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


were afoot. He also told where Shell.
ton had told him he was going 10 hide
out in the brush ON the south side of
the river. When the Montopolis
bridge was reached ON the return trip
HE STATESMAN reporter turned his
horse over to Deputy Sheriff Peck and
took the latter's Place in the buggy,
while Mr.. Peck and Deputy Constable
Jim Bell started off to find Shelton at
his hiding place as reported by Brun-
son. Brunson was then brought in
and lodged in Jail.
THE FOURTH MAN NABBED.
About 10 O'Clock when the officers
reached the city with their wounded
prisoner Sheriff White received a tele.
gram from the sheriff of Mills county,
reading as follows:
Louis Shelton is in jail here. Come
and get him.
GEO. w. CUNNINGHAM.
Sheriff White lett on the north.
bound at 1880 last night for Gold.
thwaite and is expected back to-
night with his man. About an
hour after the receipt OF the above tel
egram officers Peck and Bell return.
ed from their wild goose chase thor
oughly Disguised and empty handed.
IN THEJ JAIL.
After the wounded man Brunson
had been taken to jail reporter of
The STATESMAN was admitted.
There the former was found stretched
out on cot in the corridor
with DR.. Graves dressing
his wounds and number
of officers l,oking on. OF the four
shots fred by Officer Plat, three
struck the mark tor which they were
intended. The first strdck between
the third and fourth finger of the left
hand and split it open, while the Sec
ond struck the same hand about an
inch further back. One of the other
shots, which was fired through the
tent, struck the highwayman in the
shoulder and shattered the bones
pretty badly. The last mentioned
wound was the only one which was
considered serious, but although the
ball was probed for and not found it
is not recessarily fatal wound.
Throughou the dressing of his
wounds Brunson maintained most
Ierfect indifference and conversed
with the bystanders freely, his talk
consisting in the main OF oath upon
oath, mixed in with which were the
following facts connected with the
holdup and his arrest:
81 made d--n poor shot of 1t; not
near as good as L ought to have made,
L am glad didn't have a winchester,
because l can handle one better than
L can 6.shooter, and am d-n glad
l missed because / shot to kill. amt
bit scared, although my shoulder is
pretty badly broken. fired the last
shot and fired 1t after ran out CT
the tent. had three more shots left in
my pistol, but l saw two men
with win 3hesters drawn on
me and 1 wasn't born to run up
against winchester anyhow. Both
Plat and l had No. Al guns, but L
played unl1cky. The last shot l
made after getting out of the tent was
the best l made, but it was no good; l
would have had three or foor more
had it not been for Mr.. Thorp. tried
to keep away from tie gang, but
Deaton and the other - -
kept after me for two months, and
then after we went into 1t they didn't
have enough nerve to rob hen roost.
II heard Plat coming towards the
tent but did not see him, so | squatted
down on my knees and waited. l
shot first and shot for the head, while
he shot at random. How l missed
him don't know. 1 shot last to
G. d. certainty, but he shot the
best. 1 don't care how G. d. brave
man is there is no use for a man to
throw his life away, and L wasn't
going to do it after saw Thorp and
Montgomery on the bluff. If L had
had winchester 1 would have been
swinging awayyet. During the work
at the train the sweat run off me like
a Cd d-n niger, l worked so hard
1.-THE man that shot me was brave
man, and l hate Cd d-n coward.
Let the ball stay, doctor Ito DR..
Graves, who was probing for the bull
let in his shoulder). 1 don't mind
packing brave mans ball, but If it
was the bullet of coward / would
say cut 1t out. wish
he had killed me outright
OH account Of my old
man. [ went away from home trying
to get away from the gang but they
followed me down to the river ard
persuaded me 60 with them. Haven't
you got anything TO eat? ] am as
hungry as q Cd d-n wolf because
l haven't had any supper yet. / won't
say now who shot the fireman but l
had the winchester and shot at the
light the man had on the platform.
The light went out and the man went
back into the car.
II did not go through the car but
staid on the outside. Lum Deaton,
| the d was to have gone
through the car, but bis nerve failed
him. He just staid out in the dark
and shook. The job had been brood.
ing for over three months, but after
we sidetracked the train they were
afraid to go through it; but l wasn't
afraid, and went to them ard made
them 90 in. Shelton stood at the end
of the car and Wallace went through
H."
PIATT'S NARROW ESCAPE.
The escape of Officer Sam Plat
from being wounded If not fatally
shot is little less than miraculous.
The tent In which Brnnson was hid