The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-07-20

guard were not allowed to enter the palace
there with him. All the ministers except
Arab Pasha presented themselves at the
Ras ell Teen palace At o'clock that a fter-
noon detachment of marines marched
through the town and some plunderers
caught in tagrante delictu were summary
shot.
A DESPERATE.
The Career Of a Notorious Murder
or and Mail.Robber a. Rotated by
Himself.
Philadelphia Press.
With heavy gives clanking in dull,
metallic ring at each movement, Henry
w. Burton, confessed murderer and
mail-robber, sat YEARLY on the bench in
cell at the Central station, where he
was brought from prison in Detroit
one evening by United States Marshal
Matthews, of Michigan. He raised the
short chain on his ankles from time 10
time with nervous hand to let the iron
links drop back to the asphalt floor With
a noisy little clatter. He had removed
his shoes and the letters clasped tightly
the thick WOODEN socks which covered
the chained ankles. The prisoner is
sentenced to imprisonment for life. His
criminal operations we're confined to
Texas and Colorado. He had been sen
fenced for life once before, and prior to
that time he had been convicted Of var
ious robberies, but the prisons Of the
west were never strong enough to holl
him. Sometimes he escaped
and sometimes he was par
doned, as was the case during bis
former life sentence, but in one way or
another he was sure to be a free man.
Burton's life has been peculiarly roman
tic; he never smoked cigar or pipe lr
used tobacco in any form, nor has le
ever taken glass Of intoxicating liquor.
He never swears, and lie said last eveI-
ing that the sound ofan oath cut him Like
knife. ~ have done much wrong, blt
the only remorse | feel is that l prove
ungrateful to kind frinds:" -!
Burton is unmarried is in the 29tl
year of his age. He was born in Texas.
''My father was a ranchman," said he,
''his name was White and my right name
is Samuel White. l will explain afte.-
wards why am known by another name
When was - years of age my father
was shot by James Rown in q quarrel. l
vowed then that would be revenged,
for my three sisters and were left des-
titute by my fathers murder. l grew
up among the rangers, and I had MANI
| Of age. It was when | reached that ag,
that met Rown for the first time. Il
was in camp in Rockdale County, Tex
as. was told who he was. Stepping in
front Of him I exclaimed, You ara
my fathers murderer, and be-
fore he had time to draw j
| pistol, shot him through the heart. A:
| fired the weapon, Browns eyes dilated
with fear; he fell over backwards dead
[ was arrested afterwards for the Of
| fence, and served short time of impris
| onment. After my discharge began
my career as mail-robber, or a train
agent. worked without any assistance
whatever; always alone.
There is nothing in the convicts coun
tenance to suggest vindictive nature.
Not even when abiding to the slayer Of
his father, whom he found and killed
after an eight years hunt, did he betray
any malevolence in his voice or man
nor. When he related the tale Of the
| stage-coach load of passengers whom he
| frightened into surrender by means o.
dummy confederates pointed behind al
ambuscade he laughed as he added
"They didn't knowl was alone. l blind
folded each one as he or she came out
1 always tried to keep everybody in {
good humor and let them feel their loss
es as easy as possible"
The group outside of the bars Joined
in the merriment provoked by the ludi
crous idea of keeping people good
hunored while they were being plum
dered. Passing on to other adventures
Burton said, in answer to the Chief
question weather he had ever seen thu
James boys: eyes, saw Jessie once
and it was funny meeting. It was sew
eral years ago. was quite a young fel
low then, and had been doing some
work on the road in Texas. I stopped
at ranch near Waco. I noticed well
built man, who seemed to eye me close
]y. made up my mind that he was al
officer and was after me, and would no
let him get ahead of me. In the morn
ing when wont out to the barn to ge
my horse this man was there too, afte!
his. He kept his eyes on me, and
and 1 reached for my own, but he 60
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kind of laughing like as he covered nj
with his weapon, but I kept my hane
on my pistol. I said to him: You've
got it on me, but Pm going to fight fol
it. Well, we both saw that it would bt
a fight, SO we parleyed, and then h
asked me who I was. and I asked hin
the same thing; but I was afraid of him
still thinking he was an officer. Then b,
| said that Jack Younger had told him
about me and that he was Jesse James
He was getting together a lot of fellow.
(this before the raid on the train at For
Werth) and he wanted me to join hin
badly, but | wouldn't go. I afterwarc
found out who he was.
IL became an expert shot with the
pistol riding around. I generally free
off a hundred cartridges day, but no
at people, you understand. When
was on horseback and saw bird on the
wing or an animal going by I just blazel
away at it, and in that way got plenty O
practice and became good shot"