The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-01
FRANZ JACKSON JAILED.
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V0jIes further at most, so he begged me to
my SAVE MYSELF
aud leave him TO his fate. was 10th to do
NJ for Sam had been a friend to me,
nj was as true grit as ever lived or died.
pnt he nleaded so for me to GO and showed
Ds 90 plainly the folly of my remaining, as
THcould do him no possible good, ! con-
,.nted took him to big tree, whose
SaGe | knew would cover him from the
law i of the night and the sun of
The morning, and babe him
,dieu. lie gave me all his
%oney aud his pistols, and We
NH shed tears at parting. | tell you, Mr..
Reporter, had Il seething volcano in my
Ssart at that time. would have given the
world to have been in pistol-shot reach of
Murphy, the betrayer, and | determined to
,et a shot at him, if possible, before | left.
ilet Bass close by the roadside so that he
Toud be easily seen, if either dead or alive,
,be next morning, and left him. | rode
Saek towards Round Rock and saw two
nngers as | passed along, but they did
nal see me. hid my horse in a
hicket near the town and went in
hoping to find Murphy. went into a
drug store and bought quart of whiskey,
ana | went also to the two hotels looking
IN Murphy, but could not find him.
ate supper at u restaurant about twelve
o'clock that night at the same table
WITH TWO RANGERS,
and talked to them about Bass and his
rsng, and asked them if they could describe
Frank Jackson to me, which they did,
ng the mark about mile.
SFailing to find Murphy | re.
turned to where had left my
horse, and riding about two miles
further into the woods, | stopped for the
night, and slept soundly until sun.up. next
morning. then ate breakfast, and chang
ipg my appearance as well as | could, | LETT
nv horse well secreted in little dell,
where he could get all the grass he wanted,
and returned to the railroad depot to STE
and hear what could. | was there when
Bass was brought in, and as they carried
him along, they passed in three feet of me,
and our eyes met. Poor Sam groaned, and
said. Time is up" | even went so far as
70 crowd up to him and gave him drink of
water, for which he thanked me with
words, and oh! so earnestly with his eyes.
When he died was
LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDOW
at him, and not half an hour before he
passed away, he was making signs to me
through the window, telling me to go, but
those about him thought them but the gest-
ules Of delirium. | was longing to find
Murphy all this time, and If | had ever laid
eyes on him all of the Bass gang, save that
arch skulker and arrant coward, Henry
Underwood, would have ended their exist
ence right there, for ! knew, of course, If |
killed Murphy it would be death TO me.
"Well, when Sam died, and il seemed
could not meet Murphy, ] determined to
leave and try to get back to Denton county.
L., k,, hot ttNna for
had caught bullet in the. Round Rock
frolic, (see the scar?-and he showed our re
porter the mark on the calf of his left les
where the bullet had gone through,) and
knew that horseback riding was going tC
be pretty tough on me. ] found my horse
all right and ut once headed for Denton
county. | avoided public roads for the
first three days, and riding hard,
put hundred and fifty miles, a
near as could estimate, between
ne and Round Rock: | went or
direct to the cross-timbers in Denton
county, where stayed for some weeks
trusting and endcavoring all the time TO &c
shot at Murphy, but in vain. | knew
would have to leave the country, so | be
gan making preparations to do so, ant
about the latter part of August struck on
FOR Colorado"
| had about $1,000 in money, and my oh
iect was to- go into Colorado, wher
had arranged it the detective
should trace me, and there lose my
make my way into Mexico and settle dow
for life and try to live peaceably and hon
esty. found it impossible, however, L
carry out this programme, for could neve
throw the detectives entirely of my trail
aud the consequence is that have been Of
the 60 all the time. | have
BEES ~ DALLAS
three times to stop over once for four day
and have passed through the place twic
IN the Texas Il Pacific without stoppnl
| travelled once with the conductC
who made the fight at Mesquite, an
| asked him to take drink with me fc
he is a brave, game fellow, but he d'
Clined.n
ii own an interest in silvC
mine in Arizona, and haN
an income Of about Sl5, 900 q year, so tha
| will be able to employ the best counse
lnd don't you forget II, intend to max
the best and biggest fight can
get out of my scrapes. II am guilty
what they accuse me, which | deny, | al
not halt as great a criminal as Rothschil'
who was acquitted and rs
lever have hickered yet, | don
intend to flicker now. And do you remen
ier, my friend, IL you will take advice froi
uCh as me, that cool head, steady han
md solid backbone, will win nincty.nir
ines out of every hundred. II is Dacl
zone, young fellow, that makes the ma
20, that swnys the dcstinies OF nations
veil as of individuals. You must excu'
ne from further conversation tonight ,
am tired and sleepy too" and must a
Sheriff Jones ID "put me in my little bed
I he will be so kind. SO sayin
dickson babe us all goc
night, and our reporter len him
He Is q tall, rather handsome your
man of twenty-five, with nothing of the a
htarance OF the desperate abeut him, a
though he has q cold, steelblue eye, with
CLINT In II rs he looks at you, such an eye
hlazes amidst the shock and flame of ba
Tie, and that can look death straight In Il
lace without WAIVER. He has lightish ha
and skin naturally fair, but now tanned
adark brown by exposure.
Deputy Sheriff Genterbruck will get u
reward OF $3.50 offered for Jackson's ARE
by the railroad companies, but will sha
freely with the officers who assisted him
masing the arrest.
Deputy Sheriff X. S Wilson, W
brought Jackson In, win remain in our ci
lori few days, us he has never been he
before. lie Is an interesting conversatio
aist, and can tell all about Arizona n
New Mexico. He has great faith In /
future Of III paso, and intends making II
city his home next fall.
Decline of Man.
tmnotencc nf mind limb mr. nj ninrti,