The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-11-18

chat with the conductor abozt the bear
movement "a the express compsny , stock
til the train stopped Then they wcald
rob the express and mail cars. the AGENTS
having Ieft the safe doors open before they
went 50 sleep. get on their horses. pre-
viOgaIy placed near the track and ride
away. Il - said the company changed the
time table 30 as 90 give this train Al extra
ten minutes between Gordon ard Seymour
Springs for the rcbbexy. This Is nos au-
thentieated. however.
shortly after this Thornton and Rromlsy
were captured and enclosed IN the Texas
penitenfiary. Rube and his brother then
went to Arkansas and ia December. 1857,
robbed q train near Texarkans. getting
large suH. They then went back 70 the old
homestead In Alabama to enjoy short
rest While on this vacation they one day
went 10 Montgomery 70 attend a circus
When they got OF the train heartless Off
GERS Of the Law attempted 10 arrest them,
instead OF waiting till after the circus was
over. The brothers ran, bat jim was cap
tured and subsequently sent to Little Rock
for trial. but died In jail while the judge
was trying to get aE impartial jury. Rnbes
however. kept on running and shooting
back. Every time he shot one or more
policemen biz the dust and he easily
escaped. though inst as he entered the.
underbrush a private citizen put load Of
birdshot IN the back of bis neck. How
ever, he did not mind this much, as being
on his vacation he had nothing to do but
prop up two looking glasses and pick out
the shot at his leisure. What be really re-
gretted was missing the circus, which he
had understood from the bills was the best
show on the road.
Rube next turned his attention to Mis-
sissippi trains and last December robbed
one on the illinois Central road at Duck
Hill, getting nearly $4,000. he was as
sisted this time by one personal friend
named Joseph Jackson. Jackson is sin ia
partnership with him, the frm being styled
Burrow & Jackson, train robbers and gen.
eral practitioners speciality made Of fine
express-car work
Rube remained quiet last winter, devot-
ing his time TO study. During the summer,
merely for recreation, he robbed few
safes in neighboring Alabama towns, as
well as several farmers who were returning
from market. He also further varied the
programme by shooting the postmaster at
Jewels. Lamar county. because the official
said the picture Of Washington on the
the dyspepsia. Rube claimed il looked
more like the govt. The sheriff and posse
nov started after him. Posse after me all
you won't get me-" And they
didn't though assisted By lot
of pinkert0n detectives, members ef the
militia, private citizens on foot. etc. They
got his father, young brother and brother
ri hxsf .m& ps.t.@ n
willing to stay Ia the background and sac
rifce his elatives, something very COM
mon by the way, everywhere except in the
case of the hero on the stage. The pur-
suers hung young Burrow up by the neck
awhile and then took hmm down and he
said he was ready to confess. Almost any
body would have been ready under the cir
cumstances But his confession didn't
amount 10 much after aIl--it WASH Z good,
thorough, deep-rooted confession. and they
failed 10 find Ruhe, SO they turned the
family loose and went home.
Ills next and last robbery was the one at
Bueatunna, already mentioned. He was
assisted by Jackson only-and the red ban
dennas. They secured something over
900 from the express and large num-
Der OF registered letters, which they prob
ably had considerable sport reading. This
was Rube's ninth train robbery, and the
total OF bis gains from that source aggre-
gate In the neighborhood Of $50, 900. Jack
son has been .'layin' low" lately, but Rube
has been stalking as usual in the under
brush for the last month, allowing the peo-
pie TO hunt him. They only gave up few
days ago. Sherilfs, constables. detectives,
police officers, the militia and other sports
men have been after him, all enthusiastic
and heavily armed. He shot several Of
them on two or three occasions when they
got coo close. and then passed on. Blood
hounds we're also employed. but he didn't
seem 70 mind them. He ism Biount eounty
COW and is supposed TO be debating
answers to the registered letters to his pri-
vate secretary. There is a reward of
$500 offered for him, dead or alive-pref-
erably dead. as be could be more easily
handled in that condition. He has gener-
ously sent word that If the governor will
grant him fun pardon be will stop train
rohbing and settle down and live on the in
terest OF his hard-earned money-otherwise
he advises them 70 shut up their express
cars nights. Rube has a son twelve years
of age. named Earnest Wilberforce Bur-
row. who expects 10 succeed Jackson in the
firm when he is sixteen. Rube Is six feet
and an inch in height and weighs IT'S
pounds. His eyes are gray, and be wears
his hair uncomhea like poet He says IL
Is IS easy TO GO through train rs it is 70
rob hens nest, but he admits that be
can't compete with the sleeping car porter.
Any one going after him for The reward Is
advised 10 shoot low and keep it up a. long
as he can. II he can send q friend ahead
70 shoot BIN around in the more vital
parts few times il would be better It's
very Easy 20 sic with our feet propped up in
fFontof the CRATE and say that Rabe Bur-
row wiil meet bis fate some day bat IN the
meantime what will become of the poor
state of Alabama3