The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-06-07
More Traih Robber News.

A HERALD reporter yesterday made dill
gent investigation in quarters liable to be
possessed Conformation, TO learn additional
news about train robbery matters. He
found it a subject of fruitful results, and
gives the HERALD readers the benefit. Two
gentlemen, well known to this community,
are deserving Of the credit OF having sue
cessiully developed the plans of the robbers
and signally defeate dthem. They are Dep
uty United States Marshall Tom GERM, of
Denton, and Division Superintendent l.. IL
Keller, Oft the Missouri Pacific road, head
quarters at Fort Worth. Fully three weeks
ago Mr.. Germ discovered the plot of the
| highwaymen to rob the Missouri Pacific.
His knowledge of the details of the con-
templated affair was so plain and
full that Superintendent Keller sue
ceeded in having all passenger,
mail and express trains under his
management run with strong guard for
protection. On the night of the 23d of May
the robbers attempted to execute their
plans, the determination being to rob the
south-bound train on the Missouri Pacific,
at Mingo station, four miles north OF Den
ton. BY mistake they stopped u freight
train passing few minutes in advance of
the passenger train and seeing their error,
they fled. They then concluded to rob, on
last Monday night, the west bound
Texas Il Pacific train, of the Trans.
continental branch, near Argyle, the track
at that point being used jointly by the Texas
Il Pacific and the Missouri Pacific roads.
| They were again foiled, the train selected
being 80 late that it was found necessary to
abandon their object for the time-being.
The attempt made on Monday morning,
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the robbers, is already known to the public.
The facts recited above We're furnished
yesterday by parties thoroughly posted
and reliable, and it gives the HERALD
pleasure TO accord to Mr., Gerrin the praise
ne deserves in the premises. The parties
who informed the reporter of the foregoing
facts also told him that only one of the four
robbers are now in the land of the living
and at large. One, il will be remembered
named ). L, Shelton, was found dead Mon
day afternoon, not more than eighty feet
| from where he attempted to aid in the rob.
berry. Another, named Joseph Carter, sur.
rendered Monday afternoon and turned
states evidence, A third, there is no, the
slightest doubt, was overtakcn Monday
night in the timber ten miles from Denton
and after n stubborn resistance was killed
and buried by the posse. The fourth is
stllI alNc, Dut ~ not DelleVeu 10 he in
Texas. No one but few officials are
aware of the names OF these two latter, but
they are said to be professional and noted
highwaymen, whose identity, for iudicious
reasons, is withheld from the public. 1t is
also learned that Mr.. Germ has been an
almost constant escort to trains since the
discovery to rob the Missouri Pacific, and
that he was on hoard the mail car when 1t
was attacked. There Is good reason for be-
lieving that the only train robber ever
killed in the overt act OF his crime bit the
dust from receiving the contents OF GERMS
gun. IL is understood that the railroad people
propose to properly demonstrate their an.
probation Of the valuable services Of this
intrepid and tireess officer The robber
Joseph Carter, who surrendered and who is
now In Jail, Is learned to DO the uncle of
Charles Carter, ut one time arrested rs a
member Of the Sam Bass gang, but who,
before he could be tried under that head,
was arrested and convicted Oh
robbing store on Rcd river, In
Cooke county, and sent to the penitcn,
tiary for five years. He escaped few
months ago and is still at large. His rob.
Der relative now In Denton Jail, had also
just completed two years term at Hunts.
Vile. II is evidently not u good season
for train robbers in Texas.