The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-05-17
GERONIMO THE TRAIN RoBneR.
One of the Most Daring Outlaws the Pa.
ci:c Coast Has Ever Produced,

"pf MI the smooth and slippery put
lave row loose and enjoying perfect
freedom, the smootllest and slipperio1t
is Geronimo, the traih-robber of Ari-
gona And Mexico" said A. A. Herring,
the mining man, of Castle Dome, ART
iona, to y San Francisco EeamsaeY re-
porter, y..1lo mt ,eret 10 The willy
ApnchB chics, who, a short time ago,
led in SO many depredations on the
frontier, but to the white namesake of
his, who, if anything, possesses more
cunning,
Not much seems. to be known OF
Geronimo in many Pacific coast states
and territories outside of Arizona and
tic Mountainous region of the south.
He flies from one side of the Mexican
line to the other in a few hours, and
is as hard to get sight of rs II will-o'-
lLe-wisp. He goes into the most civil
lied towns of the frontier whenever he
wants to, and nobody seems TO have
The nerve to tackle him.
Geronimo vas connected with two
or three of the heaviest robberies on
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
road u year or so ago. He lent a
hand in the latest hold-up on the
Southern Pacific. No detectives are
after him, or if they are they make no
Roadway in capturing him. He seems
to have the right to go anywhere UNI
molested,
His finances are greatly improved
by his robberies of Wells, Fargo & Co.
Mine owners, too, caught out with
well filled pockets, as well as numcr-
Gus travellers, have paid tribute to him.
Mexican and American cattle and
horse owisurs have also suffered. These
deprcdutions have been carried on fol-.
three and possibly for five years. A
very round sum must have gone into
I Geronimo cNcbequcr in consequence.
People most intimate with the circun-
stances of his plundering figure his
gains at from $780, 600 TO $500, 900.
Perhaps not less than twenty men have
been killed also. yet he has been re-
garded as u myth by many who have
only heard about him in d cursorv
way.
~ assure you he is about the live
licst blood, muscle and bone myth,
however, that there is II going. There
are no flies Oh him, aud evidently it is
Il good nan who will get nina Sec
ond Bob Garland or somebody of that
sort. He knows the mountains as we'll
as Billy the Kid ever did, and better
than any outlaw now living. He came
to Tombstone first about three years
ago and went under the name of
White.
"He stayed for a short time around
the gambling-houses. He never was
known to engage in honest labor. He
was a fair gambler, though he never
played for big stakes. He seemed to
play for pastime more than anything
else. In a short time he disappeared
aud went to Clifton. Then he began
his open career of crime. His last
hnuls We're on the Atchison and South
ern Pacific roads, where, it is believed,
he got not less than $50. 900 each time.
Then he went to Mexico and was cap
tured by the regular troops while driV-
ing away some horses. Bnt the Sonora
jails We're not strong enough 10 hold
him, and he is now back in Arizona.
"Hc has no headquarters, and his
devices to elude pursuers are always
successful. Nothing is known of his
presence till the day after he has lief!
\ place, and there is no doubt those
who know where he is keep still about
it, for fear of death at his hands. His
companion is Il renegade Mexican
named Federico.
Geronimo is Il dead shot, and Off.
GERS or anybody else are not in a hur
~ to try their skill against him. Some
stiff rewards have been offered by The
railroad and express companies fol
him, and private parties have also of
fcred bonuses for him.
1.-The governors of Arizona I'd Son,
ora have offered something like IS, 00t
each. There is money in his scalp i
il can be got out, but that is the trou
ble."