Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-09
WIPED OUT.
II. killed by a Posse Under
Z. and Of Heck Thomas
Of Fort worth.
\, the coroners Inquest at
n,..,n End to Their
Reign of Terror

|.,,, Gazette r,. 80.
.."aIr, TEX Sept. s.The city
TN excitement early this
ami The news that Jim and Pink
,sed desperadoes, who FOL
/ II, ,sumitted crimes mnamer'
n lad terror over the upper
4 y ,ounty aud the Indian Terri
4 I'm Killed by II. A. Thomas,
[,,r and Jim shattler' and their
q, king in the jail in this city,
E..rds thronged TO the Jail TO try
n rllmpe of the men, whose
|,Sne alive was the
IN or MURDER AND OUTRAGE.
E.orlock the coroner summoned
f.5beld an inquest over the re.
gAomas being sworn, gave sub
4, the following account OF the
hmm Fort worth. | have been IN
4 the Lee boys since June 8
N who lives in Cooke county,
!. an their track since May 3. jim
I lkes on Strother Browns place,
Se Lees had some ill-feeling
NM he had been hiding in the
for fear
arY WOULD KILL HIM.
N morning Taylor and Shattlel
Either and we heard that the Lee
n IN the neighborhood, but We
N hndthem until about | O'Clock,
runner informed us that he had
Ia riding across Strother Browns
We Immediately started up the
Iweep Brown and Washington's
\ We had not gone very faI
l saw Jim and Pink Lee on a knoll
open prairie. They were of
|res and were engaged in cutting
.tOn's wire fence. We dis,
and crawled along in the
Itl we were within forty yards Of
hen yerose, presented our Win
land
lrRED THEM TO SURRENDER,
D their customary nerve, the Lees
biz was TO drop their nippers
IN rifles and open fire. We thcr
iced firing, and the first shot tool
Pink Lees neck, killing him in,
When Pink fell Jim dropped be,
and shot ten times, first ut one
\ then at another, but without
bill he died from two shots, on,
Ickand one in the head.
D WAS GAME TO THE LAST.
'sct was to throw 4 cartridge into
preparatory to firing, but hi,
iorsook him and he fell bach
we Jay dcwn in the grass whcr
/ commenced and continued to
liil Jim ceased. ! think | FREQ
ehols.r
ID Pink Lee were the leaders OF
\ outlaws who for several years
Tie lower part Of the Chickasaw
|nda part of this county known
lwarc Bend. They We're in thu
crossing 10 this side OF the river
large numbers of horses ana cat.
driving them into the Territory
'ey had quite a large ranch filleC
II ill-gotten spoils. This contin
Bone time, until some of the cat.
VINO suffered most from thcil
Plons determined
T0PUT A STOP TO II
per their cattle. These cattle
connection with Sergeant Guy
indian policeman went to tn,
|nlch Is on Calico creek, wher,
Eh the Lees and all their ganI
ma sort of a block house. Some
fag persuaded Guy and his Grove
% the front of the house undel
Ed eonferrlng with them, anC
pss got In range the Lee gans
We killing Guy, Jim and And,
'aa man named Mathews. Al
|Nlne gang have been arrested a
times, and are now in For
|a.lllng their trial, but Jim ant
rave successfully evaded arrest
several parties have gone II
'uluer IN the Nation was commit
y way ), aud from that time un
''lsy they have spent most of theiI
v Nation; but they would some
leslo this side and commit
~Nf BoI,D ROBBERY
srage on those who had in
~ alspleasure. There is a gen
relief at the fact that the!
n Their bodies were turned
WI relatives, who carried then
'''e Bend for interment.
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