called
on and had II short Interview with
the young man. lie takes his cap
tiire calmly, ,cpnverses pleasantly,
,a and endures The pain Of lis severe
% wound brayely, lie is a pnlc-faecd
orlight-hsired. good looking young
. man, with blue eyes and n prominent
.i torebead., II, Ills cheeks are adorned
l4with light, fuzzy burnside WHISPERS.
lie stricly avoids linking any. oiIhis
history with Sam Bass, and wecoilld
elicit but little from him, He am
swered our interrogatiQns pleasantly
but Invariably dropped his eyes when
% asked any questions in regard tohis
..u daBnecti0n with the Bass gang