Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-15
ROBBERS CAPTURED.
William Evans and Albert Lee Captured
in South Hood County.
Evans Is Instantly Killed and Lee Badly
WOunded-Charged with POstoffics
and Train Robbery.
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GRANBURY, TEX, June 14.-Last night Sheriff
Morris of this county received telegram from
Sheriff Boyd of johnson county asking that
Morris meet him at Fort Spunkey, in the
southern part of this county, at miguight
Knowing that it must be an important matter
Sheriff Morris and Deputy Sheriff Henderson
left at once for the place indicated, where they
were met by Sheriff BOYD and Marshal Keith OF
Cleburne. When the officers met it was found
that help was wanted to arrest William Evans
and Albert Lee, charged with train robbing and
robbing the Joshua postofice on Thursday night.
Evans and Lee were trailed to this county from
Joshua by farmers. They had broken down
fence, and when the owner demonstrated shot at
him. He alarmed his neighbors, and q posse
followed, but were fired on by the robbers,
when they abandoned the chase and notified
Sheriff Boyd, hence the telegram to Morris.
Morris and Henderson already had Evans and
Lee spotted for train robbers, and were
expecting to arrest them. They were at Mr.. J.
A. Sparks, iather-in-law of Evans, in Abbey
Bend, twelve miles south of Grani'ury, about
1880 this morning. The officer found the horses,
saddles and bedding Of Evans and Lee near
Sparks residence. The officers surrounded the
premises, leaving q party to watch the
houses. Soon Evans and Lee came out
toward their horses with guns in
their hands, and as soon as they discovered the
officers and were halted by Morris, Evans
turned, and seeing Boyd said you are in a
d-n bad place now, and fired. The officers re-
turned the fire with the result OF killing Evans
and wounding Lee. Evans was instantly
killed. receiving five fatal wounds. and
Lee is badly wounded in both thighs.
Lee is now in Granbury jail. None of the Off
GERS were hurt. Our officers speak in high
terms of the plucky and faithful service of the
good citizens OF Fort Spunky neighborhood in
assisting them. Some $50 in money and the
watches stolen at Joshua and meal ticket from
a Texarkana restaurant were 70 und on the
men. They claim to have come to Texas in the
last few days, and admit having been in Tex
arkana about the time Of the Cotton Belt rob-
berry.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
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CLEBURNR, TEX, June 14.-Yesterday after
noon Mr.. Lambright, living about twenty miles
west of Cleburne, on the Brazos river, came to
town for officers to arrest couple of men who
had been cutting down his wire fence, aud be-
cause he Tried to get them to stop they gave him
good cursiny and wound up by shooting
several shots st him. Sheriff John H. Boyd
and City Marshal James H. Keith knew from the
description Of the men and horses that they
were portion OF the party who did the robbing
grsphed the sheriff of Hood county to meet him
at Fort Spunkey by II o'clock last night, which
he did, accompanied by deputy. at daybreak
this morning BOYD, Keith, Lambright and the
Hood county sheriffs we're in about 100 var Is of
the house of old man Sparks and about S O'Clock
this morning Evans and Lee, the parties who
were being hunted, came out of the house and
walked in about forty yards of Boyd and Lam
bright. Boyd raised his Winchester and COM
manded them to drop their guns and surrender.
They replied by both of them firing the first
shot at Boyd and then the ball opened. Evans
was shot down on the spot and Lee turued
to run. He went about forty yards and a stray
ball entered his thigh and he fell, and on ex-
animation it was found that Evans
had received five shots, each leg had
a ball, and each breast and one in the head Lee
was still alive and was carried to Granbury by
Hood county's sheriff. The officers think his
wounds are fatal. Boyd searched Sparks house
and found considerable currency and silver in
the possession of the dead mans wife. He
brought in two Mexican dollars and found
Charlie Vests watch on the person of Lee, and
found the other young Vests watch in the pos
session of Mrs. Evans. Evans and Lee
are lately from Martin county, where they were
wanted for various offenses of robbing, COW
stealing and horse stealing. Everybody is loud
in praise of our officers and the way they caught
the men.