The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-04-20
ruC rR,IN ROBBERS.
INC tsrdru ~ GrsdasIty Narrswias
sr#rHf she 'sapg sam nass' ues
1FHsy - tne --latest Arrest.

..lrE charging him with being accesso-
"a fgfue Allen train robbery. The arrest
ot. made ~ the depot ~ the Dallas
ami Wichita railroad, Tuesday
evening. where Mays, sccomps-
rIaI uy the deputy town mar
.gsf uf Denton, had gone 10 take the
fr.Ir tor Denton county. Mays was
t.reH over To- sheriff Moon, who
El.ai MIN up in one Of the lower
raus of the jail, separate from
glf. aud lierndon, who were incsrcer.
..ul . few days since on the same
charge
NHrHAIp reporter cslled nj the Jail
d. pol. Hiu. aud having lesrued, before
.r..r.Jl. that he " n AYERS, 90 and reti-
u., toward reporters. Ge disguised his
calling. sud after short talk succeeded
.r learning from hlu the facts cou.
rU..rI with hi- arrest. which were IN
...stsnrr the -smr 10 -tatsi above
OIL. -sIH. " 1 came DOM yesterday
evening fww u-rtuC, in company
aI,HJ N.n.r deputy tDwu marshal
..Wa. ...r-' AFTER staying over here
a.. w..t. Hr attend. q tp hi- ba-trcss,
a.. .. tui his 'rir.d had gone To- the
l..- 8ui Wirhit, depot 20 take the
rra . .,Nsu b.asu- arrested sDd thrown
.n .. They refused 90 tell ne what
....r.. ID f.- al Ft..r d. ,....g g. -. l..
fr mo ,1 come along. asked
..m If % wa, for train robbery or
anything f that kind. but they would
u.. -,y live ia Denton, aad run
saloon. DO j. said, iur sam Bass.
-..fy Nay-, ~ he l. Familiarity
ra.aI By bis friends, Is young man
Hu. twenty-five years old about i've
.... 900 height. of muscular tuild aud
f.4Hg -stveiRb.ug ahogt one hundred
suH forty pounds. lie has dark, pierre
ug eyes, which seem 20 question the
interrogation a. the questions are put tn
Im. ItI- 70 we'll known fact that he
ur. 70 saloon and ten pin alley In his
UsH rsua at Denton, hut which IL
r.l.y .Ur property " sam Bass. Mays,
isI. SAIL, b. a great fsvorite Of Bass,
vNH t.yynds upon him as his main.
.rs, nr Information concerning the
movements ot the authorities. During
tla .B'yNls.t ~ n posse To that county,
directly after the Eagle Ford robbery,
Nsl boldly and openly played the
pHg Ut courier towards Bass
audi OOH, men. While Lieutenant
rHk aud hi- posse were in Denton
fTaU he was seen upon several differ
ss. H,.B.ious % mount his horse aud
'.V.a lIrr,rily for the country, and
aa#. try po-~s would br securing the
country often sight would De, caught ~
tHr form ~ Mays seated on splendid
lUr-g iouugIug about their front and
rear Monday evening when the depu>
az mlr-unl nud he boarded the train Mt
tHr terminus ~ the ROAD they, 10y iheir
uuruufh dre-, aud the presence ~ pis-
u.. uuuu tlIstr per-ons, attracted the
attention OF Captain R1ss-r aud Mr..
~mu.1- Of this place, who are CON
rr"tpl with thai road. When nearing
i1sr'y Mays aud his friend exchanged
ntt- tlr aha; purpose il a conjecture.
The opposition wa that Mays aad
bis FiHud bad come down In the ca
p8niy ufa SPY Tor Bass sud bis men, aud
probably t. purchase ammunition for
them, when arrested he had on his per.
-uu u thirty-eight caliber smith & we--
suu improved, aud n lot of police whis-
t,e-. Taking into consideration this
h.t, the reporter made a round Of the
gun stores and found that among
others that Mays aud Minor had
been at the one Of Griflin's 90 Elm
street nrpr the corner Of P1ydou-
where they had asked the price 81
Winchester rifles, appearing anxious
Go purchase several They could not
settle on the price, however, and after
buying some zine TASKS and ordering
~ nt of saloon checks struck OH,
they 'efti saying they wOulG call sgain
Major Jones had an order from
Judge DuvBi, OF the United states
circuit court, yesterday. to send the
prisoner Scott Mnyrs 10 Tyler for trial,
adt De- will leave this morning under
charge 90 deputy United
states marshal for thst place.
During the morning and evening
number % Lieutenant Peaks com
msui we're IN the city, and II was
hiU,ri by the knowing ores that u
number ot B4ss spies were also about.
], i-a fact that several meu dressed in
rough frontier costumes were seen
riding about through the city. Near
uighttall, ~ two Of them were riding
ur Elm street, aud when almost oppo-
site tie medical institute, one VI their
horses stumbled aud fell. throwing bis
rider, when n lot Of false hi.kers he
had on dropped of. snstchiug them
up and thrusting them into his pocket
be regaiued his seat In the saddle, aud
together with his companion rode rap.
IDLY out Of the city.
Major Jones and Lieutenant Peak
deserve great credit Tor the rapid and
Efficient manner In which they have
conducted their operations. They have
now gotten within the lines Of the
picket-, aud the main gang will in all
probability soon follow.
a negro man named John Skagys.
char. ed WIKI being an accomplish Of
the Ba-s gang, was arrested In Denton
Thursday morning. by the sheriff %
tnat county, and turned over 10 a squad
Of Lieutenant Peaks men, headed by
T. Rice, late deputy sheriff Of this
county. Rice and squad left Denton
with The negro In charge, coming thi-
way, and although, they had ample
time Ia which 10 have arrived ut this
place, they had not done so w TO y
iais hour last night, aud the surposi-
ZION b, that the negro l. = prisoner
IN their camp. He IL known to have
EARNED Bass notes aud brought notes
Rom them to other parties.
IL y generally admitted by those
engsgsd Ia ferreting out the train rob
Ifs That sam Bass IL the head and
leader Of toe gang, and that he. TO.
se'hef With Underwood aud jackson,
are stu la the cross timhera In Denton