Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-01-04
THE Train ROBBERS.

Axha1IN nOooIhos
On the night of January 9th, 1878. an
attempt Was made 10 rob the Atchison, To-
p.ka & San,a F= train at Kin-Iey, by
band OF armed despeI adsee. They eur
rouGdei And CIV k,ngcaid, young man
in chsrge OF 'he ststr n, ami attempted TO
make him deliver up the rnoH-y in tue safe.
He proved t o heroic mopld 10 quail be-
lore their threat, and held them at bay TN
i. the Train arrived. They al once CAV
their a,t.n in 10 the train, but her schem.
miscSrfied IN Cons, sequence Of The train run
ming past tl- platform. making il difilcni
- .et ont, the iran A f-S shnts were
ii I'd, and the rob5ers left in tie darkness.
Shorty .ferSards, Ed Wet, Gat,
G',en and Ru. b ugh were arrested foF TIE
eli ne, and t.I,ir ira c r.s off at tie June
e. IN 1879 OF The ( w Us Cou,Iv D.st,ic
Coan. As Rad -taGgh iai iugrrd Stiies
ev.dsnc q Il. Green and IVES: pl, al .u,i
~, and ware sent up for five Year,, and are
now in the penireniiary.
One Of the sad es; ,censs vas had on the
r al Of We.t His father, Ie peel able
ii, I'm of LIMOS, WIS in attend ,nce, and
lead Tor his boy, alleging III 4; he had been
duped by the Others, and was no, guilty
a. tney Were. He wss shown the Il .temeni
from the Wardea OF the Arkansas P,ni e.
tiary, showing his sons convict On and SEN
teate 10 Il term oil years and hi .scipe. To
al who low the old whiIe-LaiIei man,
leaning on bis cane. saEdiag up with bowed
head while his Ton received his sentence,
noibing could have been more atieclng.
Kacehaugh was released, and is now at his
home near E1reSa. Tue eta r members OF
the lang were | at Liberty. Ga tae night
OF August 18th, 1873, the train o: the Kan
"a Ciy, st joseph d Council Bluffs Rail
road was robbed of about So coo,
st w nIhroP, Mi-aouIi, opposi A Gibson.
Suspicion pOiated TO tie ame gang having
p.rpetraled it. About Octoner ION, 1873,
Michael RparSe, familial y known on ,he
frontier as Big Mike, and Dan Dement, were
captured Dan Dement,, in resisting, was
killed by Esander Ii sh,. Roarke was ,aken
10 Junction City, and from there was
brought to Topeka, to answer for the Kins-
ley robbery. A requistion from the Gov
Al. or of Mi sou i. for R)arks, is now in
The has d. Of The officers, and stouli he CT
cape ccnyic,i0n here, VIII then be surren-
cred up. Rlsrk,'s trial was To have taken
place st Klusiey, 1t the term rtcellly bella
there, bat his coEns,l CHAINED change a
he place oil tEial in cons, quence Of an ali
i,vil filed, alleging the prejudice cf III
Juigr. Il = j b. ii d II Il Do a3O rex
Mar b, and is nos in jill at that place
Wes,, COT, Green aud Rude5iugh, wer,
bu, crinari men, giving n ev dence VIII T.
ever oi ihcss qualities tnst are nssde1 in q
: stand and-deiser iu,in s.. Rouke ia.
becn described in thsse columns The,
wee ali ported "a being neDbers Of {
gam, having, for its primary chjecf, III,
sic, ing Of hoIse', located in the wesi par
4 Of the State, near to the lines of the SAINT.
8 re and kansas P4cifc, wi cjnvsnien
camps and RENDEZVOUS at dist .nces apart O,
the wide and unsettled prairie. and will
some sort OF headquarters in Dodge Ci'y
d and other places. Bill righlman is ye
: unarrested. He is a hard citizen, and il
said TO have more brains than all Of them
They qnartsred frequently at Tige Bugbeei
ranch near Siliaa, and whether from de
e cline in their business, or from oher mo
n lives, went into the robbery Of trainP.
q large number Of the gang is at liberty yet
and while il may not have as fine an organ
ization as some cret socislies, they have
in thsir power to make it uncomfortable &c
: any enc against whom they have grudee
and have already made horses sn un5esirabl
}. kind Of properly TO own in the region Q
their operations. Commonwealth.