San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-11-24
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There is in the Detroit workhousc 10.
ylsy . prisoner whose smile is as soft
and sweet AZ woman's, and the strang.
ar who meets him 10 instinctively drawn
towards him by his clear. blue eye,
soft voice and gentle smile. Aud yet
TINT very man is accounted the slrewd.
est. sharpest and most "nervy" prisoner
of the lot. The fact that two officers
rode over q thousand miles with him
handcufred and shackled and constantly
watched is proof Of the above asser-
ton. When they turned him over at
last to the custody Of the snperintend.
cnt they left the following record on
tho books:
aPrisoner has been engaged in one
Grain robbery at least, and in half q
dozen stage and highway robberies.
HAS broken Jail three times and
bears tho scars Of several wounds.
"Has the reputation OF being a
shooter and fighter; has killed at
least three men; was pal of Wild Bill /;
is supposed to know all the leading
outlaws in the for West. Is sharp and
crafty and has great nerve. Look out
for him. Offence; Highway robbery"
The aSmiler" has not yet exhibited
the slightest desire to see the outside
walls If the workhouse, but is reported
as one of the most orderly and quiet
prisoners in the institution.
GENTLEMEN, PLEASE CLIMB DOWN."
The first Deadwood line stage rob-
bed was the work of single man, and
If that was not the prisoner we write
of tten he had twin brother. The
robbery occurred Just a. sunset six
miles from Deadwood. The stage con-
tanned seven men, all well armed. It
was just rounding q thicket when q
man stepped in front of the horses,
halted them, and quietly said to the
driver:
"If you pull line until am through
Ill send bullet through your head!'
This was accompanied by soft,
bland smile, and the astonished driver
yelled back:
"Stop your fooling, or I'll run over
your
THAT DECEIvING SMILE.
But the smile was deceiving Up
came navy revolver on line with the
driver eye, and his teeth chartered as
he loosened the reins and soothed the
horses. Yells and shouts were heard
inside the stage, but none OF the pas
sengers suspected what was happening
until the road agent pulled open one
of the doors and called out:
"Now, then, gentlemen, please climb
down."
"Who the--are you?" was shouted
at him by three or four in chorus, and
his smile was honey itself as lie ans
wered:
@I'll introduce myself directly.
Come, gents-these shooters are in a
hurry to hurt some one!"
He backed off few feet, revolver
in either hand, and the passengers be-
gan climbing down.
"Leave your arms in the stage!"
shouted the "Smiler." "Ill pop the
man who brings out any sort of weap-
on with him! Come, now-sun's going
down fastl"
DETECTED CROWD.
There were seven revolvers and three
Winchester rifles among the passen-
gers, but that one man had the bulge
on the crowd. Men are half disarmed
when surprised. Coop them up in ad-
dition to the surprise, and pluck is
gone. The road agent knows this, and
the fact is as good as half a dozen men
behind him. One by one the seven
climbed down and stood in row, and
as the last man left the coach the
@Smiler" confronted the line and softly
remarked:
II will now trouble you to deposit
your watches and money on the ground! !"
With many a groan, and curse, and sigh
the request was complied with. Those
who had wallets lost all; those who
had divided their money in different
pockets saved half. Two of the seven
bad NO watches to lose. After the last