Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-23

| tracted the attention of Marshal Costing
and his deputies, who eyed the prisoners
closely until they became satisfied that all
was well. The prisoners and women were
quite affectionate in their demonstrations,
but no more so than they had been before
the maneuvre mentioned. The first init
nation that anything wrong was going on
was the sharp report of pistol. This was
followed by the rapid discharge of shots
which filled the coach with dense smoke,
in the riffs of which the prisoners were
noticed to be moving toward oppo-
site sides of seats occupied by Costing
and his deputies. The first shot
evidently missed the Marshal. He was
in the act of drawing his pistol, and while
rising to his feet a second shot rent the air
and simultaneously with the crack of the
gun the gallant Marshal fell forward with
his head into the aisle and his weapon
drawn, piniuning Deputy Manning for
time to his seat. Before the deputy could
free himself from the body of his chief he
received ball in the neck and ore i'll the
shoulder Clearing the seats, Manning
took position in front of the door, to pre-
vent the escape of the prisoners by
that exit After he had fired every
shot in his pistol, he deliberately
drew & pencil and began to remove the ex-
ploded shells from his siX-shooter while
the prisoners We're peppering away at him,
Deputy Loving having backed to the rear
door of the car, firing whenever Il glimpse
of the prisoners was to be had through the
smoke. The prisoners rushed to the rear,
forcing Loving to the platform of the
sleeper, where the Deputy fired his last
shot as the desperadoes jumped from the
train. The train was in full mo-
ton. As they struck the ground
Colonel Mayfeld, of Helena, Carnes
( bo in the pn1 nj rho
first-class coach, fired well-directed shot
at the prisoners, as did conductor George
A. Fowler, who was attracted by the smoke
to the firing. The prisoners made off in Il
northerly direction upa lane four miles
north of New Braunfels. Pitts is presumed
to be wounded, as Yeager was almost
dragging him when they were last |
seen in the lane. The train, after
a delay of three or four seconds, |
was stopped. All was confusion, and the |
coach was filled with the stencil of blood /
and powder fumes. Investigation revealed |
that Marshal Gosling was dead, lying on his |
face on the seat occupied by him before the |
| firing The fatal ball took effect in the |
rear of his head, burying itself in the brain |
Just back of the forehead. Mrs. f. a. |
Drown, the grandmother of Pitts, |
was lying near the dead Marshal,
shot in the stomach, and was i'll
great agony. Miss Rose Ieager, sis |
ter of the prisoner, was found in
an unconscious state in the seat recently |
occupied by the prisoners shot through the |
leg below the knee. Deputy Marshal Man
ming was powder-burnt in the face, and |
shot in the neck and shoulder. Two shots |
had gone through the first-class COACH one
of which grazed the head Of a lady, who |
was thrown into a swoon. The rear of the
smoker was riddled with bullets. The |
train was stopped within 400 wards of the
lane through which the prisoners were
fleeing The Deputy Marshals had reloaded |
their siX-shooterS by this time. Loving
was called to the assistance of Conductor
| Fowler, who had the four men mentioned !
above under arrest, while Manning started |
in pursuit of the desperadoes His strength,
however, failed linn from loss of blood,
and he was taken aboard the train, which
pulled out for New Braunfels, where
the wounded women and the four
prisoners were discmbarked and lodged
in Jail. The remains of Marshal
Costing, accompanied by Deputy
Manning, were taken to San Antonio The
wounds of Manning are seriouS, but not |
necessarily fatal. Posses left Austin and
San Antonio for the scene of the tragedy,
10 aid in the capture of the desperadoes,
while Deputy Loving organized party at
New Bratniels last night, and instantly
started in pursuit. He found the dead
body of Pitts 4 short distance up the lane
from the scene of the tragedy, and came
upon Gaeger eight miles distant, who gave
fight, and was pierced by three balls
fired By the posse and disabled. He was
taken to New Braunfels, where he died
The four men under arrest are confederates
OF the dead desperadoeS
LATEk.-ALgs. Drown, grandmother of
Pitts, died at P. N. in the jail at New
Braunfels in great agony. Pitts was
wounded in four different places, three of
which were mortal. They at the request
Of Mrs. Drown, were buried side by
side to-day. Miss Rosa Yeager, to-
sether with the wife of Pitts and the
wife of her brother, are incarcerated in the
second story Of the jail, while the male cor
federates arc incarcerated in he lower cell
OF the Jail at New Brarnfels, where they
WI be held until the talk Of lynching sub
sides. Deputy Marshal Manning who
made the gallant fight against the desper-
ADDE'S, is lying i'll q precaTious condition.
Marshal Costing VIII be buried tomorrow
ut San Antonio, with military AID civic
h0nOrs.
Unsocial Socialists.
BALTIMORE, February 22d.-IIerr Most
spoke n Turn Halle tonight to large
audience. n tie course of his remarks lie
the life of the Emperor of Germany, and
justified murder and dynamite August
Schweibler a Socialist speaker, protested
against the sentiments of Most. whom he
called 4 coward. ) scene of confusion en-
sized, and the audience, composed of Social
lists and Anarchists, seemed prepared for a
row, bu, quiet was restored, and Most and
Schweiblur were taken charge of by friends.
Most told reporter that Schweibler was
r. Z
AZ the meeting but Schweibler denies the
accusation.
Suicide of IL Defaulter.
BrFFALo n. " February 22d-Deputy
Postmaster Horace b. Ferron, Of Batavia,
y. Y, this morning retired 10 a shed bacl,
of lis residence an killed himself He
was dead when found. Shortages in his
accounts aggregating $1,000 is regarded as
the cause Of his death. He was in the
postal service nearly all his life
Remains Removed.
BosroN, February 22d-Thc remains of
the Irish patriot and preacher, Rev. d. W.
CahIll, which for more than twenty years
have rested in lIolyhood Cemetery, near
BrOokline, were tbs morning borne TO
BrOokline, preparatory Il removal to Ire
land in accordance with the last wish of
the dead priest
FOREIGN.
The War the Nile.
KoErl, February 22l-A dispatch from
Atu-Klea says: General Butler, who ar
rived here ON the 18th from Gubat, com
mence3 at noon of the 10Th Il systematic
Smelling of the Arab lines Two we'll
directed shots did the enemy great damage.
one exploding among a group engaged in
placing a howitzer on the summit of hill.
the other renovinga whole gun carriage.
Lord Charles Beresford also did the enemy
great iniITy with Gardner guns The honors
of the day fell TO MAJOR Wardrop, who.
with thirteen men, stole cautiously round
the enemy's right and found that they
had only a few hundred rihemen
Oh the hills, and no reserve spearTnen.
Ward-ops men, keeping out # sight,