Evening journal., 1890-10-08

house ostensibly for some other purpose,
Burrows had placed bis rifle in the corner
OF the room. but had his revolvers in his
pocket The darkies engaged him In con,
versation and then grabbed him by his
hands, preventing his shooting.
Rube Fought nsAnrllIy.
Burrows fought the darkies manfully
until McDuffee and others got into the
house, when, after desperate struggle,
they succeeded in conquering and securely
tying the great desperate MeDuffee went
TO Linden jail this afternoon with Burrows
strapped hand and foot in front OF him on
his horse lying across--head on one side
and feet on the other The robbers posi-.
ton was very painful, but he was allowed
no chance of escape Burrows is now really
In Jail. He had only Si75 on his person
when captured
The colored Men We're Plucly.
Mr.. Agee aud Mr. Fisher, both superin.
tendents Of the Southern Express COM
pany, went at once to Linden to pay Mr.
Burrows a call. Superintendent Agee is
greatly pleased over the capture Of the
long sought for Burrows.
The two colored men showed great cour-
age in making the FIRST steps toward capt
uring the great robber. They will doubt
less be handsomely rewarded The whole
amount Of rewards for Burrows is $500,
OF which McDutfee will receive a large
share
The whole town here is excited over the
news Of the celebrated captive. Linden
Sail has the honor of having first held tho
notorious outlaw. Mr. d. j. Meader sent
a special courier to Superintendent Fisher
and Agee Monday night stating that Bur
rows had passed his house, making in
Quiries as TO a ferry near by. All the de-
tectives left in the morning to make the
capture.
The deputy sheriffs OF the county, Peck
and McDuilee, showed especial determine.
fion in the hunt for the outlaw
Five Men In the Gang.
There were originally five men in the
Burrows gang, and all Eve haze been ar
rested No man is now 1T large who can
say that he has ever robbed Southern
express train. superintendent Fisher and
Agee state that about $4,000 has been
spent ia che capture Of Burrows and bis
gang. The captive acknowledges his name
and identity. He will be brought here to-
dayby Messrs. McDufee j. G. Carter aud
the two colored men who captured him.
A Remarkable Career Of Crime.
Rube Burrows life furnishes an excit-
ing piece Of criminal history He was
born in North Alabama about the begin.
ming OF the war of the rebellion and is
about 20 years old His first crime was
committed when he was 10 years old. A
companion and he were out hunting one
day when "A dispute over some trife and
killed him. Burrows claimed that he did
il self defense and was released Vernon
Ala, Is his home. IL is q village situated
away up in the mountains Of North Ala
ibama, remote from civilization The in
habitants Of this vicinity are a set of law
less and reckless people.
Some Of His Exploits.
Along in 1882, when Burrows was mer
youth, he organized a band Of thieves. II
was their captain. They made whisky an,
sold it to the farmers up in his neighhor
hood Burrows also tried counterfeiting
but without success. Three years ago, nea
Pine Bluff Ark. RUDE, his brother, Jim
and Nick Thornton robbed an express ca
,of so. 600. Jim was captured and sentences
to the penitentary for twenty years. Rub
and Thornton escaped and no officer wa
brave enough 20 capture them In July
1850, Rube killed Postmaster Gardner a
Vernon because Gardner would not delive
him some masks he had ordered by mai
In October 1889, Burrows killed James ID,
Iano, q deputy sheriff
His Most Daring Robbery.
Burrows most daring exploit was on III
night Of Dec IS, 1889, when he aud a con
panion held up the Illinois Central e,
press at Duck Hill, small station mort
west Of New Orleans. One Of the twal
held up the engineer and fireman, march'
them TO the express car. captured the e
press messenger and robbed the car
$4,000. The other robber intimidated Il
passengers and killed one Of them nam
Chester Hughes, who attempted resi-.
ance The robbers escaped, and detectiv
have since been upon their trail
a nefeat Cor The ..I.,, Road.