Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-02-24
EASTERN NEWS.
A Hani-b-hand Fight Between Ul-
GERS and Prisoners.
rwo oFfIeras AND Twa pEsPEsAO0ts
SHOT DEAD.
Interview WITH Captain Mack, tie
Dynamite Inventor.
A MEETING OF DyEAxI-Ess AND
SOCIALISTS At CHICAGO.
All the Charges Against FRANK
Dismissed.
f.,xcr.r 10 TIE sKSxUxL-l
p~~~ernte Fight.

A Desperate Fight.
GALVESTON, Feb. 2S.-AsrshA Goslns'
accompanied by swO Of his deputies !. T.
Manning and ]. L. Loving were conveying
two United States prisoners from Ausnn
10 San Antonio for safe keeping. Tie
n-r,soners we're James Pitts and Charles
Yesser. who have won nosoristy IN Lam
pssas and Burnett counties as highvsymen
and Possofics robbers. The officers AND
prisoners occupied seats in the smoking
ear. On the opposite sides of the coAch
the prisoners were securely hAndcu1ed
together. They we're escorted BY Mrs. T.
A. Drown, grandmother Of Pitts, .
Miss Rosa Yesger, sister Of one Of the
prisoners. The women occupied seats IN
mediasely in front Of the prisoners, who
in turn, were escorted by four men
occupying seats removed from them.
The smoking car was we'll filled with pas
sengers. The train pulled out Of SonmA-
riss, and the two men left the smoking car
carving with fhem . leather yslise INTO 8
second-class coach adjoining. After . short
absence they returned 10 the smoker md
occupied the same seats Immediately In
front of the prisoners. This msneuver 81
trsc,ed the attention Of Marshal Gosling
and deputies. who eyed the prisoners
closely until they became satisfied al was
we'll. The prisoners and women wers quite
sfecionate in their demonstrations. bat
no more so than they had been before
the mAneuyer mentioned. The first insi-
nation that anything wrong was going on
was 8 sharp report Of . pistol. This Was
followed by q rapid discharge Of shots,
which filed the coach With . dense smoke.
in the midst Of which the prisoners were
noticed to be moving toward the opposite
side 10 the seats occupied by Costing .
his deputies. The first shot evidently
missed the Marshal. He Was in the act Of
drawing q pistol, and, while rising, 8 sec
ond shot rent the air, and, simultaneously
with the crack of his gun. the Marshal fell
forward with his head into the aisle and
his weapon drawn. pinioning Deputy Man
ming for Q time TO his seat. Before the
deputy could free himself from the body OF
his chief. he received 3 ball in the neck and
in the shoulder. Clearing the seats, Man
ming took 3 position in front Of the door TO
prevent the escape Of the prisoners. After
he had fred every shot in his pistol he de-
liberately drew spencil and began to re-
move the shells from his six-shootsr,
while the prisoners we're firing AVA at
him. Deputy Loving backed TO the rear
door Of the car. firing whenever . glimpse
of the prisoners wss to be had through
the smoke. The prisoners rushed on TO
the rear platform forcing Loving TO the
platform OF the sleeper, where Loving fired
his last shot, a. the d~esperadoes jumped
from the train. The train was In full mo-
ton IS they struck the ground. Col. May
field Of Helena. Carnes county. fired ct the
prisoners IS did Conductor George A. Fox-
Ter, who was attracted By the smoke and
firing. The prisoners made OF in . north
erly direction. Pitts is presumed to be
wounded ~ Yssger was almost dragging
him when be was last seen. The trxin was
stopped. All vas confusion in the coach.
1t was filed with stencil, blood and pow
der-fumes- Marshal Gosling was dead,
lying on his face on the seat occupied By
him before the firing Of the fatal bali,
ball took effect in the rear Of his head.
burying itself in the brain Just back of the
forehead. Mrs. E. 4. Drown was lying
near almost dead, shot in the stomach.
She was in great agony. Miss Yeager was
found unconscious in the seat recently oc-
cupied BY the prisoners, shos through the
leg below the knee. Manning was DOW
dsr-burns in the face and shot in the neck
and shoulder. Two shots went through
the hrstclAss coach. y Of which grszed
the head OF q lady, who was thrown into a
svoon. The rear OF the smoker was rid
died with bullets. The train ssouued with
In 400 yards Of Lane, through which the
prisoners nsd- The Deputy MarshAls re-
loaded their pistols. Loving vas called to
the assistance Of Conductor Fowler, who
had the four men mentioned above under
arrest. Manning started in pursuit Of the
despersdoes. HIS strength. however.
failed him from the loss Of blood. Hsvss
taken aboard the train .. New BrAunfsls.
where the wounded women and four mis-
oners we're lodged in Jail. The remains Of
Marshal Gosling. accompanied by Nan
hing, we're taken 10 San Antonio. Nam
ning's wounds are serions, but not
necessarily fatal. A posse left Ana
nn and San Antonio for the scene "a
aid IN the capture Of the despersdoes
whils Deputy Loving organized 4 party 4,
New Brauniels last night, and instantly
started IN porsait. They found the dead
body OF Pitts Q short distance from ~
sesne of the tragedy, and came upon
feAssr eight miles distant. who gave AM
and who vas pierced with three balls ar
oy the posse. He was taken 10 Nsv
Brsunfels. where he died. The four msr
under arrest ars confederases Of the aas5
cespersdoes. Mrs. Drown, mothsr-in.isv
OF Pitts, died az A. NJ. in the jail At Nsv
Brannfels. Pitts il wounded in four Az
ferent places. three Of which are mortal
They, al the request of Mrs. Drown. vsr,
buried side by side to-dsy. "
Rosa isAger, together with the wifa =
Pitts and the wife Of her brother. were in
generated in the second story OF the isil
while the male eonfsderstes are II m.
lover jail a. New Brsuntels, where ths,
VII Be hsld until the talk Of lynching suh
sades. Manning. Who made 9 gallant iehs
= lying IN . precautions condition. a..
ing VIII Be buried tomorrow Al San An
ionic with nlitArg and civic donors.
A Chicago Dynamiter ra,xs
CHICAGO, Feb. as.-capt. Mack. an in
vensor says in IN interview, that Cunn;ns