The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-03-18
ROBBERS JIGGED.
'El.e Alleged Pals in the Rob
g berry OF Allen in the Hands
of the Law

Our issue of yesterday morning re-
ferred to tue al tempted robbery, on the
night before, 0. Sam Alien as he was re-
Turning, IN company with party calling
! himself Self, ON dlsreputable resort
north OF the city. Allen got the pistol
! awgy from his aSsaiiaut, aud If was
| turned over to sheriff Van Hall. In his
| iug Uiries he found that it, or a similar
! one, had once been in the possess
son of another officer, and after
50 aklag to MIN he got an ink
ing ot who the party or parties
might be. His search led him to Eas
Y acu aud there he found l. boarding
house Bill Sell and party calling HIM
self Morris, both of whom were arrested
Hail separated the men, and speaking
to Sell asked Inn some questions out
Tue pistol ~ last, producing 1t, he
saed Self If he hal ever seen it before,
and turning white and becoming very
arirated h6 remarked that be believed
he had sold II to Norris few days be-
fore. Morris, on being interv ewed,
SAID lie had sold II to a man from COrsi-
cana, and tina; the trade, d coat and 81
beng the amount, was agreed upon IL
East Waco, and finally contaminated on
Fourth street Oh this side. To deliver
the property, be SAID they walked up
Austin avenue and the Imam pulled off
has coat and handed il and the money
over. and the pistol was delivered To
I'm. When asked If any one Witnessed
tha transaction, Morris said that one
Ion Frazier was present, and he was
C-lieG aside and -TterIogated. He said
he was present The trade was effected
on the I'VE bank with a man from Mar
in, who gave Morris his coat and 50 for
the weapon Beneath the plate of the
pistol, which is Smith Il Wesson, cut in
the wood, is the name Of Self, and this
Is the same pistO, which Allen took
away from Morris in the encounter.
A,ien stated to the sheriff that
he and Self were coming home
and the Man jumped ont from
behind a tree at them and then ordered |
hands up. 5. If was nearest to him and |
put mp his hands, Allen doing likewise. |
The rob5er walked past Self and at once |
commemorate search Allen, who!grabbed !
the pistol ard tried to get it. The man !
held on with one hand and tried to get !
his hand il Aliens back pocket with the /
other, but finding he could not, at last /
mt both hands on the pistol and |
it from Allen and dealt him !
several heavy blows over the head, which ,
caused the wounds which are now seen
Dn HIM. Allen called for Self to |
assist him, but the latter stood aside
and took no part A. er awhile, evil
lently thinking Allen was too weak to do
the robber again went for his
pocket and Allen for the pistol, which he
lie robber then fled, and Sell !
after HIM, but soon returned. He and .
Allen then came on to town, and Self /
tried to induce him to throw the pistol .
IN the rive and say nothing about the /
adventure; but Alien refused to take .
that course. 1t is said that the mask
the robbor wore was Il handkerchief with
e. e-hOles cut in II. The general suppo-
sliiOn is that Self and Morris put up the
JOB to rob Allen, and the former secured
his company, furnished Morris the PTS
III to lie N ambush for them, and con-
tHc ed Alien by the p ace where Morris
vas concealed. 1t is said that Allen
lad money on deposit with Major Hinch-
nau, and before dark that evening went
Up and drew $4,000 to use in
oTse trading, in which he is engaged.
lie made his appearance upon the
4u;l.e, and 1t is further said that Self
I'd -G"rlls sa.F him have the money and
ut 1t IL his back pocket. If the state
lents Of Alien DE true he was lucky in
1ylng his money aud getting the pistol
way from the assailant, while his would I
q friend stood calmly aside to see i'm
eaten 10 pieces. What may yet he de {
eIoped, however, is hard to tell, but the &
.osest lves.iga,ion should be had, and {
guilt the perpetrators dealt with to
he extent Of the law. Self and Morris
lie now in Jail and no doubt Will remail
here, as they are SAID TO be unable to
i've bond.