The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-10-20
VARNELL IN Hoe.
He is Captured ON the Plains
by Sheriff Tom. Bell, of
Hill County,
NhiIe Wo,k,ue on II Rancho in
New Mexico Assumed he
Name at Bob woods.
4 Brief sketch vi The Murder al
Jonas land. aud Narnell's Is
cape and Capture.

MANY readers of the ENAM1NER will
remember the murder of Jonas Land,
highly respected farmer, who re
sided near Hubbard City, I'M county.
in 1883. Full accounts of the crime
were published Mt the time, and the
details were horrible enough. In
attempting to rescue daughter
FROM the embraces of Narncll the
father was shot dead in his own
yard. Narncll then made his escape
and was never apprchcndcd until
last week
Narncll had an accomplish by the
name vi George Walker who was
tried at the fall term of the district
court in this city, in 1883, and ac-
quilted
The murder was theme for the
newspapers throughout the state for
several months after its commission,
and his cNccllcncy, Governor ireland,
offered reward of $500 for the cap
turc of Narncll. aud this put the
officers and detectives in central
Texas ON their vigilance, and every
effort was made To capture Narncll.
Especially did the ~hcriils of M'Lcn-
nan and lIill counties and Van Halls
detective agency, Oi Waco, Vie with
each other to see who would capture
the murderer. 1t was known that
Narucll spent part OF his time in Hill
and Mcl.cnuan counties, mud nj sew
crHl diilcrCut times parties went from
Waco inter him, but rs he had II great
many friends it was Impossible to get
near him " ithout his hcnriug of their
| coming, and he would invariably cs-
cape.
When man commits such an afro
| ciolis murder as Tom Nhrmcll has
committed, il Is impossible for him to
ways escape the vigilance of the
law. lie may dodge the officer,
for few months or even
ycnrs, but he VIII finally be-
come reckless and nj last
the officers will nab him, just SO
with Tom Narncll; it was only n
matter of time when he would be
| captured. The particulars of his ar
rest are given to the FNAMtNER by
| Mr.. VIM Puagc, who has known Var
nell for several years, and came from
! I'll paso to lIiilsboru with sheriff Bell,
Deputy sheriff Mckinney and the
| prisoner.
| Hin county, havca rancho out on the
Texas plains, near the New Mexico
! line, and it was through them that
sheriff Bell learned of Nnrnell's
whereabouts. He was working on
! Jim NcWmau's rancho which is adj
Joining the brigham rancho, under
! the assumed name of Bob Woods.
/ Sheriff Bell then laid his plans to cap
ture Narncll. and sent Deputy Sheriff
| Mckinney out othc Brgmau rancho
| ttrNatCh his movements. Mckinney
| learned that il would never do to nj
tempt to capture Naruell while lac
WA, on the Newman rancho, rs he was
surrounded by his friends, and they
would not let him be taken. But nj
ter watching for some time, IL bccNmt
known to Mckinney that Tom had {
sweetheart AT Magdalcna. in Sorocc'
county, New Mexico, and that he puit
her an occassional visit. While he
WAS OF on one Of these visits it Woul'
bc the time TO capture Narncll, an,
when 'lom left the rancho about tive
weeks ago and started for Mag
dalcna, Mckin ncy came to tulurad,
City and notified Sheriff Bell nj Hills
bOro. that it was th'
accepted time, and Mr. b. n
once left for the west. He
aud Mckinncp went to Magdalcnu
Securing the srrN ices of the sheriff o
Sorocco county. they laid in wait to
Narucil They soon found him, an'
the three watched him rs he loadc,
his Winchester, and started to SCI
his sweetheart. They intcr7cp.c,
him at her door; the three thrcN
their guns down on him and ii,
mandcd his surrender. Instead q
submitting. Tom commenced I
draw his winchester, which was in
scabbard, and would have no douh
used it, but one of the men jumpc
ON him, and the others came To hi
assistance. Tom fought like II tiSc
and il was sometime before he wa
hapdcuilcd and brought under con
troll. After securing the pri-onc
Bell and his deputy started for TcNn'
I MIR. Poagc met them at III l'nS'
} and in travelling with the part
:, he had n chance to converse Wll
A Narncll Tom told Mr.. Poagc TIN
since the killing of Land he In
lived d life of terror; he Imagine
:, that every officer was on his track an
! was'trying to capture him. In h
e dreams he imagined that nc was cal
o. turcd, tried and hung; he died n
c hundred deaths; he had came yer
4 near freezing Oh the prairlcS, and la
: been in mot boxes in cvading I'll
% officers. After he was arrested al
knew that he had to 90 bnck to Iii
county, he iult easier, because III
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