Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-23
BRAVE BILLY.
William Tillman, Brakeman, De-
featS a Gang Of Wyoming
Train Robbers.
The Baffied Villains Take to Their
Heels With Posses in Pursuit
Tillman Wounded.
Tie Inside Workings of the White Cap
Organization Divulged - Negro
Slaughter.

! RAvLINs, Wyo., Aug. 20.-At 2:S5 Satur-
day morning, when the eastbound Union
Pacific passenger train was at a water
tanS two miles east of Dana station and
the engineer, Breeze, was oiiing his engine,
and Fireman Wallen was givitg the
: engine water from the tank, three men
rushed up to the front end of the train and
cried out: Hold up your hands, you -"
/ The engineer did so and the fireman
! jumped down from the tender and was
shot as soon as ne struck the ground in
( the right arm. In the meantime constant
/ fire was kept up on the train by some of
/ the robbers concealed by the darkness and
! about fifty yards from the train.
! The front brakeman, William Tillman,
when told to hold up his hands, did so,
when the order was repeated: Higher,
/ you -" He was standing on the steps
of the engine at the time and lifted his
hands higher. His lantern dropped and
he was ordered to pick it up again. He
stopped to do so, and at the same time
| grasped lump of coal and struck the rob-
Der in the face, staggering him backward,
and then jumped on him. a desperate
hand to hand conflict followed, both men
rolling down the cinder bank into the train
the arm and through the hip, splintering
the bone. The bullet passed out.
| When the robbers found they were foiled
| they abandoned the attack and fed. The
J passengers were uniniured.
! A posse of men mounted on feet horses
and well armed left Rawlins on a special
train for Dana, led by Deputy Sheriff
Hanks. They struck the trail of the rob-
bers mile and half north of the scene
of attack. The camp Of the robbers was
| found. Their horses were newly shod and
the trail was easy to follow. The brake
mans cap was found 200 yards south of
the tank, dropped there by the robbers in
order to mislead the pursuit. Five hum
dred dollars per head for the robbers, dead
or alive, IS offered by the Union Pacific
Company, and 500 by the Governor of
Wyoming Territory.
Eight men were seen at eight O'Clock a.
m. crossing the Union Pacific track two
| and half miles east of Carbon, or thirty
miles east of where the attack was made.
They were well mounted and We're headed
south toward North Park, Col. They have
made detour from the north, going east
and then south. A posse from Carbon
have started in pursuit. The entire coun-
try is aroused and short work will be made
of the robbers if they are discovered. They
are supposed to be part of the Teton Ba-
sin Jackson gang of cow punchers.
The latest report from the robbers is that
they are fifteen miles north of the Medi.
cine Bow river. having crossed at Cotton
wood ford, and are heading into Shirley
basin.
A reward of $1,000 has been offered by
the Union Pacific road and the Governor
for each of the robbers, dead or alive. The
probabilities are if they get caught they
viii be either hung or shot.
CRUELTY MURDERED.
SEDALIA, Mo-, Aug. 20.-ln Bowling
Green township, near the little village of
Clifton, Saturday, John Tabb, aged eight
cen years, was plowing in the field when
William Beaman, farmer living in the
same neighborhood, walked across the
field from his own residence and shot the
young man through the left lung with
Henry rifle. After perpetrating the terri
bic crime Beeman threw his weapon aside
and fed to the brush. Two weeks ago
Beaman and his wife quarreled, and
member of the Beaman household ran to
the house of Morris and implored him to
go to Beaman's and pacify the husband.
Morris and young Tabb did so. Bea-
man became incensed at their interference,
and threatened to kill Morris and Brown,
an intimate friend of the former, but no
attention was paid to his threats. Just be-
fore the killing Brown, Morris and Tabb's
father were sitting on the fence thirty
yards from the young man at work in the
field. when Brown saw Beaman approach
ing with the gun on his shoulder and di-
rected the attention of his companions to
him. Old man Tabb remarked that Bea-
man evidently meant business and advised
his companions to leave the premises.
Morris slipped away to his house near by,
secured his gun and returning confronted
Beaman, charging him with having made
ugly threats and notified him that the
matter had gone far enough. Morris was
willing to fight with gun. club or fists, but
Beaman paid no attention to him whatever
but raised his rife and brought down
young Tabb.
WHITE CAP SECRETS.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. Aug. 20.-A detective,
whose name is withheld, who joined the
White Caps in Harrison County for the
purpose of securing evidence for the sup
preston of the organization, says the oath
demanded of every candidate is blood
curdling in its provisions, the penalty for
violating being instant death. The candi-
date must swear he has been accessory to
some crime which is held over him to pre-
vent treachery. These stages having been
passed, the purposes of the order were un-
folded. These consist of the enumeration
of list of moral laws and the punishment
of citizens fer alleged offenses without ap-
peal to the law. The order numbers about |
200 members, among whom are many prom |
inent citizens
THE NEGRO KILLINGS.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 20.-Reports from
Freetown and from other sources indicate
that more than twenty negroes were killed |
on Thursday by the regulators and that |
more than seven others We're severely |
wounded. A reliable report has been re-
ceived that on Tuesday last a negro was |
hanged by a mob near Big Cypress Bayou,
in Bossier Parish, for breaking into store |
and stealing sum of money.
When Sheridan was last in Chicago he |
told some friends of the incident of his ca !
reer as a Second Lieutenant, Fourth in
fantry, in 1854. 1t was in connection with |
escort duty to a paymaster, U. s. A, and |
the safekeeping of about $4,000. The dis
bursting officer had provided himself with |
that sum, all in gold pieces, in a canvass
sack, intending to use the money to pay
off certain troops after the party reached
the proper destination. Meantime the
responsibility for the custody Of the
money was vested in Lieutenant Sheri-
dan, who found himself incumbered
with a troublesome yellow elephant.
The General said that one night
he didn't feel well. so he left
the camp, and taking the money