The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-09
n I'D BANDITS

- sseu. Who claim 60 be the James
Rows. Rob six Farmers a, Ao"st"in
CreeR Rridge-rhe sheriff and hts
oepuIIes In pursuit,
Another oae of those daring robbsrries
,,,;cb never fails TO ssrtle the section in
which i, ia perpetrs;ad, arousing III the hon
"a, ,av,.bidinv citizens sense Of insscur-
Nv 70 life and property, was COM
mitted Yesterday at Mountain
sia h,idce. ON Iba old Fort Worth
rosd ff,een miles vest OF this city, BY two
toiahts of the road, who forced six men TO
stand and deliver. From NJ j Thomas,
one of the victims, who came In AFTER the
officers, HERALD reporter Cleaned
the following facts; MIR. Thomas
was on the run all Toe ums
looking for horse 30 20 out with onerin
Jones and deputies, and he did no' have
time TO give full aoccunt OF The AFFAIR.
Himself. two Of the Norman brothers, two
of lie Rheinhart brothers and man whose
name he had forgo,taI--sll Of whom live in
tho vicinity Of Arlington, Tsrraht county,
had brought their cotton TO this city, where
thew sold Il aud were on their way home.
About A o'clock they arrived NJ Mountain
creek bridge, which lie hurrouodod ey 1epse
underground, and as the wagon in the load
was about to cross ihe bridge Two men rushed
out of the brush exclaiming
1--WE ARE THE JANIS BoYsw
leyeled their pistols-one 10 each
hand-on the parties and said
"get down aud huddle together
and be ID quick about iI' The farmers
saw that the robbers meant what they said,
and fearing violence ct their hands, they lost
no time in getting together, all save one Of
the number, who ran, followed
BY one Of the robbers, who
succeeded, however, in rounding him
up with tho other victims. One held two
cooked Colts pistols in his hands on the
psrty, willis the other passed around the hat,
and the contributions. though given
reluctantly, were nevertheless given
with an slAcrity that smscked
of cheertullness. The contributions con-
sisted OF two watches, and as near as could
be learned, come $l700in money, which the
brace OF brgands cody pocksted, one of
them indulging in little pleasantly by ask
ing the owner if his watch kept good time.
Bidding each man to go back to his wagon,
they disappeared in the brush, whsre they
had horses awaiting them. The parties rob
bed recognized them as two men whom they
had met Wednesday night at q wagon yard
in this city, and whom they
had hired to pick cotton for
them, they agreeing to bo on hand this FRI
day. morning ready to 90 to work IheY
stated while making the consract that tney
were from Wise county, and that they were
anxious to get some honorable employment.
When The robbery WAS going on one OF
the victims said he had no money,
when one of them said. Here, On you,
shell out; didn't see you counting IL last
nigh! by the fire in the wagon ynrd come,
pony up And the poor man ponied. MI
Thomas tagged the east bound train
near Deckman and came in as alresdy
stated, to notify the officers. Sheriff Jones
and five of his deputies, accompanied by Mr..
Thomas, started in pursuit Of the robbers
about two hours after the robbery
had been committed, during which
time the robbers no doubt got q good
start of them. Should they oversake them,
be they the James boys or whoever they
may be, they will be taken either dead or
alive.
They we're both clean shaved, and one
was of heavy while the other
Was of light build. One rode
sorrel and the other bay horse.
They were dressed as laborers, and looked
like the average countrymsn. 1t Is believed
that they went north, toward the Indian