The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-26
IMPORTANT CAPTURE.
Two Horse Thieves Caught at PER-
After an Exciting Chase.

A1eer an EXC1ClDg CQaSe.
PERRY, o. T., April 25.-[Special]-Th
city WAS thrown into state of the widest
telephone message from Wharton Station
to the effect that an officer had been ''held
up" by desperate who was making his
escape; that he belonged to an organized
gang, and fears were entertained that an
attempt was about to be made TO rob the
express office Officers swarmed out of the
marshars Office. guns were load
ed and horses mounted, and
the armed troop dashed off to
the depot. 1t turned out that couple of
horsethieves whom the officers had been
watching during the whole of last night
had been found by an officer, who, in The
face of Winchester, was compelled to
mount his horse aud ride away. One of
the thieves was soon captured and proved
TO be Clay Davis, well known character
and suspected of associating with the Dali
tons. The other desperate had about a
half mile start on the officers, and made a
break for the timbered country to the
southeast of the city. When last seen he
was urging his spirited horse at rapid
galIop up steep hillside east of the STA
ton. with Chief Taylor, Officer Mouser
and Deputy Sheriff Haynes in hot pursuit
After a hot run OF about four miles, Taylor,
better mounted than the other officers,
came within haiing distance of the despe-
RADIO and called upon him to halt. As the
man turned about TO shoot. Taylor fired
and brought down the desperado's horse,
throwing the fellow violently To the
ground. Before he could recover, Taylor
aud his men were upon him, aud covering
hair NNinrhasf..r.
back TO the city under guard The fellow
was recognized by the officers as one San
ford, "A noted horse-thlef and all-sround
bad man."
During the first excitement many laugh
able scenes occurred, enacted by persons
believing the fracas to be the beginning
of ali attack upon the city by the Dalton
gang.
John Dawson, the secret service man.
who was on yesterday arrested by the of
dcers of this city for fiourishing a gun,
was promptly on hand, and at once recog-
niZsd these fellows as some of the gang
with whom he has been associating for
some time as comrade. There is reason
TO believe that. in fact, these fellows were
iured into the city by Dawson for the pur-
pose of capture. 1t is well known now
that Dawson brought the famous Bitter
Greek, Bill Dalton's righthand man, into
Perry once under pretense of looking IN
Ihe banks here, but was unable to convey
any information to the officers so closely
was he watched by Bitter Creek" who
is, like the rest, always on his guard
against treachery, even on the part of a
pal"
The ever present small boy figured large
iy in the chase after the first thief cap
iured, being of assistance in turning him
ia the direction Of the officers by appeal
ing IN pursuit on his little pony.
This Is all important capture and will do
much toward breaking mp the organized
thievipg and pilfering which has been GO
ing on here for some time past. It would
show. too, TO the Daltons and others OF
their stripe, that as fast as the country be-
comes settled up, they are approaching
nearer and nearer TO the time when, like
these. they VIII fall into the hands of the
law