The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-23
CAUGHT At LAST.
THE DALLAS MONSTER TAKEN,
Detectives Hound Him Down-W Wounded
az Dallas sud Harnessed at the Fort
brought Back to Dallas
His Identity Sure.

FORT WORTH, July %. Special. j--
This evenings train, cast-bound, over
the Texas IL Pacific, carried to Dallas
Officers y. II. Winston and q. +. Corn
wall, who had in charge mulatto, Dick
shepherd, alias Rube, and Louis Stokes,
negro. Shepherd is declared 10 be the
mulntt0 who assaulted Mrs. Flippeu
and the other ladies in Dallas. Stokes.
his partner and contidant, is supposed
TO DC the burglar who entered h us in
l,allas. The circumstances are these:
shepherd, who has been in the city two
weeks, formerly worked at Craddock' S
as porter. Soon after the crimes in Dali
las the COPYRIGHT d tective agency
put four men at work on the case, be-
sides buying the services of negro
blAck-lcg. \ week ago il WAS known
that strange negro was in the city at a
negro cabin, and that he WAS wounded
in the right leg between the knee and
ankle. COurtr!Sht and capt. Price at
once took direct charge of the case, and
never for minute since tIdL time has
Shepperd been free from surveillance.
Or. Slunt9r was called in to dress the
wounds Of shepherd, being summoned
by Stokes. The negro detective got
SHEPHERDS story of his wound us fol-
Lows: lie said he was sitting on the
platform in Dallas at the depot, when
mis- pistol, 4l-calibre, accidently eX-
pludcd inilicting the wound in his leg.
Now it happened that the bullet extract
ed was b calibre, so it was found Shep-
perd had l1id lie number one. The de-
tcctiNcs waited to see il the Cutrages
continued In Dallas for their theory was
TINT Altng.t,,uI "a -.
and If they were correct 0llivagcs would
stop, and SO they did from the very time
that Shepherd was shot by Cornwell and
come here. Stokes was interviewed in
regard TO Shepherds wound and he said
Dick had told him he was accidentally
shot in DenisOn, which was lie number
two. In the meantime Dallas authorities
had been given word Of the presence in
this city OF the suspected darkey, and
telephoning to jim Maddox and other
of the officers and detectives, he in
formed them that negro answering the
description of the Flippen negro was
here, when Cornwall and Winston came
over. This morning COPYRIGHT and
Maddox got Shepherd and Stokes and
brought them to the rooms of the
agency, where Winston and Cornwall
were in waiting, when the two prisoners
were closely questioned. The con
clusion reached by the officers is that
they certainly have the right men, and
the negro detective says he knows il
positively. Should it prove to be the
right men Courtright's agency will
get the $1,000 reward offered
Winston and Cornwall disclaim-
ing any right to any part Of
it. The citizens of Fort Worth rejoice
that the scoundrel has been caught, and
hope he will receive his just deserts
When taken up town to-day SHEPHERD
trembled like Il leaf, and when brought
into the presence of the Dallas officers
asked if she was the man they were al;
ter to which they replied, "we guess
So" Stokes is to be worked on TO tel
all he knows about Shepperd, which h,
will probably do.
\ fire at half past two thii morning
burned small auction store on llous
ton and Twelfth streets; loss about$l $50
covered by Insurance.. Origin of fire ,
mystery.