The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-31
GERONIMO. TIE RoeRER.
Bandit who Has Made Fortune by Ills
Lnw1ess Acts.


A Bandit who Has Made Fortune by Ills
Law1ess Acts.
"Of all the smooth and slippery out
laws now loose and enjoying perfect
freedom, the smoothest nnd slipperiest
Is Geronimo. the train robber of Ari-
zona and Mexico" said A. A. Herring
the mining man, OF Castle Dome, Ariz.
.I do not refer to the willy Apache
chief, who short time ago led in so
many depredations on the frontier, but
to his white namesake, who, If any
thing, possesses more cunning.
mot much seems to be known Of
Geronimo in many Pacific coast States
and Territories outside OF Arizona and
the mountainous regions to the south.
He flies from one side of the Mexican
line to the other in few hours, and is
as hard to get sight of as a will-o'-the-
wisp. He goes into the most civilized
towns of the frontier whenever he
wants to, and nobody seems to have
the nerve to tackle him.
Geronimo was connected with two
or three of the heaviest robberies on
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
road year or so ago. He lent hand
in the last hold-up on the Southern
Pacific. No detectives are after him,
or if they are they make no headway
in capturing him. He seems to have
the right to go anywhere unmolested.
"His finances are considerably i'm
proved by his robberies of Wells, Fargo
d. Co. Mine owners, too, caught out
with well-6lled pockets, as well as
numerous travellers, have paid tribute
to him. Mexican and American cattle
and horse owners have also suffered.
These depredations have been carried
on for three and possibly for five years.
A very round sum must have gone
into Geronimo's exchequer in conse-
qucnce. People most intimate with
the circumstances of his plundering
figure his gains at from 100000 to
100000. Perhaps not less than twenty
men have been killed also, yet he has
been regarded as myth by many who
have only heard about him in a curious
way.
II assure you he is about the liveliest
blood. muscle and bone myth. how
ever, that there is agoing. There are
no flies on him. and evidently it is a
good man who will get him-a second
Bob Garland, or somebody of that sort.
He knows the mountains as well as
Billy the Kid ever did, and better than
any outlaw now living. He came to
Tombstone first three years ago, and
went under the name of White.
"He stayed for short time around
the gambling houses. He never was
known to engage in honest labor. He
was fair gambler, though he never
played for big stakes. He seemed to
play for pastime more than any thing
else. In short time he disappeared
and went to Clifton. Then he began
his open career of crime. His last
hauls were on the Atchison and South
ern Pacific roads, where, it is believed, |
he got $4,000 each time. Then he |
went to Mexico and was captured by |
the regular troops while driving away
some horses. But the Sonora jails
were not strong enough to hold him,
and he is now back in Arizona. He .
often visits Tombstone, and short
time ago was seen playing billiards in
the Comet saloon there.
"He has no headquarters, and his |
devices to elude pursuers are always |
successful. Nothing is known of his
presence till the day after he has left
Il place, and there is no doubt that
those who know where he is keep still
about it for fear of death at his hands.
His companion is a renegade Mexican
named FREDERICK. 1t has been said that
Geronimo is a Mexican, but this is a
He is white, or very nearly
SO.
Geronimo is dead shot, and officers
or anybody else are not in a hurry to
try their skill against him. Some stiff
rewards have been offered by the rail
road and express companies for him,
and private parties have also offered
bonuses for him.
THE Governors of Arizona and
Sonora have offered something like
$1,000 each. There is money in his
scalp if it can be got, but to get it is
he trouble. San Francisco Exam
ner,