The Butler weekly times., 1888-11-21
A TRAIN ROBBERS RECORD.
The Adventurous Life Led bv E, r.
Bunch in Texas and Elsewhere.

from New Orleans announce the ar |
rest of ]. Leon Pound as an accom-
plice in the recent train robbery
near New Orleans, as we'll as that of
a woman named Cora Ellis, former
ly of Tyler, Tex, who has for some
months been known under the dual
names Of Mrs. Girard and Mrs.
Bunch. Both parties allege that the
chief of the gang which perpetrated
| the robbery E. F. Bunch, party
Well i. own III this city, and, in fact,
throughout North Texas. The wo-
man was captured yesterday, and
L 90. j:..:% person, sewed up in her
clothing, was found $1,000 in green
backs, which she alleged Bunch gave
her Immediately after the robbery.
Few men have led q more adven-
turous career than E. f. Bunch.
Burn in Noxubee county, Miss, he
entered the confederate army at the
early age of 16 years, and by con-
spicuous daring and bravery soon
won his straps. At the close of the
war he migrated to Amite, La,
where he taught school, but becom-
ing involved in some trouble he
immigrated to Texas, settling in
Cook county, where he continued to
follow the profession of teacher.
Bright, intelligent, with polished
manners and insinuating address, he
soon established himself as a popu-
lar favorite, and almost before he
had acquired citizenship he was
elected county and district clerk.
He held the office for two terms, and
then, disposing Of handsome land
ed property which he had accumu-
lated, moved to Wichita county, in
the Panhandle, where, for brief
} period, he engaged in the publica-
ton of newspaper at the county
seat.
Throughout all this time he was
regarded as a model citizen, upright
in his dealings, temperate i'll hi:
habits and peaceable i'll disposition
but now and then will stories o
dissipation and high old larks which
received no credence were put il
i circulation, and in his new home al
5 in his old home Capt. Bunch wa
l. esteemed one of the best citizens.
: One of the stories was to this ct
feet: "Bunch, while on his way t.
- st. Louis, became intoxicated a
Texarkana, and struck negro POI
1e ter over the head with six-shootel
0. he was arrested by the marshal an
= placed in the calaboose, but O
searching him the marshal carelessl
overlooked a revolver Bunch ha
concealed under his vest. As b
al stepped inside the cell he drew hi
Of weapon, and, covering the marsha
a with it, compelled that official t
u change places with him. Turnin
Ill the key upon the imprisoned oficii
t. t. Bunch coolly walked to the trai
a which was just then ready to star
IN and stepping aboard continued h
ID ID journey unmolssted."
70 About eighteen months ago Bunc
removed from the Panhandle, b,
- he gave no intimation as to his fl
, ture location. He was seen frequen
< " at Dallas, Fort Worth and 9th.
8 prominent railroad points, and whe
the train robbery occurred at Be
brook, in June, 1887, certain circur
stances led the oficers to suspicie
Bunch as one of the parties concer
=. ed in the affair. Whether Justly su
: picioned or not, it is an open secre
T But Immediately after the robbe1
|: Bunch appeared in Dallas and +
: Worth, in both of which cities
. lost large sums of money at the gar
ing table, and frequently boast'
there ''was plenty more where th
came from"
A story was current at the tir
that deputy United States marsh
Lum johnson entered the Glen Z
saloon, where Bunch was drinkin
E and attempted his arrest On pape
= ;ssuad nv q United States comm