Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-01
BOB CAM PB ELL.
His Career in Wise, Wichita and Montague
Counties A Desperate
Fighter.
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
DECATUR. WISE COUNTY. TEX. Sept. %.
The arrest of the notorious desperate
Bob Campbell at Conway. Ark. mention of
which is made in to-daY's GAZETTE. has
created no little excitement in this city.
Campbelfs history for Sevral years past has
been one of bloodshed and crime and he is
widely known us one of the most daring
criminals in the West. Campbell's first of
tense known To the law was the theft of
yearlings IN Parker county. Tex. for which
he was sent 10 the penitenti2ly for Il term
OF two years. During his incarcination he
was made truStE and while i'll
that capacity walked off from
the guards and made good
his escape. He then returned TO Wise
county, hui Sheriff Mann anu posse made it
too warm for him here he skipped out
and went to MrLennan county, where he
with the assistance Of his brother. Dan
Campbell. and p r Chalk. committed Il
robbery on an Old man near the city of
Waco. They then returned to this county
and were accompanied by one John Sher-
wood. and stopped il the vicinity Of }. NJ
CampbelrS (B0bS fat er.t who lives about
two miles south of Paradise. and terroriZed
the citizens by going in body, armed to
the teeth. displaying their weapons and fir
Ing them off on all occasions
Constable John W. Moore of Garvin
n
posse of citizens and went TO the house of
Old man Campbell to effect their capture
The officers surrounded the premises and q
pitched battle ensued. during which ]. "
Coglin, druggist of Garviu, and one of the
conStable'S posse, was killed. The Camp
bell boys and Sherwood then made good
their escape, going up into Wichita county
and We're not heard from for couple Of
weeks. though the officers We're looking
close for them. They were finally located
in Wichita county and Bob and Dan Camp
bell were captured by Capt. ". j. Melon
aid who was with tn" sheriff's posse at the
time. They We're SUI rounded while asleep,
and would have made Il fight but had no
chance to do so, as the officers had the drop
on them when they awoke. They We're
then brought 10 this city. but broke Jail the
evening before Bob's trial was to
come up. The prisoners were rounded
up about half mile from town and
a bloody battle then enSued between
Sheriff Garrison of Montague and Sheriff
Rucker of this county on one side and Bob
Campbell on the other, he having secured
pistol before getting out of jail Sheriff
Garrison was shot through the neck and
badly wounded and Sheriff RUckel. was
shot through the hand. Fuckers horse
threw him during the fight aud was caught
by Campbell and once more he made his
escape. Dan Campbell was convicted in
the district court at this place for the same
crime of which Bob is accused and is serv-
ing Il term of thirty years in the peniten-
tiary. BOb's capture is I. great surprise to
the people here. as it was generally sup
posed he would die rather than again sur
render 10 the authorities. Sheriff Rucker
John Sherwood in the Territory
about one year ago and he was sent TO the
penitentiary at the February term of the !
district court for term of thirty years
Sheriff Rucker has spent Il great deal of |
time and money in effecting the capture of |
Bob Campbell, and his many friends re-
joice at his success.