The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-09-29
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The Arrest OF Man Charged With. a
Series of Grimes.

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On a requisition from Texas an i'm
portant arrest was made Thursday by
j. Nj. Finkbone, representing the Tur-
tie detective agency, at Chicago, assist
ed by Sheriff Miller, of Carbon county,
and a Cheyenne officer. The arrest was
made on Sand creek, about ~sixty-five
miles north of Rawlins. The individ-
ual arrestedsis Clate Young, who is
wanted in Texas for the alleged muir
der Of one O'Donnell, in McMullin
county, in November 1873. The Off
GERS arrived at the house at daybreak
and managed to take the household,
which consisted of Young, Mrs. Castle
and her two sons, by surprise. Their
reception and the arrest was thas de-
scribed to a LEADER representative:
A knock at the door was given, which
was met by a hearty ''come in" They
found Young in the act Of pulling on
his h~abiliments, and as soon as the
party entered the usual sa~lutations
passed. Sheriff Miller put Young off
his guard by asking him questions ir-
relevant to the object OF his visit.
Young offered the party something to
drink, and made a show as if going for
the ''little brown Jug" But he was
dealing with old parties, and was i'm
mediately seized, he at the same time
making some show of resistance.
Mrs. Castle, with whom he has been
living for some time in adultery, be-
came terribly excited, and for a
double-barrelled gun, which she en-
deavored to hand to Yonng; but it was
too late, for by this time Young was
securely hand-cuffed. The sons
also made some show of re-
~sistence; but they too were soon
put beyond any demonstrative acts cal
culated to annoy the officers. The ar
rested parties were brought to Raw
Inns where the sons were lodged in Jail.
A special train vas there awaiting Mr..
Finkbone's order, which arrived in
this city yesterday morning at about
$50 O'Clock, having aboard the prison
or, who was placed behind the bars OF
our county jail. He vas brought here
to be allowed to arrange some of his
affairs and get some n to represent
his interests, whatever they may be,
previous to his transportation TO
Texas.
He is terribly detected owe his arrest
and at times cries like a child, for his
record as a desperate is voluminous.
He was born in southwestern Texas
and has lived half civilized or barbaric
life until a grown man, and stands in
dicted in that state for murder, high
way robbery, cattle stealing, stage
robbery and theft in addition to the
murder for which the present arrest
was made. In his late neighborhood
he has always been regarded as a
desperate and, generally, those who
knew him best were afraid of him. He
has annoyed everybody with whom he
has udu any bninB W w. hou iutoA-
icated he knew no bounds to his des-
perate acts of intimidation. He threw
a circus into a panic a few years ago
whilst intoxicated, by rushing into the
ring and ~threateningly fourishing a
revolver. 1t took very little provoca-
ton for him to strike a man " the
head with the butt end Of a revolver,
and he would not scruple to drive any
one from the cattle range. He was
known to be law-defying, and would
frequently threaten the officers. 1t is
believed he was instrumental in having
Chico murdered, the facts of which the
people Of the territory are familiar
with. 1t is not the desire of the
LEADER to prejudice the public against
a man held by the law on the charge of
murder, but such are the statements of
those who know Young best. He will
doubtless get a fair trial, and his acts,
whatever they may be, will be sifted to
the bottom.