Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-18

,-..a For a Crime He Committed
'' yourteen Years Ago.
.,or Of the History Of the Gala
70" tin Bank ROBBERY.

n.een,ber I, 1869, the bank ut
1oGs,i M in Davies county, in this
slls'' ,sas robbed, and the cashier,
pc sheets. murdered. IL was cur
lPl c.aated and positively denied at
nIiy - That the James brothers com
Y l'ip she deed. 1t is for this offence
tilrr INK James Is now to be put on
z, 3 Gallatin. He was transferred
~ u tackson county to Daviess
pm ~ ON Saturday last. The Kansas
VIZ " .Tyn, 8 recites some OF the facts
" escape of the perpetrators of the
wy far which Frank James stands
' 'nnn,sd and hints at some of the evil
NY ,reIjed on by the state
M ,r,.an the assassins reached the
Tho larger of them mounted,
M M the other became entangled in
Y trans and trappings of n high
.,,.d and thoroughbred mare he rode
Y wbich during. the excitement
y ber escape. Thus situated, both
w. inted one horse and hurried off in a
direction. When about
aa,,ares from the scene of the TRACE
|O ,lev met the Rev. Mr.. Wilmot,
thinking the horse was beyond
/. control Of its riders, essayed the
|, ofa samaritan and endeavored to
= lie advance. His apprehensions
4 snecdily dissipated, however, by
(.mounted men presenting their re-
[lyrrs and commanding him to stand
Eas as they flew Ola in the direction
|the brush. n
/, crowd soon collected. Pursuit
n commenced at once but without
Ealts The robbers. when two miles
Eoftown. met an old citizen, Daniel
Eoot BIZ name, who was on horse.
I'd proceeding to the village. He
4 con,pelled To dismount, when one
rho fugitives took his place, and
sir race was against time and popu-
vengeance. As darkness descended
'on the landscape the blood-stained
rnndrels reached the residence of
Itler Mt which the Rev. John Helm,
'itinerant circuit-rider of the Wes-
ran faith, as also n book-canvasser,
a nut up until morning.
The new corners had lost their way,
n in the midst of the desperation
I'm of such ignorance, they COM
lied Helm to guide them across the
annibal and st. Joe track, around
idder station and then dismissed
m with warning of the conse-
ences if he informed of the course
ey had taken. "They were the
mes boysu they said, "and came of
amily that kill" Once upon the
pte Helm became dazed and lost
: track. He found it again, how
er, his apprehensions in that behalf
came auickened by threats of instant
ath, emphasized at the point OF a
'rringer pistol.
The commencement of their identity
M Frank and Jesse James, coupled
M the fact that the mare which es-
bed at the time of their flight con-
kned the impression as to the per-
bnel of the murderers. 1T is stated
h the mare belonged to one OF the
ing lady sisters of the James boys,
ho claimed subsequently that she mad
Ia her to man in Kansas. From
Ia time the hunt for the guilty par
Is was undertaken, prosecuted, and
4. belief entertained that the mystery
the guilty parties would be solved
\ the arrest of the James boys
heir iatenas since become part of the
Hstory of the state-one sleeps beneath
De sod whereon he played in infancy
he other awaits his trial in the tolls o.
law, "As summer flies III sht
hambles-o
What evidence will be offered In
Import of the indictment for the muir
er of Capt Sheets was not accessible
inquiry. The prosecuting attorney
bclined to state upon what the con
fction would be sought. 1t is sale
bat he has Il witness who Will sweal
bat he sold the mare that was said Il
lave been ridden into Gallatin b.
frank James on the day of the muir
Ter and escaped, to Frank James on
(eek before the tragedy. But sucl
violence is considered rs entirely to-
|iaphanous tor judicial or individual
bnsideration. 1t will demonstrate
by those with whom your correspond
bit conyersed, either the honesty @
lanes or the asininity of the withess
|n any ease it would have no weigh
Eith jury. Mcdowell an
Helm are without the Ju
Iisdiction of the court, Smoot is dead
|nd City Marshal Cox says he came
identify Frank James as one OF IN
hen whom he saw endeavoring
Ecape in the gloom of that Decem6e
hfternoon. The indictment is regarde
|sa feint, the ultimate object being
(ecure his conviction in the Winsto
fcbbery case, where, it is limited, co
loration assistance will endeavor
1lomote that end. In the latter cas-
Phe strongest evidence heard mentione
@ould be that of a blacksmith name
Potts, who has II shop two miles norti
PAST of Winston. He visited the pr
pner this afternoon and thinks he !
Femblcs q man who procured his nor
70 be shod two days before the cor
(nission of the crime. Thomas Brosl,
End one Mr.. Gee, who We're on tl
|'he train at the time. fail to iden'ii
|and one of the jurors, Mr.. Lamkin,
reported to have said that the eviden
l. Il