The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-14
THE ROBBERS CAUGHT.

After the full account of the hold-up
and robbery of tho International and
Great Northern northbound passen.
ger train which lett Austin at 11:S0
Sunday night, appeared in yesterday
mornings issue of The STATESMAN,
the matter became the subject OF gen.
eral discussion on the streets yester.
day. All kinds of rumors were afloat
and all kinds of speculation was in.
dulged in as to the amount of booty
secured and the manner in
which the bandits conducted
themselves. In fact the Widest kind
of stories were given free and unlim-
tied circulation and found many ready
and willing believers among those to
whom they were related. The fact
that the officers who had been to the
scene of the robbery and had not been
heard from formed basis on which
the most marvellous tales were based
and believed by the credulous.
About II O'Clock, however,
Sheriff White, City Marshal
Lucy and their deputies had returned
to the city, and while they came back
empty handed the convictions they
had previously formed as to the
guilty parties had been greatly
strengthened by the Investigations
made during their absence.
Their suspicious were known to the
deputies they left behind them, and
about O'Clock yesterday morning the
first arrest was made. The prisoner
was Dich Wallace, who was caught
in the back room of the Crystal saloon
by Deputy Sheriff Thorp and Ser
geant of Police Montgomery. He de.
MED being in the hold up, aid de.
clined going with the officers until
the proper papers were served on
him. The officers took him into Gus.
tody anyhow and conducted him to
the calaboose, where $18 in money
was taken from him.
THE SECOND ARREST.
The next arrest was made alb out II
o'clock by City Officers Corwin,
Sam Plat and Drake Bel,
their prisoner being well known
hack driver of this city named Lum
Deaton. The officers had information
that he was in the eastern portion OF
the city. In their hunt for him they
were riding out East Pecan street,
when they met their man riding into
the city with Dr. Rogers, the veteri.
nary surgeon. When he was placed
under arrest, Lum was seiged with a
regular fit of buck ague
and was in fact frightened
nearly to death. He denied
all connection with the crime and q
search of his clothing disclosed only
$l25. He was taken to the calaboose,
however, and locked up.
A DESPERATE CRIMINAL.
The third man placed under arrest
proved to be the desperate criminal OF
the entire outfit and the circumstances
surrounding his arrest and convey.
ance to the county jail are the most
thrilling connected with the crime
The name of the man was
Bill Brunson, alias "Broncho BILL
Deputy Sheriff Thorp, Sergeant OF
Police Montgomery and Officer Sam
Platt, by some very smooth detective
work, had ascertained that the man
they were after was in hiding in a
fisherman's tent about mile and q
half below the Montopolis bridge o.
the north side of the river. They at
once headed for that point. The tent
was located about shutdown last
evening in the mouth of a big
ravine, which runs down into the
river. When the officers reached the
scene they saw two men
in two small boats some
distance down the river, and thinking
one of them was the man wanted,
Thorp and Montgomery started down
the bluff towards them, while Officer
Platt crawled down the bluff to ex'
anime the tent and see what it con'
tanned. The latter approached the
tent with his pistol in hand; he threw
back the flap of the tent and saw Bill
Brunson squatting on the ground, his
six.shooter, held with both hands
pointed directly towards him. The
bandit opened fire, and al
quick as flash Platt fired
two shots, and then jumping
to one side of the opening fired two
more through the tent; after Platpi
four shots and Brunson's two from the
inside the latter ran out of the tent
and fired another shot at Ptatt who
was backing off with an.empty pistol
having had only four cartridges in IL
when the shooting began. At thai
point Thorp with a leveled winchester
and Montgomery with
leveled 6.shooter appeared on
the bluff above the tent
and to their order of "Throw away
that gun and hands up!" Brunson
quickly complied. After surrender
ing himself Brunson laid down on the
ground and an examination by the of.
ficers disclosed the fact that he had
been struck twice in the hand and
once in the left shoulder.
Sergeant Montgomery at once came
back to town and securing the
services of DR.. Graves and
an ambulance returned TO the
scene of the shooting, where
Thorp and Piatt had been left to
usrd the prisoner. About 7 O'Clock
Judge Johnson, Deputy Sheriff Peck,
Officer r. ID. Bell and q STATE SMAN