The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-06-08
THE TRAIN ROBBERS.

peace officers 30 long and persislenIly
without tho desirable end of capturing
him being accomplished, we have
pointed out the reason before, for tins
band of daring outlaws making their
escape from the sherilla of two counties,
Denton ond Grayson and a squad OF
picked state troops TO say nothing Of
tho innumerable detectives and private
citizens, Those reasons were that the
country in which he WAS en-
soonsed was mn almost impen,
otrabe thickot Of underground,
and II country which 10 sparsely popuN
lated, Those who do live in the neigh"
borhood Of hs exploits in Denton coun-
ty,unlortunNtely for the ends OF law and
order, numbered in their ranks persons
who were undoubtedly the sympathz
ers of this crowd of bandits and re'
tardod tho efforts of tho officers in
many ways, principally in harborlng
the gang and acting as iniormants oil
tho movements of the officers, There
were many good people, however, who
would have almost shouted over the
capture of the robbers, who dared not
give the officers aid through fear
OF their bad noighbors, hence Bass
went about pretty much as he pleased
and lorded IL over that immediate and
truly unfortunate section of country in
u way that would have done credit to
Cortina in his pAlmiest days on the
Mexican border. But the determined ef-
forts Of the good people of Denton
county, rs we'll as the pence officers after
him. made it 30 hot that he was com
PEELED to flee the country, Since that
time he has become more and more EN-
boldcned, by coming in contact every
now and then with officers and armed
citizens in the several counties
through which his course
of retreat laid and always getting til,
best Of them" Now that he has The
eilrontry to return TO his old haunts
the question arises what is TO be dom
with him, or, rather, what cnn be done
l
Taking the case from the experience o
the last campaign to capture the out
law, tits clear that the most severe ant
stringent measure should be resorte,
to in order to elect his capture ]
will never do TO let him escape
The fair aud honorable name of on
neighboring county will have becom
furnished unless he is captuerd
is reasonable to suppose tina
there are plenty of trustworthy met
who know the lay of country as well %
these robbers and men who have tn
courage and sogocity to capture him deat
or alive, But they should profit b,
the failure of former plans, The con
sideration Of reward, and the little loca
and petty jealousies should be lait
aside. Cool, thoughtful men, with tn,
interest of law and order above every
thing else, should form their plans an(
carry them out to the letter. In thi
way Sam Bass can be taken, and in N
other, as lie is himself, cool, determine,
and desperate, Where there il
q will there is way, an(
we are satisfied that there is stronj
will to rid the country of these daring
highwaymen. As Richileu said, there
no such word as fail. We believ
that there is no county in the state il
which there are more lawsabiding citi
zens, comparatively, than can to-day b.
found in Denton county. Her sherii
is reported to be faithful well>mean
ing officer the detective force who hav
been planning the capture of Bass eve
since the last train robbery, is consid
cred among the best America affords
the state troops sent to this part of tn
country to assist in the captrr
OF these outlaw, n part of whom
are still ere, are among the truest an,
best disciplined constabulary in tn
adjoiningcounties, of men of recognized
efficiency and courage, are no doub
willing to enter the field, Then, will
all this combined, for Sam Bass with ,
handful of, say, half a dozen bandits, t,
escape from Denton county, the seconC
time, will not be very creditable to thi,
officers hereabouts, to say tho least of it
and the boast of north Texas that tn,
section is almost unanimously on tn,
side of law and order will have been but
boast