The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-02-24
The Bloody Work of Some
DesperadOeS.
Mp CANNON INTERVIEWED.
News From the soudan-
A Suspected Case Of
Foul Play.
A Texas Tragedy.

Nothing but lhed5Ie ueVdilo VI
IN, Of United States Marshal Hal
roJing we're received until too late to be
-,y,iIable last night. The Nercs' San
,ntonio special gives the following de-
ais of the tragedy: Marshal Costing,
,-ooomnanied by two of his trusted dep
,,Ees I. F. Manning and s. i. Toning,
,-.aTs conveying two United States pri-
roners from Austin to San Antonio
sofa keeping. The prisoners were
Ta,oes pitts and Charles Yeader, who
hove won ~notoriety in Lampasas
nd Burnet counties as highwaymen
and ~postofice robbers. The officers
md their prisoners occupied seats nthe
smoking car on opposite sides OF the
coach. The prisoners were securely
h~andcufed together. They were eS-
rnrted bv Mrs. E. A. Drown, grand
,notber Of Pitts, and Miss Rosa Yeager,
lister of n OF the prisoners. The
women occupied seats immediately in
front Of the prisoners, who, In turn,
we're escorted by four men occupying
seats removed from them. The smok-
ING car was well filed with passengers.
The train pulled out OF San Maries. The
two men lPIl LllC SllIOht4. CdltN lug Will
them q leather valise, into the second
class coach adjoining. After a short
absence they returned to the smoker
and occupied the same seats imme-
diately in front of the prisoners. This
man9eyre attracted the attention of
Marshal Costing and deputies, who eyed
the prisoners closely until they became
satisfied that all vas well. The prison.
ers and women were quite %affctlonate in
their demonstrations, but no more so
than they had been before the maneu-
yer mentioned. The first ~intimation
that anything wrong vas going on, was
the sharp report of a pistol. This was
followed by the rapid discharge of shots
which filed the coach with dense smoke,
in the riffs of which the prisoners were
noticed to be moving toward the oppo-
site sides seats, occupied by Costing
and his deputies. The first shot evil
IDENTIFY missed the marshal. He was in
the act of drawing a pistol and while
rising to his feet, a second shot rent the
air and simultaneously with the crack
ot the gun, the gallant marshal fell for
ward with his head into the aisle and
his weapon drawn, pinioning Deputy
Manning for a time TO theseat. Before
the deputy could free himself from the
body of his chief he received a ball in
the neck and one in the shoulder.
Clearing the seats. Manning took q posi-
ton in front of the door to prevent the
escape of the prisoners by that exit.
After he had fired every shot i'll his pis-
tol, he deliberately drew a pencil and
began to remove the exploded shells
from his six-shOoter, while the priso-
nerS We're peppering away at him. Dep
uty Loving backed to the rear door of
the car, firing whenever a glimpse of
the prisoners was to be had through the
smoke The prisoners rushed on 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
motion. As they struck the ground
Col. Mayield, of Helena, Carnes county,
who was in the rear end of the first-class
coach, fired a well-directed shot at the
prisoners, as did conductor Geo. A.
fOwler who was attracted by the smoke
ana the firing. The prisoners made off
IN a noFtherly direction, up a lane four
miles north of New BraunfelS. Pitts is
presumed to be wounded, as Yeager was
almost dragging him when they were
iSSt seen IN the lane. The train, after a
uelay OF three or four Seconds, was
topped. All was confusion. The coach
was 9lied with the stencil of blood and
RoHGer tunes. Investigation revealed
i L MARSHAL Costing was dead, lying on
hsl Ace on the seat occupied by him
ostuie the firing. The fatal ball took
sIeGt IN the rear of his head, burying
luoeI IN the brain just back of the fore
meaq. Mrs. Z. A. Drown, grand
IIot5ner oil Pitts, was lying near the
Ge'u marshal, shot in the stomach,
y great agony, Miss Rosa Yeager,
US'et VI the prisoner, was found in an
Unconscious state in the seat recently
coupled by the prisoners, shot through
NE Ieg below the knee. Deputy Marshal
Mannlng was powder burned in the face
aHu s6ot IN the neck and shoulder. Two
c cnoes mad gone through the frst-clas,
"lCl, one OF which grazed the head o.
TTtauy' Who was thrown into a swoon
b rear OF the smoker was riddled Will
ruustS' The train stopped within 40t
1stuS OF the lane through which thu
ptlsohers were fleeing. The deputy
PRalsnals had reloaded rheirsix shooter
"s Us time Toning was called to tn,
booSSl1hce OF conductor Fowler, who hat
ae our men mentioned above unde
Mnest! while Manning started il
PGssult Of the desperadoes, hi
strength, however, failed hin
ION loss of blood and he was take
Ma $40 the train, which pulled out TO
NV Nv brauntels, where the wounde,
bSUIle9E and four prisoners were disem
Of 1 Ne n lodgedin jail. The remain
Marshal Costing, accompanied b
Ss eP1ty Marshal Manning, were taken t
s sm Antonio. The wounds of Mannin
faf,l serious, though not necessaril
ton;o Posses left Austin and San An
in H. lor the scene of the tragedy to al
De n,e capture OF the desperadoes, Will
New y Toning organized a party {
ateIv D@otaunfels last night, and immed
the hey ss started in pursuit, which foun
IN n ~ : a body OF Pitts a short distanC
eSy eee ane from the scene of the ira,
dista ana came upon Yeager eight mill
by who gave fight and was pierce
posse 'aree balls fired by Il
q Inc disabled; he was take
died new new BraunfeIs, where
confsa Inc four men under arrest a
Later 1s Sfs OF the dead desperadoes.
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