The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-07-11
BUFFERS BRAVERY,
Thrilling Story Told by a Par
ticipant in a Recent
Tragedy.
The Man Who Captured Muir
derer May on the Arkansas
Railroad.
He Shows the Bandits Deadly
Pistol to a Bazoo Re.
porter-A Pioneer
Colts.

In his rounds last evening q re
porter met and conversed with Georg,
L. Butler, the young man who wa
thrown from car on Tuesday morn
ing last, and had his collar bon,
broken. He was resting at his room
at Mrs. Clarke's boarding house n
the corner Of Fourth and Halcoca
streets. Mr.. Butler seemed to be il
a very good humor, said that every
thing was being done for him tina,
was possible, TO make him comfort
able. During the conversation Eutlei
informed the reporter that he WI,
one of the party who was aboard
the train on June IS, which started
from Breckenridge, Texas, and on
which the bandit, bent on robbery,
killed Fireman Frank Martin on the
San Antonio and Arkansas Pass rad.
Mr.. Butler told his story in a slort,
crisp manner, as follows:
Il was in the passenger coach sit
ting next to the window, heard pi--
tOl shot, but paid 10 attention u it
until Conductor Ed Steele, remarked
in MY presence, excitedly, that lac
Nav had killed the fireman. Every
body became excited and offered As
sistance to help capture the murderer.
May had secreted himself on the blind
baggage, with the intention Of climb
ing over the tender, and to cover tle
fireman and engineer with his gun, a
Colts pioneer, II calibre, and when
San Antonio river was reached he
was to have the train slowed up, when
three contederates. who were secreted
in the brush, were to join him, rob
the express car, then the mail car and
get away as best they could. HIS
associates were one white man az
three Mexicans. In climbing over
the tender he met the fireman. face To
face and shot him down. The engin-
eer, seeing this, closed down the
throttle, gave the alarm and jumped
from the train, the robber shooting at
him, but failing to hit him. The
robber then opened the throttle wide
and tried TO make to the river, but
the brakeman had applied the brakes
ard the train slowed up. Seeing he
could do nothing, the robber jumped
off and ran up the track to a clump
of grass and bushes where he hid him.
self. The engine by this time had
been cut loose from the train and
boarded by FIVE men, Mr.. Butler be-
ing one of the party and gave chase.
In passing where the robber was hid
den, he emptied several loads at the
crowd, but fortunately no one was
hurt. The engine was stopped and
after few more shots were exchanged
the man threw up his hands and sur
rendered. He was placed on the train
and carried to FlOresville and PLACED
in Jail, and search was at once begun
in earnest for his confederates.
Had May been taken to San Alto
Mo. he would have been hung b, a
mob which was waiting to receive lin.
May had horse secreted in the
woods on which he intended to escape;
it was found and taken care of. This
is MAYS statement made in the pres
ence Of Mr.. Butler, and Conductor
Steele. Mr.. Steele has the pftol
with which the killing was done, and
showed the same to The BlYOo
representative. 1t is terrible lsok-
ing death-dealing weapon, and one
to make the cold childs run
down a persons spine when he hK To
face 1t: Mike Kearney, the ire
man, was taken to San Antonio. where
his body was buried. The San An
tonic Express says that it was Buffers
shot at May that made him surrender,
he being an expert in the use of the
pistol. Butler says he does not wait to
witness another train robbery, as the
sport of helping to catch the robbers
is entirely too exciting. The papers
speak very highly of his efforts and
assistance and say that only for him
the robber would probably have sue
ceeded in getting away. As soon as
able NJ. Butler will return to his