The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-08

was a courtC that ,brooked no delay
would grant nJ contihuances, suffer NJ
appeals to judges with itching palms
This the spy knew fun well and earnest
! ly and snSiouslY hfRcauned the olpin-
/ Gus face ofthe CHEZ. / Tfls Verdict wa
i quickly rendered,
xCRHFf kdpsr pIElf.
Briefly made, it vas briefly communi,
Gated TO Tie c6iidehined betfayer. Fol
him an eternity of anxiety filled thai
single moment His jurors were even
beginning Do prepare for his execution.
Drops of sweat stood on his forehead
and his hand trembled as with the palsy.
jackson. The friend Of bis youth, took
his part. and Murphy pleaded for his
life earnestly and ffnendy Heconfess-
ed to Bass the. whole transaction and
agreement with Maj. Jones, but now
solemnly declared his only and sole pur-
pose was to betray, not the robbers
themselves, but 8 give awayv Maj.
Jones and the officers of the law, and
thus.make his own escape from the tolls.
These protestations were made with 50
much apparent candor, that Sam. Bass
and the other robbers finally relented
and allowed Murphy to continue with
them; but they afterward kept a strict
watch upon him. s=s- *
THE GANG START FOR MEXICO
Upon the 18th June the robbers left
their haunts in the friendly jungles and
dense forest of Denton County. Their
course was due south towards Austin,
the intention of their chief being to rob
some bank OF train make a raise, and
in Mexico take refuge from the Rangers
and detectives. They Rock
wall, where they staid one night. At
Terrell they accommodated and exam
ined the banks, but concluded the job
of robbing them would not pay. They
were pretty well mounted on feet horses,
and kept the line of the Central Railway.
to Ennis Station. Here Bass and Muir
ply took dinner at hotel, and their
horses had provender at a livery stable.
The chief, with practiced eyes, exam
ined the Bank of Ennis, but concluded
it would be bad undertaking, and so
the bandits continued their progress
southwark. Reaching the stirring in
terror city of Waco, on the Brazos,
terminus of branch of the Texas Cen
trail, the bandits went into camp in some
thick woods in the Brazos' [" bottom, -
or rather swamp, two miles east of the
town. jackson and Murphy were sent
in to spy out the banks. The former
reported favorably on the State Savings
Bank as an easy and rich prize. The
chief concluded to make the attempt.
Murphy, however, for obvious reasons,
argued against the enterprise, holding
that the place was too populous, the
banisters too high, and the distance to
run to their horses too great. Bass,
therefore, abandoned the scheme. The
chief and Murphy returned to town, and
AT THE "KANcH'' SALOON y
took drink, Bass changing thelast 500
gold piece he had remaining of the great
100000 train robbery in Nebraska, on
the Union Pacific. a.,.tt
The same night Barnes, one of the
robbers, went into the edge of Waco
and stole horse. Continuing the jour
ney southwark, the gang struck the
small town of Bolton, Central Texas.
Here Murphy sold Barnes's old mare,
and on pretense of getting a So bill
changed, eluded the robbers long
enough to indite hasty letter to Sher-
iff Eyerheart, who had, by Mai. Jpnes,
been let into Murphy'sg secret. AT
Georgetown, williamson County, not
far from the village that a few days
later vas the scene of their chiefs death
shot, the robbers made a short soiourn,
but were advised by Murphy against at
tempt to rob the bank because the safe
was too far in the rear of the building
AT Georgetown the spy managed to
write to Maj Jones to have. his men at
Round Rock ready for
THE RECEPTION OF THE GANG.
His chief caught him in the act of mail
ing the letter, and demanded an ex
PLANTATION. The spy, however. got out
of it by hard and downright lying.
Keeping the road to Austin the bandits
camped two miles from Round Rock, on
the International and Great Northern
Railway. After accommodating, it was
determined to rob the bank in the town
after resting the horses Preparations
were made for the descent on the money
bags. Bass was to go in, and Barnes
hand bill to the Cashier to change
While doing so the chief was to present
a six-shooter to his head, and order him
to throw up his hands. Barnes was
then to jump over the counter, enter
the safe and fill up his bag with money,
while Jackson and Murphy were to
stand in the doors aud prevent persons
from coming in during the process. u
In the meantime, and whilst the State
authorities were kept informed by Muir
ply, the latter pretened his horse was
broken down, and had to be rested, his
object being to stave off the descent on
the bank long enough for the arrival of
the Rangers and his men. I Bass deter
mined to make, the descent on Saturday,
the 18th of July. After the robbery the
chief and his bandits were to escape to
the forests to the northward of the town.
THE SPY, NOT IN THE FATAL
..... FIGHT. .... ..,
On Friday, the day before the project
ed robbery, Bass, jackson and. Barnes
went into the town, fhitehing their
horses in the suburbs, their purpose be-
ing to make a more thorough examina-
NAOl VI bAC bduh,
map out the general surroundings.
With their old, siouehed hats and-sad-
dlebags on their arms, they, of course,
easily passed among the villagers for
plain, simple country farmers. Then
these pretended boobies from the rural
districts quietly walked into a store of
general merchandise, kept by one Kop-
pei. They asked for plug tobacc0.
Koppel himself was sitting outside the
store on the sidewalk enjoying the cool
summer breeze, it being about midday,
His young clerk, "Jude, waited on the
farmers, and showed Bass several
brands of the best tobacco he had. They
were just about agreeing on the price
Deputy Sheriff Grimes, thinking he had
a victim in the tall farmer who did the
trading, and seeing
~ THE MUzzLE OF A PISTOL
under his coat, not knowing the despe-
RADIO, stepped up and asked him if he
had a pistol, with the purpose of arrest
ing him for violation of a State law.