The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-09

Inspector vi NUTS dG IlOuSCOH Cdu
only charge for inspection of hides OF
animals slaughtered in Harris county
and not for hides brought there of
animals slaughtered in other counties.
Another Chapter in the Life of the
Young Bandit.
1t has been suggested by some that
the story told by Mr.. Talley in regard
to his being robbed near Spicewood
Springs was Fabrication, but yes
terday there were developments that
fully corroborared the gentleman; at
least they show that the robber was
in that vicinity at the very time Mr..
Talley says he was robbed. EX-Gov.
Roberts owns large farm in the
neighborhood of Spicewood Springs.
and on the next day after the We'd
neSday when so many were. stopped
in this city, the highwayman came to
Governor Roberts place and represen-
ted himself us a deputy sheriff in
search of criminals. He and o. M.
Roberts, jr., son of the ex-governor,
held lengthy conversation, lasting,
perhaps, an hour That night Il suit
of clothes were found to be missing
and no clue could be obtained
to them. The clothes had been
mended by darkey woman
living on Gov. Roberts place and in
mending them she sewed a buckle on
the vest straps wrong side up, and in
fixing the bottom of the pant legs she
turned the seam in the wrong way.
These little matters led to the finding
of the clothes. Yesterday young
Roberts came to Austin and brought
with him the negress who mended
them and found the identical pants,
coat and vest upon the highwayman
in his cell in the county jail. The
buckle on the vest turned wrong side
up and the seam at the bottom of the
pants in the peculiar manner left by
the woman were found in the suit
worn by the bandit. Mr.. Roberts also
recognized the prisoner as the person
who represented himself to be d dep
uty sheriff at the time mentioned.
The parties claiming the clothes went
before Justice Tegener and got a writ
of replevin for the clothes
and they were taken from the person
of the highwayman and delivered to
the owner. The robber denied to the
very last that he stole the clothes,
and claims he bought them from some
third party whom he met on the road,
after the manner he came into pos
session of the stolen property and
money. This opens new feature in
the history of the bandit, and shows
that he would not hesitate to become
Z common sneak thief if it were to
his interest to be one. He is not only
a bold and daring highwayman, but
he is horse thief. and worse than
that, he did not scruple to become a |
common sneak thief, and to dismOunt |
from his magnificent charger and
steal suit of clothes when he took a
fancy to them. Every day some new |
trait of villainy is brought to light in
the young mans character, and all in
all, he is the worst criminal ever
graduating in his career at the age OF
nineteen to the county Jail and thence
to the state prison for life, as he will
certainly do. The fact that there |
were two of them in company the |
night OF their memorable raid is now
very certain. A reporter for THE
STATESMAN interviewed Mr., Rumpel |
yesterday evening, and he is very GER |
tain that the man who robbed, or |
rather attempted to rob him. is not |
the young man in Jail. The descrip- |
ton given by Mr.. Rumpel corresponds |
very closely with the appearance OF a |
certain pal of Makinsons( CO, now |
under the watchful eye of the officers,
and also with the description given by |
Mr.. Texill as well as that given by |
Mr.. Talley in regard to the other man |
they saw with the prisoner. Now,
who is Jane Thompson, to whom he |
addressed his telegram, and who are
j. w. Makinson and III. e. Thompson?
He says they are his father and kin
folks of his, but it may be found, pos
sibly, they are part of the |
gang to which he belongs,
and the telegram no doubt
means thousand times more than
its simple words would seem to con-
vey. 1t may possibly be the magic
words to call to the city twenty des-
perate men to forcibly release their
daring comrade f ON the prison
where he if confined, or it may mean
else. AS Capt. JOsselyn
well said to-day, there is no calculat-
ing what such men as this highway
robber has proven himself to be
would not do to effect his escape. 1t
has been done by men not so desper-
ate as he, in the history of other IA
nous highwaymen, and their youth
full imitator may have gone as far as
they in his plans and methods. We
do not say there is cause for alarm in
this regard, but it is wisdom to be pre-
pared for the worse and such an
attack as we have suggested as posi-
BILE should be carefully guarded
against. The officers ought to look
closely after Jane Thompson, like
wise j. w. Nakinson and III. G.
Thompson. If they are all right it
would bel pleasant thing to know it,
and if they are not it would not be a
bad thing to know, either. One man
is in Jail, but remember dozen are at
large as wicked and desperate as he.
Look out for them. In writing this
we do not intend to say that Jane
and the other parties men,
toned in the telegram are not upright
and honest, but simply that nothing
is known about them and the fact of
so desperate a character calling them
to his aid deserves attention under
the circumstances.