The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-10-30
BRUCE YOUNGER.
A Mysterious Arrest That No
body Seems to Under
stand.

The following In regard to Bruce Young
er, one of the we'll KIN, wn Younger brothers,
is from the Denver Republican. The ac-
count OF his arrest will be read with inter
est, especially when il is known that Bruce
Younger, the original, Is now in Council
Bluff. and is not under arrest. The Re.
publican article says:
Last evening Chicago, dete tive, having
in custody Bruce Younger, cousin OF the
famous bandits, took the q o'clock Jules.
burg train, en- route for San Antonio, Tex.
So much mystery has been connected with
the affair that it has been impossible To OBJ
tain all the facts In the case, but sufficient
is known TO establish the fact that a cousin
of the Younger boys has been arrested and
is DOW ON his way to Texas 10 answer Ia the
charge OF murder, supposed TO have been
committed by the old James and Younger
crowd.
Younger arrived IRON Cheyenne last
Sunday evening, and was Immediately III
generated in the county Jail of Arapahoe
county. He was brought to the Jail heav
ily manaclei and was taken away last
evening loaded down with irons. One re-
port is 10 the effect that Younger was ar
rested In Rawiius, Wyoming territory, and
Cheyenne. OF one question there AZ no
doubt, that he Was arrested IN Wyoming
by a Chicago detective on the requisitiOn
Of the governor OF Texas, but Cheyenne is
probably the place where he was captured
The presence OF Younger in Denver WAS
not known until last evening, when he was
taken to the depot IN charge OF a detective.
There he was recognized by some OF the
4 Ia,
Denver. Frequently duri g the past four
years cousin OF the 1ounsers has been IN
This city, but hes not been seen here since
about year ago LIST fall. The police who
saw the prisoner last evening saw he is the
same Younger who formerly mingled with
The sporting fraternity OF Denver. AT that
time he usually stopped at the Planters
house, and was an infinite companion Of
the dead gambler, Frank Ross. When in
terrogated by reporter, last evening, he
refused 10 talk, bu' seemed alarmed al the
idea of returning TO Texas. 80 quietly ard
Systematically Was his departure efft cted
last evening, that the reporter did not sue
coed in obtaining the name OF the detective
who has Younger i'm charge. Those who
rem mber Younger state that his name Is
Bruce, and as the Younger brothers have
a cousin 10y that name, this is probably the
same person. The prisoner Was possessed
of fine personal appearance. He was
heavily manaclad and closely guarded a;
the depot prior to his departure.
When the detective let Cheyenne last
Sunday with his prisoner, SUI posed 10 be-
Bruce Younger, il wss thought by the
friends of the captnred man that the detec-
tive had hurried on TO Texas with the
prisoner, but at this point the maneuver-
ings of the detectives became apparent.
The prisoners brother Was at the time
hiding in secret in Cheyenne, il is supposed,
and the detective knowing that this brother
would come forth from his hiding on the
superstition that the detective had gone TO
Texas, Younger was brought 20 Denver,
and on the day following his capture re-
turned TO Cheyenne.
Cole, Jim and Bob Younger are now
serving life sentences in the slate peniten-
tiary of Minnesota. John was killed In
Jackson county. Mo, hy Detective Lull OF
the Chicago police force, WHO was killed by
John as he fell dying. Old man Younger
was noted stockman, who was killed 10y
union troops during the war. Bruce
Younger, a cousin of the nUt' d bandits, Is
brave and courageous, possessing all the
family traits i'm that res. ect. Bruce is
supposed to have been connected with the
Northampton bank robbery.
Younger was arrested for the killing OF
man i'm San Antonio, Tex, five years
ago. The murder is supposed to have
BEEN committed bv at leas' part OF the
the old Jesse James and Cole Younger
band, and heavy reward WAS offered for
the arrest of the murderers. Jailer Lam
tert admitted last evening that the detec
tive held the prisoner by virtue OF requi-
siiion from the governor on the governor
of Wyoming. Bruce Younger has
brother named AL, and this is probably the
brother which is also reported to have
been captured.
In conversation yesterday with Nom
pareil reporter NJ. Younger said that he
had written to the governor OF Texas stat
ing that If he wanted him he would 60 at
any time without a requisition. He says,
however, that he is no relative OF the Al
Younger spoken of in the above article.
He also stated that be has an uncle, jeff
Younger, who is at present residing in st.
Clair county, Missouri, where he has
served IS a memae of the legislature Tor
several terms. He says he does not know
who was arrested for him, but he says he
will 90 to Texas whenever sent for.