Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-04-13
FATE of the Gang.

Sometimes il has seemed as IL thers
was no retribution for these men, who
shook their bloody hands in defiance O.
justice while they shouted over thei,
work, A recapifulatioN of the manner il
which they have, by one, met a terri
bic fate, viii go very far toward estab-
fishing the correctness Of the idea, tina;
every now and then, time takes hold O.
these matters himself, and, in his owl
way, gets even.
Dick Little, who was u of the saddle
gang. tired out, killed Hite, his most init
mate companion, and then turned oyel
the Whereabouts Of Clarence Hite, a broth.
er, TO the authorities. This Hife wa:
sentenced, a few days ago, to q term of 2;
years Il the Missouri pe~nitentiary- Little
has come off lucky by resorting to the
process known as 'sQuealing."
John Younger was shot to death b,
Capt. Lun.
Bud Mcdaniel, who was shot at the
Winston robbery, was handed over to the
Kansas authorities, and escaped from jail
He was secreted in & swamp by al old ne.
gro, who gave him away, and was shot
down like q mad dog. He fought until he
fell. HIS brother, Tom Mcdaniel, was
tracked by two Kentucky farmers and
killed for a part he ooh in a bank rob-
berry
Jim Berry was killed near this CITY, by
Sheriff Glascock.
A squad Of soldiers and q deputy {. S.
marshal overlook Joe Collins and Bill
HeHren near Buffalo. Hans. A fight en-
sued and the We outlaws were left dead
OIL the grass.
ARKANSAS Johnson was snapped up by q
bullet. fired by ! citizen Of Denton, Tex
sam Bass had a shot that cut of his ex-
istence in Round Rock, Texas.
Henry Collins was overtaken in Sher-
man, Texas, and killed on the street By
the sheriff.
On the northern boundary line Of the
United States, Rily Collins came face 70
face with Deputy Marshal Anderson. The
TWO fred and fell simultaneously.
In the raid into Minnesota, where the
Youngers were captured, and where Frank
James received q wound from which he
has never recovered, Bill Chsdwell, Char
ley Pitts and Gel Miller were killed.
Ed Miller, a. stated, was left for the
coffin by Jesse James, and now the leade,
Of the most fearless banditti Of modern
times i plucked by d of his own COM
pany, 10 whom he administered the ban
dts oath: 10 whom he presented the
weapon that did the work; to whom ht
~protfered the hospilalities Of his home
and dies in the arms Of his wife.
There are II the p~e1itentiary Pipes ant
Herndon, for Dinety-nine years in Albany
for robbins the mails in Texas; Jacl
keene, serving out q fourteen years sen.
1ence for bank robbery in West Virginia
Clarence Hite, twenty-five wears in Mis-.
sour 10y Z train robbery, and Tuckel
Ba>Aam and Billy RYAN, twenty-five year,
each. f1r the an uaen~e.
FouI ar or trial il Independence, Mo.
for train robherie>, and two are awaitin.
Trial IL Tx same place. Arthur Mccoy i
/ the only one If this band who died q nat,
ural death thus far,
Frank james, il i believed, Is not il
Kentucky, but il the panhandle section
q Texas, where he and Jesse invested Il
4 ranch some years ago.
One Of the most vivid pictures whicl
some w-aer WI nave 70 pO.uay, NJ {
these days, i The ride Of Frank Jane
from the borders Of Minnesota To Ken
lucky. tied - spirited horses, Of whic
there were relays, lis life blood stainin
The grasses q the prairies and the leave
q Tie woods, a. he dashed for life to HI
old haunt>. From the effects Of thi
wound and ride le has never recovered.
The bank and train rohberies commit
-r5 fy Iris rapr az sc <n1law.-