The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15
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capture Of the Broolsileid naal. robbers.

Capture of the BroolLfieid Bank Robbers
ST. Louis, June IA PostDispa,ch
| special troa Kansas City says the bank
robbers, four in number, We're surround.
ed In the woods about thirteen miles
/ this morning and finding resistance
useless surrendered. They We're taken
TO KirksEille and from there viii be
| taken TO BrooAfield At p. N. under
guard Two OF the prisoners are re-
eognized as Fox and Morris, the other
| two will not give their, names, File
| friends of the robbers are congreghted
| at Kirksville and say the prisoners shall
not be taken to Brooktieid. a fight is
| looked for.
A special TO the Republican gives the
following particulars of the capture Of
the Brookfeld bank robbers: Marshal
Macarthur of Brookfield, with posse
of men, started after the. robbers with
in an hour after the robbery was
committed, and tracked them last night
10 a log house on the Harper farm, stu
ated about twelve miles from kirksville
The house was fortified to some extent,
and had loop-holes, by knocking the
plastering out from between the logs.
The posse surrounded the house and re-
manned on guard all night and watch
ing il closely, expecting that the men
would make dash for liberty. This
was not done and at 6 o'clock the ~.
bers called out that they would So. se.4-
der if guaranteed 4 safe conduct to Jail
a1fttH a fair trials After consultation
between Sheriff Shove, of Adafr comfy,
Marshal Arthur and others of the posse,
which at this time had been largely in
creased by arrivals from Kirksville and
other places, these terms were, accepted,
and they were ordered to march out with
hands up, not TO be taken by surprise,
the posse kept their places on all sides
of the house, and q strong line was
drawn up before the door. In q few
moments the leader, described as man
with long nose, came out with his
hands only partly raised. This was not
according TO agreement, and hundred
gun locks Immediately clicked, and as
many weapons were brought 10 bear up
on him, and In an instant his hands went
up. The other three followed, and; the
sheriff went forward and took their
arms. Several revolvers and knipes
were obtained, and the prisoners were
then taken to Kirksville. by the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy railway, from
whence they were taken to Brookield
this evening on special train, under q
strong guard Therobbers are ali young
men and had been living in the county
about four months, and had rented the
farm on which they were captured, this
spring. They gave their names as Win
field Allen, Frank Ward and Ben Fox.
Frank Ward, the oldest, is the only dne
that is married and the rest live with
him. They are all under so years of age
and good-looking men. They have been
suspected for some time, and when Che
horses were stolen on Saturday, as pre-
vionsly reported, an officer was put on
their track, who was only few hours
behind them when they robbed The
bank. In searching their house sixty
revOlvers were found and over one hun
dred pounds of cartridges. Masks and
explosives were found. and the house
had every appearance of small armory
One of the robbers told were the money
was hidden, eight miles from Brook field,
and an officer went TO get it, accom-
panied by Frank Wards wife Officers
were also informed where the stolen
horses could be found. Governor Crit
tenden has telegraphed the authorities
at Kansas City to ascertain if any of the
robbers are members of the old James
gang, and this evening the prosecuting
attorney of Wallace county, Marshal
Murphy and Deacon Little left, for
Brookffeld for the purpose of identifying
them if they can. n