The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-26

think possible. A thoughtful study
of the needs of his farm will in a
term of years very materially affect
the profit and loss account of any
farmer.
BOLD HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
Jesse James at the Gates OF the Cap
ital-Full Particulars, Etc.
One of the boldest highway rob-
berries ever committed in the state OF
Texas occurred between l9 and |
o'clock Sunday morning, and just
west of Pressler's garden. Mr.. l..
Henkles, who is proprietor of the bar
Der shop under the Avenue hotel, and
one of his BARRIERS by the name OF c.
Ballnan were passing along Pecan
street, going to the country to spend
Sunday. AS they passed the garden
they met a young man riding horse,
having the appearance OF genuine
cowboy. When they reached the lane
a short distance beyond Pressler's
they were confronted by this man,
who had retraced his steps and came
upon their unaWares, The first salute
the gentlemen received from the
highwayman was command to
throw up their arms, and when Mr..
Henkles turned to look at the person
who gave the invitation he found
himself covered by a murderous look
ing revolver. Neither of the gentle
men were armed, and, of course, were
completely at the mercy Of the knight
of the road. The next command was
to pass over their wealth, which they
did under the highly persuasive
argument of the robbers gun,
and Mr.. Henkles deposited in the
hands of the foot pad SIG, all he had
with him, except one half-dollar
which he managed to secrete. Mr..
Ballman then contributed IS to en-
hance the excheauer of the robber, all
he had with him. The robbep then
caught sight of gold mounted hair
watch chain hanging from Mr.. Henk-
les vest, and politely asked the gen
tleman to allow him to inspect it-and
the valuable watch attached to it also.
Mr.. Henkles did not like to part with
the watch, in fact would not have
given it to an ordinary man for love
or money, but the gentleman on the
horse was SO fascinating in his de-
mand that ont came the watch and it
was passed over. Mr.. Henkles told
the hfghwayman that the chain was
made out of hair of his daughter and
he priced it very much for that reaS-
on. as your daughter daad ?" he in
quired. Mr.. Henkles told him she
was not, "Oh, then L cannot accede
to your demand; ! am very liberal
gentleman, but if your daughter is
still living it is asking altogether too
much OF me-" and he put the watch
and hair chain into his pocket
with one hand, while he commanded
the situation with his pistol in the
other. His eye then caught sight of
a gold ring upon Mr.. Henhles' finger,
and he suggested it would be q desi-
rable thing to pass that over, too.
This was Mr.. Henkles' wedding ring,
and he firmly told the gentleman on
the horse it was present from his
wife at their wedding ana he would
not surrender it. Zone question"
said the robber; "is there any name
upon it ?" He told him his
wife's name was there, at which the
robber said he would let him keep it,
Slhe did not deal in engraved rings.
Next, MS eye caught sight of soci-
ETY. pin, nd'fnding that was engrave d,
too, left it with its owner. He then
requested both gentlemen to turn
all their pockets wrong side out, and
when that was done, gave them Or
ders to march up the lane. At this
point Mr.. Henkles suggested that it
was too bad to send them off without
of
each. SWELL" said the robber, "to
show you 1 am no hog OF a
man, 1 will give you each
$1OO' So saying he handed them a
dollar bill apiece and ordered them to
go up the lane and not return II they
valued their lives, They marched;
but after going a short distance
turned back to follow the thief, hop
ing to get on to his trail and have
him arrested, but the willy scamp was
waiting for them and they were again
under cover of his revolver. "That is
a nice way to treat me after the
kindly manner in which treated you;
now give me back that dollar" said
robber so suddenly that it almost took
their breath; and they had to return
the two dollars to the highwayman.
Then he marched them up the lane
again and left them. Mr.. Henkles and
Mr.. Bullman came back again in a
short time and found by the horses
tracks that the pad" had ridden back
to the city.
One of the bills-a ten dollar bill
was pasted together with a strip of
paper where it had been torn in two.
The thief took a pocket knife with a
singular handle, solid all round, that |
can be easily identified. The horse he
rode was a dark brown and the rob-
Der was dressed in the true cow
boy style. He had a rubber coat fas- |
tened to his saddle. His age was be-
tween twenty-three and twenty-five |
years, and both men noticed he had a
smooth face. Both the gentlemen
are certain they would know him or
the horse he rode if they were to see
either again. The affair occurred |
outside the territory of the police, |
and no blame can possibly be attached |
to them. The governor should offer
a reward Immediately, and no ex-
pense should be spared to bring the |
daring offender to justice. 1t is in
deed strange if such thing as we
detailed can occur at the very gates |
of our capital, and the offender es-
cape. There is but one thing to be
done, and that is for the governor to |
see to it that the law is properly vim
dictated if it takes every dollar in the
treasury. The sheriff and his depu-
ties and the police force will do all |
that lies in their power to capture |
the desperate, but that is not enough |
in case like this-every sheriff in
the United States should be put to |
work, and the punishment of the |
be made as certain as
the certainty of death. This can only |
be done by the governor, and he will,
no doubt. do it.
Col. Fl. Waters, United States dis
trict attorney, Kansas City, said: "Sa-
maritan Nervine cured my niece of |
spasms" Druggists in all states keep
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