Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-08
TEXAS DAN"
Capture of the Noted Desperate in the
City of Chicago.
A Neat Piece OF Detective Work skill.
fully Executed.

Special TO the Gazette.
Chicago, February 7.-Daniel Wal
lace, alias "Texas Dan" the celebrated
outlaw, was neatly captured in this
city this afternoon by Sheriff Walker
of Kendall county and Detective
Hartman. The story of Dams capture
is replete with sensation. In company
with siren he was gaping in the
show windows on the corner of State
and Madison streets, when the officer
spied him. Hartman pushing his way
through the crowded street, cautiously
approached Dams right side, and with
lightning rapidity grabbed his wrist,
levelinga cooked revolver in his face,
and ordering Dan to throw up" his
hands. Dan was dumbfounded
at the suddenness of his arrest, and
submitted to being ironed, and in the
midst ofa great crowd was taken
TO the station. On his person were
found one revolver, forty-two calibre,
hip pocket size, and an eighteen-inch,
forty-eight calibre gun, fastened under
the breast of his coat. Only $45 was
found in his pockets. His female
companion, proverbially false, de-
serted him, slipped through the crowd
and was soon hidden from sight. AZ
ter his arrest, Dan became laxative,
and confessed to your correspon-
dent that he shot Dr.. Bowen
on the 24th of last November.
Dams version of the shooting
is as follows: An old feud existed be-
tween Bowen and him. On the day
in question, Dan was crossing the
plains on horseback trading horses.
He saw Bowen coming and prepared
for him. AS the doctor approached, he
said: Dan, l have the drop on you
this time" Dan replied: Guess
not, and let fly at Bowen. The lat
ter fell from his horse. Dan says he
did not dismount and rob Bowen, but
rode straight ahead leaving Bowen
for dead. He supposes some of the
boys came along, found Bowen and
robbed him. Dan made for
the Indian Territory, and brought up
Mt Caldwell Kansas, where he sold
his horse for $3.50. At Christmas time
Dan reached Kansas City. AT Wyan-
dotte he fell in with a sporting woman,
who was being kept by Spectacle
Mike" an old acquaintance of Dams.
Mike and Dan quarreled about the
possession of The woman. The fe.
male preferred Mike. To revenge
himself for being terribly whipped by
Ian, he wrote to Sheriff Walker tell
ing Dams whereabouts, Shortly after,
this woman experienced n
change of sentiment, deserving
spectacle Mike" and accompanied
Dan to Chicago. About two weeks
ago, Mike, enraged at this, assisted of
ficers in placing Dan in this city. A
decoy letter from the detective brought
the woman and Dan to the jewelry ore
where the arrest was made. Dan says
he expects to be lynched when he
reaches Texas, but If he can get word
to the boys he will be released by
them. He is cool devil, full of bull
let holes, and does not whimper. He
says he knew Jesse James and the
Ford boys quite well. Before leaving
with the prisoner Sheriff Walker paid
Detective Hartman $1,000, being the
reward for his capture.
BY Associated Press,
Chicago, February 7.-Daniel Wal
lace, alias "Texas Dan," suspected of
robbery and the attempted murder of
Leander w. Brown, near Dallas,
Texas, last November, was arrested
here to-day and will be returned to
Texas,