The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-03-02
Capture of Spotswood the
Leader Of the Allen Train
Robbers.
The Arrest Is Effected By ". Z cornish,
the Dallas Agent Of the Texas Ex-
press Company, ia Pilot Point.
Prisoner at Nc Kinney.
The Robber Chief Is Identified by the Mes.
senger Of the Train, Tried Preiimiaa-
riiy, and In Default Of Bail Com
mitted to Iali.
"a ts rheughs the Capture of the Leader
of the Basd wtIi Lead 40 the Arrest
Of the kntsre Outat

fine Baad wsIi Load 40 the Arrest
of the Enure outfit.
Last nigh, Mr.. w. X. Cornish, ex
press agent Ut this point, who captured
Tom Spotswood, the leader of the gang
of robbers who robbed the express car
few nights since at Aliens sta ion,
arrived in the city. The reporter called
upon Mr.. Cornish, and ELECTED from
him the following facts relating to
Spots~ood's capture. Arriving AL
len he left that place accompanied by
Thomas, the messenger of the robbed
car, going westward, the direction
from which the robbers were said TO
have come in. When about eighteen
miles out they got track of their man,
from parties who described him ano
the horse he was riding, as having
passed that way. Going on to Denton
he raised posse of men, among whom
WAS deputy sheriff OF that county
Leaving there at 8 O'clock Tuesday
evening, they procee led to the bottom
of the North Fork of Elm, where they
remained during the night, concealed
by the dense underground. At the
break Of day, the next morning, they
made run on his house, but he was
not there Learning that he had gone e
to Cooke county to place Of his. nine
n lies north OF Pilot Point, hey went
to that place to secure fresh horses.
Arriving at Pilot Point and while they
were walking across the square to a
livery stable, they met Spotswood,
who Cornish ordered To throw up his
hands, presenting "A cooked pistol on
him, efscting his arrest On
scar hing him, only eleven dollars
and some cents were found on his
person. he stoutiy protested that he
was not guilty, and appeared con
iident OF proving his Innocence, though
Thomas, the messenger, WHO was along
identified him. They started immediate
iy for Mckinney, arriving there Wed
nesday night with him, where he was
again identified by man named
at Aliens station, besides others, all
who saw him on the night of the rob.
berry. Yesterday. he had a preliminary
trial, and wss bound over in the sum
of twenty-five hundred dollars, In de.
fault of which, he was committed to
jail Though the bond is compare
lively small, yet he cannot give IL
should lie do so, warrant is ready for
his re arrest, charging him with shoot.
ing with intent to kill. Spotswood,
1t Il said, is a man who 10 the terror
and bully of the neighborhood In
which he lives, everyone standing In
fear of him. His avocaiion ia one of
farming and cattle raising, principally
the latter. He has, ar the north
fork of Elm, + bnnch of one hundred
and twenty-five head of cattle, to
which he pays more attention than
anything else. Mr.. Cornish thinks
that the capture of the leader of the
band will lead to the arrest of his fol
lowers, aud he leaves sgsin to day for
Mckinney. He deserves great credit
for the manner in which he worked
the matter up. Spotswood was arrested
at Mckinney, in the fall OF 1874, as
fugitive from Justice, and carried back
TO Benton county, Missouri, where he
was tried for The murder of man, but
for some reason was acquitted.