San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-13
MURDER AND ROBBERY.
That Was the Record of the Old
Bulls Head Saloon on Mar
ket Street,

In the tearing Gown OF the Bulls Head
saloon, on Market street," said an old cit
izen to LIGHT man, lone Of San Anto-
MOS most noted places has passed away.
1t was built about 1850 by Kemble, then
Martin Campbell, father of c. A. r.
Campbell, had it, Surrand, and Hiram
Mitchell who was a member of the vigi-
lance committee and carried a rope TO
hang the condemned, also owned IL in it's
'palmy' days. In later and quiet times,
Bergman and John Wolfram had the
house. ,
gambling resort, and was freQuented by
tough characters and desperadoes. Rev
elry and drunkenness predOminated, and
many crimes were Matched and Ommitted
there. The desperado, Bill Hart, was here
a few minutes before he went TO the
Braden House, then run by Ed. Braden.
Sra few doors lower down, and shot
and killed soldier named Boyd, because
he would not drink with him, and wound
ed another soldier Cassidy, who tried TO
save Boyd's life. Hart was subsequent
abode house on the east corner of the
alley. on South Alamo street that divides
Wolff & Marx premises from 1t and runs
in the rear of the LIGHT office Harris
comrade, Miller, was also killed and in
that fight officer Philstroufe and JUN
Taylor of the vigilants, were also killed.
This was too the resort Ofthe j. Hedg-
eS gang, which terroriSed al the break up
of the war. ltconsiste mainly ofdisbanded
confederates who were in such broken
financial condition as to be absolutely
desperate. These went TO Twohig bank
with the intention of robbing the bank.
Mr.. TwOhig was powerleSS but diploma
tic, and gave each man 500 for immunity
from such taxation. Their next brake
OF hn Arm .iOS
street where they made big haul. Not
satisfied with this they went to Castro
yille and there robbed a prairie schooner
train of silver that was being conveyed
from Eagle Pass to Sam Bennett, the
grocer of this city. They made there too
a big haul, but it has always been myS-
terry what was done with the whole of
the money. The men could not and
did not bring the money to the city on
horse back for it was mainly in silver
and it is supposed that after taking all they
could carry in sacks and saddle bags they
buried the remainder. They then came 10
San Antonio and stopped at the Bulls
head. At that time the late recorder,
Judge McAlliSter was in charge of the
bar. Some handed their money careleSSly
TO the bar keeper, but others who thought
they were more careful hid their money
in an adjoining stable. Then the whole
gang in modern parlance took in the
town and painted it deep red. In the
morning when they had SObered up, the
men got their money from the BULLS
head, but those who had hidden it found
that in the interim some one had eXhumed
the buried treasures and had carried
them off. A certain individual was Sus
pected and the irate robbers went in
search of him. If they had found him
or they would have killed lin first and
tried him afterward, but he fled to Cas-
troville and there remained until all
danger was over. When he came back
again he was well endowed with wealth
and this has confirmed the suspicious that
he robbed the robbers.
Shortly after this the United States
troops came here and the gang was then
broke up, scattering in all directions. 1t
is said that the leader, Hodges, died sub
Sequen l. at the Arkansas Hot Springs.
and his lieutenant" Young, was shot al
Uvalde whilst on big jambOrHe, in
which he resisted and shot at the officers
Happily these times have passed away
and San Antonio, in point of law and
order, will compare with any city in the
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