Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-03
JIM BURR0W CAPTURED.
Arrest OF the Famous Southern Train
R0bber-The Lsst OF the Notorious
Gang Prisoner In Arkansas.
A Rubber Coue Gives Away this Highway
mea-DzrinE Deeds That Equal
Those of the James BOYS,
Cincinnati Enquirer.

robber and outlaw in the jlil at Texar-
kama, Ark, Saturday night.
This will be good news for the rail-
roads of Arkansas and Tennessee, which
have been great sufferers through the
daring Tobberies Of the famous BurroT
gang, which has finally extermin.ted BY
the arrest of Jim Burrow, the leader, at
Montgomery, Ala.
The Burrow brothers have made bad
record, and are known throughout the
United States IS dangerous and desper-
ate pair. They are comparatively young
in years, but old in GeVilment. They
came TO the front es outlaws and train
robbers about two years ago, and since
that time they have led in several of the
most daring exploits In the criminal his
tory of the country. In deeds OF daring
they come next to
THR NOTORIOUS JABIEs BROTHERS.
Z. Burne, who Was tor long time
regularly employed as detective by the
Pinkertons, is thoroughly posted on the
wild career Of james and Reuben Burrew,
in Texas and Arkansas, and has 10 bis
possession a confession Of one of their
ps!s, VINO unfolded the history Of their
crimes. 1t makes q very thrilling story
The detective shows the BurroH brothers
up IS follows:
'"fhe Burrow brothers, Rube and
JAMES, began their career IS dare-dsvils
and train robbers in the west less than
two years ago, but they have done lots of
bold work, and it has all been stacked up
against them. They first came to the
front in December, 1886 think it was
on the night of December 10, 1885, that
they got in their first work on the mail |
and express train on the Fort Worth and |
DenVeriCity Railroad. They had been up |
into the Indian Territory to rob an old
1Idtln woman, who was said to have |
piles Of money. But th&t scheme went |
through. They wanted money and deter
mined to have it. The train stopped al |
tank near Sunset to take water and then |
the boys got in their dirty work. The
Burrow brothers were assisted in that
robbery by two men, Nip Thornton and |
Henderson Bromley. They
HELD UP THE TRAIN,
covering the engineer and conductor with
their Winchester rifles and six-shooters,
and then, while two of them held the
train crew at bay, the other two went
through the train and robbed the passen-
gers. They made light haul, however,
as that train did not carry the mail and
express. They only got what money they
found ia the pockets Of the passengers,
and lot Of jeWelry, watches and other
valusbles. There were five negro United
States soldiers on the train, and the des-
peradoes took their pistols away from
them. The Burrow brothers have said
thst eince that time they hav5 frequently
met men whose pockets they went
through on the trGip, but were not recog-
nized.
"Their Eext work was in The celebrated
Gordon train robbery. They held up and
rObbsd the mail sad express train near
Gordon etati0n, Tex, on the Texas and
Pacific Railroad. They made q big haul
and got $2624 in cold cash. They had
previously made In attempt to rob the
train ard failed, u5succeeded the second
time. The robbery was committed Janu-
srY %, 1887. In that robbery they were
sgsin assisted By Nip Thornton and
Hende.s' Bromley.
"The boys next turned up as leaders in
the B3nbrook train robbery, which was
committed June 4, 1887. This time they
had Henderson Bromley with them, but |
Nip Thornton WAS not there, having got
tut o1 account Of having sick child. But {
.he Barrow boys and Henderson Bromley
lid tn job. They stopped the mail and I
express train near Bsnbrook on the Pacific {
md Rio Grsnde division of The Texas and {
Pacific B5ilroad, few miles cut of Fort t
Worth. The three despersdoes robbed t
he train and only got $3.50. 1t is said c
hat the amount WAS go small that Rube c
3urroW kept the money, Snd they all re- 6
iolVed to c
ROB THE sAMK TRAIN AGAIN.
non September 20, 1887, Rube and Jim 6
3urroW and W. L. Brock robbed the Y
anne train and the same crew neSr Ben 4
brook. They wanted money and deter '
mined to execute their threat to rob that P
rain again. They tied the horses out I
md planned to rob the train in a swamp V
lear the station, Rube BurroW and il
Brock got on the engine as the train was j
,ullirg out from the station, and as it +
vas dark they were not seen until the
rain was nearing the bridge in the 8
wamps where they had committed the 8
irst robbery on that train, and where v
hey hsd left jim Burrow waiting for +
hem. They covered the engineer and f
fireman with their shooters and told t
hem where they wanted the train to stop. n
When the train stopped Rlbe and Brock d
we're j0ined by jim, and they went t
hrcugn the train. They compelled the q
express messenger TO unlock the safe, E
nd they got $3.50. S
"Tne gang then retired, and nothing =
more wss heard OF them tor several C
months. October lsst the Burrow broth Ii
rs returned to their home at Vernon, C
Ismar county, Ala. After arriving in o
AlRbsma they wrote back to t
THEIR FORMER CoMRADE, &
Y. L Brock, st Jacksonville, Tex, in a
November, telling him to meet them at ii
Ark, on or about December Il
b. Rube wrote the letter, and in 1t he y
.lso advised Brock to write to Hender- Il
ION Bromley to accompany him, both of C
hem to meet Rube and Jim In Texarkana v
i the appointed time. But Bromley was n
hen in Louisiana, and did otmeet them. d
"0n the 9th of last month the fast mail t!
nd express train on the st. Louis, Ar t;
.ansas and Texas Railroad was robbed O
ear Genoa station, about seven miles g
rom TeXarkana. The robbery was COM d
nitted by the three desperadoes, Rube Il
nd Jim Burrow and their old partner ID
brock. They had nothing but their six o.
hooters, and Ru5e thought they had bet n
er procure at least two rifles. They CT