The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-06-08
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v,.u =, IA, an. HONS and Throws
M y,t,,. ,brs the Widest
Excl tuiehI
wa. ,ao coo,.. lad Dsrisg Of the Devil,
-. p...L 10 Horses Captured
fron n.s. ,pd Gang by Sheriff
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sgs..t - Her WIN % PISTOL y
OF rue Sang "a hs-ed
-. County --sitizsas OF
nrn..,,, "a. PursniI.
,r,,e ...r,tin reformation was re-
r.aaiy.t =, ~ city la-t night, that
.s.,., t,...a,.t iis gang bad returned
On Denton.
E.,ly q. n morning sam Bass,
.f.pry Ir.,.r, En1s, FrluE jackson,
t.,.,-l.4s f,..-,.- !a,.d tao others, one of
WHOM, il. .,,tttl be named Barnes,
-..,. D.. an aud went direct to
Work A. o. ivory stable. The host.
.-. rr.-.,- u In1uaii, was jusl OPEN
.,,,,tt5. -,.,I,I Underwood rsmained
a.. tse a,i.tt.I 50 lille the others rode
a and ,-f.- Mcdonald 10 saddle
\ sof.es veil l ch had been previously
A.rsd hs H. Bas-, by Sheriff
T. Ar.sfD .,I on county, and placed
tu y .t.b,s him.
NA, NJ. DONALD refused to sad>
f..tA l,-.I-, jackson struck hum
ry.r Vac head with pis
.f.. Ctay td Jackson then saddled
thp tvthcy -e,. bass all the white
ta.p.ag4- stgi paiutsd at Melon
ai8. one -safJ|es taken WAS the
property . * CassrelL
Jun, Work, tie s,ase driver, was
aslssS over the stable At he time, and
upon eiGg awakened gave the alarm
Of "ls-s! BHss y But ,e robbers
we're tSo hnndred y ards away before
the los, was discovered Mcdonald
Joined IA the alarm. ant soon dozen
d,ilerentparti,s were In pursuit.
The robbers welt la = noTtberly dis
rectiou. Ahsr TIE alarm was given
armed cl .<eBs left the town every few
minutsf Tor the chase after them until
nerr5 Any lad gone, when the last
sccotnt frOm there bad been received.
IhFoUbers hai got about two hours
stat OF tier pnrsuers and had prob
adv arrived a. their old stamping
sr9nd long before The pursuit com
ut'.eed.
l&rter wGs ia Dsnton Wednesday
Evening. He was 10: previously kbown
O., belong 20 the E.s gang. the All
thoriiies have NJ for ban FOR cattle
stealing, and triyd TO oaptsre him
when he was In Denton, but be etaJe,i
them and Kut away.
Wednesday party of fifteen citi.
z-rs chasei R1ss nut of sight on Deu-
ton creek The gang was followed all
the way for, stephens coauiy, through
Wise, ty party % Rangers.
The following i the statement of
the affair rs sent 10 The HERALD by
Cherries Mcdonald, the hostler;
am employed at Work Bros
livery staU.e IN DentuO. John Work
came, flto the stauie aboat nius or
ten o'clock !hst night, and told me to
be Oh my watch, that be would not be
surprised IL Sam Bass did moi Try 90
get the horses captured from hiIn i,y
sheriff EagsU sorne time since. About
one a. elo cb thi- morning, Some party
came to the sta0!e anu wanted tn pgi
up two i5OF-es, old / woaid not ADMIT
thru.. tniuSiug thst they we're some
90 ihp Is 80 party. got 1g and put
NY clothes on, and set gp until day
1FrtS. No, hearing anytblug mere ~
The uarty VINO " 4iife.i To put up the
na--s-, ,,..nciaJedto take nap.
I 4i.ut until a little after suu-up. / got
I up ard opened iua door, aud went q
ItauinE out the stShis. The wind had
blown the ehutters too. In sbou. ii, {
minutes the dour was pushef open by
s-tl Blss. lie spuTretI his horse aus
/ ran lirn up to me with MS s!N--hoOtei
! Drawn, followed ny Jack son, Under
wood, Charles Caster anu some ottel
/ party that | did not know. They y
[ uad their six-shOnteTb drawn, ans
\ said they wanted their horses. ! sal,
what hor-es, they said, ''get then
hoises quick or will shoot you"
refused 10 DO 20, Frank JacskoI
then struck me- on tbs head viii
his pi-t0i and told nle 70 ges the horse
or he would Kill uts Bass told hin
nct To burt the. l told them l did no
pGs tie hOrsss IN there, and | WIS no
going to take them cut. Bass said l.
me, STAND still and don't move or
viii shoot YOU Bass theu told Franl
Jackson and Charles Carter to dis
mount and get the horser, which the.
dii. They took Cockrels fine ssddl
ANA rode out of the stable, leadini
( the hOrs-s and going north. Az SCOT
I ~ they cleared the door / ran up fowl
Z and raised the alarm. la about hal
an fuur party oi eight or nihe met
started pursuit. All this time 1 wa
I unarmsd. CHARLES MCDONALD.