The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-04-28
A ROY BANDIT
Raid ON the Agent and Two Clerks
"u'ehins station aud Makes a Raise a,
.he Point OF the fistol-nis Capture and

'''Aes Raid ON the Agent and r,s, Clerk
"utehins station aud Makes n Rails. a,
"e r"'nt OF the ristol-His Capture and
Incarceration.
onesiH smith and Deputy Lewis broueh,
!" from hutchins yesterday and lodged in
JAZZ Lewis Millen beariless youth of some
sixteen summers, whom they arrested a,
MS nome, two miles west Of that place ON
Tue charge of robbing J. +. Smell, the scent
OF the Texas Central road, at that point
thursday evening. The clock in the freight
once OF the depot marked the time 5. 80. The
soutn' pound passenger train had lust pulled
out aud the agent, W. +. Jones and N ~
heei, clerks, were chattinG, awaiting n a
arrival OF the north-bound passenger Train
uue one hour afterwards, but the rattle oi
'ne outgoing train had not gotten out of
s,gnt before boy walked boldly into the
Siuee, and, leveling "A cooked English bull.
uos gIsloi on the agent, remarked IN a de.
Siueuly dangerous tone of voice Here,
IN you, pace up here and pony I'm yonr
money, or by the eternal mi shoot The ron
OF your cocoanut of" A ba
spoke he stepped few PAGES backward SO
as 10 get the three men in range, and com
nahueu them to hold up their hands. which
they did with alaCrity. The boy bsndit
then ordered the agent to turn his pockets
inside out, rifle the safe and mt ali ths
money into shot bag that Law on ths
counter. The agent glanced down the bar.
rel OF the pistol and readily
complied, putting SIS, every cent he mad.
INTO the bag. The other two men wers
oreii instructed to show up, ana when they
etNuLpi'eu empty pocketbooks, made them
fhRm find L. a
Waterhaul so far as they were concerned
ne backed to the door with his pistol stili
ieVeled on them with the remark. II never
saw so many empty pOcket-books and
30 little money, and lifting his hat with
trace mat would have done credit To a
chesterfield, he stepped out Into the dark
ness OF the night, and before the agent ana
MS companions had time to recover from
lhelr surprise, he was gone. The bold.
ness of the beardless youth com
pIetely unnamed them, taken
as they were by surprise. he wore no
mask ana every movement he made was
50 quick ana full OF determination that the
,foooery was committed before they realized
the true situation of affairs. and thei,
atna1ement at audacity OF the kid and
their fear of the iirearm was supplanted by
Gnagrin when all was over
when the news reached the city Yesterday
morning, Sheriff Smith and Deputy Lewis
repaired to the scene of the robbery. and
the result OF the investigation was the ar.
rest of Lewis Miller. When the officers an.
preached his house he ran, but they pulled
down on him, bringing him to a stand
ana when they took charge
OF nm an, English bulldog pistol was
iound on his person. He was taken to
hutchins and was identified by the par
yes ana was afterwards brought to this
Guy and lodged in Jail las before stated. As
ne was peing carried through the streets by
the oihcers to the Jail, three young country
men galloped up on horseback and spoke
to him. After the jailer had finished
searching him, HERALD reporter had
,alk with the prisoner, He insisted that
ne was innocent of the crime with which he
was charged. and said that he could readily
prove an allbi,as he was at home at the time
the robbery was alleged to have
been committed. He stated that he was
iree to confess that for the past two months
ne had been evading the officers on account
OF a night he had with Pate Bass, who forced
MN to tight, and whom he stabbed twice
with knife. The quarrel was about a
young lady whom Bass objected
w. MS gong to see, He was, and
Is, still engaged to her, and
expects to marry her. Since the stabbinr
ARRAY, he spent the most of his time in Ar,
cher and Clay counties, where he worked
Tor Allen Palmer, herding cattle. When
the lailer opened the door, he stalked into
his cell in logged manner, and when the
steel bolts closed with clash he gazed de-
iiantly at the iaior for some time and then
sat down as though he would ponder over
the affair. 1t is said that the young man
comes of a good family.