The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-03-02
DUTCH HENRY
The Chief Of the Outlaws Of the Western
Plains Captured.

There are very few people, says the
Denver Tribune, at all acquainted with
the crime calendar of the west, who
have not heard Of ''Dutch Henry
who has ranged in his depredations
along the . western slope of the Ameri-
can cordilleras, from Wyoming into
Mexico. and from the western border
Of Colorado to the Missouri river. He
is known to all who own large herds of
horses or mules, and is known only to
be dreaded. His appearance in any
community is aver taken as a bad omen,
and when he is about, the owner of 1--we
stock as naturally puts his hand on his
bride as the owner of a we'll filed
pocket-book puts his hand on his pocket
when among q. den Of ~cut-throats.
Clutch Henry" is probably the best
known horse thief In the west. And
he IL now In Denver-but is In Jail for
tunately. Ia "a.
Some three years ago Henry stole
twelve mules which belonged to the
government, and which were stationed
near Fort Smith, in Arkansas, near
the line of Indian territory. The
mules were Lrazenly and openly driven
OF, and there was no doubt as to who
did the work. Henry was overtaken
and arrested by the United States
authorities and proven guilty without a
doubt.
He broke out, and cleared for ether
quarters, after being i~ncarcerated for
only about three months.
Since he made his escape from the
Arkahsas prison he has been free and
has literally been roaming over the
country seeking whom he might de-
YOUR
dutch Henry whose real name is
Henry Bourne was captured in Trini-
idad by United States Marshal Wilcox,
OF Colorado, and a deputy marshal
from Kansas. He was brought to
Denver Thursday and placed in the
Arapahoe county Jail, where he now Is.
He says that his native state is Penn
sylvania, and that his mother was Ger
man and his father a Frenchman.
Whether this story is true or not, he
speaks both the French and the Ger
man language with %iuency. lie also
speaks English and Spanish as well,
and hence goes from the United
States to Mexico and from Mexico to
the United States with IMMUNITY, get
ting along equally well In either coun-
try.
Henry had quite an adventure with
Dull Knife's band of Cheyennes last
fall when they were raiding western
Kansas. They crossed him in their
march and attacked him as an enemy,
but he threw himself behind a gopher
mound and repealed the entire crew,
killing several of their horses. He
also frequently raided into. Mexico, and
while there in 1872, in company with
two pals, he was captured when about
to cross the Rio Grande back to the
United States. The death sentence
was pronounced and the grave diggers
were told to prepare a place for all
three Of them. They were doing SO,
and had gone two feet into the earth,
when q band of Texans came to the
relief OF the prisoners. But this is
only one Of very many similar escapes
in which Henry has participated with
in the last ten years. He carries twen-
ty-four bullet marks as proof of the
character of the life he has led. He
has been shot and cut from top to toe,
from Dakota to Texas, but is still the
same reckless and powerful man he was
in the beginning.