Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-10
JIM BURROW CAPTURED.
Arrest OF the Famous Southern Train
Robber-The Last OF the Notorious
Gang Prisoner In Arkansas,
a Rubber Cont Giyss Away this Highway.
me1-DaTing Dseds That EquaI
Those OF the James Boys.
Cincinnati Enqairer.

"Jim BurroW is behind the bars" wert
the words spoken by John C. McGlnn o.
the PiDkerton Detective Agency, after he
had safely locked up the notorious tran
roober aud outlaw in the jail at Texsr
kama, ARK, Saturday night.
This will be good news for the rail-
roads Of Arkansas and Tennessee, which
hays been great sufferers through the
daring robberies of the famous BurroN
gang, which has finally exterminated by
the arrest of Jim Burrow, the leader, 81
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 devilmelS. They
came 20 the front IS outlaws and train
robbers about two years ago, and since
that time they have led in several OF the
most dsring exploits in the criminal his
tory Of tbs county. In deeds of daring
they come next TO
THE NOTORIOUS JAMES BROTHERS.
P. 4 Burns, who was for long time
regularly employed as detective by the
Pinkertons, is thoroughly posted on the
wild career Of james and Reuben Burrow,
in Texas and Arkansas, and h.s in his
possession a confession of one of their
pals, who unfolded the history of their
crimes. 1t makes very thrilling story.
| The detective shows the BurroW brothers
up IS follows:
"Fhe BurroW brothers, Rube sid
James, began their career as dare-devils
and train robbers in the west less than
two years ago, but they have done lots of
bold work, and it has sll been stacked up
against them. They first came to the
| front in December, 1886. think it was
On the night of December 10, 1886, 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 sn old
Indian woman, who was said to have
piles Of money. But thst scheme went
through. They wanted money and deter
mined TO have it. The train stopped at 8
tank near Sunset TO take water and then
the boys got in their dirty work. The
Buerow 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
trSin crew at bay, the other two went
through the train and robbed the passen-
gers. They made light haul, however,
IS inst train did not carry the mail and
express. They only got what money they
found in the pockets Of the passengers,
and lot OF jeWelry, watches and other
valuables. There were five negro United
States soldiers on the train, and the des-
peradoes took their pistols away irc1n
them. The Burrow brothers have ssid
that since tbst time they havs frequently
met men whose pockets they went
through on the train, bat were not recog-
nIzed.
"Their next work was in the celebrated
Gordon train robbery. They held up and
robbed the mail and express train near
GordOn station, Tex on the Texas and
Pacific Railroad. They made 8 big haul
and 90. S2624 in cold cash. They had
previously made En attempt to rob the
train and failed, but succeeded the second
time. The robbery was committed Jsnu-
arY IS, 1887. In that robbery they were
sgtin assisted by Nip Thornton and
Hendecsc Bromley.
"The boys next turned up as leaders In
the Benbrook train robbery, which was
committed June 4, 1887. This time they
had Henderson Bromley with them, but
Nip Thornton was not there, having got
out on account of having sick child. But
the BurroH boys and Henderson Bromley
did the job. They stopped the mail and
express train near Benbrook on the Pacific
and Rio Grande division of the Texas and
Pacific BGilroad, s few miles out OF Fort
Worth. The three despersdoes robbed
the train and only got $3.50. It is said
that the amount was so small that RUDE
Burrow kept the money, and they all re-
solved to
ROB THE SAME TRAIN AGAIN.
"On September 20, 1887. Rube and Jim
BurroH and W. L. Brock robbed the
same train and the same crew near Ben |
brook. They wanted money and deter |
mined to execute their threat to rob that |
train sgain. They tied the horses out
and planned to rob the train in swamp
near the station. Rubs Burrow and |
Brock got on the engine SO the train was
pulling out from the station, and as it |
was dark they were not seen until the |
train Was nearing the bridge in the |
swamps where they had committed the |
first robbery on that train, and where |
they had left Jim Burrow waiting for |
them. They covered the engineer and |
fireman with their six-shooters and told |
them where they wanted the train to stop. |
When the train stopped Ruoe and Brock |
were joined by Jin, ard they went |
through the train. They compelled the |
express messenger to unlock the safe, /
and they got $3.50.
1.-THE gang then retired, anu nothing
more was heard OF them Tor several |
months. October last the Burrow broth
ers returned to their home at Vernon,
Lamar county, Ala. After arriving. in |
Alabama they wrote back to
THEIR FORMER CoDIRADE,
". L Brock, ct Jacksonville, Tex, in |
telling him to meet them at |
Ark, on or about December !
1. RUDE wrote the letter, and in it he |
also advised Crock 70 write to Render
son Bromley 70 accompany him, both Of I
them to meet Rubs and Jim in TeXsrkanA /
at the appointed time. But Bromley was |
then in Louisiana, and did not meet them. |
"0n the 9th of last month the fast mail |
and express train on the St. Louis, Ar |
kansas and Texas Railroad was robbed
near Genoa station, about seven niles
from TexslksnA. The robbery was COM
mitted oy the three despeEadoes, Ruhe |
and Jim Burrow and their old partner
Brock. They had nothing but their six
shooters, and RUDE thought they had bet
ter procure st least two, rifles. They
went to Corsics, where they purchased q
pair Of Winchester repeating rifles and