The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-04-27
THE TRAIN ROBBERS.
Rangers and Detectives Trailing Them.
Prospects of Their Capture One
wounded and Surrendered by ais Father.
-Aftempt TO Wreck "A Train.

Rangers and Detectives Trailing Them.
Prospects of Their Capture Ono
Wounded and Surrendered by ais Father.
Attempt to Wreck Train.
Up to last night no Official information
had been received at railroad headquarters
in Dallas of the capture of the robbers who
went through; the Texas IL Pacific train at
Ranger, or Saturday morning, but infOrma-
ton from eminently reliable sources was
received that very warm trail had been
struck, and that the bagging OF
of only very few days at most. In ad-
dtion to Captain McMurray aud his com
pany OF about twenty rangers, from Col
orado City, the villains have after them as
pursuers Sheriff Ware, OF Mitchell county;
rr-ritv Marshal Norton ri Dallas and
City Marshal Sam Farmer, of Fort Worth,
and the personnel and whereabouts Of the
robbers have been so infinitely ascertained
as 10 guarantee Successful campaign, aud
the news of their capture would not be sur.
prising at any moment. IL was also learned
that in The ramon exch mge Of
shots between the robbers ana the
rangers which occurred on Friday night,
one of the robbers received wound that
will undoubtedly prove fatal. Railroad Of
ficials were made aware OF this fact yester-
day. aud also that he hal been taken by his
cjmpanions TO q farmhouse about seven
miles from Ranger, where II was found
necessary TO leave him, as he was too weak,
from loss Of blood, to accompany the party
further. Two Of the wounded mans COM
rades In crime remained with him Saiur-
day and Saturday night, but were forced
TO flee from him for per
sonai safety from their pursu-
ers on Sunday morning. IL was
also learned that the wounded robber is the
son ofan old and respectable farmer living
IN the vicinity, and that when his father
heard of his sons condition and where
abouts, he reported the fact to TIE rangers,
requesting that they arrest his bandit son,
As he would prefer seeing him an inmate Of
A renifeutiary rather than member Of a
band Of robbers. The name Of the son or
fsther wonid not he disclosed By The raj
road people here. Al express cOnhlence
believe tie Gull Colorado & Santa he rOb-
robbery was the work OF the same parties-
There Is hardly a doubt that tIeir place OF
rendezvous q IN the can Ons aud mOnniain
fnsfnesses Of the upper BrazOs river and It,
principal tributary, Palo Pinto creek. TINS
opinion is strengthened from the tact that
bod and diaDO.ical attempt was maize Oh
wreck the easf-bound passenger tIuin BE-
tween I aud O'Clock Sunday moonlight a
point about eight miles east 81 where the
robbery Occurred the night previous, near
Canyon Spur Two rails hsd Dt-en removed ]
Rom the track on one Of the high trestles. /
nj point where The rOaf /
crosses yavning chasms hundrtds I
of feet IN depth On tresiles q inmense
length. and shove which crags and scrub-
cedar are piled up 10 q beighih sublimely I
picfuresq1s ard grand. Tire engineer dis
covered the absence Of the raIis Just In
time 10 stnp his train and avert ire being
lnshed. with he sc0res 81 passengers. into
ne 1rful nbyss belOw. Il - believed The
49, rns intended % have been coIDmitted
not oflr f5r the purpose o. rgbbery but for
-rr.ncr. the desperndoes b1TinE that some
III fhe RINGERS and other Tursrers, tugef Der
~,lk raIIr1sd olfciais. would b o. board
&C .rrII : BE- killed ~ the urrck. Bot the
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