Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-25
THE MURDERED MARSHAL.
One Outlaw Caught and AnOlher
Dead Convict's Story.

Dead Convicts story.
NEW BRAUNFELs, Ten, Feb. 22.-The
three posses in pursuit of the murderers
of Marshal Gosling, who was killed last
evening on the international train, re-
turned this morning. Only one, that led
by Capt. Joe Shelly, of the State Rangers,
was successful. They followed 1eager's
trail into the mountains and arrested MIN,
alone and unarmed, tive miles from the
place he and Pitts jumped from the train.
When asked where Pitts WAS he replied
that he was dead, and led the way to his
body. Pitts had received three wounds
in the affray in the car, and was prac-
tically a dead man when he struck the
ground. Yeager says he remarked as
they leaped from the train: chow they
peppered US: | am full of holes" he
sank to the ground 80 yards from the track
and was dragged by his companion
short distance. His hand was much lac
Grated where Yeager, who was coupled
with him. had pulled the manacles on In
frantic efforts TO rid himself 0t the incubus
of his dead c0mvani0n. Mrs. PITTS, the
grandmother of the dead man, died late
| last night. She and her grandson were
| buried here to-day. Neager IS under
guard or Is officers. Tue town is full OF
men from adjoining villages, and threats
| of lyncEing are freely made. 1eager's
sister, Is years old, who was shot In the
hip and leg, bled very much curing the
night, but, it is now thought, will recover.
Yeager has flesh wound IN the meek;
| inflicted, he saws, by Deputy United
States Marshal Manning. The rest of the
friends and relatives of the outlaws are
here in Jail.
SAN ANTONIO, TEX, Feb. 22.-James
b. Leak, sentenced for two years for torS-
cry, was brought over to-day to be sent
with other criminals to the penitentlary.
In an interview he said;
Il was for several days in prison at
Austin with Pitts and Yeager. We oc-
cupied the same cell. PlttS's wife and
Yeager's sister came often to see us. Mrs.
| Pitts bore two pistols in her bosom. The
| careIessness of the jail officials at Austin
| is responsible for GOsGng's death. Had
| they once searched the women, all would
| have been ayerted. Mrs. Pitts was the
| sole hatcher of the plot for G0sllnG's
| assassination, and begged and plead with
her husband and 1eager to make one
effort for liberty. She told them she
would rather see them shot dead in the
car than prisoners for life. Pitts's grand
| mother, who was subsequently in the
ARRAY, opposed the scheme from the Iirst.
| She represented the risks attending its
| execution. and begged them not to add
ASSASSINATION 10 the IlSU OF Jnelr CRIMES.
All the witnesses and myself were in full
cognizance of the scheme. The women
were to secrete the pistols in their clothes,
sit by the prisoners, and allow
them to take them. | would have
peached, but Pitts threatened my
! life. | knew the men were going
| to death. Pitts threatened to commit sui
eide before murder, but his wife ruled
| him. He said he did not wish to murder
Gosling, and cried bitterly over his ar
ranged taking off. His wife was en-
ceinte, and before leaving the jail he wrote
a letter to her and placed it in his pocket
| to be taken from his body if killed, 1t
contained directions and admOnitiOns for
rearing their unborn child. Pitts was %
years Old. He was a friend of Jesse
| James and a cousin of the Pitts who was
a prominent member of the gang and was
| killed in Missouri. He was member Of
Sam Bass gang, and a friend of John
Wesley Harden, now undergoing SEN
| tence OF % years in the penitentiary. His
tales of train robbery, road agency and
murder were infinite. Yeager was Pitts
tool, the lesser villain in every way"