The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08
SPECIAL TELEGRAMS
Headquarters OF Burglars Un.
earthed - More Train RObber
News.

Special Telegram.l
DALLAS, June 6.-The headquarters of
nest Of professional burglars was acct
dentally discovered in this city to-day,
and there was a most miraculous escape
from terrible accident. The Dallas
electric company yesterday purchased
the old Campbellite church prop
erty, at the head of Austin
street. including the old and
dilapidated church edIfice, which has
not been used for several years as place
of worship. To-day workmen commenced
tearing down the church to erect electric
light works on the site. Removing the
floor piece of oil cloth three feet square
was discovered wrapped around some OBJ
ject. On opening the cloth three round
PACKAGES DE DYNAMITE,
over foot in length and two inches in
diameter, were revealed. 1t also con-
tanned coil of good quality of fuse,
similar in appearance to telegraph wire
and twenty-four feet long. A copy of the
Dallas Daily Times, of date July IS. 1880,
was also found in the wrapping, as also
printed wash bill from Adams laundry,
but the officers
WITHHOLD THE NAME
OF the person from the public against
whom 1t was made out, as it may prove a
clue to work upon. Two half-pint bottles
OF nitro-glyceri1e were also found. a
full set of
BURGLARS TOOLS,
including pinch bars, jimmies, ETC., were
found in the same building few weeks
ago, by parties who leased it for grain
storehouse. Late this afternoon further
explorations rewarded the explorers with
the finding of heavy oil-cloth, six feet
long and about four feet wide, on which
was printed, IN red, black and bronze
colors,
A FAC-SIMILE OF BANK VAULT DOOR
and front, including combination lock
and opening nobs made of wood screwed
in the Oil-clOth and painted a bright
bronze color. Tha oil cloth contained
small loopholes, as If for use in tying
upon wire frame foot or two in
front of vault doors. as false
front to shield the robbers while
working on vanlt door Proper in
vestigation showed this oil cloth front to
be almost duplicate of the vault front of
Adams 81 Leonard's bank, in this city
which was blown open and robbed in
November, 1880. All the articles were
placed in charge OF City Marshal Arnold,
a IAoF of al ., 4 Al.
city hall to view them, but all acted very
distant with the combustibles. The city
of Dallas and ne.ghboring towns were
burglarized all last winter, and in Dallas
a special patrol OF over four hundred citi-
zens had to be kept up for over thirty
days. To-day's discoveries partially clear
up the burglarIes. proving them to have
been the work OF most
ACCOMPLISHED CRACKsMEN.
Officers claim tonight to have clues
that will ultimately lead to important
captures.
Your correspondent made diligent in
quiry to-day for additional
TRAIN RoBBER NEWS,
other of the robbers was oyertaken last
night by the posse, and killed and buried
about ten miles from the scene of the at
tempt to rob the Missouri Pacific train
yesterday morning. The fourth robber
is still at large, but is not believed to be
in Texas. The one killed last night and
the one who escaped are among the most
noted highwaymen in the United States,
but the officials and the members of the
posse refused to give their names to the
public. The intention to OBJ the Missouri
Pacific was discovered three weeks ago
by Deputy United States Marshal Tom
GERM, and on his advice, and on the
urgent solicitation of Superintendent L.
L. Keller, guards were constantly kept
on the watch on all passenger, mail and
express trains. On May % the robbers
intended to rob the south-bound train at
Argyle, but the train wos so late the at
tempt was abandoned. Mr.. GERM was
in the mail car yesterday morning when
the robbery was attempted. Parties who
are posted assert that he fred the shot
which killed the only train robber ever
disposed of in the direct act OF his law
lessness. 1t is understood that the rail-
road and express companies are going to
properly eward him.
JOSEPH CARTER,
who surrendered yesterday, is an uncle
to Charley Carter, the member of the
Sam Bass gang who was convicted of rob-
bIng store on Red river and sent to the
penitentiary before he could be tried for
his Bass gang robberies. He is now at
large, having escaped from peniteutiary a
few months ago.