The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-02-23
LTR00NPITTSPEPPERED
One Of The AssasSiuS Of Hal GosllnE
Riddled with Bullets.
THE FlsND's LAST REMARK WAS,
"Christ! How They Peppered Us! pm
Full Of Holesp'
YEAGER CHASED AND CAPTURED
Shot IN the Neek-stroHgly Guarded and
People Clamorlng for His Life-The
Fiendish Plot OF the Heart
less Women Exposed.
THE DAYS CRIMINAL RECORD,
Hal Go.ling,. Mnrdsrora IIillad

ono of the prisoners who aided in the
killing OF United States Marshal Hal
Gosling, was captured this morning
near New Braunfols. Pitts was shot,
probably by passenger, as he jumped
from the train, aud died within 100
yards of whore he snd Yeuger jumped
from the train. Yeager got loose from
the dead body aud reached the noun
taius, although shot in the neck. Io-
ring, the deputy marshal who was un.
hurt in the fight on tho T. ain, with a
posse overlook Yeager and the posse
shot Yeager three times, killing him.
Pitts mother died this morning. Miss
Geasor, wounded yesterday, will re-
cover. The chase tter Yeagar lasted
for eight miles. He made desperate
Il ght.
y SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT STATEMENT.
New BRAUNFELS, Feb. A. Especial. /
The three posses in pursuit OF tho
murders of Marshal GOsling, who was
killed, yesterday even ug, ou the Inter
national train, returned this morning.
only one-that led by Capt. Joe
Sheoly, OF the state rangers
was successful. They followed
Geager's trail into the mountains
aud arrested him, alone and unarmod,
hNp lllitH liulAi NAio Niutt ~ Multu nN
and Pitts jumped from the train. When
asked whore Pits was, he replied that
he was dead, and then led the way to
his body. Pitts had received three
wound IN the ailray In the car, aud was
practically Il dead man whom he
struck the ground, Ieager says Pitts
remarked, rs they lesped from the train:
"Christ, how they pepporod usl ! am
full Of holesW He Sank TO the ground
80 yards from tho TRACK, and was
dragged hy bis companion short dis
tance. Wnon inuud, bis hand was much
lacorated whore Aesger. wip was
coupled to him, aud had pulled the
mauHCles oil. in fran tuott5 W rld
himself Of the incubus at-hls dead com-
paniOn,
Mrs. Pitts, the grandlnother Of tho
dead nan, died late last Hlpht, and she
aud her grandson were blirisl here to-
day. Yeager is under guard of 10
officers. The town is tull
of men from adjoining villages.
and tn eats of lvnchlug are freely made
Yeager's sister, aged 49, who was SHOT
in the hip and leg, bled horribly during
the night, but it's now thought she will
recover NeaGer has q flesh wound IN
the neck, inflicted, ho says, by Deputy
United States Marshall Manning. The
rest OF the friends and relatives of the
outlaws are IA Jail at san Antonio.
James B. Leak, sentenced for two
years for forgery, was brought
over today 10 be forwarded, with
other criminals, to tho pUuiten-
tiary. In an interview, he said:
81 was for seveaal DAYS in prison at
Austin with Pitts and Yrager; we occu-
pied the same cell; Puts wife and Yea
unrfz gistnr %. \
PITTS bore two pistols in hor
bosom; tho carelessness of the
Jail officials at Austin is re-
sponsiblo for Gosiing's death; had
tHey once searched the wOmOn. all
would hav0 been dvyrted. Mrs, Pitts
was tho sole hatcherul tho plot tor Cos.
llng's assassination, and begged aud
pleaded with her husband and Ncnger 30
make ono effort for liberty; she told
them sho would rather see them shot
dead in the car than prisoners for lite;
Ptlts' grandmother, who was subsH-
quontly killed in the HfIray, opposed the
scheme from the first; she represented
TO them tho risks attending its exeCu-
ton, and begged them uOs 10 add Hssas-
aiuatiou 10 the list OF their crimes; all
tho witnesses and myself wero In fun
cOgui2tnCo of tho scheme; the
women were TO ~uCrHlo tho pts-
tolls in their clothes, sit by the
prisoners and allow them % take
thpmi ! would hayn pasched, but PITTS
threatened my life; / know tho men
were going to death; PITTS threatened TO
commit suicide before murder, but his
wife ruled him; he said ne did not wish
to murder Gosllng, and cried bitterly
over his pre-Arranged taking of; his
wife was en- ciento and before leaving
tho Jail no wroto letter
10 her and placed u
In his pocket to be tallou from his body,
II killed.; 1t contained directions, aud
admnnitions for raising their unborn
childi PITTS was % years old; ho was
friend OF Jesse James and q cousin of
the Puts who was prominent mem
Der of the gang, aud was killed In Mis-
souri, he was memher OF tho Sam Bass
gang, aud !rioud OF John Wesley Har-
am, now undergoing a 25 years sentence
IN the ponilentiary; his tales Of train
robin e, road agency aud murder 60.
'niIni'e' hearor was Pltia' toni"the
lesser villain Ia every way"