Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-11
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tlnued 10 pursue his inves,ga ,iona In
me with Information which had been
received before the arrest OF Evans
JUST as i that had not occurred, en-
urely independent OF nny clews which
might have been furnished by that ar
rest Asked II in pursuing these orig
maj ciews there had been any develop
menus which connected Sam Evans
with the AFFAIR. he replied that there
had not been, In short. Sheriff Euless
~ resting comparatively easy. having
accomplished the most difficult part Of
;. e TASK which he set for himself on
"a, vmatlon which he obtained immed-
' Z. after he had returned from the
on saturday evening The sher-
etrays considerable annoyance at
9 report that he had given up the
moment thought or doing
such thing and in evidence Of
this assertion calls attention 10 the
continuous activity OF himself and his
deputies from the hour the first infor-
nation was received Thursday even-
ing mp TO the present time when he
mas arrested all the parties whom he
robbery.
lie reviews the work OF his force with
evident satisfaction. He says that after
finding that the trail originally dis
covered near the scene of the robbery
could not be followed for more than
short distance he sent his men In DIFF
ferent directions TO search the country
In the vicinity OF Weatherford, towards
which the trail led. as was described in
the Gazette two days ago, He told
them TO follow everything that looked
IKE a clew and TO pay attention o
everything, even II Il did not amount 20
anything more than the barking Of
dog. He says his men oboyed his in-
structions TO tho letter, followed every
road and path and byway towards
which the trail had led They cut
across the country In every direction,
questioned everybody they met aud
strained their ears without hearing the
iigurative dog bark or anything else to
indicate the presence OF the robbers ON
their recent passage through the coun-
try. There was not a trace OF them
anywhere. He returned lutte Saturday
night after scouting around In
northwesterly direction in the country
between the Texas and Pncinc and tho
Rock Island railroads He had then
made an exhaustive search, hut had
not abandoned the pursuit. He told
Deputy Hard Gunnells to meet him at
the court house Sunday morning and
they would 20 out to Mary's creek
Sunday morning and take the trail
again from the scene OF the robbery.
However, he received information Sat
urday night which caused him to
change his plans just what this lnfor-
nation was he will not say. except that
Il led to the arrest OF the men whom
he now has In custody charged with tho
crime.
| Captain Mcdonald, OF the Texas ran
gers, came In yesterday evening having
in custody two prisoners. one of them
81 the young country boy who was mem
! TONED IN the dispatches from Ranger
1 two days ago as having been arrested
/ there on account OF suspicious actions
for supposed completely In the train
robbery. He was much excited by the
arrest and gave q confused account OF
! himself. The statement which he made
at the time and which II said to have
/ been conflicting in It's details, will not
be given out in detail until his case
has boen Investigated further by the Of
ncers. IL is said, however, that he
came from the Indian Territory. and
| kilograms have been sent TO the point
/ from which he says he halls, 70 ascer-
/ tain wcther his statements are correct
/ He Is held here meantime, and VIII he
[ kept In the Tarrant county Jail until
| the kilograms referred to are answered
and such other information Is obtained
/ as will satisfy the officers beyond
DOUBT tuhl ne IN NOT lHlpllGaRtu III Nit
| robbery in any way, which they are
very much Inclined TO believe at pres
ent. Among the other suspicious cir
cumstances attending his arrest was
\ the fact that he had been seen with tho
man named D'Armond who was finally
overlaken after a long chase by Roots
and Bunch, the officers who went after
him from Ranger.
What probably fastened suspicion on
| = ID ha 10 1taf I. ssfaa
travelling so fast.
According to Diamonds statement
| he was on the road from Springtown
! TO Weatherford on the day OF the rob-
berry, travelling towards his home at
Baird. He met the boy Lindsey on the
/ way by accident, according 10 the
story told by the latter after his arrest
at Ranger and were together for only
a short time, but long enough to fasten
suspicion upon them both. Diamond
stayed all night at Weat herford on the
night OF the robbery. He was on his
way from Weatherford to Baird. when
| the boy was arrested at Baird a short
! time after the two had separated. Ow-
ing to the boys confusion and STAN
mering way OF telling things the oii-
GERS concluded shat both he and his
fellow traveller must have had some
thing tc do with the robbery. Accord
Diamond, while Lindsey was held on
general principles. Diamond appeared
10 be zaking very good time. and as
he had quite u good start Of them the
result OF the pursuit became uncertain
enough to BE- highly interesting to
them. Later they learned that DAT
mond had stopped off at Gordon and
4 traded a brown horse for sorrell.
Then the chase became exciting. and
| when D'Armond was finally oyerhauled
In Fastland county he would have a
| hard time convincing anyone that he
was not wanted badly by his pursucrs,
| Tor in addition to his rapid sa4t and his
/ horse trade, he answered the Indefinite
/ description given Of one OF the train
robbers fairly well, having a light
\ brown rnusiachc and being a medium
slzed man, weighing about 100 pounds
and having on dark colored clothes.
/ put these circumstances were not
4 deemed SUFFICIENT TO warrant his being
| held after his arrival here last niEht.
| ana he was accordingly released after
| a pretty thorough INQUIRY into tho cir
| cunstancas OF his arrest By the officers
| here. The readiness with which this
| conclusion was reached was no. doubt
| due 10 a feeling OF confidence on the
| s,ert az Sheriff Euless and HIS men that
/ NOV already had the right nen. a feel
/ Ing which IL evidently shared By Cap
tain Mcdonald after being taken into
I their confidence