Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-21
CISCO BANK ROBBERS.
4 Suspicious Character Arrested IN q
WAGE Gambling Hall Where He
Was Betting Very Freely.
a Description Of the Horses and Guns
Found Near Rising Star The Country
Closely Watched.
STILL PURSUING.


WATERFORD, TEX, Feb. 20 City
Marshal DC. Bratton received tele-
gram Yesterday morning which was sent
from DeLeon Saturday night by Sheriff
q. 8 Sisk OF this county who ls in pur-
suit of the Cisco bark robbers. The tel
egrsm stated ne was in hot pursuit Of the
robbers, being only two hours behind
at dark. This shows an extra good
record for the sheriff OF this county, as
he WAS over two days behind the other
posse and Saturday was in the les1 with
fair prospects OF capturing the bank rob-
bers.
Proc ABLE CUES TO IDENTIFICATION.
special 10 the Gazette.
Cisco, Tx, Feb. 20.-The bsnk rob-
bers are still at large. The posse that
left here Friday night have not re-
turned yet. The last news from them
they were near DeLeon, where they locs-
| ted one OF the robbers in large pasture.
He had walked from Rising Star, where
his horse fell down with him and threw
him of and he lost his hat, horse, saddle,
blanket, pistol and two Winchesters. As
soon as he was located, the posse sur
rounded the pasture, but to no purpose,
the robber succeeded in stealing horse
and getting away before day. The two
horses the robbers turned loose near
Rising Star, are described IS follows:
One Is q dark brown stallion, about
twelve years old, fifteen and q half hands
high, freeh shod all around, collar marks
on top of neck and shoulders, and BRAN =
ed Ky on left shoulder. The other is q
light dun or sorrel, shed behind, TO
brand, about nine years old, and flitet n
hands high. The two guns lost near
Rising Star are twenty,tour and thirty
two barrels. The thirty-tWo barrel is 8
very fine silver-mounted gun. One Of the
sc,bbsrds has the cost and selling prices.
The cost Is CRGT; selling price is get.
Both are made Of red lesther. e.
ARRESTED ON SUSPICION AT WACO.
SPECIAL to the Gazette
WACO, TEX Feb. 20 Constable Lse
jenkins, who received the telegram Sst-
urday night from Aqullla of the suspi-
cious characters answering closely the
description Of the Cisco bsnk robbers,
who had left on the esstbound
Central for Waco, an account
and result Of which was
given in Sundays GAZETTE, has been on
the sharp watch since the reception CT
the telegram and made the arrest to-day
of very suspicious character. whom he
thinks is one of the Cisco bank robbers
and one of the men VIII jumped CT the
train Saturday night just before en-
terlng the city. The man arrested saye
his name is John Chic, and that he halls
from Dallas. He wSs arrested in gam
bling hall, where he had been betting and
losing very freely. he had $50 so When
arrested-one $50 and one $40 bill. and
the rest in silver. He had lost
about $3.50 or 5000 He YVES
very nervous and excited when arreste d,
and inquired several times and very par
ticulerly on what ofiense. He is about
five feet eight or nine inches In height,
weighs about $50 or 100 pounds, is DARK
complexioned, has dark mustsche and
black eyes, had on dark clothes and q
black fur cap, very slightly ptx
marked and wears a number nine
shoe. He had been lately shaved. He
has very little to say either to reporters
or officers, but seems very nervous ABOUT
his imprisonment and is almost cen
stsntly smoking pipe. Constable Jen-
kins thinks il he is not one Of the Cisco
bank ROBBERS he is man wanted some
where for crime.