Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-10
HE WAS VERY GREEN
4 Young Duyal Who Quit the Plow
Handles and the Hoe Too
Early In Life.
Drummer Odcnhcimcr Rags Heavy Game
While shooting AT Different
Target, Entrcly.

Mr. J ndcnholmer drummer fora
California cigar house, was IN the city
yesterday, and from him GAzEtrE re.
porter learned the details OF the capture
of the youthful stage-robber, Jesse
Jones, in which he played very impor-
tant part, Mr. Odcnheimpr has lust ne.
turned from Dallas, where, In company
with Deputy United States Marshal Fin.
ley, he went 10 turn Jones over 60 the
federal authorities, The arrest was made
near III Paso, last Tuesday morning about
3 o'clock, on board the Nest.houud train.
IL was brought about by clrcum.
stances OF peculiar nature, showing
tllut to certain extent, at least, crime Is
Its own detectOr.
TRACKING ONE Man, FtNplNG Another.
Mr. Odenheimcr hud been at work for
several days cndeayoring 10 ferret out
the murderer OF warm personal friend
w. W. Mcdonnell, the details of whose
assassination, near Wichita Falls, on the
gsth ult., will be RENE nbured by readers
OF 1lH GAlIrTE. Finding no rlcw 10 the
slayer OF his friend, he started home Ia
California on u 1riei vacation. Tuesday
morning, as the train was nearing ~
Paso, he espicd Jones, who had boarded
II at some small station during the
night and at oncc spotted him
us the man he WAS after-tbG
murderer. Odenhoimer at once
informed Conductor Finley, WHO'S also
deputy United States marshal, OF his SUE
picions. The latter enlisted the services
Of the porter and, followed closely By
the latter, approached Jones seat Mo-
tionlng rs il 20 take up the check IN the
higlwayman's hat, by Il dcXtrous twist
he pulled II down over his head, and IN a
second conductor and porter had seized
Jones' arms and tied them.
rmfIE INpfs,REEr.
"Welli guess you have got me, y said
he
"Wha, have they arrested you forY'
asked n passenger on the next seat IN
front
ooh, i haven't done any.
thing only robbed two stages was the
reply.
This astoundca lis cnptors, who
thought they had q murderer, and were
not looking Tor the stagc-robber al all.
The prisoner az once made u fun comics.
sion OF the two robbcries which created
such sensation. He said his name was
Jesse W. Jones, and that his parents
lived near Leon Springs BCxar county.
lie was armed with a i5-caliuer Colts re-
volyer aud a Winchester. on his person
was found cheek Tor slge.5Q
drawn by a Marlin bank on n
Waco bank IN favor Of I'd
v Pledge, also sz7 50 IA cash aud two
silver watchrs he acknowledged that
he was trying 10 escape into Mexico
Jones was carried 10 ~ paso, where be
was cSamlned before the United Statps
commissioner, aud reiDanded ~ JAIN Ia
default Of $4,000 bond
THE wAGE- or coon FoRriSE.
4 reward Of $3.50 WIS offered by the
federal government iOv ne capture Of The
author Of the two robbcrles This VII
be divided hy Odenheiner and Finley.
The former leaves to-day for California.
II d believed That the name given by
the young Iiighwayman Is assumed, aud
papers found on bis person Indicate that
his real name i Miller.
MS TWO cKsifs
The FIRST feat Of young Jones IN Tie
Claude Dual line occurred September
26, with the BrownWo0d aud Cisco stage.
only one passenger Was aboard, and %
was not disturbed From the mail bae
Jones got sss and the check belonging
10 Pledge Being on foot, he selected
I the best horse attached to the stage and
rode OF. The next day he stopped tn